• Facilitate intake meetings with hiring managers, design tailored sourcing strategies, and drive end-to-end recruiting processes, including candidate identification, screening, and offer negotiations.• Passive Candidate Pipeline Expert: Specialize in attracting top talent through social media, referrals, networking, innovative sourcing techniques, and data mining.• Collaborate with business leaders to support ongoing recruiting activity and execute hiring initiatives effectively.• Tools: Proficient in SeekOut, Ashby, Greenhouse, GEM, Datapeople, and advanced Boolean search methods.

WHAT I DO:• A full life-cycle recruiter responsible for conducting intake meetings with hiring managers, developing sourcing strategies, candidate identification, interviewing, handling of offer negotiations for retained searches.• Subject Matter Expert at building a pipeline of passive candidates through social media, referrals, networking, creative sourcing, and data mining strategies to attract top talent.• Develop strong partnerships with project managers to facilitate ongoing recruiting activity and staffing initiatives.Strengths:• Technical Recruiter• Sourcing • Networking• Information Technology• Diversity Recruiting • High Volume Recruitment• Social Networking• Talent Pipelining

WHAT I DID:• A full life-cycle technical recruiter responsible for requisition development, developing sourcing strategies, candidate identification, interviewing, handling offer negotiations for both direct-hire and contract roles.• Work with hiring managers to assess critical hiring needs and develop recruiting strategies• Subject Matter Expert at building a pipeline of passive candidates through social media, referrals, networking, creative sourcing, and data mining strategies to attract top talent.• Develop strong partnerships with business development managers a to facilitate ongoing recruiting activity and staffing initiatives.• Achieved 159% of quota as an individual contributor for 2018. • Oversee the recruitment, training and development of the technical recruiting staff in Texas.• Utilize data to build strategies and empower my team to reach maximum potentialRoles recruited for: Software Developers, Database Developers, Solution Architects, Systems Developers.Skills recruited: Rust, Android, iOS, C/C++, C#, ASP.Net, Java, Windows, Linux, Unix, PHP, Javascript, HTML5, CSS, Angular, Node.JS, RESTful web services, Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Cloudera, Google Cloud, SOA, Mobile Apps, IoT ("internet of things"), Natural Language Processing (NLP) Machine Learning, SSRS, SSIS, SQL, Sharepoint, Data warehouse, Database, Oracle, MYSQL, DB2, RDBMSStrengths:• Technical Recruiter• Cold Calling• Sourcing • Networking• Staff Augmentation (contract or full-time placement)• Information Technology• Diversity Recruiting • High Volume Recruitment• Social NetworkingSocial:Engagement Captain Part of a team of global captains to foster internal morale, employee participation and overall employee, talent, and client engagement.

WHAT I DID:• Responsible for oversight of technical recruiting efforts for a professional services consulting firm.• Partner directly with hiring managers and executive staff to develop, implement and evaluate effective strategies for technical recruiting and staffing top talent.• Manage a small team of recruiters, established recruiting processes and practices, and introduced new sourcing tools and techniques on a minimal budget.• Train, coach and mentor recruitment team on talent acquisition process and building consultative relationships with hiring managers• Created and executed recruiting and sales processes with no budget, building sourcing strategies to attract deeply technical professionals and tailoring internal information management tools to support daily tasks.• Drove the successful evaluation, selection and implementation of a new Applicant Tracking System (ATS) to replace a decade-old proprietary candidate tracking system (CTS).• Redesigned candidate selection and pipelining strategies• Streamlined recruiter and candidate interview process to enhance overall experience• Implemented behavioral based interviewing process • Facilitated behavioral based interview training for hiring managers and recruiters• Research, design and implement employee benefit program.

• Responsible for all phases of recruiting including utilizing multiple channels such as data-mining, networking, research, job fairs, employee referrals for sourcing and pre-qualifying candidates.• Partner with Hiring Managers to develop marketable job descriptions and drive staffing solutions that meet the needs of the business.• Build a pipeline of passive candidates and maintain relationships with qualified contacts.• Implement and manage, effective staffing and recruiting processes to build employee retention and referral programs.• Serve as the primary point of contact for candidates and clients throughout the interviewing and the business development process (i.e., communicate status, answer questions, extend offers, schedule start dates, and coordinate all follow-up efforts). • Roles recruited: Sharepoint Architects and Developers, .Net Developers, Business Analyst, Project Managers, Quality Testers, Web Developers and Practice Directors.

• Full Life-Cycle direct hire recruiting and staffing (screening, interviewing, negotiating offers, closing). • Cold calling, interviewing and qualifying prospective candidates and clients.• Built sourcing strategies through data mapping, creative sourcing, Internet searches and advertisements.• Recruited professionals in Sales, IT, Software Development, Finance, Customer Service and Marketing. • Skills recruited: Java, .Net, C++, Unix, Linux, Windows, ERP, Client Server, Database Technologies, Data warehousing, CRM, Web Technologies, Project Management, Quality Assurance) in various verticals.( Mortgage, Banking, Utilities, Trading, Telecom Wireless, Manufacturing, Insurance etc).• Top 25 out of 600 direct hire recruiters 1999, 2000• Achieved President’s Club annual award 1998, 1999, 2000