Experience

Lantern Partners

• United States
• Staffing and Recruiting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Principal

  • Jan 2023 - Present

  Founded in 2003, Lantern Partners is a premier, retained, senior executive recruitment firm. We recruit proven CEOs and executive leadership teams for investor-backed technology, healthcare, and professional services clients, as well as information and technology officers across a wide variety of industries. Headquartered in Chicago, our practice is national in scope. The Lantern Partners team of industry experts leverages their many years of experience in both executive recruiting… Show more Founded in 2003, Lantern Partners is a premier, retained, senior executive recruitment firm. We recruit proven CEOs and executive leadership teams for investor-backed technology, healthcare, and professional services clients, as well as information and technology officers across a wide variety of industries. Headquartered in Chicago, our practice is national in scope. The Lantern Partners team of industry experts leverages their many years of experience in both executive recruiting and industry to provide unmatched insight and expertise. Using a team-based approach to recruiting and a proven competency-focused methodology from beginning to end, Lantern Partners reaches further, recruits faster, and our placed candidates have greater impact. Show less Founded in 2003, Lantern Partners is a premier, retained, senior executive recruitment firm. We recruit proven CEOs and executive leadership teams for investor-backed technology, healthcare, and professional services clients, as well as information and technology officers across a wide variety of industries. Headquartered in Chicago, our practice is national in scope. The Lantern Partners team of industry experts leverages their many years of experience in both executive recruiting… Show more Founded in 2003, Lantern Partners is a premier, retained, senior executive recruitment firm. We recruit proven CEOs and executive leadership teams for investor-backed technology, healthcare, and professional services clients, as well as information and technology officers across a wide variety of industries. Headquartered in Chicago, our practice is national in scope. The Lantern Partners team of industry experts leverages their many years of experience in both executive recruiting and industry to provide unmatched insight and expertise. Using a team-based approach to recruiting and a proven competency-focused methodology from beginning to end, Lantern Partners reaches further, recruits faster, and our placed candidates have greater impact. Show less



Balto

• United States
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of Talent

  • Apr 2022 - Dec 2022

  As the Director of Talent, I work cross functionally with HR, the VP of Operations and other department heads to ensure that we’re interviewing, hiring, promoting and exiting employees in a fair, equitable and scalable way. The team and I proudly maintain a 28 day average time to hire and we champion the philosophy of measuring for skills rather than endurance in the interview process. What that looks like is lowering the barrier to entry that drawn out, time consuming interview… Show more As the Director of Talent, I work cross functionally with HR, the VP of Operations and other department heads to ensure that we’re interviewing, hiring, promoting and exiting employees in a fair, equitable and scalable way. The team and I proudly maintain a 28 day average time to hire and we champion the philosophy of measuring for skills rather than endurance in the interview process. What that looks like is lowering the barrier to entry that drawn out, time consuming interview processes create by making sure every interview is concise and laser focused on the skills needed for the job rather than measuring who has the endurance to make it through all the rounds. In my first year at Balto, I made 29 hires and worked with people and teams contributing to employee engagement and retention efforts resulting in an attrition rate of less than 6% quarter over quarter.

• Senior Technical Recruiter

  • Sep 2021 - Apr 2022

  In my first 6 months at Balto as a Senior Technical Recruiter I made 19 hires in roles spanning from an Engineering apprentice to a Senior Site Reliability Engineer, a Senior Speech and Language Engineer, a Solutions Engineering Director and all levels in between for full-stack engineering positions. I maintained an average offer rate of 1 offer/week and made 10 offers in my first 90 days. In April of 2022, I was promoted to Director of Talent.



