Terra Saltzman-Baker
Solana Beach,CA
Summary
Executive presence in leadership development, training, and recruiting with 20+ years global experience across all industries, functional areas, level of position, composition of audience, size of company, and public and private sectors. Natural tendency toward working with people, cross-functionally toward long-term goals with high success rate across deliverables.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
Work History
Sr. Consultant, Leadership Training & Development
Krauthammer Partners USA
09.2023 - Current
- Conduct needs analyses with potential clients to ascertain organizational pain points and create long-term plan
- Facilitate in-person/virtual trainings on leadership through role plays, breakout sessions and individual self-reflections
- Perform needs assessments with talent management and department heads to create training objectives
- Deliver exemplary behavior change trainings, challenge participants thought process, adjust style based on feedback
- Post training follow-up includes virtual coaching sessions to assess growth, and coach on continuing challenges.
Sr. Consultant
Independent Consulting
01.2022 - Current
- Contacted for expertise in the following areas: Brand Development – technology solutions, Women’s ERP attendance
- Negotiations – financial services in education, executive attendance
- Public Speaking – global non-profit, full staff attendance
- Future of Work – annual conference speaker, Alumni Career Services Network
- Career Advancement - university graduate school, first-year student mandatory attendance.
Talent and Organization, Human Potential, Recruiting
Accenture
04.2021 - 01.2023
- Full life cycle recruiting for Global Capability Network areas of Supply Chain & Operations (SC&O), Real Estate and Workplace Solutions (REWS) and Market Integration/Industry X
- Successfully hired 89% of open roles and partnered on multiple hires across other areas of the organization
- Platforms: Workday, Beamery and Diverse Slate.
Program Manager
Spectra 360
11.2019 - 11.2020
- Created and launched outbound sales program to diversify and grow new business verticals in light industrial industry
- Hired, trained and remotely-managed 6-member domestic US sales team for all areas of logistics recruiting
- Recruited, trained and remotely-managed 15-person offshore sourcing team; created manuals and procedures.
Director, Talent Management and Recruitment Rady Graduate Career Connections
University of California, San Diego Rady School of Management
12.2013 - 01.2019
- Extensive outreach (local to international) to build brand awareness and highlight graduate business students, increased new corporate partnerships by 800+
- Accountability for career outcomes of all Rady graduate professionals (700+) and all Rady alumni (1800+), which in 2017 was highest at graduation placement in 11-year Rady history
- Created and led 15-member Employer Advisory Board to best define student value-add to the market
- Hired, managed, and trained 8-person professional staff (up from 3-person team); responsibility of a $1.5M budget
- Created careers events including workshops, panels, career fairs, specialized employer events across campus
- Defined and implemented two career treks with 140+ students to San Francisco and China
- Industries included: Consulting, Financial Services, Asset Management, Hi-Tech, Biotech, Energy and Manufacturing.
Manager, MBA Recruiting
University of San Diego Business School
04.2009 - 12.2013
- Prepared 200+ graduate professionals for internships and full-time positions through one-on-one meetings, small group workshops, career fairs and co-lead of a required careers course
- Conducted interview preparation, resume writing, career advising, event development and execution
- Connected with local and national companies to develop direct working relationships for student placement and increase the school's brand awareness, increasing our corporate contact database by 1600%
- Industries included: Big 4, regional Consulting, Biotech, Hi-Tech, Financial Services & Banking, Manufacturing, Energy.
Finance and Accounting Recruiter (contract)
Life Technologies (now Thermo Fisher Scientific), Carlsbad, CA
04.2009 - 09.2009
- Recruited all levels of Finance, Accounting, Tax, Internal Audit, Treasury and SOX across North America; successfully filling 50+ positions (98% of portfolio).
Executive Recruiter
Ajilon Professional Staffing, San Diego, CA
08.2003 - 10.2008
- Local San Diego Accounting and Finance recruiting and business development (cold-calling, client presentations, and involvement in community associations)
- Industries included: Consulting, Retail, Manufacturing, Telecommunication, Biotechnology, Hi Tech, Gaming, Energy, Healthcare, Non-Profit, Software, Insurance, Construction, Financial Services, and Sales and Distribution.
Executive Recruiter
Marc-Allen Associates, Coral Springs, FL
05.2001 - 08.2003
- Proactively marketed to nationwide corporate retail clients for new business (adding Gap and Orvis to portfolio)
- Managed contract negotiation, facilitated interviews, extended job offers, defined relocation packages
- Functions included: IT, Finance, HR, Marketing, Product Development, Construction, Operations, and Legal.
Executive Research Team Lead (2000-2001)
OMNIpartners, Inc., Plantation, FL
01.1999 - 01.2001
- Interviewed, trained, managed of daily activities, development and supervision of five-member team
- Created, organized, implemented and analyzed recruitment strategies to ensure successful searches.
Executive Research Recruiter (1999-2000)
OMNIpartners, Inc., Plantation, FL
01.1999 - 01.2000
- Researched various market sectors; surfaced and successfully recruited qualified individuals through Internet sourcing and cold calling.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Psychology
Fairleigh Dickinson University
Madison, NJSkills
- Leadership Organization
- Public Speaking
- Recruiting
- Training and Development
- Content Creation
- Business Development
- Diversity Initiatives
Volunteering And Memberships
- Make-A-Wish San Diego (2008-Present)
- BIOCOM | ACG San Diego | Corporate Director's Forum | MBA CSEA
- San Diego Military Advisory Counsel | MPACE | NACE
Professional Highlights
- Twenty years of business development, continuous engagement and new strategic initiatives in education and industry
- Successful diversity initiatives – HBCU, gender-related, first-generation, economically challenged and military audiences
- Talent background includes all industries, functional roles, experience/level of position, size of company, and global reach
- Consistently recognized for outcomes, brand development, collaboration and matching talent
- Global business development across functions, industries, size of company
Timeline
Sr. Consultant, Leadership Training & Development
Krauthammer Partners USA
09.2023 - Current
Sr. Consultant
Independent Consulting
01.2022 - Current
Talent and Organization, Human Potential, Recruiting
Accenture
04.2021 - 01.2023
Program Manager
Spectra 360
11.2019 - 11.2020
Director, Talent Management and Recruitment Rady Graduate Career Connections
University of California, San Diego Rady School of Management
12.2013 - 01.2019
Manager, MBA Recruiting
University of San Diego Business School
04.2009 - 12.2013
Finance and Accounting Recruiter (contract)
Life Technologies (now Thermo Fisher Scientific), Carlsbad, CA
04.2009 - 09.2009
Executive Recruiter
Ajilon Professional Staffing, San Diego, CA
08.2003 - 10.2008
Executive Recruiter
Marc-Allen Associates, Coral Springs, FL
05.2001 - 08.2003
Executive Research Team Lead (2000-2001)
OMNIpartners, Inc., Plantation, FL
01.1999 - 01.2001
Executive Research Recruiter (1999-2000)
OMNIpartners, Inc., Plantation, FL
01.1999 - 01.2000
Bachelor of Science - Psychology
Fairleigh Dickinson University
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