Karen Batcheller Email & Phone Number

Boulder, CO, US

New York, NY, US

• Currently manage a team of 7 supporting the following:
• Clients - Legal, Finance, Programming, Facilities & Security, Corporate Strategy, Contact Center (Connected Vehicle) and Intern Recruiting
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Sunnyvale, CA, US

Amazon Lab126 is an inventive San Francisco Bay Area research and development company that designs and engineers high-profile consumer electronic devices. We engineer devices like Fire tablets, Kindle e-readers, Amazon Fire TV, and Amazon Echo.Supported the Wireless Connectivity Group (CSG) and Hardware IoT Devices organizations.

Oakland, CA, US

At Pandora, we're a unique collection of engineers, musicians, designers, marketers, and world-class sellers with a common goal: to enrich lives by delivering effortless personalized music enjoyment and discovery. People—the listeners, the artists, and our employees—are at the center of our mission and everything we do. Supported the Device (Consumer.

Proactively sourced and recruited executive talent for high technology companies.

• Enjoyed a year:
• Home with my two children.
• Traveling to Europe – France and Italy.
• 5ks, 10ks and Half Marathons + Colorado 14ers.
• Home/landscaping projects.

Mountain View, CA, US

• Managed technical staffing projects within Engineering (Software Engineer in Test, Test Engineer and User Interface). Special emphasis on identifying and resolving key issues associated with our candidate interview.
• Provided reporting and analysis support as it relates to recruiting, interviewing and hiring.
• Completed multiple, key sourcing projects including the facilitation of numerous sourcing parties.
• Conducted in-depth ad hoc research for our Ecommerce and Local recruiting team.
• Assisted in the development and implementation of Employee Referral Program policies and procedures.
• Executed and maintained employee spot bonus program – particular interest/focus on contributing to Employee Referral Program best practices.

• Contract:Full life cycle recruiting for this early stage start-up. Focused efforts on Lead/Director level client engineering, Product Management and Business Development needs.
• Consulted with CEO in researching, sourcing and identifying company’s most pressing hiring needs.
• Sourced, engaged and prescreened prospective candidates.

Tucson, Arizona, US

• Supported both Staff and Appointed Personnel.
• Processed promotions, reclassifications and other salary increases.
• Conducted Salary Analysis to determine market and internal equity.
• Advised and processed both voluntary and involuntary terminations.
• Advised employees, supervisors and management on university policies and procedures as it relates to Employee Relations.

Redwood City, CA, US

• Directed the staffing process for Technical Support (U.S and Singapore) and Education Services.
• Sourced and hired Product Specialists, Technical Support Engineers and Instructors.
• Participated in salary/stock option negotiations.
• Addressed questions relating to HR policy (i.e. Health Benefits), Visa sponsorship and transfers.
• Created advertising for all U.S. job boards and completed a successful campaign generating resume flow and offers for Singapore.

New York, NY, US

Contract: Hired to assist the Netscape Netcenter staffing department. Sourced candidates for high-level executive and individual contributor roles. Primarily responsible for creating pipeline for revenue generating, VP and Director level openings (VP of Engineering and Director of Worldwide Search and Navigation). Targeted areas of expertise: search engine.

Full life cycle recruiting for Bay Area and Nationwide accounts, both pre-IPO and public, with special interest in the telecommunications industry. Partial client list as follows: Covad Communications (included on-site support), Cisco Systems, ICG Communications, Northpoint Communications, Juniper Networks, Redback Networks, Noosh (B2B e-commerce), Wells.

Full life cycle recruiting, which included both full-time and contract positions, in the following disciplines: Software Engineering, Research, Hardware Engineering, Network Engineering, User Interface Design and Development, Test Engineering, Technical Writing, Oracle Financials, Technical Support, Product Management and Business Development. Primary.

Provided software technical support for all MS-DOS based Digital Dictation systems and their related software.