Professional Background

A **+ year accomplished Recruiting Manager, Human Resource Generalist, Sr. Account Manager, and Sr. Corporate Recruiter in Finance, Broadcast, Digital Media, IT Technical, Engineering, Executive/Corporate, Pharmaceutical, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Retail, Marketing, and Health Care. I have experience in full life cycle recruiting for permanent, contract-to-hire and contract placements. I have the proven ability in sourcing, extending offers, negotiating salaries, orientation, all federal and state employment laws, and on boarding. I have been managing all aspects of the HR employment function including development of recruitment strategies, new programs and policies, full-cycle recruitment and on boarding. I am adept at being a liaison with upper management, associates, internal and external departments, and onshore and off shore associates. Extensive experience with training, and development, diversity training, conflict resolution, termination, layoffs, employee relations and compliance. Strong negotiation and liaison skills, a team player with the ability to understand technical matters relative to the implementation of company, and client goals.

I am extremely adept at working with all job boards out there, i.e., Monster, CareerBuilder, Dice, LinkedIn Recruiter, eFinancialcareers, ihireaccounting, execunet, The Ladders, Healthcarejobs, MedJobCafe, MedMatrix, etc., and VMS/ATS - Taleo, iConsult, iCIMS, Pontoon, Fieldglass, ZeroChaos, Workforce Logic, Beeline, Superior Group, ADP, Cornerstone, BrassRing, etc.

Here is an example list of some of the roles I have placed…

The former President of SAP America, Financial Analyst, Accountants, Sr. Director of Finance, Auditors, Tax, Private Equity, Investment Bankers, SAP (Technical and Functional), Oracle, PeopleSoft, Business Analyst, Information Security, Architects, Risk Control Analyst, Auditors, Java, J2EE, BA, QA, HTML5, ASP.NET, ASP.NET MVC, Node.js, MVC, Backbone, Ember, Bootstrap, Struts, PHP, Zend, CodeIgniter, Cake, PHP, SSRS, SSIS, SSAS, Dimensional Modeling, MDX, Kimball Methodology, Spring MVC, JSF, AJAX, GWT, Flex, .NET, C#, jQuery, EXT-JS, Javascript, XML, SOA, Web Services, REST, SOAP, WCF, Sitecore, Umbraco, WPF, WinForms, EJB, Servlets, JSP, Hibernate, SEO, SEM, PPC, Flash, Recruit, ActionScript, Silverlight, Agile, SCRUM, Kanban, HTML, JSP, BI, Cloud, Puppet, Chef, Business Intelligence, SQL DBA, SQL Server, Healthcare roles for McKesson both technical and practical, Nursing, Account Managers, Healthcare Medical, systems, Equipment, Medicines, Pharmaceuticals, Software, Locum Tenon’s, and many more… Too many to list

Education & Certifications

Seton Hall University, Finance and Business Management, South Orange, N.J. 1990 - 1993

Long Island University, Business Management, Brooklyn, N.Y. 1986 - 1988

New York City Ballet – School Of American Ballet - Lincoln Center, New York, NY

Professional Children's School, Diploma, New York, NY

Professional Experience

IBM Global Services – The Weather Company 01/2016 to Present

Sr. Technical & Corporate Talent Acquisition Partner

Human Resource Specialist

The Weather Channel/Company, and IBM Business is the world’s largest private weather enterprise, helping people to make informed decisions-and take action-in the face of weather. The company offers the most accurate, personalized, and actionable weather data, and insights to millions of consumers, and thousands of businesses via Weathers API, its business solutions division, and its own digital products from the Weather Channel (weather.com), and Weather Underground (wunderground.com).

The Weather Company/IBM delivers up to 26 billion forecasts daily. Its products include a top weather app on all major mobile platforms globally; the world’s largest IoT data platforms; and industry-leading business solutions. Weather Means Business. The world’s biggest brands in aviation, energy, insurance, media, and government rely on the Weather Company/IBM for data, technology platforms, and services to help improve decision-making and respond to weathers impact on business.

I design, develop and maintain the recruitment process in the organization (including its description, recruitment measurement definitions, regular measurement reporting, taking proper actions to close gaps).

Provide consultation to Global Acquisition Hiring Partners.

I design the selection matrix for choosing the optimum recruitment channel and recruitment source.

Serve as a focal for acquisition recruiters and hiring managers to facilitate training of the IBM recruitment process, providing advice and counsel when necessary.

