Maya Walker

Current

Marketing Director at ComForcare Senior Services
Talent Relationship Manager at SM&A
Founder & Co-Moderator at LinkedInPowerWomen

Managing Partner at Bahay Lakan, LLC (HR & Business Services Provider) (Sole Proprietorship)

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Past

Sr. Recruiter at L-3 Communications SSG-Tinsley
Member, Board of Directors; Chair, Fundraising Committee at United Centers for Spiritual Living
Staffing Consultant, Outreach at Homeland Security Department Project / Transportation Security Administration (through NCS Pearson)

Search Consultant at XOMA
Search Consultant at COR Therapeutics
Search Consultant at Isys Controls
Search Consultant at Navigation Technologies
Search Consultant at Humphrey Instruments

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Education

California College of the Arts
University of California, Berkeley
University of the Philippines

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Recommended

12 people have recommended Maya

Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Staffing and Recruiting

Websites

Maya Walker’s Summary

- Have stepped into & pinched-hit in all capacities for profit and non-profit organizations in transition. Earned the nickname "Omnitasker" for ability to zoom in & out of big picture & minutiae, flexibility & willingness to tackle cradle-to-grave processes. Project management par excellence.

- Have designed & managed full life-cycle recruitment & served as inhouse partner to hiring managers at supervisor level through VP & CEO level.

- Have designed, created & maintained management reports to track HR metrics (AA compliance, EEO, recruiting activity, cost per hire, & other analytical reports).

- Experienced in international & national relocation, as well as immigration issues; have staffed multi-state/multi-city branches nationwide & overseas as regional recruiter.

- Have set up & managed temp, internship programs, campus recruiting & job fairs.

- Have been sole point of contact & have had sole responsibility for managing & negotiating with candidates, executive search firms, placement agencies, payroll & other HR vendors.

- Excellent written & verbal skills; experienced in providing training to management & staff; have participated in industry panels as speaker & resource person.

- Have expertise in developing job descriptions, benchmarking salaries, & labor analysis reports. Familiar with Radford Compensation Survey. Familiar with executive comp plans & benefits.

- Incorruptible work ethic & sense of urgency; quick study at warp speed; excellent customer service skills; results-oriented, creative, resourceful, hardworking, flexible, willing to work long hours to beat deadlines.

- Owned & ran a search firm with supervisory responsibility over recruiters.

- 12 years hands-on experience on the internet.

- Proficiency with MS Office Suite (excellent PowerPoint skills); familiarity with databases, Outlook, Groupwise; Mac experience.

- Strong familiarity with health, life, COBRA, retirement planning, fixed annuities.

Maya Walker’s Specialties:

Savvy recruiter; 20 yrs. search & placement of exec. & sr. mgmt., prof'l, scientific/technical, sales/marketing, exempt & non-exempt staff in pre-IPO & public companies in biopharm/device, hi-tech, finance & sales industries. HR Generalist & Benefits experience. Solid business development & relationship management skills. Public & industry resource speaker. Currently writing a book & play, published poet.

Maya Walker’s Experience

Marketing Director

ComForcare Senior Services

(Privately Held; Hospital & Health Care industry)

January 2009 — Present (7 months)

Comforcare Senior Services is a non-medical private duty home care agency with corporate offices in Michigan. I support two franchises covering Napa and Solano county, as well as Contra Costa county.

My charge is to build relationships with referral sources within the healthcare industry that will lead to growth in exposure and revenue.

ComForcare is committed to providing compassionate care to clients in need of assistance with their daily activities. Our mission is to improve the quality of life and level of independence for every client and family receiving our services.

A new industry for me but one filled with enlightening learning opportunities and personal growth.
Talent Relationship Manager

SM&A

(Public Company; 201-500 employees; WINS; Management Consulting industry)

March 2008 — Present (1 year 5 months)

SM&A is the world's leading management consulting firm specializing in structuring winning proposals for clients from the largest aerospace and defense contractors, to major software providers, to healthcare and financial/audit service providers. We have supported over $1 trillion worth of programs, including the largest in history.

My role is to find the best -- and only the best -- Systems Engineers for our partners. I am especially honored to join this team of top-caliber individuals, including the new President and CEO of SM&A Strategic Advisors, Inc. -- Former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and retired General Peter Pace.

Who would know our defense needs better? When You Must Win, we're your team.

I welcome linkedin invitations and referrals for Systems Engineers with heartfelt gratitude.
Founder & Co-Moderator

LinkedInPowerWomen

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Think Tanks industry)

August 2005 — Present (4 years)

LinkedInPowerWomen is Linkedin's original exclusive women's group.

From the Feminine Mystique to Women Are From Venus to Gurl Power, there's a universal agreement and understanding that women have a distinctive tenor and demeanor in how they handle personal and professional relationships, situations, and challenges.

LinkedInPowerWomen is the forum where women give voice to this distinctive tenor and display their personal and professional power.

At LinkedInPowerWomen, we apply the highest level of professionalism and pragmatism to highly-evolved, proven-by-practice, personalized networking tactics and strategies for day-to-day use.

All LinkedIn women are invited to join. Please send us a link to your LinkedIn profile for instant admission. To join, cut and paste this link to your browser: http://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/52269/505AC73446D3.

