Mauri Rapuzzi

Experience

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  US Air Force

  Aug 2008 - Dec 2014

  As Chief of Public Affairs at 618th Air and Space Operations Center (Tanker Airlift Control Center), Scott AFB, IL., my responsibilities included designing and executing the unit's media, community and internal relations programs, and external website. I provided counsel and guidance to the Commanding General and Higher Headquarters public affairs offices, manage Air Mobility Command's media embed program (schedules flights/ itineraries, directs travel), and was the only release authority for statistics and information pertaining to the Headquarters’ global missions. Show less

  • Chief of Public Affairs

    May 2011 - Dec 2014

  • Chief, Public Affairs, Malmstrom AFB, MT

    May 2009 - May 2011

  • Student Pilot

    Aug 2008 - Apr 2009
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  The Coca-Cola Company

  Jun 2014 - Aug 2014

  Sustainability Intern - Well-Being Division

  I was part of a group whose project was to collaborate and study the millennial generation as an influential generation within the workplace and as consumers. We were tasked with creating and recommending a plan to increase millennial engagement with the company's sustainability efforts. We focused on millennials born between 1990-1996, and leveraged their comfort and use of technology, as well as their desire for increased transparency, personalization and information.I was also tasked with creating and designing a well-being webpage to increase consumer awareness of the company’s progress toward fulfilling its well-being commitments. I was responsible for producing the company’s communication plan to outline the voice, message and positioning of both written and visual products for health and wellness content. In addition to creating the communication platform, I learned how to use and introduced a technology to assess communication/feedback through data collection and analysis. Show less

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  Microsoft

  Jul 2015 - Jan 2025

  I am responsible for designing and executing the University Recruiting Account Management strategy. There's emphasis on exceptional experience in our delivery resulting in the acquisition of top, diverse talent for MSFT's go-to-market & corporate function business groups.I help advise internal leaders and stakeholders on their talent strategy and educate and evangelize the value/power of university talent. I advocate for the millennial and Generation Z workforce and educate/facilitate the full cycle hiring this talent pipeline. Within an organization that leverages a decentralized delivery model, I represent my global peers and their delivery through partnership. I work to streamline processes, align strategies and report upon the global approach/delivery.I lead a team of 5 amazing direct reports who design the event hiring strategies across their businesses. They partner closely with the sourcing team to create diversity recruiting strategies and build an inclusive and equitable hiring process focused on an optimal candidate experience. In addition to my primary role, I designed and deliver empathy trainings that leverage generational research to highlight how teams can work better together in a multigenerational workplace. Show less As an Account Executive for Microsoft, I was responsible for managing the sales, relationship and strategic partnership of four Enterprise Accounts. My success was measured by revenue growth, accurate annual business forecasts/pipeline, and by overall customer satisfaction. The role focused on developing and maintaining strong customer relationships that involved building relationships at the CxO level and expanding relationships outside of IT, I was dedicated to encouraging adoption and helping with change management. I often worked closely with technology teams to leverage my generational studies and research to help organizations recognize the needs of their changing workforce, and better understand and communicate the true value of their technology to a multi-generational environment. Show less

  • Director Business Management - Modern Work, Surface & Security solution areas

    Sept 2022 - Jan 2025

  • Sr. Product Marketing Manager - Microsoft Teams

    Nov 2021 - Sept 2022

  • University Recruiting Account Manager Lead - Americas

    Jun 2019 - Nov 2021

  • Account Manager - University Recruiting

    Dec 2017 - Jun 2019

  • Enterprise Account Executive

    Jul 2015 - Dec 2017
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  Fora Travel

  Jan 2025 - now

  Certified Travel Advisor

  https://www.foratravel.com/advisor/mauri-rapuzzi