Rhonda Kaleta

Lead AI-driven Go-to-Market recruiting across Europe, North America, and LATAM Coach and mentor global recruiting teams to focus on quality over quantity hiring Partner directly with executive leadership to design sourcing strategies for senior Sales executives (Director through VP+) Maintain an 85% close rate for executive-level hires over the past two years Delivering consistent top Sales hires for the Americas and European regions Global Lead responsible for weekly and monthly hiring updates and data tracking for the Americas region, to share with Executive Leadership Maintained an excellent stakeholder trusted relationship with the Industry Leaders and Regional Managing Directors for both Europe and the Americas Collaborated with senior leadership to align workforce planning with business goals. Mentored recruiting team, fostering skills development and improving performance metrics. Implemented diversity initiatives within recruitment strategies to promote inclusive hiring practices. Conducted comprehensive candidate screenings to identify best-fit applicants for each role. Conducted performance reviews and provided feedback to managers on employee performance.

Partnered with NA and European leaders to implement best practices for engaging top tech talent Supervised and mentored recruiters, enhancing process efficiency and candidate experience Drove brand awareness by evangelizing Thoughtworks' culture globally Managed 15-20 open roles on average, ranging from Principal to VP level positions Sustained 2-6 hires per month meeting and often exceeding the global hiring goals Developed and executed talent acquisition strategies to attract top-tier candidates. Led recruitment initiatives using data-driven approaches to optimize hiring processes. Evaluated emerging trends in talent acquisition technology to identify potential opportunities for competitive advantage. Successfully managed high-profile executive searches, resulting in the placement of top-tier talent into critical leadership roles within the organization. Reduced time-to-fill for critical positions by leveraging data-driven recruitment metrics and enhancing collaboration with hiring managers.

Led global process creation for Business Development hiring best practices Mentor and grow other Recruiters, to establish consistency in hiring top talent globally and regionally Recognized as the global recruiting "Rockstar" twice in 2021 Hired more Agile Product Managers and Demand (Sales) professionals than anyone globally over the past 2 years Spearheaded the creation of Thoughtworks NA Technical Product Manager process and attributes

I have the best customers on the Planet. I currently support the Technology organization in hiring the best Lean Agile Product Management Leaders and individual contributors. We, as a Technology Talent Acquisition team are constantly learning about our business, working side-by-side with our Business Partners and evolving our standards to deliver the best possible customer-centric solutions to the organization.

Supporting the Web Operations and Online Architecture teams (Cloud Engineering)

• Full life-cycle recruiting for various Information Technology positions, i.e. Software Developers, WebOps/DevOps Engineers, IT Security Engineers, IT Architects, IT Managers, IT Core Infrastructure Engineers, etc… • Meet with IT Leadership to come up with strategies to reduce hiring costs • Mentor/Train IT Recruiters on PeopleFluent and other Home Depot processes • Hiring/Onboarding 67 external candidates in the 2013 fiscal calendar year (74 candidates in the calendar year) • Establishing trusted professional relationships with several IT Leaders and teams • Weekly reporting on multiple projects in IT • Performing specialized Boolean web searches for hard to fill positions • Reporting on all posted positions for weekly IT Recruiting Staff Meetings • SmartPost/Scout Administrator for IT Job Postings • Member of the Social Media Ambassador team • Performing specialized sourcing strategies to attract candidates from PeopleFluent, social media websites (Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn) • Maintaining a pipeline of candidates for hard-to-fill IT positions • Managing vendor relationships with Home Depot approved vendors • Providing solid and highly qualified candidates through referrals, networking events and sourcing strategies

• Sourcing and providing available and passive candidates with a focus on Smart Grid and CIS specific needs, placing candidates for PwC, Deloitte, Accenture and IBM projects • Sourcing and providing consultants for Oracle Customer Care and Billing (CC&B) and SAP IS-U Functional/Technical and Solutions Architects, Functional and Technical Analysts, Designers, Developers, DBAs, Testers, Project Managers and Program Managers • Maintaining a high placement ratio per open contract role • Proofing and reformatting resumes to SPC standards • Performing a full vetting process of candidates before submission to a client to ensure the quality of work for each candidate submitted

• Management of an average of 80+ Telecom sub-vendors for AT&T • Maintained interview scheduling and follow-up process through VMS and the AT&T applicant tracking system • Tracked all changes and followed up with AT&T Staffing Managers and sub-vendors on candidate submittals and interviews • Tracked and managed sub-vendor performance for scorecard reporting • Handled all sub-vendor and AT&T inquiries relating to contract submittals, interviews and other client requests • Managed and reported on background screenings for new contract hires • Negotiated candidate offers and rates with sub-vendors and AT&T Staffing Managers • Updated Agile1 sub-vendors on “hard-to-fill” positions, changes in Agile1 processes and various other topics during bi-weekly vendor call • Trained sub-vendors on all AT&T and Agile1 processes

• Coordinated logistical considerations for candidates to the department, including processing resumes and contact information, scheduling interviews and processing offer letters • Sourced numerous job boards to provide quality candidates for up 50 open positions (Business Analysts, Project Managers, Developers, etc…) • Handled the Human Resources and Recruiting support for over 300+ employees and contractors • Negotiated offers and rates for new employees and contractors • Assured that all candidates were loaded into the candidate tracking system, Brassring, in a timely manner and updated the status for each candidate accordingly • Managed the yearly internship budget, attend job fairs • Organized EA internship events and assignment of interns to each part of EA • Responsible for all updates to departmental SharePoint websites • Conducted internal interviews for employee SharePoint website • Supported internal EA managers and HR in processing all new hire paperwork (Changing Channels forms, turnaround documents, leave of absence paperwork and other HR documentation)