Denver, Colorado, United States
🔌 Connecting People to Energize Tomorrow As a core member of root/edge, I help build high-impact teams that drive the clean energy, power infrastructure, and digital infrastructure sectors. With a people-first and data-driven approach, we don’t just fill roles, we create long-term partnerships rooted in trust, expertise, and shared vision. Why root/edge stands apart: Access hidden talent: Our deep industry network uncovers passive professionals ready for the right mission. Accelerate hiring: Structured, insight-driven processes reduce time-to-hire without sacrificing quality. Future-proof teams: We align hires with shifting markets, regulatory demands, and emerging technologies. root-edge.com Guided by values: From transparency and integrity to sustainable growth and data-powered decisions—we lead with purpose. Areas of expertise: Clean energy (solar, wind, storage, emerging tech) Power & grid (generation, delivery, grid-edge) Digital infrastructure & data centers (power, sustainability, engineering) Whether you're building a leadership bench, scaling rapidly, or planning team structure, we offer tailored recruitment, advisory, and retained search services to meet your needs.
• Setting the strategic direction for our boutique recruitment firm to expand our impact within renewable energy and data centers. • Leading business development efforts, engaging with senior leadership across the energy and infrastructure industries to drive new opportunities and partnerships. • Managing internal hiring and team development, ensuring we attract and retain top recruiters to support our mission. • Overseeing the recruitment function to ensure seamless delivery and execution on open positions for our clients. • Shaping and evolving our brand, working closely with our marketing team to refine our value proposition. • Creating content that aligns with our brand to build our network, strengthen industry relationships, and foster community engagement.
• Manage the strategic direction and growth plans for the Western region renewable energy permanent hire division with an annual budget of $3.75MM. • Built and developed two bilateral teams to expand the Spencer Ogden footprint within renewable energy in the western US with an Accounts team focused on penetrating existing relationships and a 360 Recruitment team focused on expanding new business relationships. • Develop and manage Team Leaders responsible for managing the day-to-day activities of a team of vertically focused renewable energy recruitment consultants. • Responsible for identifying, developing and managing key account relationships with Renewable Energy clients in the Western United States across Wind, Solar and Energy Storage. • Partner with client C-suite, Executive and Senior Management stakeholders to consult on talent strategy and market trends. • Partner with clients in solar, wind and battery storage across the project lifecycle including but not limited to Investors, Developers, Owner/Operators, Contractors and OEMs to identify talent across the project lifecycle from project finance through to operations and maintenance. • Consistent track record on growing personal billing YOY while also maintaining team growth. - Managed 2022 team billing of just over $3MM; averaging $25K/month/head (HC 13) - 2021 Top Perm Biller Globally with personal billing $600K and managed team billing of $1.7MM (HC 10). - 2020 Top Perm Biller Globally (across 13 offices); 2020 and 2019 Top Perm Biller for Denver. • With the support and recommendation from senior leadership, launched and hosted Spencer Ogden's first ever podcast "The SOapbox Series". • Awarded SIA's Global Power 150 Women in Staffing in 2022 and SIA's DE&I Influencers 2023 • Won Spencer Ogden 2022 Team of the Year award; Leader of the Year and MVP of the Year for the US.
• Partner with Executive Management team to define, launch and develop 24 Seven Temporary Administrative Division. • Manage Temporary Administrative Division with second year end combined billing just over $3.2M: - In the first year (2014) ramped up personal desk billing from $0 to over $1M; - Achieved YOY Growth of 126% with 2015 billing just over $2.25M; - Manage a Junior Account Manager (promoted to Account Manager in 10 months) in building and maintaining a Temporary Administrative desk; starting with $0 in billing to year end (2015) $850K. • Highlighted as a Top Ten highest billing Account Manager for 2015 in the entire company, inclusive of 12 global offices. • Maintain relationships with clients from a range of industries (primarily within Fashion, Beauty, Retail, eCommerce, Marketing, Interactive and Creative Agencies) on Temporary Administrative positions varying in length from short term/day of assignments to long term/temporary to permanent. • Consult with internal stakeholders including hiring managers, HR/recruiters and executives to determine and provide creative solutions for talent needs. • Negotiate hourly rates and annual salaries with both clients and candidates to come up with mutually beneficial solutions. • Source administrative professionals' resumes through a large number of referrals, LinkedIn Recruiter (RPS Certified Professional), posting on job boards and utilizing internal database (Bullhorn). • Identify, screen and schedule candidates for interview; conduct behavioral based interviews in person.
• Ran a full Temporary Administrative desk which included identifying and on-boarding viable temporary administrative candidates and managing and developing a diverse client database. • Reviewed administrative professional’s resumes; screened potential candidates over the phone, conducted behavioral based interviews in person, oriented and on-boarded upwards of 30-40 applicants each month. • Placed calls into small, medium and large businesses in the New York City metro area to market Atrium’s staffing and recruiting services; scheduled meetings with appropriate contacts and pitched Atrium business units in person in an effort to win new job orders. • Established, developed and maintained business relationships with diverse client base managing a desk with expected combined Gross Profit Margin and temp to hire conversions in 2013 of $350K • Identified, recruited and hired four Staffing Consultants for Atrium to run full desks; responsible for identifying and hiring an additional two full time permanent Atrium staff members and two contractors. • Organized and managed team projects on a daily basis such as managing all “call in” and house business sourced from other Atrium divisions; created and executed sales contests for the team and for the sales organization and other ad hoc projects. • Acted as a resource in Director’s absence; rotated responsibility conducting weekly team meetings and led Sales Trainings. • Successfully mentored four new members of the Temp Admin team on team standards, sales activities and overall expectations. Elected Projects • Participated as a member of a Steering Committee created to vet potential ATS options to replace existing, outdated Time Keeping & Applicant Tracking technology; collaborated to select most viable vendor, assisted on implementation. • Project Manager for Pfizer Talent Acquisition Program of 12+ Recruiters.
• Made 80 – 100 cold calls daily to local small and medium sized businesses in Boston Metro and Philadelphia areas including but not limited to: restaurants, contractors, doctors, educational institutions and gyms. • Set 20 – 25 phone appointments weekly with business owners to demonstrate Internet advertising program; pitched Yelp product to 30 – 40 small business owners monthly. • Utilized Salesforce to manage all sales leads and drove the full sales cycle from prospecting to closing deals. • Qualified business owners’ need for advertising based on past and educated clients on the power of online advertising with Yelp and the impact Yelp already has on their business. • Assisted local clients to become more successful with one of the most effective online advertising programs available.