AccelPeople, a Westwood & Wilshire company offers fractional/interim consultants, technical contract staffing and payroll solutions for companies in the life science, technology, and financial services sectors. Specialties include providing VP and C-Suite leaders for fractional/interim support. HR leadership consulting/advisory (Expert Team) solution for companies in growth mode looking to build world class HR and TA departments designed to control costs and attract/retain top talent. Contract Staffing and payroll services for Talent Acquisition, Engineering, Clinical, Quality, Regulatory, Manufacturing, and G&A.Visit us at: www.accelpeople.com

Recruiting Lead at Xage Security... interested in learning more? Reach out to me @ michelle@xage.comXage is a global leader in zero trust access and protection for the entire enterprise. Xage’s solutions and services accelerate and simplify the way enterprises secure, manage and transform digital operations across IT, OT, and cloud. Xage solutions include Zero Trust Network Access, Privileged Access Management, Microsegmentation, and Multi-party secure data exchange, powered by the Xage Fabric. Learn why organizations like the U.S. Space Force, PETRONAS and Kinder Morgan choose Xage at xage.com

Verily is a subsidiary of Alphabet that is using a data-driven approach to change the way people manage their health and the way healthcare is delivered. Launched from Google X in 2015, our purpose is to bring the promise of precision health to everyone, every day. Recruiting Manager Lead and oversee hiring across several teams including Clinical/Healthcare, Finance, Granular Insurance, IT, Legal, Marketing, People Operations, Product, Sales, and Science. Player/Coach: manage a team of 5 full cycle recruiters while also carrying my own req load. Hiring at scale: approximately 800 employees at time of hire and helped operationalize and scale hiring to 1,600 employees.M&A: Led compensation and leveling work stream on two highly confidential M&A projects which included identifying key talent, mapping them to our current org structure, and ensuring a successful transition.Accomplishments:Hiring: led my team in hiring over 500 candidates with a 91% close rate and less than 10% attrition. Personally hired over 200 candidates with a 94% close rate and less than 10% attrition.DEI: Thoughtfully built a balanced and representative candidate pipeline which resulted in 50% of all hires identifying as Female and 25% identifying as Latinx, Black, or Native.Built the following teams from scratch: Sales/Commercial, IT, and Granular Insurance.After experiencing high turnover and recruiting challenges in 2019, partnered closely with hiring leaders and stakeholders to successfully rebuild Clinical/Healthcare and Science teams. I reorganized the recruiting teams to better align with Clinical/Healthcare teams, clearly defined profiles and target compensation with hiring managers, and stripped down unnecessary processes.Rebuilt HR/PeopleOperations team once CPO was hired in 2021; traditionally an under-resourced HR team grew from 20 to 55 in two years.Relocated to Dallas from the Bay Area in 2022 to establish our newest office and the brand in the Dallas market.

Cyber Security Startup focused on bot mitigation and application security- approx. 160 employees - acquired by Human in 2022Lead Recruiter/Head of Talent of Acquisition - US First full-time, full cycle recruiter hired in the U.S. after announcement of Series B funding- global employee #40. Responsible for all hiring in the U.S. (remote/Miami) and the UK. Roles consisted of: Sales (Management, Enterprise, Inside Sales), Sales Engineering (Leadership & IC’s), Sales Operations, Global Business/Professional Services (Technical Account Managers, Customer Success Engineers, Solutions Architects), and Marketing (Digital, Design, Events, Product Marketing). Work closely with company executives and hiring stakeholders to discuss recruiting strategies and needs based on ever-changing business demands. Managed two recruiters in the U.S. and mentored three in Israel. Accomplishments: 40+ full cycle hires in two years.DEI: Significantly increased Female hiring in San Mateo from 2 to 20 prior to my departure.Established hiring process from the ground up (req qualification with hiring managers, building interview panels, interview feedback forms, and other hiring guidelines) Led the negotiation and ATS transition from Comeet to LeverTrained U.S. and Israeli recruiting teams on usage of new ATS

