Mark Carr

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Seasoned Recruiting Leader with a Passion for Building High Functioning Global TA Teams @ Convera
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Seattle, Washington, United States, United States
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About Mark Carr

Mark Carr is a Seasoned Recruiting Leader with a Passion for Building High Functioning Global TA Teams at Convera. He possess expertise in technical recruiting, recruiting, applicant tracking systems, sourcing, contract recruitment and 29 more skills. Colleagues describe him as "I worked very closely with Mark to recruit developers, engineers, and PMs to Redfin. He is one of the best technical recruiters around. His previous history as a QA engineer at Microsoft allows him to connect with candidates and also understand the needs of Engineering managers. Mark is someone I'd look forward to working with again.", "Mark is sharp, brilliant, very personable and approachable. He would always work together with you to solve problems. He's passionate about the business, he really understands what resourcing problems we're facing with, and he knows exactly the kinds of solutions that needs to be executed to solve them. I have seen his vision, planning and execution on the various technical resourcing problems first hand, and I feel very fortunate to be able to have worked so closely with him. I highly recommend Mark, and I am personally very sad to see him leave the group, but at the same time very excited to see him achieve greater heights in his career.", and "First and foremost Mark is a really great guy who is a friend to all here at Ascentium. Mark is also a well-respected individual who is vital to the success of the company because he brings in great talent consistently. My recruitment experience with Ascentium was the best recruiting experience I have ever had, and that is because of Mark, and how he conducted the entire recruitment process. During my phone screening I felt like I was talking with a friend; Mark made me feel very comfortable while maintaining a professional demeanor, and asking many thorough questions. During my in person interview loop he welcomed me upon arrival with a smile and a lot of enthusiasm, and post interviews he was kind enough to chat about the company, and give me a tour of the office. Mark does two things really well that I believe are his greatest strengths; he is a very personable person who makes you feel comfortable around him, but more importantly as a recruiter he has an eye for great talent."

