Alba Garza
Vice President of Professional ServicesAlba Garza is the Vice President of Professional Services, where she leads a global team of recruiters and service professionals delivering IT talent and technology solutions to Buchanan's clients.
Through Alba's collaborative leadership approach, the Buchanan professional services team connects customers with highly vetted technical professionals who can accelerate important initiatives and deliver value without the time and overhead of traditional full-time hiring.
Her approach starts with a team that uses active listening and a thorough understanding of the need behind the requisition. The team looks beyond technical qualifications to understand business objectives, team dynamics, and the outcomes that define success, allowing Buchanan to move quickly without sacrificing quality or fit.
Under Alba's leadership, her team places technical resources annually across all lines of business and sustains an active bench of 115 to 120 professional services resources. That delivery draws on a sourcing network spanning Level 1 support through senior solution architects, including a specialist pool of 2,300 architects for complex solutioning work. She also brings technology and recruiting intelligence into the talent process, continually improving how Buchanan identifies, evaluates, and delivers talent for customers.
Through Alba's collaborative leadership approach, the Buchanan professional services team connects customers with highly vetted technical professionals who can accelerate important initiatives and deliver value without the time and overhead of traditional full-time hiring.
Her approach starts with a team that uses active listening and a thorough understanding of the need behind the requisition. The team looks beyond technical qualifications to understand business objectives, team dynamics, and the outcomes that define success, allowing Buchanan to move quickly without sacrificing quality or fit.
Under Alba's leadership, her team places technical resources annually across all lines of business and sustains an active bench of 115 to 120 professional services resources. That delivery draws on a sourcing network spanning Level 1 support through senior solution architects, including a specialist pool of 2,300 architects for complex solutioning work. She also brings technology and recruiting intelligence into the talent process, continually improving how Buchanan identifies, evaluates, and delivers talent for customers.
Technical Talent Delivery
Customer Delivery Leadership
- Technical Talent Acquisition
- Rapid Skill-Gap Fulfillment
- Technical Talent Vetting
- Workforce & Resource Planning
- Recruiting Technology & Intelligence
- Active Listening & Needs Discovery
- Speed & Responsiveness
- Quality & Fit Accountability
- Decisive Problem Solving
- Placement Ownership & Success
What distinguishes Alba is her sense of ownership for every placement. Caring but direct, she is a decisive problem solver who quickly identifies practical solutions and remains focused on whether the customer is getting the expected value. For CIOs and CTOs, that means access to the right technical expertise, when they need it, with the flexibility to complete complex projects without adding unnecessary hiring overhead or organizational complexity.