Jason Leonard

Past

Director of Staffing at Citigroup
Director of Talent Acquisition at Mosaic
Director of Recruiting at Telvent (dba Caseta Technologies)

Director of Recruiting at Spherion (dba Resulte Universal)

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Education

University of Oklahoma

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Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Staffing and Recruiting

Websites

My Website

Jason Leonard’s Summary

• An established and proven executive recognized for exceptional leadership, strategic vision and an entrepreneurial spirit.
• A proven history of successfully modernizing and revitalizing Recruiting departments in large corporate environments.
• Often described as an excellent negotiator and manager committed to developing and facilitating best practices which support corporate and departmental goals.
• An innovative, persuasive and practical problem-solver who builds positive partnerships across the organization while maintaining profitable operations.
• A resourceful team player who is able to effectively communicate with people at all levels in an organization and bring diverse viewpoints to a productive consensus.

Jason Leonard’s Specialties:

Talent Acquisition, Strategic Planning, Change Management, Process Reengineering, Personnel Management, Staffing / Recruiting, Corporate Evolution

Jason Leonard’s Experience

Director of Staffing

Citigroup

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; C; Financial Services industry)

June 2005 — September 2008 (3 years 4 months)

Citigroup, founded in 1812, is the world’s largest Financial Services company, with over 360,000 employees and some 220+ million customer accounts in more than 140 countries.

• Responsible for leading the Recruiting function for Citigroup's Consumer Lending businesses (mortgage, auto financing, educational lending & home equity) consisting of 16,000+ active employees and hiring 3,500+ new employees per year.
• Integrated the Staffing function for five separate Citigroup business units into one Recruiting team consisting of 4 managers and 49 staffing professionals.
• Redesigned and introduced consistent metrics and reporting across supported businesses.
• Moved business away from a legacy job board posting methodology by introducing and cultivating a variety of non-traditional sourcing tactics.
• Reduced average Time-to-Fill from 58 days in 2005 to 42 days in 2006 and 36 days in 2007.
• 2007 Citi Presidents Club award recipient.
• 2006 Citi Quality Excellence award recipient.
Director of Talent Acquisition

Mosaic

(Retail industry)

July 2001 — June 2005 (4 years)

Mosaic is a $200M revenue, privately owned, outsourced sales, merchandising and data collection solutions provider at the retail level. They represent world class brands such as Wal-Mart, Procter & Gamble, American Express, Microsoft, Disney, Reebok, Best Buy, AT&T, Bank of America, Nike, Epson, Revlon and Labatt Breweries.

• Responsible for leading the Recruiting function for a 13,000+ employee company, while hiring 9,000+ new employees per year.
• Managed 11 direct reports and a fluctuating base of an additional 28 to 67 immediate indirect reports.
• Successfully led the restructuring of the Talent Acquisition function from a decentralized, generalist model to a more cost effective and efficient centralized, specialist model. This shift combined with other strategic changes directly drove the cost-per-hire across the organization from $650/hire to $390/hire in two years.
• Led the vendor analysis, selection, integration and implementation of a new ATS (Taleo).
Director of Recruiting

Telvent (dba Caseta Technologies)

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

July 2000 — July 2001 (1 year 1 month)

Telvent is an $800M revenue, 5,000 person Spanish owned company who acquired Caseta Technologies in April, 2007. Caseta Technologies was a privately owned software and hardware development company specializing in the wireless communication industry.
Director of Recruiting

Spherion (dba Resulte Universal)

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; SFN; Staffing and Recruiting industry)

May 1998 — July 2000 (2 years 3 months)

With over 300,000 employees and $1.9B in annual revenue, Spherion is one of the largest external search firms in the world. Spherion acquired Resulte Universal in April, 2007. Resulte was a privately owned, $28M revenue boutique search firm based in Dallas, Texas.

Jason Leonard’s Education

University of Oklahoma

Bachelor of Business Administration, 1996 — 1998

Activities and Societies:

Sigma Phi Epsilon, IFC, Pre Law Club, Intramural sports

Additional Information

Jason Leonard’s Websites:

My Website

Jason Leonard’s Groups:

• Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)
• Staffing Management Association (SMA)
• Dallas HR Management Association (DHRMA)
• Dallas Fort Worth Texas Recruiters Network (DFWTRN)
• Electronic Recruiting Exchange (ERE)
• University of Oklahoma Alumni Association
• Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity (Alumni Member & Alumni Advisory Board Member)