► Oversee Recruiting and Corporate Services, including facilities upgrades and maintenance

Coordinate all activities as they relate to company hiring and on-boarding initiatives. Provide advisory and consultative services to executive leadership and hiring managers to determine workforce forecasts and create viable plans to meet present and future staffing needs. Full scale, cradle to grave, talent acquisition for College, Military, Corporate and Field positions. Creation of simple, precise, and easily replicated hiring standards and as-needed enhancements to the talent acquisition process.► Integrate and customize new ATS► Developed expert-level and comprehensive design and oversight of all recruiting processes for the entire company► Planned and executed intern program events and intern recruiting efforts from cradle to grave

Owner and Operator of The Green Life, LLC, a rental real-estate company focused on single family homes in Oklahoma City.

Complete oversight of the Applicant Tracking System and oversaw the research and development of existing and future product solutions. ► Researched and developed existing and new HRIS solutions► Company expert and resource regarding the ATS► Developed customer’s needs into product enhancement and development► Researched, tracked, and resolved product issues urgently

Provided advisory and consultative services to executive leadership and hiring managers to determine workforce forecasts and create viable plans to meet present and future staffing needs in EHS, IT, Engineering, Construction, Field Operations, Supply Chain, Project Controls, Pipeline Integrity, Corporate Finance and other exempt-level professional disciplines in the Oil and Gas industry. Interfaced with hiring managers, human resources and key stakeholders for current and forecasted needs. Consulted with managers on requisition definition and potential sourcing strategies, driving the process and presenting qualified candidates to the hiring managers. Ensured hiring managers are informed throughout the recruiting and hiring process to allow sufficient staffing on ongoing projects. Built and distributed weekly HR metrics report to management.► Buillt ongoing relationships with active and passive candidates to reduce time and cost to hire.► Maintained a thorough awareness of talent market activity and availability through regular contact with external firms.► Drove team’s adoption of the most current technological resources and industry publications to source the highest quality available candidates.► Skillfully interview, pre-qualify, negotiate offers and close hires by selling the benefits of the company and overcoming objections and concerns.

Determined workforce forecasts and created viable plans to meet staffing needs in corporate and operations roles in the Oil and Gas industry. Interfaced with hiring managers, human resources and key stakeholders for current and forecasted needs for up to 60 open positions at any one time. Conducted field visits six times per year to understand and fulfill all front-line staffing needs. Act as mentor and trainer to new company recruiters. Coordinate and conduct job fairs, college career fairs, information sessions and military hiring events. As one of the team’s first HR members to transition from Chesapeake to Access, built the unit from scratch and worked tirelessly to define new recruiting procedures, integrate and customize new systems as well as design the recruiting process flow. ► Played key role in the development of internal talent management to improve business value within the organization. Successfully led 30-50 internal moves within the organization to most effectively fill open positions.► Co-authored the company’s succession plan in 2013 and 2014, a major project that involved interviewing upper management on what traits were most desirable in possible successors. Developed a 305-page internal bible for 32 major positions detailing each role’s profile, requirements and expectations, with special emphasis on grooming highest performers to progress through the firm’s hierarchy.► Developed expert-level and comprehensive design and oversight of the recruiting/TA process for the Compression arm, a fully independent and extremely specialized group that requires a high-level of technical understanding to properly interface with potential candidates. ► Successfully oversaw 194 new hires, with only 12 declines, a success rate of over 94%.► Established and led a robust military hire function, with eight Junior Military Officers successfully recruited► Spearheaded a major IT staffing initiative, hiring 27 IT professionals in the second half of 2013.

Screened and referred applicants to hiring personnel in the organization, making recommendations when appropriate. Built and distributed weekly recruiting reports. Managed complex vendor relationships. Accurately maintained recruiting reports, presented weekly to Executives in the Monday GM meetings► Successfully oversaw 145 new hires, with only four declines, a success rate of over 97%.► Established a robust military hire function, with 26 Junior Military Officers successfully hired and on-boarded.► Represented the company at numerous speaking engagements including: presented in front of six classes of 25 8th-graders about resumes and professional decision making; presented at a panel in front of military personnel at Tinker Air Force Base; presented at the Dave Ramsey Facilitation of eight classes with over 200 people; and acted as a regular teacher for The Education and Employment Ministry (TEEM) with a class, “Interview Skills.”► Obtained Professional Human Resources certification.► Completed the Engineering Technician Development Program, first employee to ever complete the two-year program.

Initiated intrastate pipeline projects by preparing route maps, cost estimates, MAOP sheets, and other data for presentation of plans. Evaluated pipeline projects as they relate to new construction, increasing efficiency/capacity, and overall performance of Midstream pipeline facilities. Prepared and monitored cost estimates, schedules, project progress reports and status reports. Created Authorizations for Expenditures (AFEs) for pipeline and facility projects. Monitored adherence to schedules and budgets throughout project execution and report progress and status.► Acted as defacto PM on dozens of projects, the largest being a $19M, Crude Oil Interconnect project. Served as main point of contact for field personnel with as many as 28 active pipeline projects.► Assisted in managing project material and material inventory, keeping within budget 100% of the time.► Tracked and reported trends in cost and schedule, contributing to essential reductions and savings when possible.

Identified and screened candidates who applied for positions on the company’s web site. Managed the internal “Taleo”staffing database. Conducted phone screenings, scheduled onsite interviews, and coordinated candidate travel.► Efforts led to the placement of approximately 120 candidates in the Drilling, Midstream and Operations departments.► Identify and screen candidates that apply for positions on the Chesapeake Energy Careers web-site, including management of the internal staffing database “Taleo”► Conduct phone screens on behalf of the Drilling, Midstream and Operations departments► Schedule onsite interviews on behalf of the HR Recruiting Team► Coordinate travel for on-site interviews► Assist with projects as needed by the HR department including, but not limited to, College Recruiting assistance and conducting on-site interviews and/or tours

Served on a three-man team preparing to launch a small company that designed professional websites for college students to highlight their resumes, additional professional highlights, and personal achievements.► Performed detailed market research with multiple Fortune 500 companies to assess how their talent acquisition teams and hiring managers could utilize the company’s product.► Developed and deployed surveys that served as a cost/benefit analysis to see how many students would expect the company’s product to have a positive impact on potential job searches.

Collaborated on staffing efforts on behalf of this recruiting firm, serving multiple Fortune 500 clients across the country. Specialized in full lifecycle recruiting in the placement of a variety of technical professionals.► Placed approximately 15 candidates through internet recruiting/postings, internal database recruiting searches, referrals, and networking skills.► Developed close relationships with TA units of clients and performed staff planning including annual growth expectations and expected position requirements.► Work with multiple Fortune 500 corporations on IT staffing needs. All recruiting is full life cycle from candidate identification to closing ► My duties included candidate identification, screening, interviewing, reference and background checks, drug screening, orientation, providing necessary new hire paper work, and placing qualified associates in contract and contract to hire technical positions► Maintain working relationships with a pipeline of consultants► Actively involved in training and mentoring the recruiting team to motivate them towards target achievements► Utilized internet recruiting/postings, internal database recruiting searches, referrals, and networking skills to identify technical personnel to match specific job opportunities