Barbara Burns Email & Phone Number

Boston, MA, US

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

The research-driven organization unites top talent in robotics, AI, machine learning, computer science and engineering to develop future generations of intelligent machines. The Institute works in four core areas of research: cognitive AI, athletic AI, organic hardware design and ethics related to robotics. The Institute’s culture is designed to combine.

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

• Stood up the new tech-focused office in Seattle with >80 hires closed in less than six weeks where we had an 88% acceptance rate. We also significantly increased representation across all demographics.
• Hired to scale and transform the Digital organization working on modernization, digital strategy andenablement to agile, cloud architects, global digital commerce web solution delivery, enterprisearchitects.
• Supported Digital for Commercial and Medical, Strategy and Product, Core Operations, Cloud andDigital Infrastructure and Data, AI Informatics organizations
• Demonstrated ability to synthesize ad hoc market intelligence data to provide information (talentmarket trends, threats, opportunity, etc.) to be used at business strategy level

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

• Averaged 10 hires per month with an interview-to-offer ratio of 3:1
• Managed the full lifecycle of talent acquisition activities including sourcing, screening, talent pipeline development, the selection process, extending offers, and on-boarding candidates
• Presented monthly at client Leadership Team meetings. Provide recruiting updates (including reporting analytics), trends, obstacles, and competitive market intelligence on the talent pools we’re actively sourcing from
• Partnered with the Sourcing team to drive innovative & cost-effective sourcing strategies

Cambridge, Massachusetts

• Managed a team of 13 high performing technical recruiters specializing in AI/ML and various science domains; responsible for finding world's best talent in Machine Learning (ML), Natural Language Processing (NLU).
• Position the AI/ML/Science organization as a thought leader in the industry while recruiting strong Research, Data and Applied Scientists throughout North America
• Owned recruiting performance for science recruiting across multiple teams and locations
• Collaborated with other recruiting leaders and actively drive talent acquisition goal setting and execution against those goals
• Owned and drove resource planning for team; responsible for determining staff required to meet demand, securing budget for those resources, and hiring and onboarding the talent.

Cambridge, Massachusetts

• Partner with business leaders to source and hire Machine Learning Software Engineers, Architects, Technical Program Managers, Software Development Managers, Technical Product Managers.
• Strong consulting skills and demonstrated ability to work in a team environment as a team leader and member.

Boston, Mass.

Managed full life cycle recruiting process for Merchant and Consumer organizations including Consumer Digital Marketing, Product Management, Strategy, Business Development, Analytics, Credit, Risk, Payments, full stack Software Development Engineers and Mobile throughout North America

Burlington, Mass.

Led the staffing for the Lighting and Healthcare Divisions: LED Design Engineers, Power Electronics Engineers, Systems Architects, Systems Test Engineer and Integrator, Sr. Quality Project Leader, Software Development Engineer, Medical Instrumentation Engineer, Image Guided Therapy Scientist, Clinical Research Specialist

Burlington, Mass.

• Leading provider of speech and imaging solutions around the world.
• Hired to staff the IT Organization – Enterprise Architect, IT Project Manager, Business Analyst, Business Process Manager, Business Applications Manager, Oracle DBA, UI Engineer, Operations

Burlington, Mass.

• Supported the Services & Software unit which is the catalyst that is transforming Nokia into an Internet company with new innovative ways of working. Services and Software unit’s success is based on Nokia’s existing.
• Hired 25 employees in less than 90 days
• Positioned recruited included Software Developers, Architect, R&D Managers, QA Engineers, Head of Service Delivery, Java Developers, Web Developers, Project/Program Manager, Operations Manager, QA Manager, Localization.
• Technology included web 2.0, web services, PHP, Ruby on Rails, AJAX, SOA/REST, Lamp, J2ME, J2EE, MySQL, ATOM, JSON, HTML, XHTML, CSS and JavaScript, Agile/Scrum

Watertown, Mass.

• Key contributor to the hiring of 100+ employees over a period of 8 months
• J2ME developers, Business Development Managers (wireless/mobile experience), Licensing and Content professionals, Engineering and Operations, throughout North America.