Teneika Askew

US Navy

The consultant has become the client! I've returned as Product Manager and leader in the Navy's first data focused consulting division, Data and Digital Transformation. I will be bringing my entrepreneurial spirt to build, launch and direct the Data Science as a Service and Analytics Enablement portfolio of products and services.

Stack: Databricks, AWS

Product Director - Data Science & Analytics Enablement 

CompTIA

• As a CAC appointee, I provide advice and guidance to CompTIA regarding the strategic direction of the industry's leading certifications related to data science & machine learning.

• As a SME, I contribute to the development phases of CompTIA’s Data Science+ certification exam. This includes participating in Job Task Analysis (JTA) workshops, helping to identify exam domains & objectives, and assisting with item writing & review.

Data Certification Advisory Committee (CAC)

Clicked

Artificial Intelligence Coach and Marketing Consultant

Correlation One

Empowerment is a 4-5 month, high-intensity, part-time program teaching data skills through real world business cases and live, business provided or fellow researched datasets while solving AI challenges.

Introduced 7+ sponsors/partners . (OneTen, McKinsey, Hulu, Accenture, JFF, etc..) after extensive market research and talent development opportunities such as college credit.

Data Science Instructor, Head Teaching Assistant and Strategic Program Advisor

Receive Top Teaching Assistant recognition across 50 Teaching Assistants!
Provides mentorship and support for 50+ fellows across 7 projects. Rated in top 5% among Teaching Assistant by fellow reviews.
Curates custom curriculum for the Data Science for All Product, tailored specifically for Product Analytics, Tableau and professional development workshops and lectures. Provides instruction to 750+ fellows for Tableau, Algorithmic Bias and Product tracks on Saturday's.

Data Science Instructor, Teaching Assistant and Strategic Program Advisor

Partners with product, curriculum and program leaders to achieve learning objectives of 4+ programs and optimal functionality of tools/technology in the proprietary LMS, such as Grading/Attendance, Insights, Jupyter Notebooks, Workspaces, Forums, and lesson outlines/content.

Serves as a change agent, championing new and innovational customer- and industry-focused data informed products, driving inclusive and equitable data science, AI/ML education strategies across 6+ cohorts,  aligning to industry and partner talent objective and metrics.

Strategic Program Advisor

Samsung Innovation Campus

Artificial Intelligence Coach

Uplimit

Designed and instructed Visualization with Tableau 4-week course.

Analytics Coach (Tableau)

Codecademy

Senior Curriculum Developer (Product and Project Management)

SkillUp

Provided data science expertise and career prep guidance and videos for several IBM Coursera courses.

Data Science SME (IBM Coursera Courses)

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Partnered with ABG to provide strategy and key recommendations for an organization wide analytics enablement, cloud deployment initiative. Delivered tailored workshops to help the organization reach a common data model supporting mission driven insights, KPIs and roadmaps to Bill and Melinda Gates funded non-profits in the South Africa region.
Tools: Microsoft 365, Azure, Power BI, Oracle

Analytics Consultant

Mozilla

Teneika developed the global People Analytics function from ideation, providing delivery of self-service analytics tools, insight-driven solutions and advisory services for Mozilla’s workforce. She specializes in applying storytelling and analytics to aid the SVP, Steering Committee, HRBPs and leadership in data driven decision-making of talent-related questions. Tools: Workday, Greenhouse, Power BI, Tableau, BigQuery, SQL, M Language, DAX, AWS Redshift, Tableau Server, CultureAmp
• Quickly developed relationship as trusted advisor to Executive Leadership team and served as Product Owner for an implementation; identified key risks in ETL processes, resulting in savings within 60 days of hire
• Designed and developed a comprehensive analytics modernization roadmap and interactive dashboards for critical executive-level meetings, allowing visibility into trends, headcount, attrition, culture surveys, vacancy, hires, and market insights
• Partnered with SVPs of Talent Acquisition, People, Diversity & Inclusion and business leaders to drive data-driven decisions and influence program and policy changes for Racial Justice Commitments, within 90 days of hire; 5% increase in Black/Latinx talent
• Managed multiple global projects and stakeholders involving delivery self-service analytics solutions in Tableau / Tableau Server with disparate data sources such as a Talent Acquisition Dashboard and D&I Scorecard
• Created a workforce reduction and planning model leveraging PowerQuery as a strategic tool for reduction in force decisions and talent related concerns that lead to business impact – resulted in 31% reduction in planning hours
• Led future of work effort to reclassify job families into new “Tech/Non-Tech” definition, resulting in 14% change across company
• Fully launched the global People Analytics function, frameworks for identifying business problems, the governance model for data, product and people roadmaps and 5 work products, within 6 months of hire

Head of People Analytics

Analytics Product Manager | AI/ML | Social Entrepreneur | Data Scientist | Mentor | Big 4 | DS4A | Spartan Racer

Teneika Askew is an Analytics Leader with more than 10 years of experience providing analytics, business process improvement and consulting services. She specializes in data analyses around financial, talent and operational data and driving workforce strategies for Fortune 500 companies.

