Emerald Talent is a Recruiting Process Outsourcing (RPO) team of professional Tech Recruiters who are ready to immediately manage our clients recruiting and hiring needs from start to finish. In my role as a Sr Recruiter I support full desk recruiting needs for startup and Enterprise level clients located both the US and India. The positions handled include technical and non-technical roles such as AI/ML Engineers, Data Scientists, Software Engineers, FPGA Engineers, Supply Chain leaders, Financial Analysts, and Engineering Managers.

During my time with OfferUp as Executive Recruiter, I supported the C-level team with critical and transformative leadership hires. I was also responsible for a broad slate of individual contributor Engineering positions as a Technical Recruiter, including those in Software Engineering, Product Management, Data Science, and other roles. In addition to my day-to-day duties I also acted as a mentor to my colleagues to help them develop and grow as recruiters.

Bandwidth is a “recruiting-as-a-service” company. As Principal Recruiter, my role was as an internal recruiter supporting various levels of clients, including Enterprise, Mid-size, and Startups. The projects vaired in scope, from functioning as Lead of a team to working as a sole full desk recruiter. Positions handled were primarily technical (Software Engineers, Principal Engineers, Technical Project Managers, etc) but I have also successfully recruited non-technical positions in Marketing and Sales. Along with recruiting for many roles and clients, I utilized a wide variety of applicant tracking systems including Greenhouse, Jazz, and Lever, as well as Campaign Management tools Outreach and GEM. In addition to my recruiting efforts, I partner with clients to optimize their recruiting and hiring processes. As a Senior member of Bandwidth, I also mentor junior and mid-level recruiters on the team to improve and enhance their skills and capabilities.

I functioned as a Lead Technical Recruiter supporting Product Development teams for F5 Networks. Product Development (PD) is responsible for all core product development at F5, including operating systems, software, and hardware. My primary supported F5 engineering teams in Seattle and Spokane, WA, along with teams based in Lowell, MA, and Boulder, CO. A consistent high-performer, one of my key achievements at F5 includes the highest number of technical hires for a quarter. I also contributed to the significant reduction of time-to-fill for Product Development from 90+ days to less than 45. As Lead Recruiter, I manage business client relationships at the EVP and SVP level, creating and implementing recruitment strategy to meet quarterly hiring plans. I was also involved closely with the hiring process from interview, offer negotiation, and close of the hire. In addition, I collaborated with peers to insure proper requisition distribution across the PD recruiting team. In addition to my recruiting focused activities I also mentored junior members of the F5 recruiting team, both those I work with directly and indirectly.Prior to and in addition my role as a Lead my duties included full-desk recruiter, handling the hiring process from requisition qualification, through sourcing via multiple channels, screening, interviews, offer creation, negotiation, and close of the hire. Positions filled include Software Engineers, Hardware Engineers, Test Engineers (both software and hardware), ASIC Engineers, PCB Design Engineers, as well as many other technical roles. As part of my recruiting responsibilities I also insured all documentation of candidate activity to meet OFCCP compliance and state/federal employment laws.

While at Amazon I handled technical recruiting as Client Lead for a variety of groups, including Third Party Merchants (Seller Services), Amazon Web Services (AWS), Infrastructure, Corporate Applications, Global Payments, External Payments, Ecommerce Platform Services, Ordering, Developer Tools, and Seller Services (3P). As Client Lead I guided recruitment planning and strategy, and managed critical business client relationships with senior leadership. I also directly managed the on-premise hiring process, including in-person interviews, offer negotiation/creation/presentation, offer acceptance processes. As the Full-cycle recruiter for Infrastructure and Amazon Web Services, I handled hiring end to end meet specific staffing needs. Responsibilities also included documentation of all candidate activity within applicant tracking systems to meet OFCCP compliance and mentorship/on-going training delivery and support for new hires to Amazon's recruiting org.

Focus was on FTE/Perm roles for local (Seattle/Redmond) Information Technologies clients, successfully placing candidates in both technical and non-technical positions.

Recruiting Manager for Volt’s Northwest Team of 10+ recruiters, I managed recruiting process for variety of customers, including Enterprise scale clients. As manager, I had daily interaction with a team of recruiters to set expectations, monitor progress, address functional recruiting issues, and mentor junior members of the team. As manager I also acted as point of contact to address recruiting issues for clients, candidates, and placed contingent staff. In addition to my work as Recruiting Manager, I continued with hands-on recruiting to fill senior level positions and those with especially challenging requirements.

I joined Volt as a Technical Recruiter with the Microsoft Team. After success filling a variety of Microsoft specific positions I transferred to the Volt Northwest Team to support technical recruiting for non-Microsoft clients.