St. Petersburg, Florida, United States
I'm a Global Executive Search & Talent Acquisition leader who also specializes in technical recruiting and leveraging AI to expedite hiring in growth companies. I employ a Talent Advisor/HR Business Partner model to deeply understand business needs, developing optimal talent strategies and identifying ideal candidates. I have extensive experience recruiting for early-stage to mid-sized companies, and most recently spent 4.5 years building & leading Executive Talent at ZoomInfo during its growth from $300M to $1.2B. I thrive at the intersection of innovation, strategy & execution in fast-paced, high-growth environments where results matter. My strength lies in connecting dots, being data-driven, driving process improvements, and turning strategies into action. I also love coaching & mentoring my teams as well as my new hires so they get to productivity faster. Top Skills: Talent Acquisition Strategy, Executive Search, Recruiting Operations, Stakeholder Management, Talent Advisor, White Glove Candidate Experience & Hiring Manager Experience, Process Improvement, Employer Branding, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI), Workforce Planning, ATS Optimization, Data-Driven Recruiting, Stakeholder Management.
I am productizing the 'thinking phase' of recruitment by replacing the guesswork of sourcing with a logic-driven framework. By teaching AI to think with senior-level recruiter reasoning, I’ve built an engine that delivers high-signal strategy instead of 'spray and pray' noise. I train recruiters move from order-takers to true business partners by giving them the credibility to lead every hiring intake with authority. In under 30 minutes, HireBoost generates an end-to-end strategic system through eight specialized playbooks: Strategic Alignment: A calibration document to ensure you and the hiring manager agree on the profile before the search starts. Target Market & "Unicorn" Analysis: Compensation research and role modifications to open up the best talent pools. Recruiter Enablement: A guide to terminology and trends so you can speak the candidate’s language fluently. Sourcing Roadmap: A deep dive into keywords, where to look, and which career trajectories to target. Talent Attraction: Outreach suggestions based on what actually motivates people in this specific role. Interview & Assessment: Tailored vetting rubrics and modules for you and your hiring team. The Close: Targeted insights on how to land the offer with this specific talent profile. Passive Pipelining: A long-term strategy to keep a bench of talent ready. The Strategy Loop: For enterprises, I offer a two-step system: Live Training to master the framework, followed by the HireBoost Platform to automate the execution. My belief is simple: Strategy taught, strategy applied, strategy mastered. Any recruiter or hiring manager can start building their first set of playbooks at HireBoost.ai.
• Strategically built and scaled the global internal executive recruiting function & team from the ground up, placing 90+ key leaders and saving the company over $11 million in external search fees. These placements were instrumental in supporting ZoomInfo's growth from $300M to $1.3B. • Drove recruiting operations excellence, engineering a 30% reduction in Time-to-Hire and achieving a 95% offer acceptance rate and 90-95% candidate selection rate through a data-driven, strategic discovery process and a structured, repeatable hiring system, demonstrating exceptional alignment of talent with organizational needs. • Architected and implemented a company-wide AI enablement strategy, building and rolling out best practices for leveraging AI across the entire hiring lifecycle, from candidate identification to interview analysis. Created AI "cheat sheets" and led a company-wide training program for all interviewers to improve effectiveness. • Designed and launched a formal executive onboarding program and a separate technical talent onboarding "Blueprint" program to identify skill gaps and provide learning modules, accelerating time-to-productivity for incoming senior and technical talent. • Formalized a comprehensive succession planning and talent management system, proactively building passive talent pipelines for critical future roles and collaborating on business continuity research. • Led talent attraction initiatives to enhance employer branding and candidate experience, including the development of a dedicated website for engineers. • Spearheaded the strategic hiring of key C-level executives (CTO, CIO, CMO, CSO) and senior leadership (SVPs, VPs, Sr. Directors, Directors) across all core functions, specializing in technical placements.
