Manager Management

Deborah Howington

*** ***** **. **, #*-***

Bothell, WA 98012

Phone: 425-***-****

Email: abnr8y@r.postjobfree.com

OVERVIEW

Significant expertise in domestic and global HR programs & project management, Talent

Management, Succession planning, High-Potential selection and calibration, Executive Career

Coaching, Recruitment Strategy development & execution, Staffing process analysis, metrics,

design and implementation, Vendor selection, negotiation and management, Workforce

Planning, and Diversity/College Recruitment. Military experience in Electronic Warfare /

Signals Intelligence with TSSI clearance.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

MICROSOFT CORPORATION (www.microsoft.com)

December 2004 to April 2009*

*TALENT ACQUISITION AND PROGRAM MANAGER Munich, Germany

(Central and Eastern Europe HQ, Sales and Marketing Division)

Responsible for developing and driving the Talent Acquisition function and strategy for Central

and Eastern Europe (CEE) in a region with 24 subsidiaries supporting 32 countries bringing in

high caliber talent. This role is a part of the HR Leadership Team, focusing on planning and

driving talent management, sourcing and staffing initiatives in coordination with subsidiary

Staffing Leads and HR teams.

Responsible for designing and implemented the Talent Management strategy for all 32

countries related to identifying, classifying, and the timely movement of key high caliber talent

across to positively impact talent growth & development and strategic business needs. The

program was designed and implanted within my first 90 days on the job and deemed a ‘best

practice’ in talent management for the region.

This role was then further expanded and was tasked to lead diversity efforts as the Diversity

champion for the region working with the EMEA director and HR LT to build a framework and

design programs aligned to the needs of the Area. For Global staffing needs I was as a member

of the Microsoft International Staffing Leadership Team, responsible for designing and

implementing a worldwide framework to attract, source, and retain top talent.

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*STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT ROLES (short-term Strategic assignments on behalf of

the Entertainment Division)

*Staffing Manager, Microsoft Research & Development Center Herzelia, Israel

Microsoft Israel (http://www.microsoft.com/Israel/rnd/index.html)

Microsoft Corporation, Entertainment/Mobile Division, International Staffing Management

Chosen to support one of three Strategic Development Centers for Microsoft (China, India,

Israel). The position reported to the MS Israel Country Director of HR In this role, I was

responsible for a Staffing Team of 13 (5 Recruiters, 6 Staffing Coordinators, Academy Recruiter

and Staffing Administrator) to support the Israel Strategic Development Center (ILDC) which

includes the businesses of Telecom, Security, Innovation Labs, and Online Services. Additional

responsibilities were to create and maintain strong relationships with the practice leaders and

hiring managers to ensure recruiting efforts are consistent with business goals; drive recruiting

processes that ensure consistency with the Microsoft ILDC core-recruiting brand; manage

executive searches for senior-level staff; leverage best practices around process, systems,

candidate development, and research; develop search plans and research process management

and market segmentation; ensure strong relationships with Agency partners; monitor budget and

recruitment costs; analyse trends and feedback; monitor and report on key recruitment metrics;

led the training & development of Hiring managers and Interviewers to improve the selection

techniques. Also was the representative for Israel on the International Staffing Leadership Team.

AWARD: Microsoft; 2008 Israel Research & Dev Center – OneHR Award – Teamwork

*Staffing Manager - new acquisition (Musiwave – www.musiwave.com) Paris, France

Microsoft Corporation, Entertainment/Mobile Division - Staffing Management

Tasked with creating a staffing function for this strategic acquisition of the Entertainment

Division. The role included engaging senior leaders to fill critical open positions, create a

consistent offer generation process, create an internal MS transfer process following legal

guidelines, vendor selection for external searching, create a requisition process with Finance &

Business Leads, internal posting process, design subsidiary recruitment process, coordinate

MGR/Expatriate packages, design relocation process for employees, assist with designing global

workforce planning and FY09 budget. Also represented E&D as a member of the International

Staffing Leadership Team.

STRATEGIC TALENT MANAGEMENT, CENTER OF EXCELLENCE Seattle, WA

Microsoft Corporation, Center of Excellence -Talent Management, Entertainment/Mobile

Division.

A client-facing role for the Entertainment/Mobile business of Microsoft which focused on the

Senior Executive and High Potential employees of Microsoft’s key leadership and reported into

the Center of Excellence for Talent Management. The position consisted of two core areas; build

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and implement talent planning frameworks and systems as well as driving knowledge of senior-

level talent and other high potential talent in the context of the corporate slating and coaching

processes. I supported the Entertainment & Devices Division of Microsoft and work closely

with their in-business Organizational Development and HR staff.

