Headline

Talent Acquisition

About

As a driven professional with proven cross-industry experience in talent management, I have a passion to build and motivate successful teams. Whether this means getting inside someone's head to understand what motivates them or setting up growth programs and improvement strategies to increase overall group or division performance. I love working with people, and coach individuals to help develop teams to bring out their best potential. In being present, I understand and work with the uniqueness of each individual to help curate their talent, and help develop processes that work in order to obtain measurable success as it relates to growth and business continuity. Active member of the HRPA: HR and Technology, Workplace Culture, Leadership in Motion and Difficult Conversations, The Employee Lifecycle, Psychology of Performance, Understanding People from different Cultures, What to do When New Employee Lied, How to be a Corporate Ally to Black Lives Matter Certifications: Building a Performance Management System (HRCI), Recognizing and Rewarding Your Workers (PMI), Redefining Workplace Learning Analytics (NASBA), Developing a Diversity Inclusion and Belonging Program (LinkedIn Learning), Becoming an Agile Coach (PMI), Transitions from Waterfall to Agile Project Management (PMI)

Location

Greater Toronto Area

Work experience

HR & Talent Consulting at Timgu Ltd, Mar 2025 - Present · 1 yr 4 mos, AI-Driven Talent Modernization & Strategic Consulting • Value Delivered: Orchestrated a 40% reduction in turnover (from 52% to 12%) for a mid-sized company within one year. • Strategic Solution: Shifted hiring criteria from traditional credentials to a skills-based framework using AI screening tools to identify transferable competencies. • Bilingual Integration: Implemented a fully compliant French-language recruitment and onboarding workflow for Quebec operations, meeting all Bill 96 requirements. • ROI Impact: Reduced cost-per-hire by 30% by building talent internally rather than sourcing only "perfect" external matches.

Manager Talent Acquisition, Operations at IPEX Group of Companies, May 2023 - Dec 2025 · 2 yrs 8 mos, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Strategic Talent Acquisition & Workforce Architecture - Financial ROI: Engineered a Cost of Vacancy Calculator to quantify productivity loss - Talent Intelligence: Overhauled the recruitment model (Canada/US) from reactive hiring to proactive intelligence, slashing agency spend by 100%. - Conversion Power: Improved top-tier candidate conversion by 25% through precision workforce planning and localized employer branding. - Performance Optimization: Pivoted the People function to a consultative model via an NPS framework, increasing internal stakeholder satisfaction - Leadership Pipeline: Scaled a remote HR team through "stretch assignment" frameworks, directly increasing internal promotion rates and elevating technical rigor.

Head of Talent and Culture at FlashBox, Jul 2021 - May 2023 · 1 yr 11 mos, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, End-to-End Talent Strategy & Hyper-Growth Retention • Value Delivered: Maintained a 82% first-year retention rate during hyper-growth by building the end-to-end People Operations ecosystem from inception. • EVP Development: Developed a data-backed Employer Value Proposition (EVP) that successfully attracted top-tier technical talent in a competitive market. • Workflow Automation: Bridged the gap between business priorities and people processes by automating core HR workflows and implementing a new ERP system to ensure scalability.

Division Lead, Professional Services at Altis Professional Recruitment, Sep 2017 - Apr 2021 · 3 yrs 8 mos, Toronto, Canada Area, Strategic Workforce Planning & Succession • Strategic Impact: Advised the executive suite on location strategy, translating complex data into insights that informed a $5.6M business unit expansion. • Market Intelligence: Directed a market diagnosis with McLean & Company to inform the strategic roadmap for future talent demands and succession planning. • Influencing & Process Engineering: Partnered with the CEO to overhaul the Candidate Journey, focusing on removing bias and enhancing brand commitment through data-driven touchpoints.

SR Talent Acquisition Manager at ERSC Inc. (Employment & Recruitment Services of Canada), May 2015 - Sep 2017 · 2 yrs 5 mos, Greater Toronto Area, Canada, Talent Acquisition & Pipeline Management: Managed a high-performing team within highly regulated sectors (Energy/Infrastructure), driving a 20% increase in offer-acceptance through stakeholder calibration. Oversaw workload distribution and execution of key areas including reorganizations and talent pipeline management across diverse geographies, showcasing operational execution and planning capabilities within a multi-national context.

Education

Management Certifications, MIT Sloan School of Management

Governance Management Leadership in the Voluntary Sector, BoardMatch