Help Amazon scale by recruiting top leaders for executive level positions across Consumer and Worldwide Operations (WW Ops). Fully responsible for owning and executing executive level searches in all aspects of search including creative candidate sourcing, candidate generation and development, client management, and offer/negotiation.

SF State Extended Learning offers two exciting programs for the HR field: an intensive Human Resource Management: Fundamental Issues Program and the Mini-Certificate in Human Resource Management for Non-HR Managers & Supervisors. These programs are designed to provide you with an opportunity to acquire critical information and skills to enhance your job performance and advance your career if you are already in the field, or develop a solid practical background if you are planning to enter the field.Impact:• Classroom instructor to teach students about best practices relating to recruitment and selection.• Course covers sourcing strategies, building a recruitment function, metrics, social media, recruiter competencies and the recruitment lifecycle.• Serve as mentor and subject matter expert to students in advising on career, resume and job search strategy.

• Promoted two times within 5 years and recipient of critical talent award, reserved for 1% of eBay’s 15,000 employees.• Initially hired to serve as Principal Executive Recruiter for SVP, NA at eBay, an $8B revenue business line.• Promoted to lead and rebuild StubHub’s globally dispersed team recruiting team and led all aspects of transforming recruiting – business, technology, volume, and university, focusing on delivering customer-centric, values-based and mission-driven practices for all of StubHub’s global talent needs.• Partnered closely with the StubHub executive suite in creating an innovative global recruiting strategy to ensure present and future hiring goals were accomplished in a manner fitting of our values and culture.• Implemented a global training for any employee involved in the interview process focusing on cultural values, such as diversity, and competency-based hiring.• Established hiring standards and built a world-class recruiting team focused on diversity, innovation and impactful programs to build exceptional pipelines for existing and emerging talent needs.• Led and recruited all executive searches including President, and the entire StubHub executive suite, as well as highly critical roles. Roles filled included: President, SVP, CMO, VP/GM, GC, CTO, CPO, VP, Int’l• Created a data-driven recruiting dashboard highlighting KPIs such as diversity efforts, recruiter performance, recruiting spend, and organizational forecasting.• Served as senior member of eBay’s recruiting leadership team to identify growth areas, leverage technology and innovation in the recruiting process, and establish core recruiting competencies for a global team.

Founded in 1995, eBay Inc. is the world's leading commerce company with a global portfolio of businesses which are enabling hundreds of millions of people to buy, sell and pay online--anywhere, anytime. About eBayeBay (NASDAQ: EBAY) is the world’s most vibrant marketplace for discovering great value and unique selection. eBay connects millions of buyers and sellers around the globe, empowering people and creating opportunity through Connected Commerce. Our vision for commerce is one that is enabled by people, powered by technology and open to everyone. We partner but never compete with our sellers and create stronger connections between buyers and sellers with product experiences that are fast, mobile and secure. As we celebrate our 20th anniversary, we're just as passionate today about connecting buyers and sellers as when we founded the company in 1995. For more information, visit ebayinc.com. Impact:• Recruit key executive-level positions for North American region and StubHub.• Work with eBay executives to determine candidate profile and establish recruiting strategy.• Establish high-touch recruiting process and serve as strategic partner in candidate development including negotiation and closing of complex multi-faceted packages.• Act as ambassador for eBay/StubHub throughout the entire recruitment lifecycle keeping all parties engaged and informed of requisition progress.• Work with members of global mobility, senior executive staff, compensation team and key senior stakeholders to negotiate and close intricate deals.• Serve as team member working to help to improve processes, internal/external credibility as well as overall results for the executive recruitment function.

Zynga was founded in 2007 with the vision that play would become one of the core activities on the Internet. We pioneered social games with the belief that if we could make games simple, accessible and social the world would start playing. We are excited that games have grown to become the second most popular activity by time spent, even surpassing email. But we have a lot of hard work, innovation and growth ahead of us to create a future where social gaming is a daily habit for everyone.Impact:• Managed and coordinated efforts for a global team of 35+ employees.• Recruited to partner with CPO in a company/team turnaround.• Led team in global transformation that led to over 350 employees in less than six months.• Instituted globally synchronized reporting solution.• Created 3-year strategic roadmap for the business to include org Mission Statement and SLA.• Built an internal mobility function to include resource management and career development paths.• Standardized a prioritized job requisition list to give org focus and transparency.

