Cindy White Email & Phone Number

California, United States

Sunnyvale, California, United States

● Employee 70 and longest tenured Human Resources team member.● Chosen by the Chief People Officer to serve as one of five Cultural Ambassadors for a fireside chatsegment during the 2024 “Onwards” Kickoff event.● Successfully filled 35 to 50 roles annually, both domestically and internationally, across all organizational departments.● Recruitment efforts encompassed multiple departments; transitioned from primarily Engineering and Sales roles to customer-facing positions across Business Development, Marketing, Technical Operations, Product Management, and Global Support.● Established and championed the New Hire Buddy program, enhancing onboarding experiences for new employees.● Selected by the Executive team to fill critical role openings always emphasizing an efficient and engaging interview process for the candidate, hiring manager and interview team.

The Talent Acquisition Point-of-Contact for the Sr. Vice President of Global Customer Support (a $500M division). Oversaw and managed the global staffing activities for this award-winning department. Filled positions ranging from entry to executive level. Presented the recruiting metrics at the monthly Executive Support meetings.Led a team of 05 recruiters, which consisted of 02 entry-level recruiters, 02 senior engineering recruiters, and 01 east coast-based manager; while carrying a full requisition load. Responsibilities included daily guidance on open positions, interview training, taking the hard-to-fill roles, hiring manager support, weekly team meetings, at offer support, and preparing the team's weekly staffing metrics to HR Management. Selected by the Senior Director of HR to assemble and present the Talent Management Metrics summary to the JD Powers Audit Team for both the 2013 and 2014 Audit Panel sessions.Filled 35+ positions a year utilizing Employee Referral, Linkedin, and self-sourcing.Versatile recruiting professional, able to recruit across multiple departments and successfully fill positions from mid-level to senior level for the following groups: Product Management, Marketing, Finance, Manufacture Test Engineering, Global Escalations, Technical Operations, Sales, Service Renewals, Facilities, Human Resources, Customer Support, Legal and the Riverbed Institute - Office of the CTO.Executive positions filled: Vice President Business Manager Support, Senior Director of Finance, Director Finance, Director Product Management, Senior Group Manager Product Management, Director Global Support, Director Support Logistics, and Director Global Technical Educational Services.**Awarded the first Recruiting & HR Business Partner of the Year Award by the Chief Human Resources Officer, Mike Guerchon.

Full life-cycle, Lead Recruiter willing to jump in and assist when needed whether it involves benefits, an immigration question, or an HR issue. In a time of exceptional growth, 1200 to over 3,000 employees filled roles both nationally and internationally. Appointed by the Senior Director of HR to lead the revision of our New Hire Orientation/Onboarding process into the highly effective and popular "River Buddy" program. This new program quickly aligned our New Hires for success during their onboarding by not only ensuring their IT, Benefits selections, and Training needs were met but also smoothly and effectively assimilating them into the company culture.Able to fill unique and difficult-to-hire positions quickly and efficiently, while repeatedly achieving high ratings from both hiring managers and new employees for onboarding. Hired to recruit top candidates for the growing TAC America team. Filling positions in New York, Reston, VA, Boston, Bethesda, MD, Carey, NC, San Francisco, and Sunnyvale offices. Appointed as an Ambassador for the new ATS selection committee.Recognized as a top 2% Recruiter by Linked In

Providing HR Consulting services to the founders of Brilliant Telecom in Campbell, CA. A $17 Million venture backed developer of next-generation synchronization and timing solutions. Company was purchased by Juniper Networks in March 2011.

Based in London, HSBC is one of the largest financial services organizations in the world. Referred by the VP of HR for a contract role.Initiated and drove a University Recruiting effort for early in career talent acquisitions. Implemented a thorough plan to attract and retain top talent by utilizing employee referrals and sourcing candidates from top colleges/universities via employee alumni. Created a sourcing, selection, and interviewing process that would instill a positive and pleasant candidate experience.

Author of "Ask Lucinda", for Brassring.com (also known as Incpad.com).* Wrote articles focusing on interviewing skills, resume writing and job search techniques.Initiated and supported the Q & A portion of the website to answer questions from worldwide subscribers regarding career advice and human resource issues.*Both sites were the result of the famous Silicon Valley Westech job fairs.

San Francisco Bay Area

Series B $190 million venture-backed Gigabit Ethernet StartupLight Reading Top Ten SelectionLuminous introduced the IEEE 802.17 Metro Area Networking. Employee #50 Hired by the CEO and CTO as a full life cycle, req load-carrying Staffing Manager with hiring responsibility for all departments. Successfully hired for Engineering, Product Management, Marketing, IT, Sales, Support, Manufacturing, HR, and Finance.Practiced fiscal responsibility in driving down the cost per hire by designing a highly efficient interview process and employee referral program that resulted in saving the company over $1 Million in Agency fees.Collaborated with HR staff to guide and assist with employee onboarding, relocation, and assimilation into the company.Built an HR staff including two HR Assistants, Front Desk Assistant, and contract recruiters.

San Francisco Bay Area

Series B $60 million venture-backed AVP/Memory/Graphics/Optical System-On-A-Chip startupEmployee #68 Hired by the CFO and VP of HR to source and hire Engineers for our Graphics, AVP, Memory, and Optical Networking product teams. Implemented an efficient interview process and created a successful employee referral program saving over $500,000 in Agency fees. Full life-cycle, req load-carrying Staffing Manager who coached hiring managers and staff on interviewing skills and effectively maintaining the candidate’s interest throughout the hiring process.Managed and led an HR team including two HR assistants, an office manager, a receptionist, and contract recruiters.Partnered with the Benefits Manager and CFO in effectively upgrading the benefits package to include a highly competitive Medical, Dental, and Vision plan plus adding a Charles Schwab 401k.