Russ Moon,MBA

Current

• AVP, Strategic Research Team at Wachovia

Past

• National ResearchTeam at KPMG
• Sourcing Researcher at MeadWestvaco
• Associate Sourcing Researcher at MeadWestvaco

• Business Analyst at RXEOB
• Financial Solutions Advisor at Capital One
• Full Cycle Recruiter at PowerHire,LLC
• Recruiter at Alstom
• Sr VP Strategic Marketing & Sales at Power Industry Consultants
• Griffin General Manager at Hickory Brands Inc
• IT Project Leader at Solvay Pharmaceuticals
• District Manager On Rotational Assignment Sales Training & Management Development at Solvay
• District Sales Manager - Greater Chicagoland at Solvay
• District Trainer & Field Sales at Solvay
• 1lt(P) US Army at US Army

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Education

• AIRS Academy
• Strayer University
• The Citadel

• Fork Union Military Academy (FUMA)

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Recommended

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Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Staffing and Recruiting

Websites

• My Company

Russ Moon,MBA’s Summary

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Russ Moon,MBA’s Specialties:

Meta Sourcing Tool Uber User, Master Social Networker.
Software Beta Tester. A seasoned researcher possessing both an MBA and technically advanced research skills.

Time Management Podcast - http://blogcharm.com/jimstroud - pod cast on The Recruiters Lounge


Speaking -
ERE Spring Expo 08 "Cultivating Your Organic Research Team"
SourceCon Fall 07 - Panelist "Phone vs Internet Research"

Featured - 1 of 6 alumni featured on Strayer University 2007 Annual Report

Russ Moon,MBA’s Experience

• AVP, Strategic Research Team

  Wachovia

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Banking industry)

  August 2006 — Present (1 year 10 months)

  Strategic Research Team
  * Identify Talent Leads supporting all lines of business
  2007 Results - 35 k+ leads resulting in data savings of 1.6M+
  
  * Research Operations - develop SR Leadership Reports, analyze data for trends, training, coaching surrounding metrics related to mined research related to talent acquisition
  
  * Teach - online research techniques to a variety of audiences
  
  * Organizational Development - Qualified MBTI Facilitator
  Results - Led 50+ fellow employees as lead facilitator for MBTI
  instrument
  
  * Beta Tester Broadlook Technologies
  Eclipse product
  Diver product
  
  * Beta Tester & Consultant JobMachine
  
  
  * Director-at-Large - Urban Financial Services Coalition- UFSC is a financial services organization providing professional development programs, educational advancement and economic empowerment for its members and minority communities.

• National ResearchTeam

  KPMG

  (Privately Held; 10,001 or more employees; Staffing and Recruiting industry)

  March 2005 — August 2006 (1 year 6 months)

  I contributed talent pipelining in support of the Experienced Hire Tax Group on a National Scope. Additionally supported other groups on an as requested basis to include but not limited to Risk Advisory, IT, Recruiting and Executive Search.
  Involved with Competitive Intelligence with contributions utilized at the C-Level.
  Assisted in the successful training and development of junior researchers.
  Established key inroads in the University Relations arena.
  Involved with the evaluation of talent pipelining softwares.

• Sourcing Researcher

  MeadWestvaco

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

  January 2005 — March 2005 (3 months)

  Develop candidate pipelines across all enterprise business units to include sourcing senior positions and/or “mission critical”, challenging to fill roles in conjunction with other sourcing/recruiting teams.
  
  Responsible for evaluating current Executive Relocation vendor to determine value derived vs. cost.
  
  Sourcing support for 5 recruiters, 2 Sourcing Researchers and selected full-cycle recruiting.

• Associate Sourcing Researcher

  MeadWestvaco

  (Public Company; Consumer Goods industry)

  July 2004 — January 2005 (7 months)

  Develop candidate pipelines through a combination of technological and traditional approaches to meet strategic staffing requirements in support of the Information Systems, New Ventures, Coated Board, Corporate HR and Enterprise HR Centralized Staffing Group. Assist in the administration of the Corporate Relocation program to include suggesting changes for 2005, mortgage subsidies and evaluate the overall value contribution.
  
  Mission Critical Full-Cycle Recruiting
  
  Sourcing support for 3 recruiters.

