Experience

Cornerstone Defense

• United States
• Information Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Operating Officer

  • Feb 2023 - Present

  Cornerstone Defense LLC is a Small Business servicing the Intelligence, Defense, and Space communities of the U.S. Government. Our high-end engineers bring agile and differentiated solutions to the war fighter and mission partners. Cornerstone Defense specializes in cloud architecture, enterprise engineering, systems and network engineering, systems and network security, and application and software development. We use these foundational technology areas to deliver solutions for data analytics, cyber, and space/mission operations, customized to meet mission requirements. We are headquartered in Herndon, VA, with employees working across the U.S including DC, MD, CO, UT, NM, HI, TX, and CA. Show less

• Chief Delivery Officer

  • Apr 2015 - Feb 2023

  Cornerstone Defense LLC is a Small Business servicing the Intelligence, Defense, and Space communities of the U.S. Government. Our high-end engineers bring agile and differentiated solutions to the war fighter and mission partners. Cornerstone Defense specializes in cloud architecture, enterprise engineering, systems and network engineering, systems and network security, and application and software development. We use these foundational technology areas to deliver solutions for data analytics, cyber, and space/mission operations, customized to meet mission requirements. We are headquartered in Hanover, MD, with employees working across the U.S including DC, VA, CO, UT, NM, HI, and CA. Show less



Princeton Information

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Recruiting Manager

  • Apr 2012 - Apr 2015

  Founded in 1985, Princeton Information is one of the nation's largest privately-held IT consulting firms. Since its inception, Princeton Information has been continuously operated by the same founder and chairman providing the stability upon which our client's have come to depend. Princeton Information provides Fortune 500 and Mid-Cap companies with a full range of on-, near- and off-shore solutions and staffing services. Our steady growth to revenues in excess of $140 million has been internally generated without the benefit of merger or acquisition. We attribute this growth to consistently providing superior support to high-quality clients and competitive opportunities to the best technology and business talent in the country. Princeton Information operates with 8 regional offices across the United States and with a Solutions Center in India. Regional Recruiting Manager • Directly managed a team of 15 recruiters in 5 different locations (DC, Richmond, Tampa, Dallas and India) • Responsible for all hiring and management of internal recruitment team Show less



Sotera Defense Solutions, Inc.

• United States
• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Sr Resource Manager/Recruiting Manager

  • Dec 2010 - Apr 2012

  Resource Director • Directly managed team of 15 recruiters in 3 different physical locations • Helped integrate 5 separate business units into one cohesive Resource Management Team – this includes not only integrating separate Resource Management teams, but also created innovative ways to use less resources to support a growing sales team in different environments • Sat on a panel with other Directors, led by the VP of Operations, whose only goal was increasing profitability of company and ensuring that goals of the company are met • Chosen to be part of the CEO Leadership team – comprised of 12 members of the 1300 person company – tasked with coming up with innovative ways to grow company’s overall presence in the government sector • Successfully developed and integrated a new communication plan to maximize the work that the Resource Management team was already doing, leading to more business with the same level of effort • Effectively managed and allocated/reallocated Resource Management team to ensure surge requirements were met when needed • Chosen to lead a 5 month long proposal effort to staff a 1700 person Full Scope Polygraph cleared contract • Responsible for all phases of negotiating salaries, hiring and terminations within the Resource Management team Show less



Signature Government Solutions

• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Sr. Resource Manager

  • Mar 2005 - Dec 2010

  Assistant Recruiting Manager • Assist in the management of over 15 recruiters • Involved in all phases of managing internal recruiters to include initial screening, salary negotiations, on-boarding process, initial training, long term coaching, mentoring, and terminations • Conduct weekly one on one’s to help recruiters establish and then accomplish both short term and long term goals • Responsible for the management of recruiting team’s drivers/fundamentals • Part of Government Division Executive management team that makes all high level and low level decisions on the direction of the most profitable branch of the company • Created new recruitment strategies that have lead to the growth of the division • Was part of review team responsible for choosing Bullhorn as new database • Responsible for quality control within internal database Senior Recruiter • Full life cycle recruitment to include initial sourcing, prescreening, negotiations of salaries, prepping for interviews, closing/locking down on salary, rolling out offers, and retention • Recruit almost solely on federally funded programs with a heavy focus on TS/SCI with Full Scope/Lifestyle Polygraph clearances • Maintains an extremely strong network of contacts for both recruitment and business leads • Recruitment of Unix/Linux engineers, Network Administrators/Engineers, Storage Architects/Engineers, Oracle DBA/Developers, Information Security Engineers, Windows System Administrators/Engineers, VMWare engineers, Software Developers, and Intelligence Analysts • Brought in to close high level deals for other recruiters in the division • Responsible for conducting yearly reviews and raises • Internal liaison to external employees for all HR and administrative issues excluding intimate issues Show less



Compass Ventures

• Assistant Manager

  • Sep 2004 - Jan 2005

  ~ Conducted interviews for potential new-hires. ~ Rolled out offers to employees ~ Responsible for training and managing new sales reps ~ Lead office in sales ~ Conducted interviews for potential new-hires. ~ Rolled out offers to employees ~ Responsible for training and managing new sales reps ~ Lead office in sales



A.P. Scott and Co.

• Assistant Manager

  • Mar 2003 - Sep 2004

  ~ Responsible for recruitment of new sales reps ~ Cold called potential sales reps after utilizing online databases ~ Placed Internet Ads ~ Conducted in-person interviews for potential sales reps ~ Trained and then managed sales reps ~ Consistently lead office in production ~ Responsible for recruitment of new sales reps ~ Cold called potential sales reps after utilizing online databases ~ Placed Internet Ads ~ Conducted in-person interviews for potential sales reps ~ Trained and then managed sales reps ~ Consistently lead office in production