Kari Elias

About Kari Elias

Progressive leadership experience in talent management, business process, change management, recruiting, vendor management and resource management, primarily in the technology industry (software and services). Unique combination of information technology, operations management, human resources, project leadership, customer relations and budget administration expertise. Experience gained in fast-paced information technology consulting environments. Strong sense of urgency necessary for quickly resolving critical issues. Proven ability to build high performance team culture and team building.• Excellent organization, communication, prioritization and facilitation skills• Goal-oriented person with ability to manage multiple functions simultaneously• Experience analyzing, designing, and developing internal and vendor processes for managing forecasts, revenue, utilization and gross margin• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

Experience

1. Director of Talent Acquisition

   NMDP

   Jan 2023 — Present · US

   Director of Talent Acquisition responsible for overall leadership of the Talent Acquisition team to deliver broad and innovative solutions ensuring the best possible talent is sourced, secured and delivered to the business. This role includes talent acquisition leadership for early career talent (campus and intern), experienced recruiting talent (exempt and non-exempt) and executive talent. This role is responsible for brand building, process improvement, infrastructure, and growing the capabilities/efficiencies of the Talent Acquisition team and hiring managers by delivering a differential talent solutions partnership model with the business. Key leadership position for the HR function driven to find and convert highly engaged and high performing talent to deliver performance which will allow us to save more lives.

Education

• University of Minnesota Duluth

  • Bachelor of Arts, Communication

  1995 — 1999

• John Marshall

  High School

  1991 — 1995

• University of Minnesota Duluth

  Bachelor's degree, Psychology

  1995 — 1999

Skills

• Program Management
• Vendor Management
• Temporary Placement
• Recruiting
• Leadership
• Account Management
• Change Management
• Recruitment Training
• Management
• Human Resources
• Onboarding
• Crm
• Social Media
• Sales
• Volunteering
• Social Skills
• Internet Recruiting
• Technical Recruiting
• Consulting
• Strategy
• Managerial