Salesforce

• United States
• Software Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Talent Advisor, Tech and Data Science

  • May 2021 - Sep 2021

  I was brought on as a contractor to support Data Science/Data Engineering recruiting within Mulesoft specifically and Salesforce at large. I was given the goal of 2 hires in my first 90 days- I was able to successfully make 8 hires in the first 90 days. I was offered the opportunity to convert to full-time at 4 months (rather than the traditional 12 months) but I chose to return to startup life instead. I was brought on as a contractor to support Data Science/Data Engineering recruiting within Mulesoft specifically and Salesforce at large. I was given the goal of 2 hires in my first 90 days- I was able to successfully make 8 hires in the first 90 days. I was offered the opportunity to convert to full-time at 4 months (rather than the traditional 12 months) but I chose to return to startup life instead.



Civis Analytics

• United States
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Manager of Talent Acquisition

  • Jan 2020 - May 2021

  Some accomplishments in my managerial role at Civis: -Hired, developed and managed a team of recruiters while simultaneously owning a high volume of demanding, senior-level technical/corporate openings within a growing, constantly changing SaaS data science startup -Made 102 hires- key hires include: VP of Product, Managing Director of Applied Data Science, VP of People Operations, VP of Marketing and Commercial Counsel -Built and maintained strong candidate relationships through a… Show more Some accomplishments in my managerial role at Civis: -Hired, developed and managed a team of recruiters while simultaneously owning a high volume of demanding, senior-level technical/corporate openings within a growing, constantly changing SaaS data science startup -Made 102 hires- key hires include: VP of Product, Managing Director of Applied Data Science, VP of People Operations, VP of Marketing and Commercial Counsel -Built and maintained strong candidate relationships through a high touch recruiting process, ensuring a best in class candidate/interview experience resulting in an 86% offer acceptance rate -Owned the entire recruiting process from requisition request to offer acceptance, worked closely with IT and HR to onboard a high volume of new hires every other week, constantly iterating on the process - Acted as a trusted business partner and recruiting SME for hiring managers, skilled in having crucial conversations with internal and external stakeholders about recruiting/interviewing best practices -Owned recruiting vendor relationships and negotiate rates/contracts as needed with Legal/Ops execs -Presented to all-staff on recruiting wins and challenges; including diversity stats deep dives/Q&A -Maintained a positive, optimistic outlook while using humor to alleviate tension when appropriate

• Senior Corporate Recruiter

  • Oct 2019 - Jan 2020

• Corporate Recruiter

  • Feb 2018 - Oct 2019

  -Hired 65 full time hires in my first 16 months- 45 of those hires were made in my first year (entry level through VP) and 10 of those were hired within my first 90 days (individual contributors, senior level and management roles) -Built and maintained strong candidate relationships through a high touch recruiting process, ensuring a best in class candidate/interview experience resulting in a 84% closed offer/ acceptance rate -Within my first year, I increased racial and gender… Show more -Hired 65 full time hires in my first 16 months- 45 of those hires were made in my first year (entry level through VP) and 10 of those were hired within my first 90 days (individual contributors, senior level and management roles) -Built and maintained strong candidate relationships through a high touch recruiting process, ensuring a best in class candidate/interview experience resulting in a 84% closed offer/ acceptance rate -Within my first year, I increased racial and gender diversity in my groups, resulting in my 2018 hires being 60% diverse overall and in 2018, 47.5% of my hires were women -Consistently carry and close a high req load of technical, hard to fill positions in a constantly evolving start-up environment -Develop and maintain strong passive candidate pipelines for hard to fill positions through a departmentally based prospect pool approach -Act as a trusted business partner and recruiting SME for my hiring managers, skilled in having crucial conversations with internal and external stakeholders about recruiting best practices -Represented Civis at local and nationwide career fairs and helped successfully coordinate and execute logistics around campus recruiting and subsequent batch onsite interview days to hire multiple positions simultaneously, resulting in 14 hired interns across my groups -Conduct hiring manager strategy sessions for each new role to establish interviewing and hiring best practices resulting in a decreased time to fill by slowing down to speed up -Create content for behavioral based interviewing to equip hiring managers to be more objective and data driven in the hiring process



Uptake

• United States
• Software Development
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Corporate Recruiter