• Business Analyst

  RXEOB

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Pharmaceuticals industry)

  June 2004 — July 2004 (2 months)

  I reviewed information related to pharmaceutical therapeutic drug classes in order to determine optimized offerings to benefit HMO's, pharmacies and individual consumers. Presented findings to the CEO with recommendations for strategic use in client presentations.

• Financial Solutions Advisor

  Capital One

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

  May 2002 — April 2004 (2 years)

  "Circle of Excellence" Individual Awardee - ranks receipient in the top 1% of all employees globally
  
  Performance ranking in the top 1% for the duration of employment. Ranked #1 in work group of over 800 associates 14 months over a 23 month period.
  
  Created a training program that increased collections revenues 1 Billion Dollars in the first year of implementation and was ultimately adopted by over 800 associates globally.

• Full Cycle Recruiter

  PowerHire,LLC

  (Oil & Energy industry)

  January 2000 — May 2002 (2 years 5 months)

  Established and implemented unique full-cycle recruiting solutions dramatically reducing the time required to locate and identify capable technical candidates, primarily within the Energy and IT Industries.
  
  University Relations – established a 28 College Recruiting Network
  Military Recruiting - recruited active duty Navy propulsion personnel for gas and steam turbine start-ups and planned outages.
  
  Acted as a consultant to a major Gas Turbine OEM to create a model for recruiting with emphasis on university relations and internet recruiting.
  
  Beta Tester - AIRS Search Station

• Recruiter

  Alstom

  (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Staffing and Recruiting industry)

  January 2000 — May 2002 (2 years 5 months)

  Recruiting - Gas and Steam Turbine commissioning and outage engineers

• Sr VP Strategic Marketing & Sales

  Power Industry Consultants

  (Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Staffing and Recruiting industry)

  1999 — 2000 (1 year)

  My role involved leading 4 business units with P&L responsibility to globally service the staffing needs of major OEMs in the energy industry. The role included strategic market forecasts, promotional campaign responsbility, establishing univeristy relations, diversity recruiting and leadership.

• Griffin General Manager

  Hickory Brands Inc

  (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Consumer Goods industry)

  1993 — 1999 (6 years)

  Our company manufactured and marketed general merchandise to the Mass, Drug, Grocery, Dollar and Military market channels. My involvement spanned everything from product development, packaging, strategic planning, recruiting a multi-national broker team, marketing, to C-level consultative sales to accounts such as Albertsons, The Kroger Co., Walgreens, Family Dollar and Target.
  
  Created and successfully implemented a strategic marketing program targeting the Hispanic population to include the industries first bi-lengual packaging. This is commonplace now, but in the mid 1990's it was groundbreaking.
  
  Increased brand distribution from 2,500 outlets to over 40,000 stores in less than 3 years including major increases in mass, grocery and drug retail markets.

• IT Project Leader

  Solvay Pharmaceuticals

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Pharmaceuticals industry)

  May 1993 — October 1994 (1 year 6 months)

  My role was to lead a roll-out for the implementation of a national territory sales rep automation program. My involvement ranged from recruiting team members, to liason duties with external and internal hardware & software vendors. Designed customized management reports and served as an internal consultant on the project to senior C-level management.
  
  We moved the project from over budget and behind to under budget and ahead of schedule by 3 months. Project structure was used as a template with European parent.

• District Manager On Rotational Assignment Sales Training & Management Development

  Solvay

  (Privately Held; 10,001 or more employees; Pharmaceuticals industry)

  February 1993 — May 1993 (4 months)

  I was assigned the task of creating the sales training program for Xanax, which was being co-marketed by Solvay and Upjohn. In a 45 day timeframe I evaluated 45 3-ring binders of technical data, collected my own data and created the initial sales training class for new hires into the company. The class incorporated a wide variety of adult learning techniques. The class average was 98.
  
  Management Development - Certified as a facilitator for Blessing-White's -"Managing Your Personal Growth"
  Facilitated the companies 4 Regional Sales Director through the 2 day seminar as the sole faciitator.

• District Sales Manager - Greater Chicagoland

  Solvay

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Pharmaceuticals industry)

  1990 — February 1993 (3 years)

  Responsible for 16 field sales representatives covering the Greater Chicagoland area. Focusing on Gastroenterology, OB-GYN and Psychotropic markets. Recruited,trained and coached 12 new reps resulting in a Regional Rookie of the Year, promotions of team members to Regional Trainer, 1 District Sales Manager, 1 Assistant Product Manager at the corporate headquarters and 1 Sales Trainer at the corporate headquarters. Team ranked in top 5% with an average tenure of only 9 months. Responsible for hiring,training and coaching Hospital rep with responsibilities for multiple major teaching institutions.

