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Kirkland, Wa, Us

Building a team of industry-leading AI experts to leverage AI (LLM, massive scale platforms and services) to revolutionize healthcare. Currently hiring Senior++ Data Scientists, Data Engineers, AI Engineers, and Product Managers, Seattle-based hybrid roles.

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Stamford, Ct, Us

Tomo is a fintech startup company that is revolutionizing the home buying process to make it easier, more equitable, and less expensive. I would trust them with my own mortgage. http://hellotomo.com/ We are hoping to work together again in the future depending on timing.Recruited by Talent Acquisition leadership to be sole full-cycle technical recruiter for fintech startup. Trusted advisor to CTO and VP of Engineering. Elevated staffing discipline with tech market expertise and guidance.Hired niche role Senior Software Reliability Engineer (SRE) and was about to extend an offer to diverse female candidate for Software Engineer II Back End role when Engineering team paused hiring.Achieved 17% response rate in LinkedIn Recruiter (national average at the time was 10%). Employed creative sourcing strategies for niche positions.Additional tools used: Greenhouse integrated with Calendly and Gem; Google G Suite (Mail, Calendar, Drive); LucidChart; Notion; Slack; DocuSign.

Plantation, Florida, Us

I partnered with the Pet Health technical team, the newest and fastest growing part of the Chewy portfolio. My focus was full cycle on Senior Software Engineers, full stack but leaning either back end (Java) or front end (React). Utilized Greenhouse ATS and LinkedIn Recruiter. My cat was not pleased that it was a short stay, but I had a great time running with the pack!Afterward I took time to focus on the things that were lacking for me during the pandemic. I made a half dozen trips to see family and friends, including visiting my niece in Spain during her semester abroad, a once in a lifetime opportunity. I also completed a class on a cappella arranging taught by Pentatonix to add to my arrangement skills in preparation for the new a cappella group I launched in September 2022.

Seattle, Wa, Us

Trusted advisor to several teams. Recruited for Senior Software Development Engineers and Program/Product Management in the Expedia for Business division, as well as Security, IT, Conversation Platform, Data Center and others.Selected to partner with new VP to build AI Labs from scratch. Recruited team of 60+ over 2 years including hiring 35 external Data Scientists, Data Engineers, Machine Learning Software Development Engineers and Product Managers from entry level to principal; facilitating internal transfers, among them a Distinguished Engineer; and presenting diverse candidates for consideration, resulting in 30% female hires.Filled 56 technical roles in 2019, with 42% senior+ level and niche roles such as Sr Security Architect and time to fill average of 74 days. In addition to AI Labs, collaborated with other recruiters to support the VP of Enterprise Risk & Security, reducing open reqs from 85 to 25 despite high turnover.Sole recruiter for high-volume Global Customer Operations Technology team in 2018, securing talent to build a customer service chatbot platform, which is critical to Expedia’s customer retention. Averaged 40 open SDE and other technical reqs simultaneously; filled 77 positions (28% above target).Sought-after SME for Workday, PeopleFluent, Beamery, Tableau, HireVue, HackerRank, and other tools.Created and delivered training on fundamental engineering concepts and recruiting strategy to NORAM and APAC talent acquisition teams based on my engineering experience. Led Manager Essentials class for people managers and Interviewer Skills class for clients in Seattle/Chicago/Las Vegas offices.

Seattle, Wa, Us

Full cycle IT recruiting for Technical Infrastructure and Operations team. Roles included senior level network engineers, systems and applications engineers, software development and test engineers.Converted 11/13 members of an acquired Systems Operations Center from contract to FTE, employing empathy and listening skills to overcome morale issues from the acquisition. Influenced VP to improve compensation and titles to be market competitive. This enabled Expedia to retain the business-critical talent that kept the acquired site up and running.

Seattle, Wa, Us

Supported the eCommerce Platform team by recruiting for Network Engineers, Systems Engineers, Capacity Engineers, Incident Managers, and similar roles.

Roseland, New Jersey, Us

After 2 great years in Boston, I moved back to Seattle and joined ADP/Cobalt, where I recruited for Product Managers and Business Intelligence professionals who want to change the way we buy cars.Provided A to Z recruiting for all US Product Management and BI roles across Dealer Services Division in 5 locations. Half of product hires were senior level. Utilized ADP VirtualEdge ATS.Partnered with and provided guidance and expertise to hiring managers to develop effective sourcing plans and individualized candidate closing strategies.

Needham, Ma, Us

Full cycle recruiting for 6 engineering teams and all US Product Management roles, Software Engineering in several departments, and a smattering of other positions (Content, Marketing, SEO etc) at TripAdvisor as well as most of their subsidiaries. Consistently surpassed all quarterly hiring goals and maintained an 84% acceptance rate.Trusted advisor to CEO and his directs. Utilized data and recruiting expertise to influence hiring decisions.Taleo subject matter expert and point of contact to Oracle/Taleo. Partnered with Oracle to create and assure quality of Taleo recruiting reports used by VP of HR to deliver metrics to CEO.

Needham, Ma, Us

Hired for a range of positions for TripAdvisor subsidiaries, including SmarterTravelMedia.com, VirtualTourist.com, FlipKey.com, and CruiseCritic.com.Moved to MA to be close to family while my sister's kids were still young enough to think Auntie was cool.

Redmond, Washington, Us

After 14 years at Microsoft as both a technical recruiter and manager of software testers, I left to study French in Provence, the trip of a lifetime. When I returned I took a year-long contract with Microsoft University Recruiting for the pure joy of working with this incredible team! My role was to prepare college students for their Microsoft interviews, work with the teams and students throughout the interview day, and encourage them to come to Microsoft. Having been in the technical product groups myself, I could vouch first-hand for why they would love working at Microsoft, and sharing my personal stories and career path convinced many to join the company.Hired 86% of offerable candidates, surpassing team goal for FY11.Cultivated and maintained relationships with 52 summer interns, resulting in 25 full time offers accepted in a row with zero declines as of September 2011. Tracked all progress in eRec ATS.

Redmond, Washington, Us

Managed a team of 5 software testers assuring quality of features and changes for the web site http://office.microsoft.com, which is used by 20 million people around the world in dozens of languages.

Redmond, Washington, Us

Performed A to Z recruiting for the Windows Program Management and Windows International teams. I then moved to the Server and Tools Business, where I did the same for the Consumer Systems Division (which eventually became Microsoft Azure).Technical recruiter for Program Management, Global Services and Consumer Systems Teams. Hired primarily SDE/SDET/PM as well as a variety of other technical positions. Exceeded hiring goals for two consecutive years. Exceeded team diversity goal in FY06. XPTen ATS.Consistently managed heavy req load while leading teams and training new hires, acting as subject matter expert on systems, processes, tools, and best practices.Managed team of 8 contract staffing consultants for one year. Oversaw all recruiting, on-boarding, training, and mentoring of new contingent staff. Primary point of contact for any employee relations issues, including a potential legal issue. Managed all performance management including termination of three contractors.Test SME for Windows Staffing Team. Created/presented training program to recruit great test engineers.

Redmond, Washington, Us

Managed teams of up to 10 software development engineers in test, including performance reviews and all project leadership, for several different Microsoft releases - TransPoint Bill Presentment and Payment, HomeAdvisor, MSN Autos, MSN Channels, MSN Ad Expert and Ad Builder.

Redmond, Washington, Us

Won "Rookie of the Year" for my work assuring quality for Money 97 and Money 98's investment portfolios.