I lead a global team of talent acquisition professionals with responsibilities that include diversity recruitment through talent mapping in North America. Responsible for executing and delivering on the strategy that ensures that all corporate management open roles are filled timely and cost effectively while ensuring a good candidate experience.

Primary focus was to build and expand the leadership team for Cognizant Business Consulting through full-life cycle recruiting.

Direct the execution of strategic initiatives that impact the operational performance of the executive recruiting function. Drive the execution of strategic initiatives that impact the operational performance of the executive recruiting function. Drive continuous improvement in the business processes, establishing benchmarks to measure recruiting effectiveness.

Held responsibility for developing and implementing the recruiting strategy for National Healthcare Practice. Daily activities involved full life-cycle recruiting which includes collaboration with senior management, candidate identification, resume screening, interviewing, reference checks, salary negotiations and extending offers.As a founding member of the Healthcare practice, my responsibilities included building an infrastructure team to support the business line. My areas of responsibility included human resource management, administrative management, staffing, marketing operations, and financial reporting.