Experience

Apprentice Now

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

• Regional Business Development Executive

  • Mar 2023 - Present

  Creating customized talent acquisition solutions, day one ready delivery of candidates and corporate onboarding of new employees to bridge the skill gap challenge. Regional Business Development Executive for all Texas (focusing in Austin, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, and Corpus Christi) building upon prior success in establishing partnerships with high need employers to create scalable solutions to accelerate business growth. Leading the sales strategy and execution to rapidly develop new business and new demand for our US.gov Federally Registered Apprenticeship programs and training to hire solutions. Show less



Austin Area Urban League

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Director

  • Jul 2020 - Feb 2023

  Established and executed overall facets surrounding the creation of a new business unit for leading central Texas non-profit. Developed profitability and increased scope of AAUL.org by developing State of Texas (TWC) Career School and College for reskilling local workforce training in person and virtual. • Created successful business plan which entails marketing and sales plan, hiring staff, direct procurement, core curriculums, school catalog, and design layout for a new State of Texas Career School and College. • Secure federal, state, and local funding grants by establishing robust strategic B2G and B2B partnerships with the Department of Labor, Workforce Solutions, IBM, Google, Tesla, Indeed, and other companies. • Accomplished business growth by attaining clientele through marketing strategy and partnerships with Workforce Centers and community partners as well as recruiting, hiring, payroll, and training staff. • Steered collaborative efforts as a leader of cross-functional teams on Skill Based Hiring initiative and diversity and inclusion issues with the Rework America Alliance partnering with Fortune 500 companies. • Organized job fairs and recruited local and national employers to recruit job seekers through skill-based hiring practices. Show less



Goodwill Career & Technical Academy

• United States
• Professional Training and Coaching
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Director

  • May 2019 - Jul 2020

  Led Goodwill Industries Executives through the acquisition of Consulting Solutions.Net and legitimized the sale at the State of Texas level. • Increased business revenue and profitability by creating a new GCTA Marketing Strategy, designing new marketing material, developing new catalog, optimizing web site, expanding training menu and curriculum, and enhancing schedules, recruiting, sales and training system • Drove bottom line profit $800k+ annually, through B2B and B2G partnerships and decreased overhead by implementing business process improvement via data analysis. • Kept increasing business growth during COVID-19 and expanded customer base state and potentially nationwide by devising and deploying Goodwill’s GCTA virtual/online remote classroom learning strategy. • Built high-performing teams by hiring and realigning critical staff members Show less



Consulting Solutions.Net

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting

• Entrepreneur/Business Development

  • Jun 1998 - May 2019

  Established a start-up Career and Informational Technology Training School in Central Texas from the initial writing of the business plan, capital investments, negotiation with suppliers, building of the office, financial transactions, launching of advertising and marketing promotions, and all hiring and training of employees. • Oversaw entire aspects of retail sales, account management, customer service, and data management and reporting of all clients with all partners, grants, and government agencies (State of Texas, Federal). • Increased sales by $750K+ annually via development of technical and professional training including, Microsoft Office, Medical Coding, CompTIA, Web Design, Java, Oracle, and Project Management courses using client marketing system. • Secured key B2G and B2B Partnerships: State of Texas Workforce Career School and College, Veterans Affairs (VA) School, PMI.org Registered Educational Provider (REP), Workforce Solutions, Workforce Opportunity Investment Act (WIOA), and Trade Adjustment Act (TAA) Provider. • Successfully recruited, and trained students to qualify for certifications and job openings: placed over 150+ Project Management Professionals (PMP) and hundreds of other clients across Central Texas Region. • Recruited, hired, trained, and developed high performing staff and certified training instructors. • Partnered, sponsored, and recruited clients/staff from the largest Central Texas job clubs; Launch Pad Job Club and Job Seekers Network. • Created staffing division, won contract with federal agency, and placed numerous clients. • Developed Certified State of Texas Historically Underutilized Business and City of Austin Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE). Show less



The Brown Team

• United States
• Leasing Real Estate

• Senior Business Development Manager

  • May 1991 - May 2018

  Developed wide reaching online e-commerce business while recruiting, training, and managing a nationwide team. Developed wide reaching online e-commerce business while recruiting, training, and managing a nationwide team.



Texas Instruments (TI)

• Process Engineer

  • Sep 1993 - May 1994

  Process Engineer for National Center for Manufacturing Services Project Process Engineer for National Center for Manufacturing Services Project



IBM

• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Process Engineer

  • Sep 1989 - Aug 1993

  Lead Process engineer for development and manufacturing of memory circuit boards Lead Process engineer for development and manufacturing of memory circuit boards