Danni K. Barker

Danni Barker is a Sr. IT/Cyber Security Talent Acquisition Leader. She has over twenty years of recruitment technology industry experience in: telecom, transportation, start-ups, software companies, healthcare, financial services including military and defense industries. She specializes in IT, QA, Software Test Automation, CMM, Software Quality Assurance, Project Managers,Sales, DevOps, Cyber Security, Quantitative Analysts, Developers, etc.

Her professional specialties include advising on recruitment best practices, partnering and leading sourcing teams, building and maintaining positive relationships with candidates and Hiring Managers. Provided candidate professional assessments and career coaching to include strategic guidance with Hiring Managers for improved hiring decisions.

Danni Barker has extensive experience in recruiting for all senior-level and mid-tier positions within IT Services, Strategy, Management Consulting and Outsourcing for firms through Fortune 1000 organizations including military and DoD.

Human resources expertise includes recruitment, sourcing and retention, career coaching, employee relations, organizational development, compensation, and training. Danni is Certified in: Certified Professional Resume Writer, Certified Professional Career Coach, HR Mediator. Published in Cover Letters for Dummies, awarded the Benjamin Franklin Award, 2009 for best Resume Career Book. She is an active member of the SMU Cyber Security Advisory Board.

She is an active duty military spouse and lives in Dallas with her husband who is on special assignment locally.