Teneika uses Power BI, Tableau, SQL and Python to create 100% data-driven, innovative insights using organizational data. She also trains colleagues and the communities she serves with open data made available through the DATA Act.

Teneika also has extensive experience with business analysis for commercial, not for profit, and governmental entities. Her strengths are in performing complex analyses to identify and understand processes, gaps and transactions to answer difficult to solve problems.

Awards: Globant US Digital Leader. Women of Color in STEM - Technology All Star Award. Values in Practice. Applaud Awards (3X). Performance and Team Awards (6X). She Rocks the World, Fearless Leader. Diversity & Inclusion Driver Award. Grace Hopper Women of Color in Tech Scholar. People Analytics World Speaker. Society of Women Engineers Speaker. Distinguished Scholar and Honors level in Data Science for All fellowship(s). Top Teaching Assistant.

Certifications: Microsoft Data Analyst, Certified Scrum Master, Tableau Desktop Specialist, AWS Solution Architect. COBIT 5, ITIL, Agile Certified Practitioner and Microsoft Certified Trainer

Fellowships: Data Science for All - Empowerment and Data Science for All - Women's Summit

Recognized as US Digital Leader by Globant in the annual edition of the Globant Awards - Women that Build,  a global recognition that seeks to change the reality of the industry and reduce the gender gap, highlighting professionals who inspire, who build, who lead and help create change. 
http://womenawards.globant.com/3335/Teneika-Askew
This award recognizes innovative women who are leaders in their organizations and who have been impacting change in the IT industry for at least 10 years.

Featured in Business Insider, Tech Crunch and eFinancial.

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Group Product Director - Data Science & Analytics Enablement

Terminal

• Led a team of up to two high-performing Senior Talent Partners at one time. 
• Conducted weekly 1:1s with my direct reports to discuss updates regarding open roles, goals progress, career progression, and provide mentorship to help them effectively reach and succeed their quarterly goals.
• Created and led training sessions for Talent Partners (Technical Recruiters) to educate on process updates and recruitment best practices.  
• Attended weekly meetings with other department Managers and Leads to discuss updates regarding open roles and devise strategies to overcome blockers. 
• Recruited for Technical IC and Lead roles including, but not limited to: Frontend Engineers, Backend Engineers, Fullstack Engineers, Data Analysts, Data Engineers, DevOps Engineers, and SRE. 
• Recruiting and building remote Engineering Teams for U.S.-based startups in Canada, Mexico, Colombia, Chile, Poland, Costa Rica, Poland, Romania, and Spain.
• Attend and lead meetings with Terminal’s clients (U.S.-based startups) to gather requirements, understand hiring needs, relay requirements back to the Recruitment team, and be involved with recruiting hands-on.
• Partnered with Sourcing Team to devise sourcing and recruitment strategies for open roles.
- Partnered with Customer Success to maintain communication and transparency regarding client relations.
• Built and maintained communication with Terminal’s clients to provide constant updates regarding the process of the searches.  
• Built and maintained relationships with top-quality candidates throughout and after the interview processes.

Lead Talent Partner

• Recruited for Technical IC and Lead roles including, but not limited to: Frontend Engineers, Backend Engineers, Fullstack Engineers, Data Analysts, Data Engineers, DevOps Engineers, and SRE.
• Recruiting and building remote Engineering Teams for U.S.-based startups in Canada, Mexico, Colombia, Chile, Poland, Costa Rica, Poland, Romania, and Spain.
• Led meetings with Terminal’s clients to gather requirements, understand hiring needs, relay requirements back to the Recruitment team, and be involved with recruiting hands-on.
• Partnered with Sourcing Team to devise sourcing and recruitment strategies for open roles.
• Partnered with Customer Success to maintain communication and transparency regarding client relations.
• Built and maintained communication with Terminal’s clients to provide constant updates regarding the process of the searches.  
• Built and maintained relationships with top-quality candidates throughout and after the interview processes. 
• Successfully promoted to a Senior Talent Partner within my first year.

Senior Talent Partner

Terminal builds elite engineering teams to accelerate world-changing companies. 

We identify emerging tech hubs around the globe, and connect the top engineers with the most compelling companies. We provide complete operations and services to give companies all the benefits of a new office without any of the hassle. 

We are building communities of the top technologists to solve hard problems. We bring the top companies from around the world and help them run operations in new markets, while maintaining top-notch benefits and unique access to Silicon Valley and global tech leaders. Our amazing client teams span all types of software development including cutting-edge front-end frameworks, hyper-scale infrastructure, AR/VR/IOT, Data Science, DevOps, and much more. 

We already have hubs in Canada, Mexico, Colombia, Chile, Poland and we are just getting started. We only partner with high-growth technology firms that are backed by the top VCs and are solving compelling challenges with global impact.

We are transforming the way the best companies and most talented people partner in building the future.

