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Chandler, Arizona

Senior member of strategic diversity hiring initiative program, targeting under-represented minorities and technical females, primarily at their California and Oregon campuses.

Phoenix, Arizona Area

Talent Acquisition recruiter reporting to the Director, People Services. Responsible for full-cycle, direct-hire recruiting and vendor management of Exempt and Non-Exempt positions in Admissions, Student Services, Finance and Technology, at their Bay area, Phoenix, Denver and Albany locations. Responsibilities included networking and internet sourcing, interview coordination, salary negotiations and extension of job offers, coordination with multiple hiring managers, and extensive senior and executive management interaction. Laid off in RIF.

Phoenix, Az

Contract recruiting position in support of a significant IT hiring surge. Responsible for full-cycle, direct-hire recruiting of technical talent, primarily in Engineering (Front/Back-End, Full Stack Java, Development Managers, etc.); Mobile (iOS, Android); and Architecture (Application, Enterprise, System, etc.) in an Agile/Scrum environment, Plan/Build/Run organization. Responsibilities included networking and internet sourcing, interview coordination, salary negotiations and extension of job offers, coordination with multiple hiring managers, and extensive senior management interaction.

Tempe, Az

Contract recruiting position responsible for direct-hire sourcing and recruiting of sales and technical personnel across several verticals. Positions included Networking, Architecture, Infrastructure, Management and Sales, primarily at their Arizona, Texas and New England locations. Responsibilities include candidate sourcing and recruiting, coordination with multiple hiring managers, and matrixed reporting responsibilities.

Chandler, Az

MST Solutions is a CRM, Big Data and Mobility consulting firm and Certified Salesforce Partner. Reporting to the CEO, responsible for Staff Augmentation initiatives across multiple verticals. Laid off. Additional responsibilities included but not limited to:• Took over management and oversight of website development and SEO initiatives, including editing of White Papers, Deployment Articles, Solution Briefs and other web content.• Wrote and published several White Papers on Staffing, Hiring and Immigration.• Developed new Pre-Sales and Technical Sales presentation templates.• Provided strategic and tactical guidance to the recruiting team regarding workflow, process and automation.• Worked with the VP of Technology on developing a new Sales Process, from Lead Generation thru Delivery, Execution, Follow Up and Retention.

Phoenix, Arizona Area

Initially reporting to the Chief of Staff of Product Engineering and later to the Sr. Director of Platform Engineering, responsible for analysis, management and attaining staffing, workforce and resource alignment, vendor management, and headcount objectives throughout the organization; Performance Review matrix management and analysis; review of promotion and immigration issues impacting individual resources and the organization at large; and additional duties as required. Laid off in RIF. Responsibilities included but not limited to:• Management of attaining staffing and headcount objectives, including continuous analysis and recommendation of staffing needs for the organization to insure alignment with organization forecasts and business objectives.• Vendor management, including managing Master Service Agreements, Statements of Work and Service Level Agreements, budgeting, forecasting and contracting of outside vendors to meet the technical services needs of the organization, including acting as liaison between management, Allegis (contracted vendor manager), individual vendors, and service providers.• Periodic review of workforce alignment to insure resource alignment with corporate objectives.• Management of the Performance Review process throughout the organization, including quarterly review and analysis of Performance Review matrix to insure alignment with organization objectives, and review of individual promotion requests and inter-departmental transfers, and obtaining appropriate approvals.• Developed a staffing model that is being adapted throughout the company, integrating budgetary and requirement analysis and approval, recruiting, and command and control for analysis and management of the process.

Phoenix, Az

Technical recruiting position responsible for direct-hire sourcing and recruiting of technical personnel for their Product Strategy & Development Division. These positions include Oracle, PeopleSoft, Development, Architecture, Product Management, Data Modeling/ETL, Security, UI Design, BI/Analytics, Quality Assurance, Systems Analysts and Production Support type positions; primarily at their Phoenix and San Francisco campuses. Responsibilities include networking and internet sourcing; candidate screening; interview schedule coordination; coordination of alien-status candidates involving various visa issues; salary negotiations and extension of job offers; and extensive senior management interaction; and matrixed reporting responsibilities.• Sole dedicated recruiter for PSD.

