Deborah Hodson

Current

National Sales Executive at SDS
Talent and Sales Consulting at Deborah L Hodson LLC

Past

Sales & Technical Recruiting Contractor at Hewlett-Packard
Sales Program Manager at Hewlett-Packard
Americas People Development Manager at Hewlett-Packard

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Education

Arizona State University

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Connections

253 connections

Industry

Information Technology and Services

Deborah Hodson’s Summary

Professional with over 20 years at IBM, HP, Amdahl and Candle Software specializing in sales, sales management and talent management expertise.

Do you need breadth and/or depth in talent management? Do you need someone who has "been there, done that" and walked in the shoes of a sales or consulting professional AND human resources? Do you wonder if you have the right skills and people in place for your business to be successful? Do you need fresh eyes to look at your talent management policies and tools?

Results not just experience:
Proven leader of sales and talent professionals who have:

-Hired 300+ consultants in 6 months at HP
-Created new on-boarding curriculum and training course for all new consultants resulting in more billable hours in less time.
- Developed a Learning Solution Framework for ITSM and ITIL skill building of sales and technical professionals.
- Designed, partnered and implemented ROI based sales training rolled out to 800 consultants which increased number of engagements and win rate.
- Established innovative college recruiting program to hire the best and brightest.

As an individual contributor, thought leadership, high energy and results driven resulting in:

- searching, recruiting and hiring 50+ professionals in 3 months.
- coach, mentor, and instructor of employee development techniques and tools resulting in all employees and managers having personalized skills assessment and skill development plans in place.
- created new rewards & recognition programs for two major client facing organizations resulting in higher level of employee satisfaction.

Deborah Hodson’s Specialties:

Information technology sales,
HR expertise including full desk recruiting, reward & recognition, employee development, change management, performance management
Americas leadership and first/second line management
Talent management including skill assessment, gap analysis, learning solution design and implementation.