Jason Leonard

Current

Director of Recruiting at JCPenney

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

Jason Leonard’s Summary

Jason Leonard’s Specialties:

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

Jason Leonard’s Experience

Director of Recruiting

JCPenney

(Public Company; JCP; Retail industry)

January 2009 — Present (11 months)

JCPenney is one of America's leading retailers, operating 1,109 department stores throughout the United States and Puerto Rico, as well as one of the largest apparel and home furnishing sites on the Internet, jcp.com, and the nation's largest general merchandise catalog business. Through these integrated channels, JCPenney offers a wide array of national, private and exclusive brands which reflect the Company's commitment to providing customers with style and quality at a smart price. Traded as "JCP" on the New York Stock Exchange, the Company posted revenue of $18.5 billion in 2008 and is executing its strategic plan to be the growth leader in the retail industry. Key to this strategy is JCPenney's "Every Day Matters" brand positioning, intended to generate deeper, more emotionally driven relationships with customers by fully engaging the Company's approximately 150,000 Associates to offer encouragement, provide ideas and inspire customers every time they shop with JCPenney.
Director of Staffing

Citigroup

(Public Company; C; Financial Services industry)

June 2005 — September 2008 (3 years 4 months)

Founded in 1812, Citi is today's pre-eminent financial services organization and was built to create a highly diversified financial services company that could act as one to deliver solutions to clients throughout the world. With some 200 million customer accounts in more than 100 countries, Citigroup's 350,000 employees offer the most diverse array of products and the greatest distribution capacity of any financial firm in the world.
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.
Director of Recruiting

Telvent (dba Caseta Technologies)

(Public Company; 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 January, 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 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)