Global Talent Acquisition Leader with a passion for building & leading high-performance teams and managing executive-level searches. Providing strong strategic direction and global talent strategies for pre-IPO companies, as well as mid-sized and large fortune 500 companies.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
1
1
Certificate
Work History
Talent Acquisition Consultant
Talkdesk
09.2023 - Current
Following successful partnerships at Symantec, Zscaler and IronNet, Talkdesk's President & COO recruited me to establish the Go-to-Market recruiting strategy and related hiring practices to boost new hire success and retention of Strategic Account Executives for Healthcare, Financial Services and Public Sector industry verticals
Collaborated with sales leadership and established outcome-based success criteria for candidate assessment and post-hire performance measurement
Partnered with an AI reference platform to help predict new hire success
Engaged sales operations to align onboarding and enablement programs
Recruited and on-boarded 26 Strategic Account Executives between Dec 2023 - May 2024
Partnered with HR to implement 30, 90, and 180-day new hire and manager check-ins to evaluate new hire success and gather feedback.
Vice President, Talent Acquisition
Deepwatch
01.2022 - 08.2023
Recruited to lead the TA function and align the talent strategy, delivery model and processes to scale the company from 300 to 1,000 employees
Designed and implemented a performance-based hiring process that increased new hire retention from 62% in January 2022 to 92% through Q3 2023
Implemented Greenhouse ATS which improved candidate and hiring team experience and provided the Executive Team and Finance with real-time tracking and hiring insights
Established key performance metrics for the TA function which were used to develop accurate hiring plans and forecast headcount expenses
Personally led Executive Searches, including VP of Security Operations, SVP of Channel Sales and CFO.
Director, Global Talent Acquisition
IronNet
09.2019 - 12.2021
Following successful partnerships at Symantec and Zscaler, IronNet's Co-CEO recruited me to design and implement a talent delivery model to drive IronNet's global growth and lead it to a successful IPO
As the first internal talent acquisition resource, I staffed a core team of US and UK-based recruiters to scale all functions of the company globally (US, EMEA, APJ)
Team onboarded 275 new hires, growing from
Implemented performance-based hiring, which improved hiring outcomes, increased new hire satisfaction and resulted in a 90% new hire retention rate
Personally led Executive Searches for VP, Product Engineering, VP, Data & Analytics, VP, Product Management, VP, America Sales, VP, EMEA Sales and CMO.
Senior Director, Global Talent Acquisition
Zscaler
02.2015 - 09.2019
Built a 38-person global recruiting machine that scaled the company from 225 employees globally in 2015 to 1,500 in 2019
IPO in April 2018 was the most successful cybersecurity IPO of the year.
Sales Recruiting Manager
RiskIQ
09.2014 - 02.2015
Talent Acquisition Consultant - Enterprise Sales
TIBCO Software
10.2012 - 09.2014
Contract SG&A Recruiter
Theranos
07.2012 - 10.2012
Lead Sales & Executive Recruiter
Symantec
11.2006 - 07.2012
Executive Search Consultant & Team Lead
Bank of America
02.2006 - 11.2006
Sales & Executive Recruiter
AT&T
02.2000 - 01.2006
Education
Bachelor, Business Management -
LeTourneau University
01.2001
Associate of Arts, General Studies -
Bossier Parish Community College
01.1997
Skills
Strategic Talent Acquisition
Executive Recruiting & Engagement
Sales/GTM Recruiting
Building & Leading Global TA Teams
Performance-based Hiring
Data-driven Decision-making
Improving Recruiting Outcomes
Scaling Start-ups to IPO
Certification
Certified Internet Recruiter (CIR) - AIRS, an ADP company