Continually exploring the market best practices in recruitment and staffing and implement appropriate best practices with strategic impact to increase acquisition staffing team efficiency in the organization.

Investigate escalations and challenges on behalf of management and quickly assimilate technical information and build solutions to meet business needs.

I am responsible for building a quality relationship with the internal customers and external recruitment agencies.

Monitoring and constantly reducing the costs of the recruitment process both on shore and off shore.

Setting the social media communication strategy for different job profiles and functions in the organization.

Conduct job interviews for all key jobs in the organization.

Consistently monitoring the labor legislation, Health Insurance laws, and implement the required changes to keep the process compliant.

Encompass Digital Media TV 06/2015 to 12/2015

Senior Technical Corporate Recruiter/Manager/HR Specialist

Contract Role

Encompass, a global leader in mission-critical media capture, management and distribution services, owns and operates broadcast facilities throughout Argentina (Buenos Aires), Asia (Singapore), U.K. (London) and U.S.A. (Atlanta, Los Angeles Metro, Minneapolis, New York Metro). Encompass serves the world’s leading local, regional and global media companies, broadcasters, corporations and government end-users with customized, cost-effective and innovative solutions. Specializing in full-time network origination/playout and live ad-hoc transmission services, the company is a global gateway for moving media throughout EMEA, Latin America, Pacific Rim and U.S.A. Encompass broadcasts over 900 channels delivering content in a variety of languages throughout Western and Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa and the Middle East.

Senior Technical Corporate Recruiter – Recruiting for such roles as; Sr. Financial Analyst, Accounts Payable Accountant, Sr. Director of Finance, Auditors, International Tax Analyst, Private Equity, Brokerage candidates, Broadcast Engineer, Digital Media Operations Engineer, RF Engineers, IT Programmer Analyst (With Great Plains specialty), IT Helpdesk Manager, SQL DBA, Government Contracts, Proposal Writer, Media Relations Specialist, Critical Facilities Manager, supply Chain, Manufacturing, C Level SVP of Executive Sales, etc.

HR Generalist - Performed all HR Functions – New Employee on Boarding, from initial offer letter, employee HR folders, verifying all I9’s, W4’s, G4’s, references, policy’s, benefits, and new employee start day on boarding.

Created a new employee training/coaching program for employee’s to become the best employee they can be. “Being a Better You” puts me as the point of contact for employees for administering employee education programs, advising about policies, goal setting strategies, coaching to assist employees in future goals, coaching and training employees for retention, advancement, and growth within the company.

I provided the support to employees for self-service and HR technology tools (ADP)

Was responsible for the HR and Manager, Directors assistance with the ATS Taleo, (ADP – Cornerstone) system to assist in hires, creating cost savings and time management solutions.

Marketing and posting of jobs to various sites, including posting on LinkedIn, Monster, CareerBuilder, The Ladders, and our company web site.

I consistently input data into required databases, and systems to complete transactions that then flowed to populate other business processes and/or databases throughout Encompass.

Cox Enterprises/Cox Automotive Inc. /vAuto 04/01/2015 to 06/15

Senior Corporate Recruiter – Short Term Contract

Cox Enterprises is a leading communications, media and automotive services company. Headquartered in Atlanta, Cox Enterprises' revenues are nearly $16 billion, and the company has more than 50,000 employees.

Specifically used ATS system Taleo

Cox Automotive – vAuto - Senior Corporate Recruiter for Specialized project hiring unique executives.

This role required a unique form of recruiting, for a unique opportunity at vAuto for 15 executive jobs in the US and Canada. vAuto is a software program that is in 70% of all retail auto dealerships throughout the United States and Canada. Therefore as the corporate recruiter, I was not allowed to post the role, use job boards, or social media to recruit the candidates, or their customers might think vAuto was poaching from them.