• District Trainer & Field Sales

  Solvay

  (Public Company; Pharmaceuticals industry)

  1988 — 1990 (2 years)

  I worked with 12 field sales representatives coaching them in the areas of selling skills, territory management,technology management,market segmentation and targeting. Primary accounts included hospitals, wholesalers, chain and independent drug stores, nursing homes, the VA. Participated in 5 new product launches.

• 1lt(P) US Army

  US Army

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

  August 1985 — August 1988 (3 years 1 month)

  I held varying roles ranging from line leadership of 115 telecommuncations soldiers to serving as the Human Resources Leader for an 800 person organization. Our unit was the 50th Signal Battalion Airborne. Served 3 years as a US paratrooper earning Senior Parachutist Wings, Honduran Airborne & Air Assault qualifications. This was a fast paced organization with a premium placed on leadership.

Russ Moon,MBA’s Education

• AIRS Academy

  Internet Research 1999 — 2007

  Activities and Societies:

  AIRS ACIR - Advanced Certified Internet Recruiter
  AIRS CIR - Certified Internet Recruiter
  AIRS CDR - Certified Diversity Recruiter
  AIRS I, AIRS II, AIRS Search Lab
  Googling for Candidates,
  Find Diversity Candidates, Legal Landmines in Diversity Recruiting, Diversity Hiring & Retention Secrets,
  Performance Based Interviewing, Diversity Recruiting Best Practices, Aggressive & Ethical Headhunting
  
  Shally Steckerl – Google Best Practice training through Hireability

• Strayer University

  MBA, Business Administration, 2002 — 2005

  Thesis : The Impact of Transfer Pricing and Tax Incentives on Foreign Direct Investment in the European Union

  Activities and Societies:

  Graduated with Academic Honors - 4.0 GPA

• The Citadel

  BS, Business Administration, 1981 — 1985

  There is a price for being a leader. The more you sacrifice towards a worthy goal, the more it means to you.

  Activities and Societies:

  Editor-in-Chief The Shako Campus Literary Magazine
  Battalion Commander Corps of Cadets
  Presidents Advisory Committee
  US Army Distinguished Military Student
  Renee Clark Scholarship Awardee
  1985 Summerall Guards
  2 years Mike Co. :)
  T Co. 1st Sgt
  1 BN CMDR

• Fork Union Military Academy (FUMA)

  Diploma, College Prep, 1980 — 1981

Additional Information

Russ Moon,MBA’s Websites:

• My Company

Russ Moon,MBA’s Interests:

playing guitar, fishing, working out, reading, learning, networking, meeting interesting people, food, humor, writing

Russ Moon,MBA’s Groups:

Board of Directors, Parsons Row Resident Association
SHRM - Society for Human Resource Management
Richmond Recruiting Network
Electronic Recruiting Exchange - Sourcing Techniques & Methodologies Group
www.Researchzilla.com - Professional research community
The Citadel Alumni Association - Past President Richmond
Chapter
AIRS - Advanced Certified Internet Recruiter Directory
AIRS - Certified Diversity Recruiter Directory
Myers-Briggs Qualified Facilitator via Otto Kroeger Associates

•    CyberSleuths member
•    The George Washington University School of Engineering and Applied Science member
• Forbes.com Life member
•    SourceCon2008 member
•    Worldwide Management Consultants member
•    The Citadel Military College of South Carolina member
•    TMP Worldwide Government Solutions member
•    Eclipse member
•    Six Degrees (Staffing Only) member
•    Lean Six Sigma member
•    CHICAGO 2016 Olympic Games Supporters member
•    Advanced Innovation Methods (AIM) member
•    Wachovia, First Union and Golden West Network member
•    Supply-Chain Operations Reference (SCOR) member
•    KPMG Alumnus member
•    RecruitingBlogs.com Group member
•    Urban Financial Services Coalition - UFSC member

Russ Moon,MBA’s Honors:

Capital One's - Circle of Excellence
Renee Clark Memorial Scholarship Awardee @ The Citadel
Army Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medal (2 Citations)
http://blogcharm.com/jimstroud - pod cast on The Recruiters Lounge

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