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Salt Lake City, Ut, Us

South Jordan, Utah, Us

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Melbourne, Victoria, Au

Assisting BlueScope, Butler and Varco Pruden with hiring Civil and Professional Engineering Talent and more in the heavy industrial pre-engineered buildings space

Provo, Utah, Us

Supporting the industry-changing Angel Studios team with as they scale and continue to tell stories that amplify light. ✨

Lead a globally distributed recruiting, sourcing and operations team across 3 continents, to provide fractionalized, on-demand talent acquisition services at-scale. Responsibilities include:- Strategize with key senior leaders to determine scope and direction of talent acquisition needs- Function as the interim/acting head of talent acquisition & operations- Ensure existing headcount recruiting plan was achieved while managing and controlling the budget- Uplevel and train existing recruiting talent, optimizing for improvements or managing-out if necessary- Coaching and developing internal recruiters, sourcers & operations team on best practices, candidate experience, continuous sourcing (candidate pipelining) & recruiting delivery best practices- Owned communication of metrics and reporting to ensure consistent accountability across all stakeholders- Develop trusted, deep coordination between TA and HR, People orgs as well as LOB leadership across the org- Leverage internal systems & tools seeking additional integrations, automations and opportunities to generate ROI- Provide trusted insights across the organization into all areas of talent acquisition such as recruiting & sourcing strategy, talent attraction and employer branding, interviewing & selection, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI), etc- Developed innovative full-lifecycle metrics & reporting initiatives to help recruiters identify talent pipeline shortages within days not weeks and support self-healing operational reportingClient organizations served include LTSE (the Long Term Stock Exchange), Workday, Ancestry, Weave, Cornerstone OnDemand, Figure, Splash Financial, CourseKey, Level Access, Lakanto, Bolt, Talkdesk, Innovecture, Intricately, MX, FLYR Labs, Artemis Health, Dictionary.com, First Round Capital & 57 more

Irvine, Ca, Us

Reporting to the CEO, I was retained to start the TA and People functions at Ephesoft after acquiring their Series A funding round. Opened three countries (Singapore, Malaysia, New Zealand), grew global employees by 400%. Built many People processes and all their recruitment processes and TA Automation from scratch. - Start recruiting process from scratch. Choose and implement ATS solution. Manage candidate operations.- Developed robust headcount forecast tool to predict budgeted/real global hiring expenditures in real-time.- Hired candidates from across the US, Europe (Germany), UK, India, Australia, Singapore and Malaysia- Doubled company headcount each year while reduced dependency on external agencies, saving > $250k annually Y/Y- Streamlined operations, developed SOX compliant hiring processes, improved offer letters and onboarding.. - Assisted with opening/supporting Malaysia, Singapore, Australia and New Zealand for business.

San Francisco, California, Us

In this dual role, I reported to the Director, Recruiting for Thumbtack, and provided both full-cycle recruiting efforts for Engineers at Thumbtack’s San Francisco HQ while leading & mentoring a team of ~30 new sourcers - Provided full-cycle sourcing, candidate development, interviewing and closing for core software engineers, senior and staff level engineers. I focused on back-end, front-end, full-stack and data science roles- Ensured exceptional candidate experiences, receiving high praise in surveys- Mentored and trained a team of up to 30 full-time sourcers in effective sourcing techniques, using various tools such as x-ray searches, boolean, linkedin, google hacking, stackoverflow, github, coroflot, dribble, etc- Collaborated with business leaders to maintain a high-quality candidate pipeline from diverse sources- Challenged and helped improve interview and sourcing methods, processes & more- Utilized strong analytical abilities to draw insights from ATS and other data sources to align best practices in People (HR), Operations and TA, reducing waste and making smart investments in a highly competitive engineering market

Lehi, Ut, Us

Reporting to the Director, Global Talent, I was recruited to lead all recruiting globally for Ancestry and affiliated brands (AncestryDNA, Fold3, Newspapers.com, ProGenealogists, etc.). Ancestry is a tech company with 1,400 employees worldwide. offices in Utah, San Francisco, Washington DC, London, Dublin, Germany, Stockholm, Sydney and more. Half our employees are classified as engineering or technical.- Led and managed team of six domestic and one international (Ireland) recruiters and coordinating staff- Improved reliability and capability of team through one-on-one or instructor-led trainings facilitated by me or others- Improved responsiveness to business through clarification and simplification of key business processes including approvals, budgetary signoffs, interview-to-close and offer-to-start processes- Oversaw relocation & immigration efforts, streamlining processes from approvals to reimbursements & budgeting- Improved hiring function through training of managers and interviewers using a formalized interview and decision plan leveraging measured, specific interview scorecards- Led a significant RFP process with more than 14 ATS vendors to select and implement SmartRecruiters Applicant Tracking System. Coordination with purchasing, legal and IT to ensure compliance with all systems and policies.- Worked to improve hiring across key demographics and improve employer brand through open houses like new.co sf (http://linkd.in/1zQ41Kj) and hosting meetups like XX-UX. Key initiatives for 2015 are internal mobility & diversity hiring