A leading provider of vehicle remarketing services and digital marketing and software solutions for automotive dealers and consumers. Cox Automotive includes Manheim, AutoTrader.com, Kelley Blue Book, vAuto, NextGear Capital, and a host of global businesses and brands serving customers such as auto dealers, manufacturers and financial institutions.

www.coxautoinc.com

TriDatum Solutions/Reach 360 US 11/2014 to 03/31/2015

Sr. Recruiting Manager/Onsite Corporate Recruiter/Sr. IT Technical Recruiter/HR Specialist

Reach 360 recruited me away from my previous job, but then lost their two largest accounts causing them to lose over 100K per month. I was laid off

TriDatum Solutions, Inc. was built and is led by a team of transformation specialists who design technology solutions that embrace the cloud, mobilize workforces and optimize on premise IT infrastructures. Providing data-driven workforce and infrastructure solutions that leverage cloud, encourage mobility and assure security, we help organizations achieve their business goals by brokering relationships between clients and aligned technologies. TriDatum Solutions has invested significantly in their staffing arm, branded as REACH360. REACH360 is dedicated to helping companies find the right people for their culture, assisting candidates in finding the perfect job, and enabling those who wish to keep staffing in-house to do so with the right tools and resources. We empower companies by managing the full lifecycle of their staffing and recruiting needs or by providing the technology tools to handle the job themselves.

Clients included but not limited to; First Data, TSYS, Fiserv, McKesson, SAP America, Boys and Girls Clubs of America, This King Center, Coca Cola, Cox Enterprises, Inc., Citgo, RigNet, CorFire, SCI, Comcast Cable, Occidental Petroleum, Amen, Bomgar, etc.

I manage software development talent with experience in a wide range of business sectors, including Government, banking, finance, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Healthcare, automotive, telecommunications, insurance, child support, and health care, and Gas/Petroleum/Energy. Information Systems Security Architecture, Information Security, Chartered Financial Analyst, Security Analyst, Business Analyst, Accounts Payable Accountant, Sr. Director of Finance, Auditors, International Tax Analyst, Private Equity, Business Intelligence, etc.

Direct Account Management for major clients nationally (Citgo, RigNet, First Data, Boys and Girls Club of America, You 42, etc.) to assure all facets of recruiting and placement were met to the satisfaction of the client, managers, directors, and C level executives.

Healthcare roles for McKesson both technical and practical, Nursing, Account Managers, Healthcare Medical, systems, Equipment, Medicines, Pharmaceuticals, Software, Locum Tenon’s, etc.

I design, develop and maintain the recruitment process in the organization (including its description, recruitment measurement definitions, metrics for all recruiters, regular measurement reporting, taking proper actions to close gaps), and using ATS systems - Taleo

I design the selection matrix for choosing the optimum recruitment channel and recruitment source

Continually exploring the market best practices in the recruitment and staffing and implement appropriate best practices in the organization

I am responsible for building a quality relationship with the internal customers and external recruitment agencies

Monitoring and constantly reducing the costs of the recruitment process both on shore and off shore.

Setting the social media communication strategy for different job profiles and functions in the organization.

Conduct job interviews for the managerial job positions (or key jobs in the organization)

Consistently monitoring the labor legislation, Health Insurance laws, and implement the required changes to keep the process compliant.

Knowledge of laws and regulations pertaining to recruitment (FLSA, OFCCP, etc.)

I manage and develop the team of HR Recruiters within TriDatum Solutions and Reach 360 US.

Acting as a single point of contact for managers regarding recruitment topics

Designing training recruitment for HR Recruiters and line managers

3i People, Inc. 04/2014 to 11/2014

Recruiting Manager/Sr. IT Technical/Healthcare/Finance Recruiter

3i People, Inc. is a full-services, global Information Technology Firm doing business in Business Intelligence and Data Analytics Customized Web Applications, SAP Solutions, Network Solutions and Vendor Management Solutions. Headquartered in Atlanta, GA, the company operates throughout the United States, and internationally.3i People offers software development talent with experience in a wide range of business sectors, including health care, banking, finance, security, Information Systems Security Architecture, Information Security, Chartered Financial Analyst, Security Analyst, Business Analyst, Business Intelligence, etc., automotive, telecommunications, insurance, child support, and health care. Our developers have expertise in E-commerce, Web-Enabled Applications, Database Administration, Data Warehousing, UNIX Administration, and Implementation of ERP/CRM Enterprise Application Software (PeopleSoft, SAP, and Oracle). Our people are accustomed to Full Life-Cycle, Design, Development and Implementation, and Application Development work.

Companies I directly worked with on Contingent Staffing: Cox Communications, Cox Enterprises, Manheim, Auto Trader, UPS, SAP, McKesson Corp., American Cancer Society, NCR, Digital Insights, the State of Georgia, Dell, CITRIX, HP Invent, Sun Microsystems, IBM, Bomgar, etc.