• Grew and managed a high-performing Executive Search & specialty IC hiring team, developing and implementing a rigorous, "white-glove" process that prioritized strategic sourcing and exceptional candidate and hiring team experiences. • Established dedicated functions for executive onboarding and talent management to accelerate time-to-productivity. • Strengthened recruiting operations by implementing a separate ATS for confidential hires, ensuring discretion and security for key leadership searches. • Partnered with the Executive Leadership Team to highlight new executive performance, address misaligned expectations, and develop proactive retention strategies for high-potential leaders. • Provided strategic executive coaching to identify and resolve organizational barriers to growth, proposing and implementing solutions across the company. • Collaborated with HR Business Partners and talent management to align executive titles with market standards and establish clear promotion pathways from Director to SVP. • Drove initiatives and collaborated with HR business partners to elevate company-wide talent acquisition capabilities, training teams on best practices for assessing for art, science, and culture fit. • Partnered with executive leadership and collaborated with HR Business Partners and the SVP of Compensation to address high-potential leader retention through strategic compensation alignment and proactive talent strategies. • Authored a "fresh eyes" report for the CEO to identify company-wide barriers to success from the perspective of new executives.
• Spearheaded the creation of the internal executive search function, establishing a talent advisor model and a high-touch, "white-glove" experience for both candidates and hiring teams. • Partnered closely with executive leadership to advise on confidential hires and accurately translate business needs into candidate profiles.
Results-driven retained search professional partnering with high growth startups, mid-sized companies & enterprise tech companies to secure top talent. Served as a strategic thought partner, assisting clients in talent mapping and talent strategies. Excelled at building recruiting infrastructures, developing targeted sourcing, and implementing streamlined processes that significantly reduced time-to-hire. • 50+ Executive Searches at Porch.com, Hubzu.com, Owners.com, Altisource, Elevation Capital, Bruml Capital • All positions at Point to Point (Creative Marketing & Advertising Agency). • Developed and cultivated deep strategic partnerships with high-growth startups, mid-sized, and enterprise tech clients, often becoming their primary talent partner for critical functional areas; consistently earned repeat business and expanded search engagements. • Employed a Talent Advisor/HR Business Partner model to conduct in-depth needs assessments and design optimal talent strategies, consistently delivering 95% high-fit candidate pipelines and contributing to 100% client retention. • Successfully completed 50+ retained executive and critical leadership searches across early-stage to growth-stage companies, significantly reducing average time-to-hire by 50% (5-8 weeks) through optimized processes and proactive pipelining. • Provided comprehensive talent acquisition expertise, including building robust recruiting infrastructures (optimizing ATS, streamlining workflows) and adeptly negotiating win-win outcomes for all stakeholders, enhancing the overall candidate and client experience.
Recruited to manage talent acquisition for a venture capital investment company (founding investor at iGuiders). Played a crucial role in developing, implementing, and hiring talent for the incubator companies in which they invested. • Strategically developed and implemented talent acquisition for portfolio companies. Played a crucial role in building high-performing teams after identifying critical needs to accelerate growth. • Helped establish software development for managing overseas developers for select portfolio companies using agile development framework. • Designed and implemented a comprehensive, full-cycle hiring process for startups, significantly accelerating time-to-hire and boosting founder satisfaction across the 12-week program. This led to multiple post-program hires and facilitated long-term startup team formation. • Strategically sourced and evaluated hundreds of applicants annually to fill 20 highly competitive accelerator spots, directly improving cohort quality and increasing founder retention. • Provided critical post-accelerator support advising startup teams to improve project delivery timelines, and enhanced technical team accountability.
Venture-backed SaaS startup for B2B guided selling in e-commerce and digital advertising. Conceived and led development of a scalable SaaS guided selling system, inspired by a need to optimize online decision-making. With early tech experience and a passion for digital innovation, I launched iGuiders after securing support from a 3x tech founder who became the first investor. • Successfully developed and launched a scalable SaaS platform designed to optimize online marketing ROI through personalized user journeys. Directed agile product development, securing $1.5M in venture funding to enable full product build-out and achieve market entry with enterprise clients within 12 months. • Recruited and led a high-performing, cross-functional team of 10, significantly accelerating product development and ensuring operational scalability for rapid growth. • Negotiated and closed key partnerships with major enterprise clients like Bed Bath & Beyond, Sherwin-Williams, IKEA, and ValueClick Ad Network, expanding platform reach to millions of digital shoppers and establishing critical proof of concept in the e-commerce vertical. • Optimized operations & managed the comprehensive product roadmap across web and mobile platforms, driving enterprise integrations and rapid adoption. Simultaneously streamlined business processes to significantly reduce burn rate, successfully extending the company's financial runway by 18+ months and positioning for future funding rounds.