Mark Carr's Current Company Details
Convera

Convera

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Seasoned Recruiting Leader with a Passion for Building High Functioning Global TA Teams
Mark Carr Work Experience Details
  • Convera
    Global Head Of Talent Acquisition
    Convera Jul 2023 - Present
    Seattle, Washington, Us
    In my role as the Global Head of Talent Acquisition I am responsible for leading the end-to-end talent acquisition strategy for Convera, implementing and managing best-in-class recruiting practices and ensuring we continue to drive a modern and competitive recruiting function.
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  • Abnormal Security
    Global Head Of R&D Recruiting
    Abnormal Security Jan 2023 - Mar 2023
    Las Vegas, Nevada, Us
    *Separated as part of a RIF with a majority of the recruiting organization.*- Recruited to be the first head of recruiting for this 600 person series C startup.- Owned R&D recruiting globally, including building and managing a team to launch our new Indiaoffice.- Partnered directly with the co-founder and CTO to refine and standardize the recruiting processesto scale the R&D org by a planned 100+ headcount by EOY 2023.
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  • Nylas
    Head Of Technical Recruiting
    Nylas Aug 2021 - Aug 2022
    San Francisco, California, Us
    *I separated from Nylas as part of a RIF with my entire team*Building the Function- Hired as the first Technical Recruiting Manager at this Series C startup and tasked with hiring a team and maturing the function.- Facilitated creation of the first documented recruiting and coordination process workflows.- Successfully planned and executed a full withdrawal from agency usage saving the company 1.2m in fees year one.- Designed a new recruiter alignment and engagement model for recruiters and hiring managers including reporting cadence and SLA’s.Leadership & Mentorship- I managed three functions: Recruiting, Sourcing and Coordination.- Built, delivered and managed the first organizational quarterly hiring goals and OKR’s.- Responsible for all mentorship, coaching and professional development of the team.Process & Tooling- Decreased candidate time to in process from 45-60 days to an average of 25-30- Helped design, test and manage new features and workflows in both Lever & Greenhouse ATS's. - Created and deployed a new engagement model between HM's and the recruiters which resulted in a 90% drop in escalations to leadership.Influencing With Data & Reporting- Led the effort to increase comp bands and leveling for Product Management and Data Engineers using market and internal offer decline data.- Partnered with data eng to drive and test the creation of all new reporting tools in Looker to include Funnel Conversion Rates and Pipeline Speed between stages to track velocity.- Owned the relationship with finance and compensation to ensure alignment of budget against open headcount.- Tracked evaluated detailed offer data for all offers made to identify trends around declines.- Implemented a program to increase the eng interviewer pool and reduce interviewer fatigue.- Using offer data I influenced our SVP of Engineering to agree to a no exception policy for shortening the on-site process. Achieved a 95% reduction in renegs.
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  • Twilio Inc.
    Recruiting Manager/Principal Recruiter, Technical Leadership Recruiting
    Twilio Inc. Aug 2018 - Sep 2021
    San Francisco, California, Us
    Twilio is a cloud communications platform as a service (PaaS) company. They take care of the messy telecom hardware and expose a globally available cloud API that developers can interact with to build intelligent and complex communications systems.As Recruiting Manager:- Recruited, managed and supported a globally dispersed technical recruiting team.- I contribute to both our India hiring strategy and compensation planning as well as remotely managing our first recruiters in India.- Co-creator and participant in “Project Day 1”, an engagement plan to ensure all Bangalore hires madebefore our office launch actually started on Day 1. 100% success.As Principal Recruiter:- Foundational member of our Technical Leadership Recruiting team partnering directly with our CTO tostandardize how we evaluate and hire architects at Twilio.- I owned and coordinated the creation and rollout of v1 of the Twilio Consistent Assessment whichcalibrates our hiring process across tech resulting in reduced engineering hours on each hire, candidateportability and reduction of our exposure to legal liability.- I planned and executed the first ever recruiting event at Twilio setting the foundation for the eventprocess as it exists today, netting hundreds of hires.- I sourced and closed business critical “Code Red” roles like the Director of Compliance in under 90days with direct line of site to the CE, CTO & CPO.- In tandem, I recruited a leader to found our Healthcare/HIPAA business, a business now driving someof our biggest revenue opportunities during the pandemic.- Inaugural and ongoing active Bar Raiser.- I co-founded the veterans ERG group at Twilio.
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  • Vmware
    Lead Staffing Partner, Nsbu & Security Products Groups
    Vmware Oct 2013 - Aug 2018
    Palo Alto, Ca, Us