Talent Acquisition Partner

Benchmark Recruitment

• Responsible for maintaining and building relationships with new and existing clients including startup Tech Companies, Product Companies, and enterprise Crown Corporations.
• Scheduled and hosted meetings with Benchmark’s clients to gather requirements, understand hiring needs, and relay requirements back to the Recruitment team.
• Conducted full-cycle recruitment for Development, Infrastructure, and PMO opportunities across Canada.
o Roles include but are not limited to: Software Engineers (Frontend, Full Stack, and Backend), DevOps Engineers, Project/Program Managers, UI/UX Designers, QAs, Software/Infrastructure Architects, Business Analysts, and Systems Engineers / Administrators.
• Responsible for scheduling meetings with Hiring Managers to provide status updates on open roles.
• Collaborated closely with Benchmark Recruitment’s sales team to devise strategies towards penetrating new markets and clients.
• Partnered with Recruiters to devise sourcing and recruitment strategies for open roles.
• Responsible for ensuring clients’ expectations are being met with the level of talent being
presented to them.
• Sourced candidates by utilizing Bullhorn, Indeed, Monster, LinkedIn, LinkedIn Recruiter, and
candidate referrals.

Account Manager

• Responsible for recruiting for roles related to Project Management, Software Development, and Infrastructure. Roles include, but not limited to: Software Engineers (Frontend, Full Stack, and Backend), DevOps Engineers, Project/Program Managers, UX/UI Designers, QAs, Systems/Infrastructure Architects, Business Analysts, and Systems Engineers / Administrators.
• Partnered, maintained relationships with, and recruited for companies ranging from startup Tech Companies to enterprise Crown Corporations.
• Scheduled and hosted meetings with Hiring Managers to understand hiring needs and relayed requirements back to the Recruitment team.
• Managed candidates’ expectations throughout the entire recruitment processes through consistent communication.
• Collaborated with Recruiters to devise sourcing and recruitment strategies for open roles.
• Sourced candidates through Bullhorn, Indeed, Monster, LinkedIn, LinkedIn Recruiter, and
candidate referrals.
• Established and maintained relationships with candidates and clients throughout Canada.
• Responsible for presenting and closing final offers to candidates.

Senior Tech Recruiter

IT/IQ Tech Recruiters

Promoted from Recruitment Associate to Recruitment Specialist specializing in the PMO space.

• Facilitated the recruitment process across the entire Infrastructure and PMO space of Vancouver’s IT sector. 
• Infrastructure specialties included: DevOps Engineers, IT Managers, Systems Engineers/Administrators, Network Engineers/Administrators, Help Desk/Desktop Support, Systems Architects, Solution Architects, and Network Architects.
• PMO specialties included: IT Directors, IT Managers, Program Managers, Project Managers, Business Analyst, Change Managers, Business Systems Analysts, and Project Coordinators.
• Created and maintained positive candidate experiences through follow up phone calls, emails, LinkedIn messages, virtual calls, coffee meetings, and lunch meetings.
• Collaborated with Account Managers on requirements qualifications calls or meetings with clients or Hiring Managers to provide expertise and clarity as to what the top skills are that the client is searching for.
• Created and maintained professional relationships with candidates who were and were not on IT/IQ’s payroll.
• Sourced candidates using Bullhorn, LinkedIn, Indeed, Monster, and received referrals from other candidates.
• Mentored and coached other Infrastructure recruiters within IT/IQ to assist them in their overall recruitment development from a behavioral and skillset perspective.
• Responsible for presenting offers to successful candidates while negotiating offer details, when needed, for finalizing the hiring process along with preparing hires for the onboarding process.
• 2018 President’s Trip Winner.

Recruitment Specialist

IT/IQ is a specialized recruitment and consulting firm focusing on connecting our candidates to the best opportunities in the market. Our dedicated team of 28 tech recruiters are structured around our 4 Information Technology skill sets (PMO, Development, Data Management/ERP and Infrastructure) and are committed to building strong relationships and being the guide throughout the recruitment journey.
4 specialized categories mean that each of our tech recruiters focuses on one skill set alone. This in turn means a greater depth of knowledge and experience in order to better serve each of our candidates.
As a Recruitment Associate, I identify, network and build relationships with professionals within the Infrastructure arm with skill sets that include:

• Desktop Support
• Systems Administration
• Network Administration
• Software & Cloud Architecture
• Infrastructure & Solutions Architecture 
• Storage Analysts 
• Security Architecture 
• Security Analysts
• Infrastructure Management 
• Citrix Consultants 
• DevOps Consultants

Recruitment Associate

Best Buy Canada

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Operations Senior & Hiring Coordinator

Home Solutions Specialist & Hiring Coordinator

Evergreen Baptist Campus of Care

Human Resources Intern

I'm a Senior Technical Recruiter who brings 6+ years of combined experience working within U.S.-based Startups and Recruitment Agencies. Currently, as a Lead Talent Partner, I pride myself on providing diverse solutions to all candidates and clients that Terminal partners with. I work closely with a deep network of top Engineers, and help provide our candidates and customers with an exceptional customer experience by matching them with the opportunities that best fit their specific and unique requirements.

Here you can find a success story for SESO, one of Terminal's clients which I partnered with to grow their Engineering team in Canada and Latin America: https://www.terminal.io/success-stories/seso.

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