Director of Talent Acquisition
Louisville, Kentucky Area
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- Independent Consultant at Korn/Ferry Futurestep
- Director of Talent Acquisition at Day & Zimmermann
- Recruiting and Staffing Specialist at BrassRing
- Recruiting and Staffing Specialist at Brown-Forman Corporation
- Operations Manager, Client Interface at Spherion
- Director of Operations - Recruiting at Sodexho
- Systems Analyst - Consultant at Kindred Healthcare
- Manager, Interactive Marketing at Power Creative
- Director, Interactive Marketing at Creative Alliance
- Education
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- Sullivan University
- Pace University
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Keith Rouda’s Experience
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Independent Consultant
Korn/Ferry Futurestep
(Public Company; KFY; Staffing and Recruiting industry)
April 2009 — June 2009 (3 months)
Client: General Mills
Ensured that business and functional requirements for a planned migration from Kenexa / BrassRing Enterprise to SAP e-Recruiting reflected future-state recruiting processes made possible by either the new technology or the opportunity to apply state-of-the-art best practices to 9 year old assumptions.
Assisted with value stream mapping of campus, experienced, sales, and retail recruiting processes along with Kaizen identification and prioritizing.
Created cross-functional process flow charts of future-state "SAP-itized" recruiting processes with sufficient detail and SAP e-Recruiting usage information to serve as functional requirements for client's IT department. -
Director of Talent Acquisition
Day & Zimmermann
(Privately Held; 10,001 or more employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
December 2006 — October 2008 (1 year 11 months)
Lead large-scale, multi-phase, cross-business unit Applicant Tracking System upgrade - SAP e-Recruiting
Conducted Employment Brand research and developed implementation plan
Lead OFCCP compliance initiative
Facilitated High-Potential Employee Development program consisting of project management, mentoring, executive exposure, 360 evaluation, executive presentations on ethics, strategy, financials and business philosophy, and development and presentation of a real-life investment proposal for the executive committee.
Evaluated under-performing recruiting functions, developed improvement plan, and consulted with the functions' management throughout the change process. -
Recruiting and Staffing Specialist
BrassRing
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Staffing and Recruiting industry)
September 2004 — November 2006 (2 years 3 months)
Recruiter on an outsourced recruiting engagement, focusing primarily on Information Technology positions and other professionals for Fortune 500 financial services company and a large consumer products company (see below).
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Recruiting and Staffing Specialist
Brown-Forman Corporation
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; BFb; Staffing and Recruiting industry)
September 2004 — May 2006 (1 year 9 months)
Working for BrassRing, dedicated 100% to the Brown-Forman RPO account. Focusing primarily on IT and SAP professionals, along with some finance, marketing, sales, and other positions. Consulted on and improved employment branding and made applicant tracking system enhancements that improved recruiter efficiency, reporting, and candidate experience.
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Operations Manager, Client Interface
Spherion
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; SFN; Staffing and Recruiting industry)
September 2003 — September 2004 (1 year 1 month)
Managed a staff of 27 recruiters and 7 competency interviewers making 5,500 hires per year. This was a large outsourced recruiting engagement. For the year I was there, before the client and my company parted ways, I implemented the new recruiting model and process, managed a large team of recruiters and support staff, developed and maintained performance metrics using business intelligence tools, developed sourcing and diversity strategies, participated in all levels of strategic planning, participated in several team reorgs and expansions, and built and maintained relationships across HR and operations for a Fortune 500 company with business in all 50 states.
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Director of Operations - Recruiting
Sodexho
(Staffing and Recruiting industry)
2003 — 2004 (1 year)
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Systems Analyst - Consultant
Kindred Healthcare
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; KIND; Hospital & Health Care industry)
September 1999 — September 2003 (4 years 1 month)
In this position I initiated and led a project to standardize Kindred's very decentralized recruiting function and developed recruiting process standards, deployed a large applicant tracking system, and introduced a wide variety of online sourcing options. I participated in a variety of Human Capital Management initiatives and promoted portal technology and knowledge management concepts throughout the organization.
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Manager, Interactive Marketing
Power Creative
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
April 1998 — September 1999 (1 year 6 months)
Brought in to provide organization and structure to a fledgling Interactive Marketing department. Formalized processes and led team through development of a major overhaul of GE Appliances web site as well as the acquisition and completion of web sites and upgrades for Thomson Consumer Electronics and a number of local web sites and interactive projects. Led a team of developers as well as a matrixed team of copywriters and art directors which enabled the agency to take advantage of business opportunities presented by the expansion of the World Wide Web.
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Director, Interactive Marketing
Creative Alliance
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Public Relations and Communications industry)
September 1993 — April 1998 (4 years 8 months)
Created Interactive Marketing capability for the Sager-Bell agency and led it to an early leadership position within the Louisville market for marketing-focused web development. Sager-Bell subsequently acquired by Creative Alliance where it provided all Interactive Marketing services for Creative-Alliance. Led acquisition and completion of web sites for Canadian Mist, Southern Comfort, Bolla Italian Wines, Fontana Candida Wines, Bushmills Irish Whiskey, the Gilmour Group, UniDial (now Lightyear) and others.
Keith Rouda’s Education
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Sullivan University
MBA , Business Administration , 2006 — 2009
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Pace University
BBA , Marketing , September 1984 — May 1992
Additional Information
Keith Rouda’s Interests:
Recruiting, recruitment management, diversity, human capital management, knowledge management, change management, consulting.
Keith Rouda’s Groups:
SHRM, Toastmasters, Boy Scouts
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St. Matthews/Lyndon Toastmasters Club 5104
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