Michael Pineda Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Illinois, United States

- Returned to rebuild MondoX as a permanent placement center of excellence and to launch executive recruiting.- In both the fourth quarter of 2023 and the first quarter of 2024, my team accounted for 25% of the permanent revenue.- Generated a profit of $450,000 and successfully filled Director and VP positions across Product, Marketing, and Engineering departments within my first 9 months.- Established best practices through training initiatives and a comprehensive overhaul of our screening and intake callprocedures.- Guided three junior technical recruiters through mentoring, enabling them to advance to senior technical recruiterroles within a span of six months.- Closed out 2023 achieving 90% of quota with an 85% acceptance rate.- Oversee a team consisting of three recruiters, along with one sourcer, a role that I established.- Bear a team quota of $150,000 per month and am at a 92% achievement rate towards our goal.- As a subject matter expert (SME) in Director, VP, and C-level executive positions, I develop processes for scoping, recruitment delivery, interview procedures, and onboarding for new clients.

Joined as Sr. Recruiter responsible for hiring needs of four hiring organizations including Product, Customer Success, Engineering, and Design.Achievements:- Achieved rapid onboarding, culminating in my first hire within just 14 days.- The interview process was enhanced by incorporating recruiter buffer time at the onset of onsite interviews, garnering favorable feedback from candidates. This optimized process was subsequently adopted across the company, resulting in a streamlined two-week time to hire.- Streamlined hiring workflow which led to a higher final + offer conversion rate, as well as technical screen - onsite rate. Resulted in a 48 hour acceptance.- Hired 3 Engineering Leaders including SVP of Product, Platform.- Hired 51 employees in 11 months- Developed an extensive compensation chart to facilitate smoother offer generation, encompassing leveling data, location-based salary ranges, and internal equity insights from incumbent data.- Drove diversity hiring initiatives, leading to a 40% representation of female product managers across the board.

I started as a Senior Global Talent Partner, overseeing the hiring requirements for four distinct organizations: SRE, Platform, DevOps, and UI. Shortly thereafter, I was promoted to spearhead recruitment efforts for Copilot (Research and Development Division) and Data Science.Achievements:- Achieved the milestone of making my first hire within 30 days, filling the role of Staff Engineering Manager.- Revamped hiring strategy to prioritize direct sourcing and outreach from hiring managers over dependence on the applicant pool, leading to the cultivation of a superior quality candidate pool.- Implemented changes in recruitment practices to accelerate hiring decisions, culminating in the team achieving its shortest time to hire yet, just 36 days.- Directed the recruitment efforts for AI/ML and Data Collection positions for "GitHub Next," resulting in pivotal hires, including Staff, Principal, and IDE Engineers for GitHub's Copilot product.

Chicago, Il

- Primary full cycle recruiter for Engineering and Analytics – Full Stack Engineers, DevOps, Mobile, Data Scientists, and Data Engineers.- Recruited and built "Patient Experience Team(s) responsible for Telehealth, Remote Patient Monitoring, and Scheduling products.- Partnered closely with nine (9) hiring managers across different teams (and timezones) to plan, strategize and execute on quarterly hiring goals and ensure that metrics are tracking for year end headcount.- Shared best practices on recruiting, sourcing and competitive intelligence data with other recruiters and sourcers via documents and bi-weekly meetings.- Worked with Talent Coordinators to constantly review and improve candidate experience and interview process.- Member of DEI team addressing inclusiveness and diversity within the workplace.- Managed a team of three consisting of Sr. Technical Recruiter, Principal Sourcer, and Talent Coordinator.Achievements:- 10 Hires within the first 90 days of employment for technical roles of varying levels (Q1, 2020).- Hired 2 Principal Mobile Engineers that were instrumental in the creation of our “Patient Experience Team.”- Hired two “Product Designers” via aggressive sourcing within six (4) weeks of working on role. Founded UX/UI for the organization.- Consulted with VP of Engineering to create an Engineering Manager position to help with scalability and growth of Engineering Teams.- Hired first female Engineering Leader- Hired VP of Enterprise Technology within 6 weeks of working on role – req was open for 8 months with previous recruiter.- Lead efforts to address compensation deficiencies, supported by data collected from declined offers.- Increased Diversity hiring by over 50% the last 3 quarters (2020 – 2021)

Greater Chicago Area

- Founding member of the strategic permanent placement center of excellence, MondoX- My team supports 10 offices nationwide for high-level IT and Digital Marketing positions- Worked with a sense of urgency to find quality candidates through various sourcing techniques including LinkedIn Recruiter, Stack Overflow, GitHub, and Social Media.- Solely brought $850K in revenue from 2018-2020.- President’s Club Member: 2018 and 2019.

Chicago, Il

- Provided high volume, high quality full-life cycle technical recruiting for various fortune 500, mid-sized and start-up companies across multiple industry sectors- Accountable for the proactive development of high potential, high performance candidate pipelines by following up and following through on Linkedin Recruiter, Monster, Dice, and Bullhorn- Screened, qualified, and interviewed prospective candidate in targeted areas of expertise and pedigree requests- Managed client and candidate expectations through excellent customer service, on-going communication, industry intel and market value education- Met goal of placing two candidates a month while running a “full desk” and the business development of new accounts and cultivated relationships of hiring managers through internal cross-collaboration efforts, cold calling and networking- Managed global Forte technical consultants and recruiters for staff augmentation and technology solutions- Rebuild and develop a multi-million-dollar book of business around Director and C-level relationshipsClients include: CDK Global, Pampered Chef, CNH Industrial, Grosvenor Capital Management, Fitch Ratings, Zest Health, Emmi Solutions, Dealertrack, Market Track, Avant, and Maestro Health- Solely brought $1.5MM in annual revenue by managing existing and developing new accounts- Hit business sales quota of $3MM in annual revenue

Chicago, Il

Groupon Getaways is not your typical online travel platform. We work to create packages that delight both the hotelier and Groupon subscriber alike. With a focus on independent and boutique properties as well as chains and B&Bs, we listen to clients' needs and craft travel deals that get them the customers that they want, when they want them.

Chicago, Il

• Responsible for managing and retaining a portfolio of 200+ accounts nationwide.• Fluent in SalesForce to manage customer activity and to stay organized to follow-up on open issues.• Worked with accounting to setup billing, invoicing, and fix billing discrepancies. • Managed the full relationship between ShowingTime and our customers by deploying, configuring and providing training on ShowingTime products. • Built client relationships by being the main point of contact and acting as the interface between the customer service teams and sales teams within the company.

Chicago, Il

• Mentored 3 new Directions employees decreasing average ramp up to production time by 2 months.• Obtained 120% of required quota in the first month as a selling representative setting the new standard for the role.• Performed 20 sales presentations per month to “C” level IT decision makers resulting in a close rate of 65%.

Chicago, Il

• Commission based lead generation for the sales team by cold calling and creating relationships with new business contacts.• Identified new business opportunities for 6 months increasing new outbound business company wide by 20%.• Created outbound calling script for multiple scenarios that is now used company wide.• Managed and built relationships through regular emails and phone calls while tracking progress in Outlook and CRM.

Chicago, Il

• Managed/Supervised shifts. • Organized staff meetings.• Delegated tasks.• Insured quality standards.• Checked, ordered and managed inventory.• Lead the training for new and continuing development of employees.