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Louisville

Tasked with ensuring synergy and efficiency with company IT management and vendors. Ensure contingent staffing for technology, engineering, and light industrial meets client business initiatives. Ensure compliance with all applicable laws, regulations, and standards, good business practices, and company-documented procedures (including, but not limited to, quality regulations, government occupational health and environmental regulations, and statutes).Accountable for the team’s day-to-day execution of the CWM lifecycle, including sourcing, expenditure management, invoicing, and assignment management. Work to ensure vendors operate and meet expectations of client IT vendor management office. Create and deliver reporting and analytics to customers, focusing on business impact.Engage with business leaders to develop relationships, drive adoption, and understand business needs.Form strong relationships with the supplier community and provide guidance on performance and business needs.Responsible for data governance and management for the program.Serve as the point of contact for client and supplier escalated issues.Team Performance Management, coaching, mentoring, training, and cross-training.Actively involved in creating and supporting/conducting Business Reviews, Business Analytics presentations.Knowledge of relevant contingent workforce legislation and associated risk.Rate consultation and management of rate card; market rate analysis and rate benchmarking.Support clients such as Humana, Scheider Electric, and Centerwell.

Louisville, Kentucky, United States

Consulting for businesses seeking to build veterans hiring programs, disability hiring programs, and OFCCP compliance.

United States

Advanced across positions for the largest IT service and staffing company in the United States with over 120 locations globally, 80,000 consultants, and 6,000 internal support employees. Led and expanded internal inclusion and diversity (I&D) programs across global operations following the success of the disabilities and veterans program creation and implementation. Continued to manage disabilities and veterans’ programs as well as supporting Fortune 500 companies in I&D and government services.• Served as Subject Matter Expert and Advisor to the Vice President and Executive Directors regarding contract awards, business targets, and employment law (USERAA) within the federal government IT space.o Developed sourcing strategy to staff and retain candidates with security clearances to fill 2,000+ annual openings, diverse talent, veteran talent and disabled talent. Drove technology training and recruiting of diverse talent into IT positions along with sales and business.o Established training partnerships to ensure candidates were employment ready.• Created hiring and training policies while removing barriers. o Trainer and Coach for the Rise Program, pursuing high potential employees while boosting pipeline of diverse IT candidates across the nation.o Member of Inclusive Leadership Team that facilitated programs for newly hired directors.• Improved disabled applicant interface of digital platforms across business units with focus on vision and hearing impaired; developed partnerships to improve alignment with American Disabilities Act (ADA) and American Sign Language (ASL).Provided Accessibility Gap Analysis and remediation to ensure Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.0) and regulations were met for disabled applicants and employees. This included intranet, internet, application, and other IT systems along with processes. Liaison between IT, HR, and endusers to ensure a positive user interface among the systems for TEKsystems.

Global

Provided leadership and operational guidance in developing enterprise strategies for newly formed disabilities and veterans programs; created policies, procedures, accommodations, interface initiatives, change management training, and talent management guidelines. Steered the organization from failed Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) audit to passing all audits. Increased disabilities hiring from less than 1% to 6+% in four years; increased veterans hiring from 2% to 12+% in four years.• Determined sourcing and future state planning for training veterans in information technology roles. Worked with hundreds of companies to determine technology needs and determine sourcing and vetting practices for hiring veterans and people with disabilities into technology roles. Built Disabilities and Veterans programs from scratch for internal and external positions. Accessibility program creation internally and consulted Fortune 500 clients for staffing, compliance, and inclusion programs.o Company ranked in the top 10 in military-friendly companies for four consecutive years by GI jobs. Ranked #5 in 2016. Led company change toward veteran and military hiring with increased promotion rates at managerial and above levels. Recognized by Guard and Reserve (ESGR) with Pro Patria and Freedom Awards. Created a team of developers to support visually impaired user interface (UI) design for clients, including Verizon, Apple, and Microsoft.• Developed Veteran Internship Program, SkillBridge, approved as the first and only staffing company of the DoD and increased hiring and achieved diversity goals. • Established an Accessibility program for disabled veterans and began UI gap analysis for applicants.• Initiated a Neurodiversity Program for supplemental staffing business with ERGs and benefits programs. Implemented VEVRAA, Section 503, and Executive Order 11246 best practices internally and replicated efforts for contract talent management.

National

Led government recruitment team of 10 with accountability for 100+ recruiters across the National Government Delivery Team. Vetted technology candidates against organizational needs in technology for hundreds of government integrators and departments. Software, networking, cyber, and business analysis roles.• Led Account Managers in national recruiting efforts while overseeing quality of talent and output to meet and exceed requirements of clients; ensured data integrity in reporting.• Conducted research to establish partnerships in national accounts involving government entities and military suppliers. • Liaised among Veteran Owned Businesses (VOBs) and Service Disabled Veteran Owned Businesses (SDVOBs) to assist in client connection, contract negotiation, and talent acquisition. • Worked with disabled applicants and employees to provide accommodations and alternate work needs.

Louisville, Kentucky Area

Leveraged the expertise of the local market to help align local companies with consultants that most closely match the technology expertise and industry experience sought by the local companies.Educated clients and consultants on market analytics and services and helped screen candidates to determine technical knowledge and backgroundUtilized market analytics to educate clients, which resulted in sales team growth from 1 to 6; workforce size grew from 5 to 500 at Fort Knox and from 1 to 150 at Fort Campbell.

Louisville, Kentucky Area

Established relationships and managed staffing services for clients located in the Louisville area to include GE, LGE, YUM, NPC, and ARC along with other local companies. Through relationship sales built a knowledge base of clients IT systems and culture in order to help vet appropriate candidates for staffing needs and IT service needs.

Kentucky Army National Guard Aviation - Frankfort, KYHelicopter Aviation Duties. Flight InstructorAviation Assault Unit with tours in Iraq, Kuwait, and BosniaAviation Medevac Unit with tours in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, JordanEnlisted Aviation Maintenance Support and squad leader. Technology SME for technical maintenance tracking program.Air Medal for meritorious achievement during combat aviation operations in IraqArmy Commendation Medal for heroism and meritorious service during ISIS response. Kuwait.Army Achievement Medal for meritorious service as enlisted crewmember.Army Aviation Association of America - Order of St Michael Award in recognition of lifetime contributions to aviation professionally and personally.

Lexington, Kentucky, United States

Technology Support and helpdesk