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Mary Claire Ryan Principal, Riviera Advisors, Inc. Specialty As a consultant, Mary Claire assists executives and HR leaders on their staffing challenges. She is laser focused on only staffing initiatives including developing staffing organizational structures, sourcing groups, internal executive search, and recruitment processes including outsourcing, metrics and determining the appropriate systems that would support the recruitment function. Mary Claire also specializes in diversity/inclusion initiatives and activities. Experience Abbott Laboratories. Director, Global Executive Search and Diversity Staffing. In this start up role, Mary Claire was responsible for all sources of hire for the company, as well as executive search activities. While at Abbott, she established a team of search consultants focused on key strategic staffing issues. Mary Claire introduced a variety of new and innovative sourcing strategies that were key in improving Abbott's global talent capabilities. Agency.com. Executive Vice President of Global Recruiting for Agency.com, a leading global e-business builder which provided interactive solutions. Mary Claire leveraged significant recruitment knowledge in Europe and assisted with the company's global expansion and mergers/acquisitions. She personally recruited some key personnel throughout the world for the company. KPMG. National Director, Staffing. Mary Claire managed and led the complex US recruitment function, hiring approximately 10,000 people per year with 200 professionals in her department and a budget of $100 million. Led a virtual "start-up" for Consulting due to merger of businesses totaling 5,000 employees. Mary Claire's diverse experience in the past also included key human resource and recruitment leadership roles at Swiss Bank Corporation, the Chicago Sun-Times, Morton-Thiokol, and American Hospital Supply. Education Bachelor of Arts, Psychology, Barat College Certified Internet Recruiter Certified Diversity Recruiter Memberships The Employment Management Association International Association of Corporate and Professional Recruitment Society for Human Resource Management Awards Staffing Professional of the Year (2004) by the Chicago Employment Management Association

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