H ORACE

D. W ARD

4253 S Shawnee Ct Aurora, CO 80018 720-325-8362 - Cell HoraceDward@gmail.com

Human Resource Professional with a proven ability to implement and assist

in strategic human resource initiatives, managing, assessing organizational
structure, developing credible guidelines and eficient processes, as well as
implementing cost saving measures, Training, and Development as well as
Personnel Relations, Compensation, and complete Employee Benefits

KEY SKILLS

Solid background in Staf

Recruitment & Retention

Employee relations,
project management

Staf Training and Development

Latest ATS Proficiency

Organizational
Planning

Program and company Marketing

Leading
edge
knowledge

and

IT

Strategic

advanced

stafing

&

Knowledge of State and Federal

Employment Laws
Teambuilding & Staf Supervision
Team Player

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
SMITH GLOBAL SOLUTIONS
Manager Recruitment

7/13 to Date

Responsible for managing and leading Recruitment Organization. Plan, implement and manage
Recruitment, talent sourcing, training, performance management, and drive employee overall
Performance. Manage the budget and other financial measures of the department. Duties also
include providing individual/team members with professional and personal growth as well as hands on
support to include: Healthcare IT & non IT support for client/s Catholic Health Initiatives & Centura
primarily within Applications/Network/Systems/Project Management.

DELL COMPUTER
Diversity Consultant

9/12
to 5/13

Provided expertise in diversity and organizational development to help guide various groups to include
sourcing, screening & end-to-end recruitment cycle in the area of Sales, Business Development Professionals.
Network sources to include Diversity organizations that I have been a member for over 10-years. Also provided
recruitment for IT, Storage & Sales groups.

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Key Results:

Oversaw and managed 20-30 requirement at any given time

Supported four diferent groups to include 9 Hiring Manager/Directors

Personally responsible for 20+ on-boards in first 3 months of high complex IT

roles

Provided eficient customer service and formally scheduled follow-up twice

weekly with groups

Ensured metrics with adherence to company guidelines

Excelled within deadlines, ensuring accurate and on-time completion of all

reports and projects.

Planned in advance for future stafing needs

Submitted candidates that came within 85%-100% skill set requirement

TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES (TCS)

Leadership Recruiter, 8/2007 to 8/12
Supported Professional Services/Sales organization and Information Technology groups in U S & Canada
responsible in the recruitment for 32 hiring Manager/Director/VP/EVP customer base. Took ownership of 15
and as many as 75 requirements at peak times within Telecommunications Practice. Established mutual trusted
partnerships with each group resulting in established time lines for manager feedback on submittals, interviews
and offer generation/processing. Focus on passive, active, cold-calling, and on-going population of dashboard
archive candidate database. Maintained relationships and contacts within IT user groups, employee referrals,
Google search and on-going postings on Zip Recruiter, Indeed, etc.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (CONTINUED)

TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES. (continued)
Key Results:

Completed & certified in Talao ATS, AIRS training

Promoted from Senior Recruiter to Leadership Recruiter within 2 years

Excelled within deadlines ensuring accurate and on time completion of all

projects

Managed major client stafing initiative as a result; my team stafed 38% of

60 IT requirements while competing with total of nine competitor outsourcing
companies
Managed department budget for team

Reviewed and gained cooperative consensus on all new requirements with

hiring managers

Supervised 2-3 IT/Professional Services Recruiters & support staf

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Developed and established bi-weekly communications with critical needs

