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Judy Garza - Independent HR Consultant in Rockwall, TX

Judy Garza

Director-level HR & Talent Acquisition leader specializing in workforce transformation and HR operations

FreelanceTouro UniversityRockwall, TX23 Years ExperienceDirector LevelWorks On-Site

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Talent Acquisition/Recruiting Operations leader who owned end-to-end recruiting ops and served as the Workday TA implementation SME at DART, standardizing a fragmented hiring process into documented SOPs, dashboards, and SLAs that cut time-to-fill by 52% in one year. Previously led recruiting/resource/payroll teams supporting 10k+ independent catastrophe adjusters, building surge workflows and compliance checkpoints to staff disaster events within hours.

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Key Strengths

  • Led Talent Acquisition org (10+ recruiters/coordinators) owning recruiting ops end-to-end
  • Led multi-team operations across Recruiting, Resource & Engagement, and Payroll supporting 10k+ independent adjusters
  • Standardized broken end-to-end hiring workflow; created SOPs, dashboards, and hiring-manager SLAs
  • Reduced time-to-fill by 52% in first year after process/HRIS overhaul
  • Drove 51% increase in underutilization metric (as stated) through operational improvements
  • Workday implementation SME for TA; partnered with IT and Workday contractors and briefed HR leadership
  • Proven change management: overcame resistance via training, coaching, weekly operating cadence, and documentation
  • Built surge-event workflows and quality/compliance checkpoints to deploy large numbers of adjusters within hours

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Experience

Independent HR ConsultantIndependent HR Consultant · Oct 2024 – Presentfreelance
Director of Talent Acquisition & Employee SuccessDallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) · Oct 2022 – Oct 2024
Interim Director of Employee & Labor RelationsDallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) · Jan 2023 – Aug 2023
Director of Resource Management – Catastrophe ServicesCrawford and Company · Oct 2020 – May 2022
Independent HR Consultant (Project-based)SGHR Solutions · Jun 2019 – Presentfreelance
Director of Human ResourcesCity of Fate · Jan 2015 – May 2019
Assistant Professor/Recruiting Flight CommanderUnited States Air Force · Nov 2011 – Nov 2014
Sustainment Services Flight CommanderUnited States Air Force · Nov 2008 – Nov 2011

Education

Touro Universitymaster, Adult Education (2007)
University of Maryland Global Campusbachelor, Behavioral Science (2000)
Community College of the Air Forceassociate, Instructor of Military Science (2000)

Awards

  • “Excellent” rating for remodeled recruiting program - United States Air Force ROTC Detachment
  • “Best Practices” rating for remodeled recruiting program - United States Air Force ROTC Detachment

Languages

English

Certifications

Certified Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR)

Memberships

  • Society of Human Resources Management (SHRM)
  • DallasHR
  • Human Resources Certification Institute (HRCI)

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Judy GarzaDirector-level HR & Talent Acquisition leader specializing in workforce transformation and HR operations