    At VMware I owned a majority of hiring strategy and execution for the Networking & Security Business unit which includes products like NSX, Security Product Group and VeloCloud.- I was hired as Talent Partner #1 to scale the Bellevue presence of VMware. We grew the Bellevue officeover 500% in year one, all engineering hires.- After the success in Bellevue I was tasked to scale our fastest growing BU at VMware, the Networkingand Security Business Unit. I was responsible for staffing the flagship product NSX and a start-upinitiative called the Security Products Group (SPG).- I partnered directly with the SVP of SPG to grow this start-up team from a team of four to a team of 35within ten months.- Created and delivered the “Enhanced Recruiting Process” to VMware’s largest business unit. Thisprocess eventually standardized the interview process across all tech hiring company wide.- In addition to the execution above I also owned all client management tasks including quarterly business reviews, compensation evaluations, pipelining strategy and reporting.
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  • Redfin
    Recruiting Manager / Lead Technology Recruiter
    Redfin Feb 2011 - Oct 2013
    Seattle, Wa, Us
    - Hired as the first technical recruiter at this late stage, pre-IPO startup to grow theengineering team through its critical growth phase.- Hired and managed a team of five recruiters and coordinators while carrying a full requisition load of15+ technical and non-technical roles.- Built and automated the recruiting coordination workflow.- Grew engineering staff 250% in San Francisco and Seattle- Administered Redfin's first ATS and the transition from an email/spreadsheet basedsystem.- I owned community building through frequently hosted events and participation in relevant outsideopportunities like Start-Up Weekend and various technical user groups/meet-ups.- Co-designed custom landing pages on LinkedIn which resulted in a more personalizedexperience and 25% net increase in applicant traffic.
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  • Ascentium
    Senior Technical Recruiter
    Ascentium Feb 2010 - Feb 2011
    Ascentium, an experience agency, changes how brands engage the world. By fusing strategic account planning with innovative emerging technologies and world-class creative, Ascentium melds a passion for big ideas with an obsession for performance that delivers engaging experiences from awareness to conversion and, ultimately, loyalty. With offices in Seattle, Spokane, Portland, Los Angeles and London, Ascentium provides innovative, business impacting results across multiple channels for some of the world’s top brands. As testament to our customer zeal, Ascentium was called out as the agency with the “highest client satisfaction” on the 2009 Forrester Wave™ of Top Interactive Agencies.
  • Vivaki
    Lead Recruiter - Contract
    Vivaki Dec 2009 - Feb 2010
    Chicago, Illinois, Us
    VivaKi is the strategic entity created by Publicis Groupe to leverage the combined scale of its media and digital operations, which represent nearly US $60 billion in global adspend and influence. VivaKi aggregates the marketplace influence of five autonomous brands, including two global media agencies: Starcom MediaVest Group and ZenithOptimedia; two leading digital marketing agencies: Digitas and Razorfish; and a premiere futures practice: Denuo. On behalf of its agency brands and their clients, VivaKi faces the market to help identify and build technology, message distribution, audience aggregation and content solutions for the future. Sitting at the core of VivaKi is the VivaKi Nerve Center, which serves as a think tank, R&D center and testing ground to activate new pathways for clients to connect with consumers in an increasingly digital world. VivaKi also includes a Talent & Transformation Practice, which leverages the scale of the VivaKi brands to develop and deliver tools and approaches designed to attract, develop, train, motivate and reward the world's best people.
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  • Razorfish
    Lead Recruiter
    Razorfish Jan 2008 - Feb 2009
    New York, Ny, Us
    • Creatively sourced and hired for one of the largest interactive media agencies in the world.• Mentored junior team members.• Exceeded average monthly hiring quota by 25%• Partnered directly with executives and hiring managers for recruiting strategy & planning• Hired roles in Project Management, Analytics, Technology, Strategy, and BI for Chicago, Portland, Austin, Seattle, L.A., Boston and San Francisco.• Staffed six key senior technical roles under tight deadlines for $4 Million project with the National Football League• Direct sourced and hired director and senior level candidates saving the company thousands of dollars in retained and contingent search fees• Owned recruiting & sourcing initiatives for social networking sites LinkedIn and Facebook• Co-facilitated interviewer training for all remote offices with regional recruiting & HR team• Managed recruiting of contract employees including candidate review, vendor management, and rate and contract negotiations
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  • Microsoft
    Contract Staffing Consultant
    Microsoft Oct 2007 - Jan 2008
    Redmond, Washington, Us
    • Supported the very technical Server Tools Business Group (STB).• Responsible for hiring senior level project management, software development, software test professionals
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  • Razorfish
    Contract Technical Recruiter
    Razorfish May 2007 - Oct 2007
    New York, Ny, Us
    • Performed full life cycle recruiting for the all technology roles: Development, Software Test, Flash/Interactive, Architecture, and Project Management.• Responsible for all technical recruiting in the Central region offices in Austin and Chicago.• Traveled to regional offices frequently to build and maintain relationships with hiring managers and networking events. • Helped strategize and refine the recruitment practice, including employment branding, candidate assessment and selection tools, and more.
