Feb 2023 – Present · 3 yrs 3 mos · Los Gatos, CA · Hybrid

Jun 2016 – Feb 2023 · 6 yrs 8 mos · Menlo Park, California · Hybrid

Dec 2015 – Apr 2019 · 3 yrs 4 mos · New York and Nairobi, Kenya

• http://www.ongozayouth.org/
• CAUSE
• Inspiring disenfranchised youth to realize economic freedom and to positively contribute to society.
• ACTION
• Training and mentoring youth to grow their enterprises and social consciousness to make a difference in their communities.
• IMPACT
• A peaceful, prosperous nation of socially conscious and economically empowered youth.

Jul 2009 – Jul 2015 · 6 yrs · Greater New York City Area

• Global Head of Recruiting responsible for driving talent acquisition strategies across all markets including the US, Latin America, Europe, Middle East, Africa, and Asia Pacific. Manage a global team of executive, experienced and campus recruiters responsible for full-time, contingent and intern hires. Responsible for hiring professionals across various industries including technology/software programmer professionals, News/Journalist and Media professionals, Financial Services/Financial Products, Finance Administration, Security, Compliance and Risk, Human Resources, Marketing, Operations, Communications, Sales etc. Manage a global recruiting budget, recruiting systems and operations and related HRIS systems including applicant tracking systems, CRM, candidate and event management tools. Drive online and social media strategy including launching Careers Website, LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, Xing and other global social media platforms.

Jun 2004 – Jun 2009 · 5 yrs · Greater New York City Area

• Responsible for leading Merrill Lynch’s recruiting efforts and driving a global approach to campus recruiting. Aligning global campus recruiting in 5 geographies, leading marketing strategis and ensuring consistent best practices across all businesses regions. Manage a team of 50 campus recruiters in the Americas, EMEA, APAC covering 27 countries and 125 universities. Work with business heads globally to develop headcount forecasting for Analyst and Associate positions. Driving the firmwide Campus Branding and Marketing Campaigns working with the agency of record.

Jul 2002 – Jun 2004 · 1 yr 11 mos · Greater New York City Area

• Hired to establish diversity recruiting program for the Investment Banking, Securities, Asset Management and Private Client Services businesses. Partnered with the Global Recruiting Steering Committee to develop and implement strategies for recruitment, retention and development of target underrepresented populations. Managed a team of four recruiters in the Americas and UK.

Jun 1999 – Jun 2002 · 3 yrs · Greater New York City Area

• Developed annual diversity business plans, managed $1.5MM annual budget and monitored business performance on a quarterly basis. Collaborated with cross functional business teams to evaluate diversity succession plans, mentoring programs and training initiatives for the company
• Designed and delivered metrics to monitor trends in hiring, promotion and development activities.

Apr 1997 – Aug 1999 · 2 yrs 4 mos · Greater New York City Area

• Hired by the head of Human Resources while in business school to consult with five department-wide taskforces established to review Hiring, Mentoring, Career Development, Diversity and Work-Life Balance practices across the organization. Maintained an executive education, training and development database for the NYTimes newsroom.