Talent Acquisition Leadership
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Head of Talent Acquisition
Drizly (Acquired by Uber in 2021)
15+ years of experience focused on building organizational strength through talent acquisition, employer branding, and talent management within the technology industry. I strongly believe in open communication, empathetic leadership, building strong relationships with colleagues and candidates, and providing progressive, results-oriented solutions. T A L E N T A C Q U I S I T I O N L E A D E R
Sr. Product & Engineering Recruiting Lead
EzCater (Impacted by COVID-19)
Led full life-cycle recruitment for niche and high-impact tech roles for the Denver office Had an offer acceptance rate of 87% with the majority of top-tier candidates proactively sourced Sourced and hired the first tech leadership team for ezCater’s subsidiary company (MSI) in Vancouver Optimized recruitment processes to increase conversion rates which led to increased number of offers extended
Collaborated with Engineering leadership to revamp tech assessments and decreased their time spent interviewing
Conducted talent market research to help drive ezCater’s tech recruiting strategy Oct 2019 - May 2020
Recruiting Strategy and Leadership
People Operations
Compensation Analytics
Tech, Business, and Exec Recruiting
Full Life-Cycle Recruiting
Process Improvement
Talent Management
Retention Program Creation
Training and Development
Headcount Planning
Bachelor of Science - Marketing
University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago, IL 2005 – 2009
United States Navy Veteran
Active Duty 2001 – 2005
Selected from 30+ managers at Drizly
to complete our Director level and
above Leadership Program
Selected from 300+ employees
at SPR to be 1 of 5 future leaders
A C H I E V E M E N T S
Team Lead, Technical Talent Acquisition
Sept 2021 - July 2023
July 2020 - Sept 2021
Led a 14-person business and tech talent acquisition teams, including managers, recruiters, sourcers, and coordinators which hired 60-65 new hires quarterly on average Grew the talent acquisition team from 5 to 14 headcount within 8 months Built the foundation for talent acquisition and employer branding strategy, leading to 136 hires in 2021
(+53% YoY), 132 in 2022 (+17% YoY), and 70 in 2023 across all teams and levels Cut $312,000 in recruiting spend in my first 30 days as Head of TA by phasing out RPO partner, re- evaluating recruiting tools, and building out the in-house team Drove implementation of an entirely remote hiring process, maintained a >85 candidate eNPS score Built and launched hiring manager and interview training which certified over 100+ employees to be interview-ready to assess Drizly core competencies and values while reducing unconscious bias and emphasizing candidate experience
Led team to increase diversity in hires in Q3 2022 with 46% of all hires identifying as BIPOC (+23% vs. 2021) and 38% of engineering hires identifying as BIPOC Implemented a new sourcing strategy resulting in 51% of all engineering hires sourced in 2022 Built out an executive level process, resulting in the sourcing and hiring of our current CTO and CISO Collaborated in talent management projects related to employee engagement, compensation, retention strategy, organization design, career pathing, and succession planning Selected for the Uber/Drizly integration leadership team to ensure a smooth transition post acquisition Talent Acquisition Manager
Techstars
Led a team of 3 while managing a requisition load of 20+ full-time positions at all times resulting in over 100 successful hires in one year
Responsible for developing, delivering, and continuously improving practices and programs that successfully attract, grow, and retain top talent
Acted as point of contact for all recruiting initiatives including recruiting strategy, team alignment, internal job board, process improvement, diversity and inclusion, networking events, and corporate partner calls
Led the recruitment team in supporting the various internal departments on a global scale including the Executive team, D&I, Engineering, Operations, Sales, Marketing, Finance, Legal, and Product Aug 2018 - Oct 2019
A F T E R H O U R S
Live music
Home improvement projects
Skiing
Biking
Golf
P A S T W O R K E X P E R I E N C E
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SPR, Feb 2017 - Apr 2018
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NVISIA, June 2012 - Feb 2017
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Manager of Talent Acquisition
EMS Software (Acquired), Apr 2018 - Aug 2018
Senior Manager, Talent & Operations
Bloomerang
July 2023 - Present
Manage a 4-person talent and operations team, including recruiters and people operations generalists focusing on all departments in the organization
Led and trained the transition to a competency-based recruiting model, improving hiring quality, equity, and standardization while decreasing new hire turnover from 35% to 18% Successfully integrated a newly acquired company into our talent and operations, streamlining processes, and absorbing another team member
Led the hiring of 160+ employees, achieving a 93% offer acceptance rate and a 32-day average time-to-fill Promoted and implemented DEI practices and increasing hires of underrepresented groups by 10% Enhanced employee onboarding, increasing employee satisfaction to 95% and improving 90-day retention Conducted compensation analytics to identify pay gaps and develop equitable pay strategies
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