  • Jan 2015 - Jan 2018

  Uptake is a predictive analytics platform that uses the data from the Internet of Things to shape the future, by making the real world run better. As a recruiter I made key hires at all levels in areas including, but not limited to: -Product Management (Product Analyst through Director of Product) -Legal (Paralegal through Sr. Intellectual Property Counsel) -Engineering (QA Engineer through Director of Engineering) -Finance (Payroll Specialist through Controller)… Show more Uptake is a predictive analytics platform that uses the data from the Internet of Things to shape the future, by making the real world run better. As a recruiter I made key hires at all levels in areas including, but not limited to: -Product Management (Product Analyst through Director of Product) -Legal (Paralegal through Sr. Intellectual Property Counsel) -Engineering (QA Engineer through Director of Engineering) -Finance (Payroll Specialist through Controller) -People (HR Coordinator through HR Business Partner, Manager of Benefits and Compensation and Recruiters) -IT Ops (Customer Service Specialist and Product Trainer) -Plus other cross-functional roles as assigned- (Content Strategy Specialist, Technical Writer, Project/Program Manager, Executive Assistant, Agile Coach and Scrum Master) I have experience building high performing teams from the ground up, scaling those teams quickly and reducing employee turnover by creating and implementing robust employee engagement strategies across the organization. I also have experience in entrepreneurial sales that I gained while in a rotational program I was selected for to kick start a new vertical for Uptake’s predictive data analytics software product. I learned sales and marketing best practices with minimal training and performed market research and participated in cold prospect outreach through calls and emails. I was able to use this rotational program as an opportunity to become a more well-rounded recruiter by working closer to the product and feeling the ups and downs of a SaaS sales lifecycle. I improved my sales approach through mentorship with senior sales account executives. Show less Uptake is a predictive analytics platform that uses the data from the Internet of Things to shape the future, by making the real world run better. As a recruiter I made key hires at all levels in areas including, but not limited to: -Product Management (Product Analyst through Director of Product) -Legal (Paralegal through Sr. Intellectual Property Counsel) -Engineering (QA Engineer through Director of Engineering) -Finance (Payroll Specialist through Controller)… Show more Uptake is a predictive analytics platform that uses the data from the Internet of Things to shape the future, by making the real world run better. As a recruiter I made key hires at all levels in areas including, but not limited to: -Product Management (Product Analyst through Director of Product) -Legal (Paralegal through Sr. Intellectual Property Counsel) -Engineering (QA Engineer through Director of Engineering) -Finance (Payroll Specialist through Controller) -People (HR Coordinator through HR Business Partner, Manager of Benefits and Compensation and Recruiters) -IT Ops (Customer Service Specialist and Product Trainer) -Plus other cross-functional roles as assigned- (Content Strategy Specialist, Technical Writer, Project/Program Manager, Executive Assistant, Agile Coach and Scrum Master) I have experience building high performing teams from the ground up, scaling those teams quickly and reducing employee turnover by creating and implementing robust employee engagement strategies across the organization. I also have experience in entrepreneurial sales that I gained while in a rotational program I was selected for to kick start a new vertical for Uptake’s predictive data analytics software product. I learned sales and marketing best practices with minimal training and performed market research and participated in cold prospect outreach through calls and emails. I was able to use this rotational program as an opportunity to become a more well-rounded recruiter by working closer to the product and feeling the ups and downs of a SaaS sales lifecycle. I improved my sales approach through mentorship with senior sales account executives. Show less



Objective Paradigm

• United States
• Staffing and Recruiting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Technical Recruiter

