biography
Deanna started her career at Ralph Lauren, progressing into buying functions and management positions. She followed her calling as a recruiter and joined Mandrake Management Consulting in 1994, where she focused on the consumer product sector.
She then went on to co-found a search practice where she specialized in the recruitment of marketing, sales, category management, human resources and strategic consulting talent in the consumer goods and services marketplace. Driven by her passion and looking for new challenges, she left her successful and still ongoing practice to join IQ PARTNERS with the goal of setting excellent standards in the search industry.
Deanna's background includes building teams from the start. Her greatest success was building a team that produced the best top and bottom line growth year to date. She helps companies understand their brand appeal as a career destination and creates and defines roles to give them a competitive advantage in the market place.
Deanna believes in helping people build skilled careers so they can achieve their personal end goals. She has the ability to see their vision and advise them on skills required to be successful in their careers. She lives vicariously through the companies and candidates and enjoys the knowledge of their successes on a daily basis.