Also performed the following:

Partnered with in-business Organizational Development on People Reviews at the VP

level within the Entertainment Division

Drove the development of Succession Charts for both cross-E&D and in-business

processes. Understood the key leadership and upcoming leadership talent in the

organization, including review of their development plans to create rich succession plans

and leadership pipeline

Assisted in the identification of key positions, talent pools and individual talent

Keeper of “The List” (of high-potential senior executives) and ensured their development

was tied to the review process and develop communication for these processes that could

be leveraged by in-business Organizational Development.

Participated in other talent processes, such as calibration, on an as-needed basis

Developed in-business processes to support executive-level slating.

Drove key in-business process for identifying, developing, moving, and managing talent

Developed processes to identify and assess readiness of key executive talent

Prepared detailed analysis on executive strengths/weaknesses/

Provided Career Coaching to senior executives and high potential employees.

SENIOR CORPORATE STAFFING CONSULTANT Seattle, WA

Microsoft Corporation; Operations and Manufacturing Division

Entertainment/Mobile Division

Owned the turnaround of staffing strategy and recruitment for a wide range of senior/complex/

critical positions within the E&D Operations, Marketing, Finance, Encarta, Sales, Hardware and

IT Groups. Evangelist to Microsoft’s staffing strategy to candidates and focused on efficiency,

quality and diversity; leveraged internal resources, tools and systems to ensure maximum

productivity and effectiveness; worked on building strong knowledge of the client’s business and

ability to partner effectively with the HR generalist team to provide the appropriate support.

Engaged key staffing and business partners to understand the needs of these unique clients as

well as understand the profile and map to external marketplace. Developed, drove and executed

comprehensive search strategies designed to recruit senior and niche candidates in limited

candidate spaces, including driving a business plan which is geared at building key competitive

research, industry profile development, networking and direct sourcing. Network and maintain

relationships with key candidate communities for short and/or long term opportunities. Maintain

up-to-date knowledge of top MS business/technical and policy initiatives and competitors.

AWARD: HR Lighthouse Award for Execution Excellence (2005)

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ADDITIONAL STAFFING HISTORY (1996 – 2004)

2004 Staffing Consultant (Enterprise), Washington Mutual, Seattle, WA

2004, HR Consultant (Hurricane Disaster), Lee County Electric Coop, Ft Myers, FL

2001-2004, Director Staffing – N.America and Canada Chicago, IL

2000-2001, Senior Corporate Recruiter, BlueMeteor, Inc. Chicago, IL

1998-2000, Midwest Region Staffing Manager, Computer Associates Chicago, IL

1998, Corporate Recruiter, (India off-shore development), Syntel, Inc Detroit, MI

1997, Account Manager/Recruiter, Robert Half Int’l Consulting Denver, CO

1996-1997, Technical Recruiter, Systems Engineering Services Denver, CO

MILITARY EXPERIENCE

ELECTRONIC WARFARE / SIGNALS INTELLIGENCE ANALYST

U.S. Army, Military Intelligence in Europe, (Berlin, West Germany)

Located in Berlin, W. Germany for 3 years following a 1 year intensive language training course

at the Defense Language Institute of Monterey, CA (German). Supervised 10+ employees in a

24 hour/day data-intelligence mission, aligned with the German, French, and British Military

Intelligence personnel. Focused on gathering and analyzing data intelligence, creating mission-

critical detailed reports from that information and then escalated to the appropriate government

agency to increase National Security evaluation/awareness. Appointed to the Berlin Enlisted

Council representing Enlisted personnel and made executive-level presentations to the General

Staff on their behalf.

SECURITY CLEARANCE: Top Secret Sensitive Intelligence Security Clearance (TSSI), US

Army Military Intelligence.

EDUCATION AND PRACTICAL TRAINING

2006; Microsoft, Internal Consulting Training

2006; Microsoft, Coaching Training

2005; Microsoft, Supply Chain Excellence (Retail University)

2005; Microsoft, AIRS Advanced Internet Recruiting Strategies

2004; Selecting the Best Employees; Dr. Jerry Schoenfeld

1998; Computer Associates; AIRS Advanced Internet Recruiting Strategies Workshop

1997; Computers: Systems, Terms, and Acronyms, Susan Hodges, SemCo Enterprises

1996; Technical Recruiting Susan Hodges, SemCo Enterprises

1990-91; Santa Fe Community College, Associates Studies

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AWARDS AND RECOGNITION:

Microsoft; 2008 Israel Research & Dev Center – OneHR Award – Teamwork

Microsoft; 2006 E&D Operations Excellence Award - Execution Excellence

Microsoft; 2005 HR Lighthouse Award - Execution Excellence

T-Systems North America and Canada: 2002 Corporate Teamwork Award

T-Systems North America and Canada; 2001 Corporate Service Excellence Award

T-Systems North America and Canada: 2001 Corporate Teamwork Award

LinkedIn Profile and Recommendations (28): http://www.linkedin.com/in/debhowington

Additional References on request

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