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  • Fluke Corporation
    Contract Technical Recruiter
    Fluke Corporation Jan 2007 - May 2007
    Everett, Wa, Us
    • Managed recruiting of over 20 development and engineering positions including electrical engineers, embedded software development, test, and project management.• Chosen to participate in and drive portions of the new ‘Recruiting at Fluke’ process development. Specifically, automating the system for requesting budget and opening headcount. The result was a streamlined and efficient way for HR to track and the approval process through all levels of management that tied in with our existing Applicant Tracking System.• Responsible for all aspects of the candidate generation process including sourcing candidates, conducting phone interviews and establishing strategies to fill specific positions. • Responsible for gathering EEO data, data entry, and maintenance of applicant tracking system
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  • Devon James Associates
    Technical Recruiter
    Devon James Associates Oct 2006 - Dec 2006
    Bellevue, Wa, Us
    Provided a complete staffing solution geared towards the unique needs of each client company. This included the following:o Working directly with hiring managers to assess headcount needs and develop a comprehensive set of requirements/job descriptions.o Identifying and posting positions to major job boards and creating email campaigns to generate candidate volumeo Facilitate interview training classes for clientso Coordinating and performing interview loops, compiling feedback and facilitating hire/no hire meetingso Offer negotiation with candidates and all applicable on boarding activitieso Generating and maintaining metrics and reports to C-level executives for ROI.
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  • Robert Half Technology
    Technical Recruiter / Account Executive
    Robert Half Technology Sep 2005 - Oct 2006
    Menlo Park, Ca, Us
    • Recruited, interviewed and placed software development professionals in contract and contract to hire positions.• Developed, grew, and maintained a candidate base through high call volumes and consistent customer service.• Used my proven technical background to develop and grow my own candidate base for contract staffing solutions. • Conducted in-person and remote meetings with key managers to senior-level executives, for the purpose of placing the most skilled consultant for any given position.• Solidified presence in the local marketplace through consistent participation in networking organizations and events.• Contacted supervisors to determine candidate’s viability to support and resolve specific client needs.
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  • Microsoft
    Software Design Engineer In Test
    Microsoft May 2000 - Sep 2005
    Redmond, Washington, Us
    Test engineering on Visio 2003, including core feature testing and tasks such as:o Timeline: Extensive testing of international time/date format issues.o Facilities Management: Importing from various manually created ODBC, SQL, Active Directory and Excel data sources. Also includes AutoCAD integration.o Comprehensive international testing: Pseudo localized builds, bi-directional and Unicode languages.o Created and maintained a comprehensive suite of UI and VBA automation using internal test harnesses and apps.o Lead accessibility testing focus to ensure government complianceo Author and deploy test plans for several key projects as part of the development life cycle o Worked with development and program management to identify issues and risks associated with features and their subsequent release cycleDriving the quality of many features in a new V 1.0 graphics product including:o Write automated test cases using C#, internal test harnesses and test classes.
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  • Onyx Software
    Software Qa Engineer
    Onyx Software 1997 - 1999
    Us
     Created and executed XML based test cases to test enterprise scale client/server business object components. Setup and tested client/server applications for globalization and localization issues. Tested n-tier web based enterprise applications on multiple platforms. Testing Online/Offline synchronization of Onyx apps with SQLAnywhere and MS SQL Server Participated in BVT UI automation project using Rational Team Test Lead a small test effort in the testing of Onyx Enterprise Data Mart, a reporting solution. Mentoring interns on processes, methodologies and a variety of technologies Reviewed functional and design specifications Designed and maintaining test plans and cases Verified and provided technical content for Onyx System Administrator Guides.
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Mark Carr Skills

Technical Recruiting Recruiting Applicant Tracking Systems Sourcing Contract Recruitment Management Strategy Human Resources Vendor Management Software Leadership Benefits Negotiation Internet Recruiting Screening Resumes Networking Screening Talent Acquisition Onboarding Social Networking Sdlc Program Management Enterprise Software College Recruiting Temporary Placement Permanent Placement Cold Calling Staff Augmentation User Experience Employer Branding Executive Search Staffing Services Start Ups Employment Branding Relationship Management

Mark Carr Education Details

  • Lincoln Memorial University
    Lincoln Memorial University

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