To join the discussion group, cut and paste this link to your browser: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LinkedInPowerWomen/
Managing Partner
Bahay Lakan, LLC (HR & Business Services Provider) (Sole Proprietorship)

(Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Management Consulting industry)

June 2001 — Present (8 years 2 months)

Services include: contract recruiting, sourcing, name generation, lead generation, HR generalist, benefits analysis & change recommendations; provide creative, administrative & technical services for smoother & more effective business operations & management; marketing & special events promotions; incorporations & related business services.

Clients: XOMA, Therasense, Aradigm, Thios, Humphrey Systems, Navigation Technologies, Isys Controls, Wells Fargo, AllFund, Care Entrée, United Way of the Bay Area, East Bay Church of Religious Science, Hitchcock & Associates.
Sr. Recruiter

L-3 Communications SSG-Tinsley

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; LLL; Defense & Space industry)

January 2007 — December 2007 (1 year)

Tinsley's claim to fame is the Hubble Telescope. Now, as part of SSG and L-3 Communications, we have the contract to build NASA's most powerful eye in the sky -- the James Webb Space Telescope. Scheduled for launch in 2013, the JWST's mission is to peer into the Big Bang and beam back pictures of our genesis. And maybe find another earth-like planet or two. Awesome! We also deliver super-precise subsystems for commercial, research, tactical (might I suggest F-15 recon systems?) and military applications (think Google Earth). My mission is to recruit the best and the brightest. After all, we dwell among the stars.
Member, Board of Directors; Chair, Fundraising Committee

United Centers for Spiritual Living

(Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

January 2007 — December 2007 (1 year)
Staffing Consultant, Outreach

Homeland Security Department Project / Transportation Security Administration (through NCS Pearson)

(Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Public Safety industry)

2002 — 2002 (less than a year)

Member of elite 100-member national team tasked w/ hiring 33,000 employees for 429 US airports. Sourced & served as liaison to military, law enforcement, faith-based/minority groups, WIBs & Chambers of Commerce. Deployed to Job Fair Application Centers to provide overview of the project to applicants about homeland security requirements & application procedures. Built database of candidates, gave offers of employment & assisted in the closure of Assessment Centers. By project’s end, helped to source 1.8 million applicants, hired 44,000 candidates & put 66,000 in ready pool.
Search Consultant

XOMA

(Public Company; 201-500 employees; XOMA; Biotechnology industry)

January 1998 — May 2001 (3 years 5 months)

Biotech company developing novel therapies for immunologic disorders, infectious diseases & cancers. Recruited for all levels across all departments from manufacturing techs, to scientists, to admins to VP level. January 1998 to May 2001.
Search Consultant

COR Therapeutics

(Pharmaceuticals industry)

September 1997 — November 1997 (3 months)

Millenium Pharmaceuticals, formerly known as COR Therapeutics. Pharmaceutical company dedicated to the treatment of severe cardiovascular diseases. Hired to assist in developing the human infra-structure of company’s growth from R&D to Commercial Operations. Recruited pharmaceutical sales & marketing professionals, as well as scientific staff.
Search Consultant

Isys Controls

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; COGN; Computer Hardware industry)

January 1997 — June 1997 (6 months)

Formerly Isys, leading developer of machine vision technology. Recruited engineers at all levels, including ASIC, software & sales engineers.
Search Consultant

Navigation Technologies

(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Human Resources industry)

March 1996 — March 1997 (1 year 1 month)

Pre-IPO provider of navigable map databases for web portals (Mapquest, Yahoo, etc.) & various GPS market channels. Heavy recruitment of business development, sales & marketing professionals, as well as geographers, digitizers & software engineers nationwide & overseas.
Search Consultant

Humphrey Instruments

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Human Resources industry)

December 1995 — June 1996 (7 months)

Formerly Humphrey Instruments, world leader in ophthalmic diagnostic instruments. Recruited at all levels & across all departments, from R&D engineers to sales & marketing.

Maya Walker’s Education

California College of the Arts

BFA , Photography , 1978 — 1982
University of California, Berkeley

Biotech; FDA Regulatory Practices; HR-business courses; landscape achitecture & garden design
University of the Philippines

BA , Journalism

Member, excommunicators@yahoogroups.com

Activities and Societies:

Journalism Club; SAMASKOM;

Additional Information

Maya Walker’s Websites:

Maya Walker’s Interests:

Writing and poetry; technology, nanotechnology, biotechnology, genomics, astrophysics, other geeky stuff, neuroscience & mind-body connection; journalism, history, literature; progressive politics, current events, foreign affairs, philanthropy, social causes, animal rescue; horticulture, garden design, landscape architecture, photography, arts & crafts, art history, welding for art, jewelry-making, ikebana, bonsai; comparative religions, A Course In Miracles, spirituality, Science of Mind, new thought movement, Unity, metaphysics; Pat Metheny, Lyle Mays, piano, alto sax, Brazilian & Latin, contemporary jazz, fusion; movies; Newfoundlands and other plus-size dogs, cats of all dots and stripes, dolphins, all animals except frogs and nose-picking, poop-flinging monkeys; Discovery Channel, National Geographic; History Channel; A's baseball, SNL, stand-up comedy, Daily Show, Colbert Report, Columbo, Law & Order, Medium.