groups

Provided market analysis for skill sets

Facilitated on-going mentoring/training for Talent Acquisition personnel

CISCO SYSTEMS
Sr. Diversity Recruiter (Contract) 11/04 4/07
Responsibilities to include total lifecycle & development of Diversity Staffing Implementation and Initiatives
for Cisco Sales groups to include Federal, Enterprise, Channels, & Commercial organizations. Personally
responsible for putting in place Cisco Day Events where by between counterpart and myself bring together as
many as (30) Diversity Candidates from personal pipelines, referrals, competitor sourcing. We have currently
been requested to duplicate these events all over the US. Skill set focus primarily in Sales/Business
Development/Senior Systems/Network Engineering, Account Managers, Business Intelligence Security
Specialists, Product Service Specialists, Regional Managers, & System Management. Also personally
responsible for sourcing anywhere from 6 to 15 Tier 1 Diversity Candidates per week. On going pipeline
strategies to include: heavy interaction with Diversity Organizations, Publications, Internet Sourcing, Career
Fairs, Conferences, Training Seminars, Vendors & Corporate Partners.
.

Key Results:

Gained the support of hiring managers to attend open houses & career fair expediting offers

Supported 29 Hiring Manager/Director/VP/SVPs

Responsible for 220+ on-boards in 2 year period in 3-man DST (Diversity

Stafing Team)

Provided eficient volume sourcing of IT personnel (candidates)

Metrics exceeded by 26%

Excelled within deadlines, ensuring accurate and on-time completion of all

reports and projects.

Awarded 1-week retreat in Napa Valley, CA for successful eforts

Submitted candidates that came within 85%-100% skill set requirement

SEAGATE
Sr. Diversity Recruiter (Contract) 5/02 2/04
Brought on-board to provide resources in the areas of Diversity Professional/Technical Candidates. Worked
with organizations to include: Society of Women Professionals; National Society of Hispanic Engineers;
National Society of Black Engineers, American Indian Science & Engineering Society, and many more user
groups, diversity web-site coordinators, etc. Involved in the development of in-house database addition to
correlate to present Oracle Dossier System providing National Staffing organization with an influx of IT,
Engineering, Project/Program Management, Supply Chain, Systems/Network, Customer Services, and
Accounting pool of highly skilled diverse candidates.

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Key Results:

Reduced outside agency costs 18% first year 27% second year

Supported 16 Hiring Manager/Director/VP

Responsible for 12% increase in area of engineering Diversity on-boarding

On average submitted 60-80 resumes monthly for hiring manager review

Recruited world class passive candidates out of industry

Met deadlines, ensuring accurate and on-time completion of all reports and
projects.

Extended 1-year on project Initially 9-month contract

COMPAQ PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

Staffing Manager 6/98 4/02
Responsibilities included support of NSIS (Network Systems Integration Services) Division of Compaq.
Supported Central & West regions. Tasked with preparing employment reporting and managing applicant
tracking systems, which provided applicant flow, Affirmative Action Plans and EEO reporting.
Staffing areas focused in E-Business/E-Commerce Solutions; Internet/Intranet; Solution Architecture; Technical
Consultants; Practice/Segment Management recruitment. Environment in Client-Server; Web-Hosting; Network;
SAP (functional & technical); Supply-Chain technologies. Developed strategies to service multiple organizations
by way of on-going Internet search tools; internal (ERP) referrals & networking with internal/external resources;
several Open-Houses/Tech Fairs; posting on major boards; and many other strategies resulting in the hiring of
several complex; hard-to-find skill sets in the areas listed above. 50% travel involved.

Key Results:

Started as Contract Recruiter & converted after 18-mo

Supported 22 Line Management

Decreased outside vendor spending costs each quarter

Averaged 2-4 interviews per day conducted by Line Management

Recruited world class passive candidates from competitor industry

Met deadlines, ensuring accurate and on-time completion of all reports and
projects.

Received Commendation Recognition Letter from SVP Professional Services

UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS

Recruiter/Career Planner 6 Years

Received Service Medal & Good Conduct Medal Honorably Discharged at the Rank of E-5 (Sergeant)

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Team in Training Member Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma Society 9/08 Present

Diversity Recruiting Strategy Group Member since 2011

The Recruitment Network Member since 2012

EDUCATION
Multiple College Courses Over The Years Thorough understanding and management of
clients metrics.