Talent Acquisition Executive • Strategic Growth Leader

Building recruiting organizations that turn exceptional talent into measurable business growth.

Executive Talent Acquisition leader with deep experience in mortgage banking, enterprise technology, healthcare and professional services — combining strategy, team leadership and hands-on headhunting.

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900LO hires annually
$1.08B+potential production
172Accenture hires in 2 quarters
34+years recruiting leadership
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Executive Talent Acquisition • Strategic Growth

Executive Profile

Leadership at scale. Production at the individual level.

Luke Kay has built and led recruiting teams, supported complex enterprise organizations and personally recruited high-value passive talent. His career spans mortgage banking, technology consulting, healthcare, staffing and military leadership.

His differentiator is range: he can build the recruiting organization, establish metrics and process, partner with executive leadership — and still personally create conversations with difficult-to-reach producers and technical talent.

Career Impact

Recruiting measured by business outcomes.

Selected examples of scale, growth and execution.

PennyMac • VP, Talent Acquisition

Built a dedicated Loan Officer recruiting engine.

Helped scale annual Loan Officer hiring from approximately 300 to 900 in the first year, while building and leading a specialized team of seven LO recruiters.

300 → 900 annual LO hires 7 LO recruiters built & led 28 days time-to-fill 26 LO offers in one month
American Pacific Mortgage • Strategic Growth

Connected recruiting activity directly to production growth.

Generated 209 strategic conversations in nine months, resulting in 94 opportunity meetings representing more than $1.08B in potential new loan production.

209 strategic conversations 94 opportunity meetings $1.08B+ potential production #1 recruiter 9–10 straight months
Accenture • Senior Technical Recruiter

Enterprise recruiting at high volume.

Recruited across application outsourcing, infrastructure and BPO environments, delivering approximately 172 hires during the first two quarters of 2015.

172 hires in two quarters 26 new starts in one month Top Recruiter recognition

Enterprise Leadership

Built for complex organizations.

Inogen

Talent Acquisition leadership across R&D, Finance, Engineering, Medical, HR and IT; supported a 78-requisition environment with recruiters and sourcers.

JDA TSG

Led nationwide Talent Acquisition supporting Microsoft’s Premier Field Engineering program, with additional client work involving Intuit and the NFL.

Metro Systems

Led 47 recruiters and earned top recruiting recognition across a large multi-office staffing organization.

Academic Partnerships

Led national recruiting in a higher-education technology environment and helped shift recruiting from agency dependence toward an internal model.

Leadership & Recognition

Performance backed by service.

Luke’s leadership foundation includes U.S. Navy service, recruiting and retention responsibilities, formal recognition for performance, and community service.

U.S. NavyAssociate Command Career Counselor • NAS Fallon / TOPGUN environment
Navy & Marine Corps Achievement MedalRecognized during service with Patrol Squadron 40
Sailor of the QuarterSelected from approximately 260 sailors
Humanitarian Service Medal1997 Truckee River Flood response
Community ImpactOrganized emergency assistance and fundraising for a Sherman-area family after a house fire

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