Pre-IPO Anti-Automation Web Security Startup (< 180 employees; I was one of the first 100 employees) - acquired by F5 in 2020Sr. Recruiter, Tech/Non-TechHired as the Senior Recruiter on a team of 3 and supported all hiring needs across the company Tech and Non-tech roles: Mobile Engineering, Technical Program Management, Security Operations, Sales, and Account Management). Worked closely with company executives and hiring stakeholders to discuss hiring goals. Achieved all recruiting deliverables ahead of schedule, while also leading and mentoring two recruiters.Accomplishments: 55+ hires during tenure (Engineering, Technical Program Management, G&A, and Professional Services).Built the entire Security Operations Center team in Mountain View and in Utah.Built the entire Technical Program Management team including the TPM Director. Built the entire Mobile Engineering team (iOS/Android/Mobile) including the Eng Director.Hired our first Canadian Account Executive and first U.K. based Sales Engineer.

Pre-IPO late stage All-Flash Enterprise Storage startup with over $470 million in funding; Pure Storage went public in Oct 2015. Sr. Recruiter (full-cycle), Tech Hired to build a passive candidate pipeline for the Core Engineering team.Worked directly with Engineering Leadership to qualify new requirements and consult on current market conditions around compensation. Partnered closely with the Director of Engineering on candidate pipeline status, recruiting strategy, bottlenecks, and candidates in process. Roles recruited and filled: Software Development Engineers (C, C++, Java, and Python) and Software Development Managers (systems level).

Pilot sourcing team focused on sourcing and recruiting underrepresented candidates within Technical Infrastructure at Google; all prior to Google releasing their diversity numbers in 2014. Channels Specialist- Diversity Candidates Worked directly with the Sr. Director of Corporate Engineering to close their hardest to fill roles that had been open for over two years (L6+). Hired the first female L7 leader at the Council Bluffs Data Center Location.Successfully relocated candidates to various locations throughout the United States-- all technical roles. Worked with other sourcing and recruiting teams to ensure that candidates were advocated for and shared across several technical hiring groups. Mentored new team members on sourcing strategies using internal resources, Google-specific hiring processes, groups/associations, and LinkedIn Recruiter.

LinkedIn’s Talent Solutions team sells a comprehensive suite of products to the world’s most innovative and forward-thinking companies and their recruitment teams. Account Executive Responsible for selling a wide range of LinkedIn’s Talent Solutions products ranging from LinkedIn Recruiter, Job Slots, Career Pages, and various other media. Strategize with Small-Medium Business Executives and HR Leaders on how to best utilize current tools, identify where LinkedIn fits in, and how they can better align their recruiting functions to save time & money. Quota attainment: 105%

Account Manager 2011 - 2012 • Responsible for cultivating new client relationships from the ground up in a brand new territory with few existing clients including lead generation, contract negotiations, job analysis/job specification development, implementation, account maintenance, and recruiter development.• Created new business from scratch in a highly competitive non-technical marketplace breaking 20+ accounts in first 9 months of 2011. • Responsible for hiring, training and managing recruiters in multiple offices to develop into professional recruiters and mentor new Sales Professionals.Account Recruiting Manager/Recruiter Lead 2007 – 2010Recruiter 2005- 2006Responsibilities: Full cycle recruiting (sourcing, screening, selection, and on-boarding) of technical talent for several Silicon Valley medical device and tech companies.Key Accomplishments:• 6 time full year recruiter contest winner ($624,000+ cumulative gross profit per year)—no other recruiter in San Jose has reached this level productivity/success.• 3 time top producing recruiter within the San Jose office.• 1 time top producing Account Recruiting Manager in the Northwest Region.• Pioneered the Contract Engineering division in San Jose that focused solely on medical device recruiting and was later asked to do the same with our Software/Electronics related recruiting divisions.• Only recruiter in the country asked to go to Shanghai, China to train our newly acquired staffing firm in China on contract related recruiting. • Throughout my career I've trained over 30 recruiters in technical and nontechnical recruiting.