Talent Acquisition Project Manager

Consultant, Global Talent Acquisition & Speaker on TA Topics

Delivering principled leadership to solve organizational challenges with

effective, sustainable, and holistic TA strategies

Nationally recognized expert on hiring and developing talent pipelines of diverse talent, military talent, and persons with disabilities. Equally effective as a relationship builder, strategist, and process creator—retained by global employers to develop industry-leading TA strategies that ensure recruitment and retention of top-notch hires who mesh with corporate culture and organizational goals.

Professional Experience

Ronwilliamsserves.org Delray Beach, FL December 2018–Present

Principal Recruiting Consultant Managing Partner

Specializing in executive search and recruitment for life sciences, manufacturing, IT, engineering, and healthcare. Engagements include process mapping, building internal recruiting teams, ATS selection, and training recruiters / coordinators.

Deliver strategic consulting to global organizations on recruitment and related technology, DEI, military hiring, employment trends, and the future of TA. Engage with companies and organizations as keynote, seminar, and workshop speaker / instructor on life skills, career transitions, and hiring the military.

Representative consulting engagements:

BuzzRX (formerly Watertree Health) — Partnered with leadership team on attracting and retaining talent, future-of-talent, and emerging trends. Implemented sourcing solutions, established processes and metrics, and drove improvements in analytics to ensure scalability. Recruited talent for key roles. (14–month engagement)

Provided expertise on selection of new ATS (Taleo) and developed implementation strategy.

Boys & Girls Clubs of Martin County — Drove end-to-end recruiting for four Boys and Girls Clubs. (7-month engagement)

Filled 50+ positions, entry-level to director.

Delivered leadership training on best practices to leadership team and hiring managers.

Enterprise Content Solutions — Partnered with CEO in attracting talent for key roles to support startup’s data-driven, clone modeling marketing platform. (10–month engagement)

Provided initial pipeline of key candidates for VP Sales, VP Digital Marketing, and Director of Strategy.

Modernizing Medicine — Assessed and provided strategies for sourcing and recruiting software (SaaS) talent and provided strategies for sourcing diverse sales talent. (three–month engagement)

Created recruitment pipeline for SaaS company in sales and account management including sourcing a short list of candidates for a critical inside sales leadership role.

Honeywell — Recruited critical positions within Advance Material Division requiring extremely short turnaround times and strict process steps. (four–month engagement)

Managed high-profile Director / SVP-level roles in Advance Materials Division; negotiated executive-level compensation recommendations.

AMS (Alexander Mann Solutions) — Recruited hard-to-fill engineering and IT positions and multiple manufacturing support positions; also worked on roles for pharma, devops, cloud, data solutions, Azure, AWS, and software network engineers. (19–month engagement)

Sourced and recruited applicants for 25+ requisitions in a high-volume recruiting environment.

JBT Corporation Orlando, FL June–November 2018

Global Talent Acquisition Consultant

Global aerospace and airport equipment company.

Managed senior to executive-level searches; trained hiring managers and recruiters on integration of new ATS, Taleo.

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JBT Corporation, Global Talent Acquisition Consultant, Selected achievements:

Served as project manager for implementation of Taleo ATS – bringing multiple systems onto a single platform to improve hiring consistency and reporting accuracy.

Advised HR leadership team in establishing standardized global TA practices and processes for US and Europe including communicating strategy to key global stakeholders.

Developed Preferred Vendor Recruitment agreement, which brought consistency to external partner relationships and reduced related expenses.

North Highland Worldwide Consulting Atlanta, GA February 2017–June 2018

Executive Recruiting Consultant

Management consulting firm.

Drove recruitment strategies for mid-level to executive talent for Public Sector division, sourcing talent for contract and permanent positions across engineering, IT, general management, and VPs.

Filled 57 positions including VP, Principal, Master Practitioner, and Senior Consultant.

Stratasys Eden Prairie, MN February–December 2016

Director, Global Talent Acquisition

American-Israeli manufacturer of 3D printers, software, and materials for polymer additive manufacturing.

Delivered lifecycle global recruitment strategy, with a focus on establishing infrastructure and processes for global alignment and increased transparency. Reporting directly to EVP of Global HR, managed team of 13 in North America, Europe, Israel, and Asia.

Expanded organizational capability to implement critical sourcing, recruitment, hiring, onboarding, and reporting strategies aligned with business objectives and HR practices.

Co-led implementation of Recruitment Management System (RMS) and Applicant Tracking System (ATS) ICIMS, which significantly improved ability to track cost of hire (COH) and effectiveness of TA sources.

First Data Corporation Coral Springs, FL September 2014–February 2016

Executive Recruiting Consultant

Collaborated with business managers, HR, and key stakeholders to build effective strategies to attract candidates for VP and SVP positions in Sales, Marketing, and Communications.

Delivered 48 executive placements with salaries ranging from $150K to $450K.

Implemented IBM BrassRing ATS.

Suntrust Bank Atlanta, GA October 2012–August 2014

Group Vice President, Executive Recruiting

Spearheaded strategy to build staffing and recruiting competencies, serving as trusted advisor and SME on workforce planning, employer value proposition, competitive intelligence, DEI, executive compensation, and sourcing techniques.

Introduced recruiting and hiring best practices that established consistency and alignment across organization, ensured a quality candidate experience, and built brand loyalty in all candidates.

Earlier in-house leadership TA roles include: AstraZeneca Wachovia Bank Corning Inc Newport News Shipbuilding

Military Service: Captain, United States Army

Education & Certifications

Pennsylvania State University Bachelor of Arts (BA), Psychology / Business Management

Cornell University Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR) Program

University of Virginia — Darden School Executive Leadership Program

Emory University — American Institute for Managing Diversity Diversity Training Program, Dr. Roosevelt Thomas

Lean Six Sigma Green Belt

Memberships

Member / Speaker, Hiring our Heroes (Military Recruiting) Penn State Behrend Basketball Hall of Fame

Past Board Memberships: Employment Management Association (EMA), Staffing.org, National Association of African Americans in Human Resources (NAAAHRMN) – Twin Cities, Thought Leadership for Sourcing and Recruitment

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