New Directions is an Information Technology and Digital Talent Solutions Firm that provides its’ clients with: project staff augmentation (contingent/temporary) and select direct hire search services. Our primary recruiting practices include: Data Engineering, Data Analytics, Data Science, Machine Learning, Generative AI; Cloud Infrastructure & DevOps; Enterprise & Web Applications Development; Digital & Creative: User Experience, Digital Design, Digital Insights & Analytics, Innovation, Strategy and Implementation▪ Lead hands-on client search engagements, candidate sourcing, recruiting and full-lifecycle hiring responsibilities. ▪ Develop and grow key industry relationships through documented sales and recruiting methodologies, user groups, networking, referrals and related industry events.▪ Provide career and interview coaching to individuals throughout the hiring lifecycle.▪ Hire, train, mentor and lead a professional staff that includes: Talent Acquisition / Recruiting, Client Engagement Management, Digital Marketing & Communications, Sourcing and College Interns. ▪ Lead the evaluation, selection, testing, implementation and continual improvement of Sourcing, Talent Acquisition, Applicant Tracking and Job Advertising tools and methodologies.

▪ Responsible for start-up of national services division for a firm providing software quality assurance, testing and business analysis staffing resources. ▪ Drove client and staffing services engagement while building national talent acquisition strategies and personal account base. ▪ Examples of successful long-term engagements included: i.e. - Capital One Financial; McKesson Health; IBM; PriceWaterhouseCoopers; Fannie Mae; The Hartford, Standard & Poor's, Titan Corporation and SAIC.▪ Responsible to executive team for long term corporate vision, strategies and business execution.

▪ Coordinated national proposals and presentation efforts for $130M provider of Information Technology staffing services amongst enterprise and cross-functional staff. ▪ Established national accounts management and talent acquisition strategy and coordination for IBM ▪ through multiple office locations.▪ Successful contract awards included: Merck Pharmaceutical, Smithkline Beecham (GlaxoSmithKline), Intel Corporation, Texas Instruments and IBM.

▪ Start up of national and regional provider of Information Technology and Software contract staff augmentation and consulting services. ▪ Responsibilities including hiring and development of talent acquisition team, and training of account management staff in offices located in San Jose, CA and Austin, TX.

Reporting to the President, was responsible for one of the company's largest operating groups. Directed a thirty person, three division contract services/consulting operation that comprised of two regional and national operating units. Contract labor/consulting services comprised of information technology, scientific software, hardware engineering and traditional engineering professionals.

Responsible for start-up of contract staffing division providing Engineering and Scientific Software contract labor to companies throughout the United States.

Responsible for divisional start up of contract engineering services to the Metro-Boston area.

Responsible for start-up of a regional technical contract services firm that included account development of companies in the Delaware Valley. Technical disciplines included: engineering, design and other technical support roles.

Developed strategic contract staffing business relationships with Military Defense Subcontractors throughout the United States.Furnished clients' with business critical and high-level scientific software, hardware, mechanical and electromechanical engineers on long term consulting engagements.

Sourced, recruited and engaged contract engineers, designers, drafters and other skilled technical professionals for companies in MA, RI and CT. Managed on-site responsibilities for 200+ contract technical engineering, design, drafting and technical writing professionals at a defense contractor site in one of the company's largest all-time staffing initiatives.