Hillis Haygood
Chief Executive Officer & President @Tahill, Inc
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WORK HISTORY
Chief Executive Officer & President @Tahill, Inc
Founder of technology staffing and solutions consulting firm serving federal agencies and for-profit organizations.Established operations for start-up staffing and technology solutions firm, including office, human resources initiatives, network connections, and remote staffing. Manage four internal employees including administrative staff, recruiter, and inside sales rep, and two retained/contracted recruiters. Provide visionary and strategic leadership for organization. Oversee investments, cash management, raising of capital, and mergers and acquisitions. Elevated retention of employees and consultants by developing and implementing benefits package including 401(k) plan, health benefits plan, vacation/holiday plan. Negotiated rates with vendors. Increased profitability 40% by restructuring compensation and developing pricing strategy. Provide exemplary service and direct staffing and technology needs for seven clients. Selected projects:o Security Managed Service Provider: Hired as Director of Human Resources for company with 150 employees. Led recruiting, compliance, and hiring, and created recruiting workflow. Recommended new benefits package and assisted with ISO 27001 audit process.o Fast Food Chain: Hired contractors to implement POS/time and attendance systems in 175 locations.o Raleigh Durham Airport: Managed team of 12 for agile methodology software conversion project. o Health Care Provider: Coordinated procurement and defined requirements for 10K items (laptops, network wireless cards, and tablets) for health care provider serving 30M people in African country. Grew annual revenues significantly and served as sales and account manager for 7 clients. Spearheaded and grew reseller and channel partner relationships with Cisco, Lenovo Silver Partner, Adobe (Education, Government, commercial certified), Red Hat, Microsoft, and Eaton Power Systems.
EDUCATION
Elizabeth City State University
Bachelor of Science - BS, Chemistry
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
Chemical Engineering
SKILLS
ABOUT HILLIS HAYGOOD
I am an entrepreneurial executive experienced in optimizing and growing two start-up technology staffing and solutions consulting firms, which serve Fortune 500 and Federal government clients. I grew revenues to $1M and $6M, respectively, through strategic pre-sales efforts, consultative selling, and training account executives.At Tahill, I serve as a program manager and orchestrate the delivery of multimillion-dollar staffing and consulting engagements. Engagements include technology implementations, software conversions, and technology procurement for clients in diverse industries.As a consulting project leader, I am experienced in project planning, monitoring, controlling and closure, while managing global teams of up to 50+ members and projects up to $30M. I help clients solve challenges by understanding the root cause, and then build custom technology solutions. I am known as a turnaround expert and restore troubled projects by repairing relationships and resolving issues.As a channel partner head, I spearhead and grow reseller relationships with Cisco Small Business, Lenovo, Dell, VMware, Adobe, Allied Telesis, Red Hat, Eaton Power Systems, and Microsoft.I have developed a reputation as a collaborative executive and change agent who drives consensus and alignment with employees, consultants, and stakeholders by communicating the project and corporate vision. What sets me apart is that have high emotional intelligence and am genuine and engaging. I easy develop rapport with others and build strong relationships. Industries: Technology Staffing & Solutions | Professional Services | Property Management | SaaS | B2B | Federal GovernmentKey Competencies: Business Development: Sales & Marketing | Account Management | Cross-Selling & Up-Selling | Customer Service | Client Retention & Engagement | RFPs & Consulting | Channel Partnerships | SBA | Federal Government Technology: Application & Solutions | Hardware & Software | Software Development Lifecycle SDLC | Staffing & Resource Allocation | Job Descriptions | Project Management & Business Analysis | Agile | Scrum | Cloud | ITIL Entrepreneurship & Leadership: Coaching & Mentoring | Employee Engagement | Vision & Mission | P&L | Operations | Facilities | Human Resources | Compensation & Benefits | Investments | Cash Management | Capital | Mergers & Acquisitions | Recruiting | Hiring & Onboarding | SOX | ISO 27001 Software: Microsoft Office – Excel – Word – PowerPoint - Project | Adobe Creative – Acrobat | Agile | ATS
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