Anna May Stratton
Harrisonburg,VA
Summary
EXECUTIVE RECRUITING/TALENT ACQUISITION EXECUTIVE
Driving results through data, storytelling, and servant leadership
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
Work History
Partner, VP, Talent Acquisition
Modern Executive Solutions
02.2022 - Current
- Strategically partner with the CEO on building and executing the client strategy, operational strategy, culture & people strategy to achieve short- and long-term objectives.
- Support other Partners in pitching, winning and delivering solutions. Support in all aspects of winning and delivering pitch opportunities created by the CEO and others in the leadership team.
- Built internal recruiting function from scratch to include selection methodology, interview training, onboarding, learning and development and candidate experience.
Director, Global Executive Recruiting
Otis Elevator
07.2019 - 08.2021
- Built a global internal executive recruiting function from scratch, pivoting from search firm led strategy to internally sourced strategy
- Developed and executed a global executive recruiting strategy across four regions globally (Americas, APAC, EMEA, China)
- Established KPIs to track monitor and measure effectiveness in the sourcing, slating, and hiring of global executive talent
- Reset the end-to-end executive strategic hiring process aimed at mitigating bias, yielding greater diversity and inclusiveness throughout the process
- Received buy-in and sponsorship from the CEO and the executive leadership team to implement the newly designed process globally across all functions and regions
- Developed a data-driven decision-making process anchored in leadership competencies and behaviors to mitigate bias in the evaluation of candidates
- Led team to successfully deliver on critical executive hiring needs with an overall 50% diversity of hire ratio.
Director, Executive Recruiting
Capital One
08.2011 - 07.2019
- Served as an overall strategic thought partner, consultant, and talent advisor to the Senior Leadership team in Technology and Digital
- Developed and executed a cohesive strategy for Executive Recruiting that elevated Capital One’s brand and strove for excellence in all processes
- Co – developed and drove an effective D&I strategy resulting in an increase from 16% diversity of hire in 2016 to 50% diversity of hire in 2018 within the technology organization
- Partnered closely with Technology Leaders, HR Consultants, Compensation Specialists, Selection Leads, and the broader HR Senior Leadership team
- Built and led the centralized sourcing function for Capital One, establishing a Sourcing Center of Excellence and developed an elite brand of sourcing professionals
- Developed, championed and implemented a new Executive selection assessment tool which became the default interviewing methodology for Executive Interviewing across the entire Enterprise
- Developed and executed innovative sourcing strategies that included direct research, business involved initiatives and talent focused events
- Envisioned, built, and implemented a "Talent Magnet" initiative within the Executive Leadership population in Technology to create ambassadors of our leaders.
Head of Talent Acquisition
Rosetta Stone
08.2007 - 08.2011
- Built and led talent acquisition globally, establishing from the ground up, recruiting, coaching, and leading a team of recruiters and coordinators
- Established effective recruitment processes and strategies designed toward attracting and hiring top talent by focusing on superior "candidate experience"
- Developed strategic relationships with executive management to forecast needs and develop talent pipelines for key areas within the business
- Developed and delivered training curriculum for top talent hiring practices and implemented company wide
- Executed on all Executive level searches for the organization.
Associate
Heidrick & Struggles
09.2006 - 08.2007
- Recruited for various levels of C-Suite professionals to include CEOs, CFOs, COOs, and CMOs.
Spectrum Strategy Manager
Nextel Communications
07.2005 - 08.2006
- Managed the corporate strategy for the acquisition of 900 MHz licenses
- Managed acquisitions through full life cycle from target identification and evaluation to negotiations, contract execution and regulatory closing.
Sr. Recruiter
Nextel Communications
08.2004 - 07.2005
- Partnered closely with the Products and Services organization to understand key role and incumbent characteristics and departmental culture to identify and engage with a top talent pool
- Sourced, evaluated and presented passive and active candidates, managing the full life cycle up to and including offer delivery.
Education
Bachelor of Arts -
James Madison University
05.1998
Skills
- Executive Talent Recruitment
- Industry expertise
- Innovative and growth mindset
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Business development
- Team building
Timeline
Partner, VP, Talent Acquisition
Modern Executive Solutions
02.2022 - Current
Director, Global Executive Recruiting
Otis Elevator
07.2019 - 08.2021
Director, Executive Recruiting
Capital One
08.2011 - 07.2019
Head of Talent Acquisition
Rosetta Stone
08.2007 - 08.2011
Associate
Heidrick & Struggles
09.2006 - 08.2007
Spectrum Strategy Manager
Nextel Communications
07.2005 - 08.2006
Sr. Recruiter
Nextel Communications
08.2004 - 07.2005
Bachelor of Arts -
James Madison University