Responsible for successful full life-cycle recruiting, supporting hiring managers in sourcing, attracting and hiring top talent at all levels for Software Engineering, Infrastructure (Cloud)/Security, Product Management, UX Design, Customer Success, Digital Marketing and IT.Proactively developed and maintained candidate pipelines for hard to fill, competitive roles, through networking, career fairs, community involvement, relationship building and employee referral programs. Recognized as a dual company and candidate ambassador - which included clearly communicating the company, culture and role while also ensuring consistent, inclusive and positive interactions for candidates through all phases of the hiring process. Coordinated technical internship programs from selected colleges and code schools.Created and maintained recruiting, interviewing and hiring processes and provided documentation and training sessions for hiring managers and interviewing teams.Acted as company Recruiting Operations Administrator, managing Applicant Tracking Systems as well as recruiting tools and social career sites. This included providing recruiting metrics and reporting.Selected and managed contract, contingent and retained staffing partners as needed, globally.Board member of the Airship Diversity Guild supporting ERGs including acting as lead of Inclusive Hiring Committee. Maintained understanding of current employment and data privacy/security laws, globally. This included participating in SOC 2 security audits with 100% compliance.

Full life-cycle technical recruiting (contract, contract to hire and direct hire positions) for a portfolio of technology companies.Met directly with customer hiring managers to better understand their business and hiring initiatives in order to source and present the best candidates.Sourced candidates through networking, social media, attending networking events and user groups, LinkedIn Recruiter, internet mining, cold calling, attending job fairs and partnering with code schools.Contributed to building and mentoring a high functioning recruiting team.Created and managed processes and procedures, training, branding and social media initiatives.

Direct full lifecycle Recruiting for multiple companies including BlueVolt, OpenSesame, ElevenWireless and Multnomah County (IT Department)

Technical Recruiter for contract, contract to hire and permanent placement positions for clients in the Portland, Oregon area. Successful placements included: Software Engineers, Database Development/Administration, Hardware Engineering, IT, UX Design, QA, Technical Support, Project Management and Coordination and Technical Leadership