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Atlanta, Ga, Us

Lead the global HR Technology and Payroll teams at King & Spalding. Celebrating more than 130 years of service, King & Spalding is an international law firm that represents a broad array of clients, including half of the Fortune Global 100. The firm has handled matters in over 160 countries on six continents and is consistently recognized for the results it obtains, uncompromising commitment to quality, and dedication to understanding the business and culture of its clients. More information is available at www.kslaw.com.

Dublin 2, Ie

As a Business & Technology Integration Architect at Accenture, I helped clients realize the full potential of their Workday investments by aligning business strategy and the digital employee experience.The Accenture Workday Practice is one of the world's largest dedicated Workday teams, grounded in innovation and delivering business outcomes for clients, enabling Workday-powered transformation with proven methodologies and assets to drive complex, global programs at speed and scale.

Chicago, Il, Us

The former outsourcing business of Aon, Alight is a $2.5B privately held corporation delivering Health, Wealth, and Cloud services. Excelled in sales, product strategy, and consulting roles with increasing responsibility.• Identified incremental value opportunities with new and existing clients through listening, problem solving, and bringing new tools, ideas, and thought leadership on digital approaches to HR systems and service delivery• Leveraged Workday knowledge and multi-channel, relationship-oriented sales and marketing strategy to close 133% of annual quota in first 3 calendar quarters in role and one of the largest Workday AMS opportunities in company history• Grew customer base by 10 new clients in an 18 month period, 8 of which came from competitors• Developed strategic, highly referenceable relationships with clients, Workday account executives, and Workday customer success team

Chicago, Il, Us

• Served as Workday HR technology advisor to sales team and customers, driving solutions to meet key business, system, and technical objectives• Developed a targeted Workday Recruiting deployment scope and pricing framework leading to 3x increase in Mid-Enterprise implementation sales

London, Gb

• Designed and implemented Workday HCM solutions for clients across multiple industries, with a specialized focus on the Recruiting, Talent, and Performance domains• Facilitated discovery sessions, evaluated operational policies, procedures, and capabilities, and prioritized solutions that met stakeholder business process, data, integration, and security requirements• Workday Recruiting expert and point of reference for sharing knowledge and information with colleagues, collaborating to improve internal capability, including training and mentoring of new team membersSelected deployments include: - Global Financial Services (Fortune 50): Recruiting Lead Functional Architect (Workday 25/26/27) - Global Life Sciences (Fortune 150): Recruiting Lead Functional Architect (Workday 24/25) - Global Pharmaceuticals (Fortune 150): Talent and Recruiting Principal Consultant (Workday 23/24/25)

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Korn Ferry is a publicly traded, $1B talent and leadership advisory firm with 4,000 employees in 80 offices worldwide. Reporting to the CHRO, led the global HRIS function, partnering with C-Suite and IT group leaders to ensure business unit alignment of global technology platforms with enterprise policy and systems architecture.• Directed 22-person global project team responsible for successful $3.5M SAP SuccessFactors implementation (Goals, Performance, Succession, Calibration, SAP Jam, and 360 Review)• Managed 12-member global HR project team through multi-phase SAP ERP HCM deployment for core HR, Employee and Manager Self-Service• Consolidated 5 legacy systems to a single cloud platform, significantly reducing compliance risk while streamlining workforce-related core processes• Led all contract negotiation, SLA monitoring and management, escalation and renewals for a $5M global portfolio of SaaS HR solutions

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Futurestep is a $150M division of Korn Ferry with a global focus on Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO), project recruitment, individual search, talent consulting and employer branding services. • Led 12-member global taskforce through an 18-month transformation initiative to eliminate legacy talent platforms and build Shared Service candidate research centers, resulting in 30+% gains in recruiter productivity and $1.6M reduction in global recruitment spend• Managed the selection, acquisition and use of Recruiting technology solutions worldwide, including outsourced partners for internal and external service delivery, business intelligence, and analytics• Key member of Forte product development team, Korn Ferry’s innovative career development app launched at the 2012 HR Technology Conference in partnership with SAP SuccessFactors

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Led multiple functional and technical consulting engagements for clients worldwide. Selected Consultant of the Year (2007) and Project Manager of the Year (2008) by executive management team.• Designed, implemented and optimized Talent Acquisition, Workforce Planning, Performance Management, Succession Management, and Learning and Development solutions for clients across multiple industries• Managed 15+ large scale, complex enterprise talent technology implementation projects including global client deployments of Oracle/Taleo (63,000 FTEs/18 countries/4 languages) and IBM/Kenexa BrassRing (50,000 FTEs/22 countries/7 languages)• Principal consultant for multiple vendor selection initiatives, leading development of detailed software requirements matrix to prioritize functional, technical, cost, service, and vendor viability and focus criteria

Chicago, Illinois, Us

DeVry is a publicly traded, $3B provider of career-focused higher education. Led all recruiting technology, operations, and process initiatives for the NA region. Field recruiting consultant for all business locations in the Eastern US.• Transformed talent acquisition program by redesigning strategies, systems, and processes to increase recruiting effectiveness - efforts reduced recruiting expenditures by over $1M• Directed the research, selection, implementation, and management of the firm’s first enterprise talent management system

Ba, English Language & Literature

Mba, Human Resources Management