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Iris Libby, Managing PrincipalDirect Experience Across A Wide LandscapeIris Libby brings a unique mix of direct consumer sales, strategic corporate marketing, and in-house recruiting expertise. Iris has first-hand knowledge of the skills it takes to be successful in identifying and assessing talent from her experience at Amazon.com, ProCast Inc., Global Business Research, Ltd. and The Corcoran Group. However, it is her enthusiastic entrepreneurial spirit that launched Corcoran Group Marketing, Global Sponsorship & Exhibition and ultimately, the executive recruitment firm that bears her name. Specific Successes in Multiple Sectors During her first six months as the Managing Director of ProCast, a Seattle-based Human Resources firm focusing on the technology sector, Iris' strategic planning helped land the Amazon.com account. While at ProCast, Iris also recruited executives for Microsoft, Disney, Infoseek, Qpass, Visio and Facetime Communications among others. She built and fortified the Marketing, Sales, Finance, Customer Service and Operations segments of the company, which turned ProCast into one of the fastest growing private companies in Washington State. ProCast's effectiveness and success did not go unnoticed. In 1998, Amazon acquired the company's employees and database. From 1998 until October 1999, Iris managed Strike Team Recruitment. She was part of the team that helped build a strong talent foundation for Amazon in its infancy and during the height of its growth, which led it into becoming one of the most unusual success stories in U.S. history. While at Global, Iris' new division, Sponsorship & Exhibition, exceeded its marketing objectives by increasing sales volume 379%. Her division became the most profitable in the company's history bringing in more than $4.9 million in 1993, its first year of operation. At Iris Libby Recruitment, You Get Iris Iris' unique approach to her work has enabled ILRC to report a high candidate placement rate. Iris attended Pratt Institute and New York University and sits on the Board of Directors of SweetBliss, a New York-based, gourmet chocolate company supplying Bergdorf Goodman, Bloomingdale's and Neiman-Marcus among other luxury retailers. |
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