Chandler, Az

Contract recruiting position responsible for direct-hire sourcing and recruiting of technical personnel for their Information Services & Technology Group. These positions include Networking, Security, Development, Architecture, Systems & Business Analysts type positions; primarily at their California, Oregon and Arizona facilities. Responsibilities include candidate sourcing and recruiting; coordination with multiple hiring managers; and matrixed reporting responsibilities. Left Intel due to RIF.• Sole dedicated recruiter for ISTG Strategic Hiring Program.• Exceeded all objectives and expectations set by senior management.

Tempe, Az

Recruiting management position at Capgemini, a global consulting and IT services company, specializing in financial services, integration consulting and hosting services, with offices worldwide. Responsibilities included management and coordination of recruiting and staffing activities, and all facets of full-cycle recruiting for the Oracle/PeopleSoft/Siebel practice in the Eastern US, including working directly with practice Directors and Vice Presidents developing new consulting resource needs and requisitions; networking, database, and internet sourcing; candidate screening; interview schedule coordination; coordination of alien-status candidates involving various visa issues; salary negotiations and extension of job offers; contractor and vendor management; and extensive senior management interaction and reporting.• Additional responsibilities included vendor management and liaison with contracted vendors, bench and capacity management, and internal staffing responsibilities for legacy Adjoined Consulting and coordinating with Capgemini.• Sole dedicated recruiter for the Siebel practice.

Phoenix, Az

DataLink Documentation Services Group was an ISO 9001 certified, independent technical documentation and publication firm, with offices in Phoenix, Mexico, and Israel. Responsible for helping to establish long-range strategic resource needs, including workforce planning, and recruiting of technical and production personnel to meet the company’s rapid growth. These positions included Technical Writers, Illustrators and Editors; primarily for their Phoenix headquarters. Additional responsibilities included strategic and tactical planning; working with multiple hiring managers; sourcing, recruiting and screening; salary negotiations; extension of job offers; and status reporting of recruiting and staffing activities. The company went out of business in October 2006.• Exceeded all goals and expectations set by top management.• Recruited and mentored an additional Recruiter.

Chandler, Az

Senior recruiting position responsible for direct-hire sourcing and recruiting of technical personnel for their Enterprise Microprocessor Group. These positions include Design, Development, Software, Firmware, Hardware, Test and Validation Engineering positions; primarily at their California, Oregon, Washington and Massachusetts facilities. Responsibilities include candidate sourcing and recruiting, participation in numerous job fairs, coordination with multiple hiring managers, and matrixed reporting responsibilities.• Sole dedicated recruiter for 125-person hiring ramp for the next generation Itanium processor at the Fort Collins Design Center.

Phoenix, Az

SRecruiting position at Perot Systems, a leader in providing industry-specific IT outsourcing solutions. Senior recruiting position responsible for direct-hire recruiting, interviewing, and placement of professional personnel at one of their largest accounts, Catholic Healthcare West. These positions included IT, Managerial, and implementation and production support professionals for their Cerner and Lawson ERP initiatives. Responsibilities included management and coordination of all recruiting activities account-wide and all facets of the full-cycle recruiting process, including developing and opening new requisitions; internal and external job posting; networking, database, and internet sourcing; candidate screening; interview schedule coordination; facilitation of the behavioral interview process; salary negotiations; extension of job offers; coordination of new hire orientations; coordinating with affiliated vendors; and senior management status reporting.• Management of two Recruiters.• Vendor management and liaison with individual vendors and service providers.• Directly responsible for recruiting in excess of $1.2M in annualized payroll each quarter.• Member of the Senior Leadership Committee.

Adaptive Consulting provided professional technical publication, network, staffing, and outsourcing services to companies throughout North America. Responsibilities included sourcing; resource allocation; direct management of long and short-term projects, including direct budgetary responsibilities; and all recruiting efforts, primarily in the IT and Engineering disciplines, including sourcing, job fairs, job postings, candidate screening, submittals, and reporting and coordination with senior management and associated vendors.• Managed high-visibility software development project. Responsibilities included direct project management; recruiting and direct management of three Java Developers; and cost management and budgetary reporting. Brought project in on-time and under budget.

