Leana Birdsell

Leana Birdsell has over 18 years of work experience in the field of talent acquisition and recruitment. Leana currently holds the position of Manager, Talent Acquisition at Renewable Energy Systems Americas Inc., where they have been working since March 2020. Prior to this role, they served as a Senior Recruiter at the same company from November 2018 to March 2020. From 2012 to 2018, Leana worked at Renewable Energy Systems Americas Inc. as a Corporate Recruiter.

Leana also has experience working with other companies. In 2012, they briefly worked at CenturyLink as a Contract Senior Recruiter, where they focused on recruiting for the mountain region and managed the hiring process. Leana utilized computer systems like SAP and Kenexa as an ATS.

Before joining CenturyLink, Leana worked at Tri-State Generation & Transmission as a Contract Corporate Recruiter from July 2011 to June 2012. From 2009 to 2011, they served as a Corporate Recruiter at Castle Meinhold & Stawiarski, LLC (CMS Holdings). Prior to that, they worked as a Recruiting Manager at The NOVO Group from 2007 to 2008, where they handled full-cycle permanent placement recruiting in various industries.

Leana's earlier work experience includes roles such as Recruiter and Talent Acquisition Coordinator at HMC from January 2007 to June 2007, Recruiter at Synectics from December 2004 to January 2007, Technical Recruiter at Manpower Professional from June 2003 to September 2004, and Recruiting Assistant/Assistant to the Nurse Recruiter at St. Johns Hospital/Express Personnel Services from August 2002 to June 2003.

Leana Birdsell earned their Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from Colorado State University, where they attended from 1999 to 2001.