DIRECTOR, TALENT ACQUISITION

Strategic and multi-faceted talent acquisition executive with deep experience transforming organizations through enhanced full-cycle staffing and talent management practices. Introduce modernized, hands-on outreach and recruiting strategies that increase employer brand awareness and attract, secure, and retain top talent. Build strong partnerships with clients, driving exponential profitability growth by reducing time-to-fill ratios and accelerating onboarding activities. Create cultures of engagement and professional development, empowering high-performing teams through transparent communication and servant leadership.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

●Talent Acquisition & Recruitment Strategies

●Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Initiatives

●Human Resources (HR) Management

●Strategic Program Planning

●Executive & Board Relationship Management

●Team Leadership & Development

●Revenue & Profitability Growth

●Social Media Brand Strategies

SELECTED ACCOMPLISHMENTS

●Increased HarmonyTech’s client-approved job hire rate by 600% and decreased time-to-fill ratio by 75% within 2 months of hire, attracting and securing top-tier talent by improving outreach and recruiting processes.

●Drove $28M revenue growth within first year for Amida Technology Solutions, surpassing one project-specific goal by $14M in less than 2 months through enhanced recruiting and hiring that optimized income from client contracts.

●Reduced time-to-fill for new roles from 54 days to 23 days and decreased turnover rate from 19% to 3% for Mythics, Inc. by building strong relationships with hiring managers and teams, articulating importance of new hire quality and cultural fit, and implementing improvements to interview process.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

HarmonyTech, Fairfax, VA 2022–2023

Director of Talent Acquisition and Human Resources

Recruited to improve efficiency of recruiting and hiring process while navigating nascent HR infrastructure for technology subcontracting organization. Established strong relationship with key client (Deloitte) and accelerated client letters of intent for new candidates. Conducted performance reviews for all company employees, including 2 direct reports. Increased productivity by optimizing proposal content and differentiated HarmonyTech from competitors by identifying and articulating unique methods for attracting and securing top talent.

●Increased company’s LinkedIn follower count by 50% within first 3 months by facilitating internal training to educate employees on effective social media and LinkedIn practices.

Amida Technology Solutions, Washington DC 2021–2022

Director, Talent Acquisition

Led talent acquisition and human resources strategies for federally certified technology organization. Drove transformation of end-to-end recruiting strategy while leading benefits administration, employee relations, and legal and regulatory reporting as well as compliance with Department of Labor and Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) proposal and audit requirements. Positioned recruiting team as trusted business partner for cross-functional teams and turned around relationship with board of directors.

●Successfully recruited, hired, and onboarded 55 new employees within first 3 months, following 9-month period of gaining only 6 new hires, by transforming company’s recruiting process through enhanced relationships with hiring managers and proactive outreach to potential candidates.

●Increased employee skills, engagement, and retention by collaborating with CEO to identify creative opportunities to amplify investment in staff, including improvements to existing benefits programs, increased communication about company objectives and progress, and interview training to optimize cultural fit of new hires.

International Business & Technical Consultants, Inc. (IBTCI), Vienna, VA 2019–2020

Director of Talent Acquisition

Centralized global talent acquisition function across multiple business capabilities, reporting to senior director of human resources and accountable to company president and founder. Built and led talent acquisition team, creating culture of professional development that ensured competency in international recruiting and hiring practices. Increased productivity of hiring process by forging strong business relationships with hiring managers. Enhanced and refined affirmative action and diversity planning processes, including increase in diversity, equity, and inclusion outreach.

Mythics, Inc., Virginia Beach, VA 2015–2019

Director of Talent Acquisition

Recruited to introduce executive-level strategic vision to company’s recruiting and talent acquisition function, leading shift from reactive to proactive recruiting approach. Elevated relationship with board of directors by facilitating effective board meetings, tailoring status updates to board member preference, and proactively providing strategic solutions to trouble areas. Managed team expectations and goals through transparent communication with company leaders. Promoted professional development of staff through mentoring, coaching, capacity management support, and servant leadership. Leveraged as expert recruiting resource for sales team, mitigating perceived market shortages to recruit skilled employees.

●Enabled company to consistently exceed year-over-year gross profit expectations, delivering 148% to target within first year and total gross profit growth of 357% within 4 years.

●Built brand awareness across social channels, including 3,000% growth in Glassdoor.com views, by designing social media, thought leadership, and case study publication strategy and gaining approval to execute from dubious leadership team. Led training for all company associates to enable ongoing maintenance of social media program.

Primescape Solutions (now HighPoint Digital), Herndon, VA 2010–2015

Director of Human Capital and Talent Acquisition

Oversaw talent acquisition, human resources, and operations functions for federally certified technology contracting organization. Managed 8 staff members executing recruitment and acquisition strategies, leading team to become trusted business partner. Led employee relations, benefits, legal compliance, and regulatory reporting as well as procurement, administration, facilities, security, and safety. Audited and updated company’s affirmative action and diversity, equity, and inclusion plans. Optimized benefit plans and implemented cost containment measures that positively impacted both company and employees.

●Contributed to 11X revenue growth during tenure through effective talent acquisition and management practices.

●Built talent acquisition strategy and associated management processes to support Primescape’s government IT services and corporate functions.

●Served as key member of senior staff planning board, identifying strategic company objectives and crafting execution roadmaps to deliver revenue generation goals.

Additional Professional Experience

AT&T Government Solutions, Vienna, VA – Lead Technical Recruiter

Advanced Technology Systems, McLean, VA – Senior Technical Recruiter

The Orkand Corporation, Falls Church, VA – Technical Recruiter II

AOC, Rockville, MD – Executive Recruiter

Mariner Health Care, Kensington, MD – Admissions Manager

EDUCATION

James Madison University; Harrisonburg, VA – Bachelor of Science

CERTIFICATIONS

Professional in Human Resources (PHR) – Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM); Alexandria, VA

ORGANIZATIONS

Member – Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM); Alexandria, VA

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