I design, develop and maintain the recruitment process in the organization (including its description, recruitment measurement definitions, regular measurement reporting, taking proper actions to close gaps)

I design the selection matrix for choosing the optimum recruitment channel and recruitment source

Continually exploring the market best practices in the recruitment and staffing and implement appropriate best practices in the organization

I am responsible for building a quality relationship with the internal customers and external recruitment agencies

Direct Account Management for major clients (Auto Trader, Manheim, UPS, McKesson, Cox Enterprises, Cox Digital Media, Cox Communications, Cox Automotive, etc.) to assure all facets of recruiting and placement were met to the satisfaction of the client, managers, directors, and C level executives.

ATS Systems and VMS used, Taleo, Fieldglass, Zero Chaos, Workforce Logic, Beeline, Superior Group

Monitoring and constantly reducing the costs of the recruitment process both on shore and off shore.

Specific recruiting for Government roles which needed Security clearance for Bomgar/Motorola.

Setting the social media communication strategy for different job profiles and functions in the organization

Conduct job interviews for the managerial job positions (or key jobs in the organization)

Consistently monitoring the labor legislation, Health Insurance laws, and implement the required changes to keep the process compliant

I Manage and develop the team of HR Recruiters

Acting as a single point of contact for managers regarding recruitment topics

Designing training recruitment for HR Recruiters and line managers

High volume recruiting; utilizing Talenthook to source and identify the most qualified candidates in order to meet client requirements in a 24 hour or less submission timeline. Qualify candidates by conducting technical and behavioral interviews; obtain work history, education, certifications, and salary requirements. Work with a variety of VMS systems to include Taleo, Fieldglass, Zero Chaos, Workforce Logic, Beeline, Superior Group, etc. for candidate submissions. Managed and move candidates through iConsult ATS to ensure accurate steps and tracking. Coordinate client interviews with candidates and communicate necessary feedback throughout the recruiting process. Negotiate candidate pay rate in order to establish appropriate client bill rates. Assist with customer service efforts related to candidate/client activities to include follow up, retention and extension, lead generation, re-marketing, and assignment end. Extend verbal and written job offers. Assist and walk candidates through the onboarding process. Assist candidates/employees with other HR issues to include benefits, direct deposits, etc.

TechNet Resources, Inc. 01/2011 to 04/2014

Senior IT Technical and Onsite Corporate Executive Recruiter/Program Consultant

HR Specialist - Senior Manager IT Technical Recruiter

Direct Account Management for major clients (Verizon Wireless, AT&T/Openet, TRX, AIO Wireless, and Frontier Communications) to assure all facets of recruiting and placement were met to the satisfaction of the client, managers, directors, and C level executives.

I designed, developed and maintained the recruitment process at TechNet Resources (including its description, recruitment measurement definitions, regular measurement reporting, and taking actions to close gaps)

Continually learning and exploring the market best practices in recruitment and staffing, and I implemented the appropriate best practices for TechNet Resources.

Continually building a quality relationship with their internal customers and external recruitment agencies.

Defined and monitored the recruitment process to reduce the costs of the recruitment process.

Defined and set the social media communication strategy for different job profiles and functions at TechNet Resources.

Extensively coached and worked with all recruiters to find the best practices for the company and personally.

Extensive knowledge of recruiting and hiring processes including sourcing, interviewing, reference checking, tracking, salary negotiations, and closing.

Extensive experience in full life cycle IT recruiting, staffing and consulting for Government contracts needing clearance, Telecommunications/Wireless, Finance, Security, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Retail, Automotive/Manufacturing, Pharmaceutical, Banking, Software, Healthcare, and Insurance.

Fortune 100 & 500 clients – AT&T, Verizon Wireless, AIO Wireless, Openet, Netcracker, Orasi Software, SITA, BCD Travel, Convergys, Corefire, Frontier Communications, Time Warner, TRX, USAN, Bridge 2 Solutions, Bridgestone/Firestone, Genuine Auto Parts, & Atlantix.

Worked on all kinds of skills and all type of jobs/roles (Contract, Direct Hire, Contract to Hire, &Temporary positions).

Worked on requirements like Sr. Financial Analyst, Accounts Payable Accountant, Sr. Director of Finance, Auditors, International Tax Analyst, Private Equity, Sr. Systems Engineers, Software Engineers, Architects (Distributed and Mainframe), Network System Engineers, Database Architects, Developers, SAP, Oracle, Security architects, Security Analyst, Risk Analyst and Risk Management, Administrators, Network/System/Security Engineers, Web Developers, Digital Media Project Managers, Marketing managers, Quality Assurance/Test Engineers, Technical Program/Product/Project Managers, Development Managers, Business Analysts, Java Developers, iOS Developers, Android Developers, RF Engineers, etc.

