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My mission: Hire Leaders to change the World.Focused on the strategic recruitment of high impact technology leaders. From Distinguished Machine Learning Engineers to Product Management executives and GMs, I'm committed to connecting superior thought-leaders with the opportunity to transform the world and drive business into to the billions.I actively partner with Cisco executives to define the recruitment strategy to drive outcomes. On a daily basis, I..inspire hiring decisions based on an end-to-end, research-centered industry analysiscreatively pipelinefocus on diversity, understand the organizational challenges to hiring and innovate to solve challengesmanage the full-cycle hiring process capture intelligence for future assignmentsprovide high-touch service and partnership

As a Sourcing Manager for Cisco's executive talent acquisition team I work to connect top-tier VP, SVP, and C-level executives with opportunity to transform the world through IoT.Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) is the worldwide leader in IT that helps companies seize the opportunities of tomorrow by proving that amazing things can happen when you connect the previously unconnected. At Cisco, we're changing the way the world works, lives, plays, and learns. We solve our customers’ most important business challenges by delivering intelligent networks and technology architectures built on integrated products, services, and software platforms. For ongoing news, check out http://thenetwork.cisco.comFounded in 1984NASDAQ: CSCO

Are you a Leader of Leaders?With a 150k+ global workforce consisting of the world’s top talent, Amazon depends on extraordinary, seasoned leaders to pave the way for strategic growth and disruptive innovation. We have exceptional opportunities in business, technology, marketing and product leadership. If you’re a driven, senior leader looking for your next great challenge and are inspired by the values we embrace, we would welcome the opportunity to talk with you.

Short term 6 month contract - Machine Learning, Facial Recognition, Data Science, PhDs for Pittsburgh hub.

AppNexus is the most advanced platform for buying real-time online advertising. Led by the pioneers of the Web's original ad exchanges at Yahoo!'s Right Media and Google's DoubleClick. Clients include the largest ad networks and online advertisers. Primary focus was on Technical Operations and Systems roles with experience in the following: perl, puppet, catci, nagios, MySQL, PostgreSQL, apache and higher end technologies and platforms like Netezza and Vertica and Hadoop.Positions included: Software Engineers (PHP, Python, Java, C, C++), Escalation Engineers (C, PHP, SQL, JQuery), DevOps Engineers, Big Data Administrators, Manager Systems Operations, Director Test Engineering, Senior Linux System Administrators, Systems Engineers, Project Managers, Analysts and more.Reason for leaving: Relocated to Pittsburgh

ABBOTT LABORATORIES / Chicago, IL Advanced to drive recruitment operations focused on mid-level executive professionals for key clients of this healthcare industry giant comprised of more than 65,000 staff members devoted to the development of new medicines and health management technologies. Expertly serviced internal clients seeking talented individuals specializing in the areas of executive legal, marketing, compliance, human resources, and IT.ABBOTT VASCULAR / GUIDANT / San Diego, CAInitially brought on as Recruiter, Information Technology, coordinating recruitment for Abbott Vascular’s multimillion-dollar IT integration group throughout merger. Conducted personnel needs assessment, consulting, staff sourcing (via internet, referral networks, recruiting agencies, and job fairs), and c-level communication. Ensured compliance with EEOC / Affirmative Action and additional work regulations through close tracking of applicant data in accordance with corporate rules. Selected accomplishments:• Contributed to Abbott’s ranking as one of America’s Most Admired Companies by Fortune magazine.• Successfully recruited talented staff members for specific job openings through expert evaluations, experience analysis, and background checks.• Supported Abbott’s attainment of #93 ranking in “The Fortune 500” list of largest US-based corporations.• Achieved superior levels of client satisfaction through expert management of assigned accounts.• Secured top acceptance rates of hiring offers through development of highly competitive packages.• Enhanced the performance of recruitment platform with introduction of timely / cost-effective practices.• Generated major improvements in recruitment programs and processes with the development and introduction of new strategies and plans.

SENIOR TECHNICAL / EXECUTIVE RECRUITER 2004 – 2006Secured and managed successful recruiting partnership with this publicly-traded leader in the creation and implementation of storage networking solutions, servicing partners globally. Selected accomplishments:• Impacted corporate performance through expert recruitment of specialists ranging from engineers to senior executives and accounting / marketing professionals (VP of Operations, Senior Financial Analyst, Principal Mechanical Engineer, Senior Program Manager, VP of Hardware Engineering, Engineering Manager, etc).• Enhanced team building strategies with the development / implementation of new processes.

TECHNICAL RECRUITER, 2004CALAMP (FORMERLY VYTEK), San Diego, CALed technical recruitment functions for this provider of wireless and computing solutions. Managed selection of billable / non-billable positions for wireless technology specialists and DoD contractors (SW Programmer, RF Engineer, Web Developer, DB2 Systems Programmer, SAP / SEM Consultant, PWB / PCB Engineer, Senior Business Development Manager, Mainframe Security Specialist, etc). Selected accomplishment:• Effectively serviced major clients such as Sempra, Hewlett Packard, SAIC, Nokia, Motorola, Lockheed Martin, and Northrop Grumman.

HIGH VOLUME TECH RECRUITEReAssist Global Solutions Inc. provides customer service assistance for other businesses, namely, telephone information services, help desk services, on-line customer assistance, customer compliant handling and response for other business; and consulting services in the field of on-line customer service assistance