Braintree, Ma / Scottsdale, Az

DATAPHOR SYSTEMS is a resourcing company, providing professional outsourcing and project management solutions and services for the Human Resources, Information Technology, Hospitality, and Telecommunications markets. Responsibilities have included resourcing, contract negotiations, and project management responsibilities for clients in Arizona, Massachusetts, Southern California, and Colorado.• Managed consulting project for Qwest Communications, involving extensive recruiting, outsourcing, and contract negotiations.• Successfully completed a 9-month, $750,000 contract with Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide that provided Y2K-related remediation tracking of hotels participating in Starwood's Y2K project.• Provided Y2K discovery services for Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide for Y2K compliance of Westin and Sheraton properties in Guam, Hong Kong, Macao, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Auckland, and Fiji.

Peachtree City, Ga

Contract recruiting position responsible for direct-hire recruiting, interviewing, and placement of technical personnel for positions open at their Atlanta metro corporate headquarters. These positions included Engineering, Information Technology, Accounting, and Financial. Responsibilities included all facets of the hiring process, including candidate recruiting, Internet sourcing; job posting and advertising and media purchasing; screening; interview schedule coordination with multiple department and division managers, including candidate travel and expense arrangements and reimbursements; initial candidate screening; salary negotiations and extension of job offers; coordination of relocations when applicable; and new employee orientations.

Brooklyn Park, Mn

Contract position responsible for direct-hire recruiting, interviewing, and placement of technical personnel for positions open at their Twin Cities location. These positions were almost exclusively Software Engineers in their Development Division. Responsibilities included all facets of the hiring process, including candidate recruiting, Internet sourcing; job posting and advertising and media purchasing; screening; interview schedule coordination with multiple department and division managers, including candidate travel and expense arrangements and reimbursements; initial candidate interviewing; salary negotiations and extension of job offers; coordination of sponsorship of alien-status candidates involving various visa issues; and new employee orientations.

Bloomington, Mn

Short-term hire responsible for management, account development, sales, and marketing to assigned accounts; new account prospecting, including solicitation, sales, and development; and the sole-person responsible for Office-wide technical recruiting, including candidate sourcing, identification, and recruitment of all outstanding orders.• Reorganized several Branch Office workflow policies and procedures, which received approval of top management, and resulted in significant increases in productivity.• Developed and conducted an Internet Recruiting seminar for company top management. Topics included candidate sourcing and identification, job posting, and methods to increase productivity via Internet technologies.

Roseville & Bloomington, Mn

Management of all technical staffing activities for 3M and Imation in the Twin Cities area, and full-time technical recruiting for the Branch Office. Responsibilities included direct program management and liaison responsibilities of contracted associated vendors within the program structure; extensive daily contact with both client managers, associated technical recruiters, and management regarding specific requisition requirements and status as to orders in progress; sales, marketing, and liaison activities to 3M and Imation end-users and associate vendors; direct reporting of program activity, status, results, and direction to upper-management of 3M, Imation, Volt, and associate vendors; and full-time technical recruiting of contract personnel.• During tenure, program experienced an increase in recruited hires in excess of 200%, and an increase in branch office revenues in excess of 300%, and greatly improved relations between clients, company management and associated vendors.

Tucson, Az

Recruiting of contract labor for technical disciplines, with responsibilities including recruiting, screening, job posting and advertising and media purchasing, testing, interviewing, placing, and management of contract personnel of varying technical disciples, including engineering, computers, industrial/manufacturing, scientific, and technical administration and support services, primarily for the Hughes and Microsoft accounts.• Conducted a 2-day training seminar at the Corporate Office on Internet Recruiting for technical recruiters, including candidate sourcing and identification, job posting, and job productivity.• Participated as the only non-management member of Corporate Steering Committee for development and implementation of ISO 9002 for Volt Technical Services.

Bachelor Of Arts, Liberal Arts And Sciences, General Studies And Humanities

Activities and Societies: • Kappa Sigma fraternity (Gamma Rho chapter) • American Marketing Association (collegiate chapter) • ASUA.

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