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I am a 28-year veteran and retired Navy Master Chief Navy Counselor and a current Senior Talent Acquisition Manager for Amazon. I served 28 years on active duty, 9 of which were in Avionics and 19 in Navy Recruiting. I am happily married to my wife Josie, have an adult daughter in Colorado, and a super handsome Grandson!
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Mar 2015 - Jul 2017
Chief Recruiter
Senior Manager, recruiting operations, talent acquisition, talent development, and administration of regional headquarters across a 2-state region. Leads a team of 15 senior managers, 40 managers, 190 military staff members, and 20 civilians. Ensures consistency and quality of training and performance across extensive territory. Advises C-level executives to define organizational strategies. Refine and enhance comprehensive performance management policy and recruitment metrics to align activities with organizational growth and retention goals. Execute a human resource strategy focused on improving organizational climate.
Aug 2012 - Mar 2015
Chief Recruiter, Officer Programs
Senior Manager, National Officer Recruiting, Talent Acquisition, and Development. Master trainer and sales process subject matter expert with the Navy Total Force Training Center delivering training to over 100 Directors of Operation and Directors of Talent Acquisition who lead 3,500 team members across the country. Led senior management team to execute NRC’s National Officer Recruiting Strategy. Collaborated with C-level executives to define and develop NRC organizational strategy of leveraging an inspirational culture to inform, attract, influence and hire the highest quality candidates from America’s diverse talent pool. Directed the Officer Programs Talent Acquisition team to execute the vision of being a people-first team that is the undisputed talent acquisition leader in the DoD.
May 2009 - Aug 2012
Recruiter
Senior Manager, recruiting operations, talent acquisition, talent development, and administration of regional headquarters across a 4-state region. Supervise corporate team of 12 senior managers, 37 managers, 160 military staff members, and 16 civilians. Ensure consistency and quality of training and performance across extensive territory. Developed a regional recruiting strategy to improve performance along with a human resource strategy to improve the organizational climate. Led a talent acquisition team from complete failure in 2008 to National recognition as the #1 Talent Acquisition team across Navy Recruiting Command consecutively in 2010 and 2011.
Aug 1998 - May 2009
Division Leading Chief Petty Officer (DLCPO)
Directed operations, training, and management for 20-member team charged with achieving recruiting goals. Cultivated strong relationships with community leaders, administrators, and partners in high schools, colleges, and universities to source and recruit candidates. Provided team leadership and recruiting expertise to drive personnel growth and retention strategy. Emerged as a National and Regional instructor and sales subject matter expert, facilitating 500+ hours of classroom and hands-on instruction to prepare 140 recruiting managers to surpass recruiting quotas. Championed continuous professional development for high-potential recruiters and provided additional support and coaching to struggling employees.
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