Founded in 2007, KIXEYE (formerly Casual Collective) is an independent game developer that makes games for gamers by gamers. Responsible for popular titles like Desktop Defender, Backyard Monsters, Battle Pirates and War Commander. KIXEYE is the first to deliver proper game play experiences on social networks. The company is based in San Francisco and backed by Trinity Ventures and Lightspeed Venture Partners.Impact:• Executive charged with the management of the recruitment and human resources function for a high-growth gaming company based in San Francisco.• Scaled the company from 200 to 500 employees in less than one year.• Built out a 13-person recruiting team and implemented the ATS, Jobvite.• Oversaw the implementation of our community, university and new grad programs.• Built out cultural, leadership, employee retention and learning and development initiatives.• Awarded ‘Best Places to Work in Bay Area’• Implemented performance management, workforce analysis and talent management programs.• Established a strategic plan to align the function to overall business objectives.• Handled sensitive employee relations and investigatory issues relating to workplace compliance.• Performed org-wide audit to include compliance, employee classification, data management and employment practices including remediation efforts.• Designed and implemented quarterly employee surveys to improve the employee experience and organizational performance.

ModCloth is a profitable e-retailer that has grown 17,500% over the last 3 years by selling affordable independent designer fashion and décor. The company has built a strong brand and a growing base of over 2 million unique monthly users through its dedication to customer experience and innovative social media engagement. Fun and unique site features such as Be the Buyer empower both the independent designers and customers, and represent just the first iteration of ModCloth’s market-defining social commerce platform. The team is now over 200 strong, across operations in San Francisco, Los Angeles and Pittsburgh, and is held together by a strong culture centered on passion and entrepreneurship.Impact:• Founding member of the Talent Acquisition team responsible for the doubling of the company’s size from 120 to 300+ employees in a period of 16 months.• Serve as practice area leader of a 6 person team; developed and trained new staff, ensured successful development plans for existing employees, and embraced the servant/leader model of Agile methodologies.• Oversaw the inception of Talent Acquisition programs relating to social media recruiting, internships, new grad, and community outreach.• Developed Key Performance Indicators and metrics for Talent Acquisition function.• Recruited and successfully placed several critical executive-level positions.• Developed preferred vendor program saving time, effort, energy put toward external partnerships.• Rolled-out organizational and leadership development initiatives such as onboarding, employee development planning, hiring process revamp and interview training.

Impact:• Source candidates for IT, Human Resources, Finance, Legal and Marketing positions using methods such as proprietary web-based ATS, referrals, networking, specialist user groups, cold-calling and internet job boards.• Manage and prioritize workload of 18-25 contract, contract-to-hire and permanent requirements, targeting a submittal rate of 3 qualified candidates for each position within 48 hours.• Clients include The Gap, Sephora, Williams-Sonoma, Bare Escentuals, Barclays Global Investors, Visa, Charles Schwab, First Republic Bank, Mellon Capital, Washington Mutual, Wells Fargo, and Nokia.

Impact:• Partner and communicate with hiring managers and information technology candidates throughout the hiring process, educating and updating both parties as appropriate.• Regularly meet with Recruitment team to brainstorm and collaborate on current requirements, issues and successes, and share process improvement ideas.• Qualify candidates on technical and cultural fit, motivation and commitment• Check candidate references and administer competency tests when required.• Present top candidates to hiring managers and manage follow-up activities.• Positions recruited for include Web Developers, Information Security, Creative Developers, and Infrastructure positions.

Impact:• Partnered closely with Talent Acquisition, Benefits and Payroll in order to provide Kaiser employees with information and services concerning personnel matters.• Resolved escalated issues concerning benefits, disability, pregnancy leave, relocations, sign-on bonus, and compensation.• Liaison between employees and third party administrators for benefits, disability, retirement and Leave of Absence services.

Impact:• Source, recruit and screen potential foster parents utilizing behavioral interviews and on-site visits. • Generate awareness, interest and dialogue with surrounding communities, community organizations, government organizations, and elected officials via local periodicals, attendance at community events and cold-calling family agencies.• Work closely with Social Workers in an effort to provide training to potential foster parents.

Impact:• Human Resources professional working with Employment Manager, Payroll Analysts and Benefit Specialists.• Proctor examinations for positions such as Firefighter and Police Officer.• Process applications and maintain database for all public positions.

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