• Lead a team of five recruiters by coaching, setting KPIs, and driving performance improvements across the recruiting function. • Report results directly to CEO, COO, and VP of HR • Tracked hiring trends to help the recruiting team prioritize efforts — reducing candidate drop-off and increasing submissions by ~25% • Author cost volume proposals for federal sub-contract bids, contributing to a 100% proposal award rate across six submissions while accelerating delivery timelines • Built multi-year cost models spanning 5+ year contract periods across multiple concurrent proposals, enabling the team to meet competing deadlines without sacrificing accuracy • Maintain funding and labor hour compliance across 14 active contracts covering 50+ employees, flagging discrepancies early and keeping all contracts audit-ready • Built a custom GPT tool to streamline data call responses and centralize company-specific information, cutting response time and strengthening prime contractor trust and securing placement on new contract vehicles. • Launched an internal employee newsletter after identifying visibility gaps as a driver of attrition. This new initiative resulted in 8+ employees transferring to internal roles rather than leaving the company • Combine market salary research with internal compensation data to keep offers competitive, helping secure staffing on new contract awards — including six hires onboarded within four months of one award.

• Grew company headcount by 34% in 2022 and 28% in 2023 by using consistent, clear and concise communication to potential candidates, finding connections from contract to candidate and vice versa to fill hard-to-place positions. • Increased submissions by 50% by Building a flow chart to explain the steps and timeline for the complex and confusing recruiting process for government contractors, resulting in less time spent explaining the process and increase of submissions and onboarding. • Created a Recruiter Handbook to standardize onboarding and compliance, and built a candidate pipeline tracker that increased submission rates when migrated into the ATS • Developed search optimization strategies to help recruiters identify candidates for vaguely announced government contracts, navigating clearance and classification constraints on both sides.