OSSANNA - Key Persons
Brenda joined the Ossanna team in October 2021 and has more than 35 years' experience in Office Administration. She is an experienced professional with a demonstrated history of success across several industries. Brenda is skilled in many areas, including Accounts Payables/Receivables, Customer Service, Financial Accounting, and Payroll. Furthermore, she has the capacity to handle a high-volume workload within a deadline-driven environment. Brenda will be assisting the Office/Contracts Manager with day-to-day operations and will work closely with clients and customers involving personal and business transactions.
Brooke joined the Ossanna team in January 2022 as a talent specialist. With 16 years of experience in full-cycle, high-volume recruitment for various types of organizations, she has sourced, recruited, and filled thousands of difficult-to-fill positions with top talent in diverse industries including education, manufacturing, insurance, marketing/communications, quality assurance, sales/business development, information technology, clerical, customer service, health/medical, finance, engineering, human resource, food service, retail/hospitality at all organizational levels (from interns and entry level to Management and Executive C suite). Brooke has a passion for identifying and matching the right candidate to the right position while ensuring that each candidate has an outstanding candidate experience throughout the process.
Julie is an accomplished and perceptive Talent Acquisition professional with experience in full cycle, high volume recruitment. She has been widely acknowledged for developing high-caliber workforces at all levels and excellent knowledge of the full HR cycle. She originally joined the Ossanna team in 2015 and she started her career in temporary staffing with JobGiraffe (formerly Paige Personnel) and through her tenure there she held many roles ranging from consultant to Branch Manager. Finding the right people for the right job at the right time is what Julie does best. Throughout her career she has built many long-term relationships with her clients which spread across multiple industries. Julie is a strong decision-maker who leads by example and inspires others to achieve and exceed goals and projections. Julie's current role will continue to be in recruitment, but will also include marketing, back office support and employee relations.
Julie enjoys a busy home life with her wonderful family and friends. She is a sports enthusiast and has a passion for interior decorating.
With 15 plus years of experience at Ossanna, Mariaelena manages the day-to-day operations. Her duties include interacting with clients, candidates, consultants and internal staff, process onboarding documentation, handle the processing of all certifications, vendor management, contracts administration and overseeing all the administrative functions at Ossanna. "My experience at Ossanna has given me extensive opportunity to work with a variety of consultants and clientele as well as giving me the understanding of the workings of the consulting industry. I enjoy working at Ossanna, meeting new people and the challenges that every day brings. Ossanna's high standards and great reputation is second to none. We treat clients and consultants the way we would want to be treated, with respect and courtesy, and that is The Ossanna Difference." LinkedIn mestrada@ossanna.com
Nikki Teik - Founder, President
With roots in Milwaukee Wisconsin, Nikki was educated at Cardinal Stritch College and the University of Wisconsin at Whitewater. Her degree is in Business and Human Resources Management. Building on her corporate HR experiences with Comdisco Inc. and a strong network within the diversity and technology communities, Nikki launched Ossanna on 08/08/1988.
Beginning as an onsite HR consultant for Apple Computer, until today, Nikki has shown up to service her clients and candidates with the same goals: to be productive, learn, grow, listen, laugh, be passionate, be real, have fun and ALWAYS do the right thing for every single person she comes in contact with.
Nikki has hired, trained and influenced some of the best in the business and has mentored many. Some of the best in class are on Ossanna's internal team. Meet them here!