Milpitas, Ca, Us

Recruited as Fusion-io’s first dedicated technical recruiter to stabilize and build-out our internal recruiting framework across North America. Acting as lead for all technical recruiting.Results-focused action- Provided immediate recruiting to top-level engineering, operations, product marketing VPs across North America- Increased velocity of engineering hiring, Placing 413 engineers, directors & principals in 2 years, a 122.08% increase- Increased offer-acceptance rate by 12% in 11 months, maintaining better than 86% acceptance across all departments - Scaled to increase hiring velocity while reducing contractor dependency and reduced external agency hiring by 91%- Recruited, hired & trained two technical recruiters to lead San Jose and Boulder, Colorado offices.- Developed and rolled out the first Engineering Summer Internship Program which successfully recruited top systemsengineering students in the US against steep competition from Google, Apple, Intel, NVidia, VMware, Amazon, and many others. Each year, we hired more than 80% of these interns as full-time employees. I developed relationships with professors at Carnegie Mellon, Berkeley, Wisconsin-Madison, Northeastern, CU Boulder and Stony Brook- Assisted with development of internal hiring-plan and budget controls in cooperation with key stakeholders- Streamlined requisition and job-offer approval process as special assignment from Director, Global Talent.- Coordinated and negotiated technical sourcing contracts through LinkedIn, theLadders, Dice, Indeed and others. - Assisted with selection and integration of internal ATS transition/upgrade to Jobvite (from HRM).- Contracts negotiation and vendor selection for agency usage for global technical recruiting desk.

Hired to provide full-cycle recruiting for all global hires except for sales and field marketing.- Managed high-level relationships with senior business managers across offices in USA, India, Canada, Germany.- Provided end-to-end recruiting support to three VP/General Managers and all cascading hiring managers within threeof four global business units: Novell, Attachmate, and SUSE Linux (worldwide hiring support and recruiting businesspartnership). Primary focus was technical recruiting, but responsible for all recruiting outside of sales.- Enabled more than ninety (90) hires per year in engineering, product and project management, services, corporatemarketing and G&A (finance, legal, sales support, customer operations).- Received a special assignment to train and support India technical recruiting office in Bangalore (six recruiters and twocoordinators) to understand and consult them on recruiting practices. I trained them on sourcing and interview processes, candidate selection methodologies, candidate offer negotiations and closing tools. Increase offer-to-close rate from a dismal 53% before I started to 75% success in three months.- Recruited and trained recruiting coordinator to assist with global scheduling, candidate travel and job marketing.

Salt Lake City, Ut, Us

Hired on-contract to design, develop and implement Account Management system.- Built and improved end-to-end client-management infrastructure and trained staff on processes/procedures. - Managed account management department including all daily account maintenance and renewals activities. - Liaised all client needs and expectations with internal publishing, sales and engineering departments.- Assisted clients such as IBM, Dell, adidas, Reebok, Novell, Omniture, Intermountain Healthcare and others.

Lehi, Utah, Us

Hired to provide end-to-end recruiting support for their domestic US recruiting needs. - Provided direct recruiting support for more than 30 hiring managers across multiple business lines. - Responsible to source, screen, interview, recruit and hire top talent in sales, marketing, client services and consulting. - Coordinated efforts with local and remote recruiting resources, managed relationships with external agencies, managed candidate pipeline end-to-end to ensure a high quality candidate experience. - Introduced initiative to drive passive talent attraction program through multimedia, interactive and social tools.

Hired in 2005 to open a Utah County presence for SOS Engineering & Technology. Promoted to Account Manager overseeing all sales, recruiting & operations of Orem SOS Technical- Develop and execute sales, recruiting & business plan, manage recruiting/administrative staff, train new staff.- Responsible for all inside/outside sales/account development + all branch operations and P&L.- 2007 Net Sales $1.2M, 36% over quota, sales at 8% net profit margin, 70% increase y/y. 3rd most-profitable branch- Negotiate & manage complex recruiting services including VMS, sub-vendor, on-site, multi-location operations.- Opened Utah County branch in 2005, reporting directly to Division Manager, SOS Technical, USA. Profitable in 90 days - #1 Technical Recruiter company wide (126 branches), measured by gross profit dollars (cash-in), 2006.

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