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Dai Marie Strong

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Meraki Global Hiring Optimization Lead at Cisco Meraki
📍 Houston, Texas, United States

Dai Marie Strong is a leader in talent acquisition at Cisco Meraki, focused on global hiring optimization. With extensive experience in recruiting, program management, and people development, she is a subject matter expert in scaling teams and building efficient hiring processes. She holds a BA from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

Outside of work, Dai is a self-professed foodie who enjoys visiting local farmers markets and is a fan of HGTV. She is also a passionate sports fan, specifically mentioning her support for the NFLs Green Bay Packers.

Unique fact: In a previous role at Barclays, she managed a team responsible for hiring approximately 60-100 new employees per month.

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Current Role
Meraki Global Hiring Optimization Lead
Location
Houston, Texas, United States
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Priorities

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Hiring Optimization
Her current role is Meraki Global Hiring Optimization Lead, and she has spoken publicly about improving time-to-hire through strategy and process improvement.
Remote Work Culture
She has presented on the benefits of remote hiring, covering topics like budgets, new markets, and best practices for transitioning recruiting strategies.
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Career

Work history

9-2023
Meraki Global Hiring Optimization Lead
Cisco Meraki
7-2019 - 9-2023
Global Head of Talent Acquisition Operations, Programs & Early in Career
Cisco Meraki
6-2018 - 7-2019
University/Early in Career & Programs Leader
Cisco Meraki
7-2017 - 6-2018
Talent Acqusition Program Leader
Sunrun
1-2017 - 6-2017
Talent Acquisition Site Leader
Barclays
In the press

Media appearances

Dai Strong – Cisco Meraki Talent Leader with Craig Fisher (Inside Talent). Featured in Spotify (Inside Talent podcast)
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Dai Strong Cisco Meraki Values Craig Fisher Inside Talent. Featured in YouTube
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Education
1993 - 1998
BA
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
1991 - 1993
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Whitefish Bay High School
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