  • Apr 2014 - Jan 2015

  Objective Paradigm is a premier technical recruiting firm servicing the world’s foremost companies. From established market leaders to high growth start-up companies, Objective Paradigm connects talent with opportunity. Specializing in Direct Hire placements and Recruiting Process Outsourcing (RPO), Objective Paradigm was founded in 1999 and is located in Chicago, IL. -Sourced, screened and interviewed multiple technical candidates per week for contract and full time roles -Recognized… Show more Objective Paradigm is a premier technical recruiting firm servicing the world’s foremost companies. From established market leaders to high growth start-up companies, Objective Paradigm connects talent with opportunity. Specializing in Direct Hire placements and Recruiting Process Outsourcing (RPO), Objective Paradigm was founded in 1999 and is located in Chicago, IL. -Sourced, screened and interviewed multiple technical candidates per week for contract and full time roles -Recognized multiple times as Recruiter of the Month by peers and leadership team based on exceeding monthly metrics and maintaining a positive, team-player attitude Show less Objective Paradigm is a premier technical recruiting firm servicing the world’s foremost companies. From established market leaders to high growth start-up companies, Objective Paradigm connects talent with opportunity. Specializing in Direct Hire placements and Recruiting Process Outsourcing (RPO), Objective Paradigm was founded in 1999 and is located in Chicago, IL. -Sourced, screened and interviewed multiple technical candidates per week for contract and full time roles -Recognized… Show more Objective Paradigm is a premier technical recruiting firm servicing the world’s foremost companies. From established market leaders to high growth start-up companies, Objective Paradigm connects talent with opportunity. Specializing in Direct Hire placements and Recruiting Process Outsourcing (RPO), Objective Paradigm was founded in 1999 and is located in Chicago, IL. -Sourced, screened and interviewed multiple technical candidates per week for contract and full time roles -Recognized multiple times as Recruiter of the Month by peers and leadership team based on exceeding monthly metrics and maintaining a positive, team-player attitude Show less



Jobspring Partners

• United States
• Staffing and Recruiting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Technical Recruiter

  • Jul 2013 - Apr 2014

  Jobspring Partners, a nationwide contingency recruiting firm, specializes in hiring and placing open-source and .NET engineers; front-end developers; and network managers and engineers. JSP generates breakthrough recruitment results through lean management techniques, a focus on client relationships, and a unique team-based recruitment approach. JSP offices are in Chicago, Silicon Valley, Los Angeles, Newport Beach, New York, Philadelphia, Boston, San Francisco, and Washington… Show more Jobspring Partners, a nationwide contingency recruiting firm, specializes in hiring and placing open-source and .NET engineers; front-end developers; and network managers and engineers. JSP generates breakthrough recruitment results through lean management techniques, a focus on client relationships, and a unique team-based recruitment approach. JSP offices are in Chicago, Silicon Valley, Los Angeles, Newport Beach, New York, Philadelphia, Boston, San Francisco, and Washington, DC. -Managed a full life cycle recruiting desk from initial interview to full-time and contract placement -Broke regional Chicago record of in-person candidate interviews in one month -Specialized in placing iOS/Android developers, Embedded C/C++ engineers, and QA engineers Show less Jobspring Partners, a nationwide contingency recruiting firm, specializes in hiring and placing open-source and .NET engineers; front-end developers; and network managers and engineers. JSP generates breakthrough recruitment results through lean management techniques, a focus on client relationships, and a unique team-based recruitment approach. JSP offices are in Chicago, Silicon Valley, Los Angeles, Newport Beach, New York, Philadelphia, Boston, San Francisco, and Washington… Show more Jobspring Partners, a nationwide contingency recruiting firm, specializes in hiring and placing open-source and .NET engineers; front-end developers; and network managers and engineers. JSP generates breakthrough recruitment results through lean management techniques, a focus on client relationships, and a unique team-based recruitment approach. JSP offices are in Chicago, Silicon Valley, Los Angeles, Newport Beach, New York, Philadelphia, Boston, San Francisco, and Washington, DC. -Managed a full life cycle recruiting desk from initial interview to full-time and contract placement -Broke regional Chicago record of in-person candidate interviews in one month -Specialized in placing iOS/Android developers, Embedded C/C++ engineers, and QA engineers Show less