Negotiating the pay rates on 1099, W2 and Corp. to Corp.

Experienced in handing H1B consultants and dealing with employers/vendors.

Knowledge in doing H1B-Transfers and placing the H1B consultants.

Vast experience with all job boards like Dice, Monster, Career Builder, Hot Jobs, Computer Jobs, Net-temps, The Ladders, Bullhorn for Job posting and Resume Screening. Local database is also used.

Scheduling the telephonic and in person interviews as per the client requests.

Initiating the paper work for the confirmed candidates

Collecting back ground checks (BGC) and W2/1099 agreements from the consultants once they are confirmed

Expertise in the recruiting of all Telecommunications IT Technical and retail roles

Preparing the offer letters/work order for the confirmed candidates

Experience in the preparation of professional service agreements PSA for approved vendors

We have our own in built tracking system Recruitment management system (RMS)

Experience in recruiting all kinds of skilled IT professionals like SAP, PeopleSoft, Siebel, Java, J2ee, Oracle, Oracle Apps, Oracle DBA’s, Oracle Financials, Microsoft Technologies, C+, C++, C#, Net, Asp.net., Database: SQL, Sybase Languages: VB, Java, C++ and .NET, C# with OS: UNIX, Linux, windows) etc.

Claddagh Resources 03/2007 to 12/2010

IT Technical & Executive Recruiter and Onsite Corporate Recruiter - Lead

Laid Off Due To the Economy

Full life cycle recruiting for: Information Technology (IT), Healthcare/Pharmaceutical, Sales & Marketing, and Consulting, Infrastructure, Human Resource Outsourcing (HRO), Banking, & Financial Services, and Advertising

Work closely with all levels of Management to understand the scope of all projects and provide the best resources available to deliver all projects exceeding expectations.

Account Management of for major clients to assure all facets of recruiting and placement were met to the satisfaction of the client, managers, directors, and C level executives.

Perform the roles of Executive Recruiter, Trainer, and Client Manager for such clients as Pricewaterhouse Cooper, Tata Consultancy Services, SAP America, HCL America, Deloitte & Touch, King Pharmaceutical, McKesson, and Sciele Pharma

Used many ATS Systems and VMS Systems - Taleo, Fieldglass, Zero Chaos, Workforce Logic, Beeline, Superior Group

Set up screening phone interviews, face to face interviews

Conduct full reference checks

Streamlined recruiting processes that reduced time-to-fill and cost-per-hire

Establish and maintain solid working relationships with all levels of executives

Participated in the day-to-day administration, communication, and implementation of HR policies and programs at the business unit or division level

Build applicant sources by researching and contacting companies, user-groups, trade organizations, other networking, media, and internet sites

Work with multi-state, and remote teams

Creative Events by Sunflowers 10/1994 to 03/2007

V.P. of Operations/Finance/Recruiter/Owner/General Manager

Partnered in developing Sunflowers, an event and floral design company specializing in weddings and corporate functions. Redefined the floral industry standard for retail marketing by targeting large corporate accounts with a full service floral and gift program on local, national and international levels.

Sunflowers currently provides service for over 50 corporate accounts, with revenues over $450,000. Sunflowers is a referral-only business on the recommended list of properties such as Chateau Élan Winery and Resort, The Georgian Terrace, Ritz Carlton, and Westin and Marriott Hotels.

Coordinated all event bookings/sales, including more than 65 weddings and 35 corporate events annually.

Maintained and handled all inventory on a daily, weekly basis, as well as purchasing, and tracking of all inventory.

Managed all merchandising, and advertising.

Managed all collections, accounts payable, and accounts receivables.

Managed design center expansion from 900 sq. ft. To 3500 sq.ft.

Assisted in the development of an interactive consultation process allowing clients to view different design styles and colors in the actual event location via computer digital imaging.

Maintained wholesale and corporate accounts, with responsibility for all billing and collections, including invoicing and accounts payable/receivable. Utilized Peachtree Accounting computer program.

Managed all human resources functions, including interviewing, hiring, employee evaluations, payroll, and insurance.

Experienced at working directly with all levels of Hiring / Project Managers and Executives easily establishing and maintaining solid working relationships, and producing results by having a thorough understanding of their environment, critical needs, project scope, timetables and procedures

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