Stephanie Kahuri

“15-year Talent Acquisition leader in the airline industry who has run large, high-volume recruiting operations (6,000–8,000 hires/year) across airport ops, maintenance, IT, and inflight roles. Known for rebuilding TA workflows and ATS operations (iCIMS) to automate communications and improve compliance transparency—cutting onboarding from 6 to 2 weeks and improving time-to-fill—while also delivering multi-source Power BI KPI dashboards and leading change management for major ATS transitions (Taleo to SAP SuccessFactors).”

“Talent/Recruiting Operations leader with ~5 years managing 6–12 recruiters, known for building scalable workflows and analytics. At Amazon, launched an on-demand recruiting approach that cut time-to-fill from 60–90+ days to ~20–25 days and redesigned internal mobility post-layoffs, reducing open roles by 40% in a quarter. Also a Beamery SME who drove org-leading adoption through recruiter training and process standardization.”

Alexander Farrar

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Director-level Human Resources leader specializing in talent acquisition and talent management

Dallas, TX13y exp

“Talent Acquisition/Recruiting Operations leader who has built and scaled TA/HR infrastructure across Fortune 500, mid-sized, and startup environments, including scaling Seraphim Solar from 5 to 1,000 employees in 3 months. Known for data-driven workflow redesign and ATS analytics—delivering measurable gains like +30% candidate experience, -35% cost-per-hire, 92% offer acceptance, and -40% agency reliance while supporting rapid growth.”

John Singleton

Screened

Director-level Human Resources Leader specializing in HR strategy and people operations

Waxahachie, TX15y exp

“HR leader with 16 years of experience running end-to-end people operations (recruiting ops, payroll, benefits, engagement, performance) and managing small recruiting/ops teams. Notably revamped a logistics hiring process to fill 60 roles in two months and drove ~20% turnover reduction, and led a multi-entity PeopleSoft HCM integration across a state college system with heavy compliance/security stakeholder coordination.”