Steve Lowden Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Meet with Small-Medium Businesses, leveraging Paychex key referral channels and partnerships to educate stakeholders on our services, and provide consultative solutions to increase market share and drive revenue.FY24'Finished 165% Quota / 185% units - ConsultantConference Qualifier *Top 5%*#1 Consultant Rep in Zone for Revenue/Units#1 Rep % Sold to Quota in the ZoneFY23'Finished 202% Quota / 172% Units - AssociateConference Qualifier *Top 5%*Finished #1 Rep in West in divisionFinished #5 in Company in divisionRookie of the Year Zone 18FY22'Finished 103% QuotaFinished 4th in Zone as AssociatePaychex is a recognized leader in the payroll, human resource, and benefits outsourcing industry, with a steadfast commitment to success and a record of achievement that continues a tradition of delivering excellence. By combining innovative software, service technology and mobility platform with dedicated, personal service, Paychex empowers small- and medium-sized business owners to focus on the growth and management of their business.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Forte Group is a full-spectrum software solutions and managed services resource for businesses seeking exceptional engineering talent and extraordinary software. We work with IT enterprises, business leaders, and technology companies to accelerate and evolve applications that consistently achieve valuable business outcomes.

Greater Chicago Area

As a Corporate Recruiter w/ HireGenics, working for McDonald's Global Technology Department : one is responsible for full life-cycle recruiting supporting McDonald's core hubs: Chicago, London, Sydney, and Singapore. Searched and source of high quality candidates via LinkedIn Recruiter and BrassRing - ATS.

Remote - Irving, Tx

One of the oldest and largest staffing companies in the United States, PDS Tech connects highly skilled employees with Fortune 500 clients’ needs for project support such as contingent labor, statement of work/offload engineering projects, and permanent placements. PDS Tech deploys 10,000+ professionals annually typically specializing in Information Technology and Defense/Aerospace Engineering. Searched and Sourced candidates heavily within Salesforce / Daxtra ATS. Sourced additional candidates within Dice, ZipRecruiter, Indeed, CareerBuilder, etc. Managed complete Vendor Management Cycle with candidates within: Field Glass, IQ Navigator, Beeline, and WAND. Primary candidate skillset focus: IT Security, Application/Development Engineers, Project Management, and some non-technical roles

Fort Wayne, Indiana Area

TEKsystems is the nation's leading IT staffing and services company. At TEKSystems, we understand people. Every year we deploy over 80,000 IT professionals at over 6,000 client sites across North America, Europe, and Asia. Our deep insights into IT human capital management enable us to help our clients achieve their business goals, while optimizing their IT workforce strategies. We provide IT Staffing Solutions, IT Talent Management Expertise, and IT Services to help our clients plan, build, and run their critical business initiatives.*2018 Contest Qualifier*-Specializing in recruiting top IT talent, specifically Network Infrastructure technical professionals, for Fortune 100 and 500 companies-Identify qualified candidates via internal database, LinkedIn, job boards, social media, networking events, referrals-Responsible for screening candidates to match their qualifications to open positions. This includes phone screen, in-person interview, technical assessment and two reference checks-Document skills, career goals, interests, references and resumes of my network of IT professionals -Create job postings to attract top IT talent for our clients-Conduct skills testing, office interviews, reference checks and background investigations -Present job opportunities to qualified candidates and negotiate contract terms -Prepare resumes for presentation to clients -Coach candidates through the client interview process -Build and maintain relationships with clients through initial AND follow up placement-Meet client hiring managers onsite with Account Managers to understand needs and environment

Fort Wayne, Indiana Area

As a project manager at Aptera Software, my primary responsibility is to track and facilitatecommunication throughout the development of our projects for the Web & Marketing vertical. Daily duties and responsibilities often consisted of but not limited to: project manager SCRUM meetings, daily stand ups (internal/external), sprint planning, manage incoming support, organizeretrospectives, and plan any other scrum-related meetings. I am one of two primary Web projectmanagers that aid in the development progression, using agile development methodology that allows our team to adjust to clients' needs on a bi-weekly basis. As the primary scrum master, my focal responsibilities are: assist team in reaching consensus for what can be achieved during a sprint, plan daily stand ups, help team reach necessary burn down rate to make clients deadline, look for roadblocks and find a solution, and utilize TFS to determine proper team velocity for product backlog items.

Fort Wayne, Indiana Area

Campaign Manager, The Smart Circle International August 2014- May 2015 IDC World Trade Events – Fort Wayne, IN • Created and executed strategic and tactical marketing plans for client’s that help drive brand loyalty and consumer engagement• Led and guided executive marketing team in weekly cross-training meetings and conference calls• Managed 10-15 employees in Assistant Management position through successful partnerships• Solely drove client’s brand awareness and revenue over $150k in 2014 utilizing direct marketing• Developed high-quality advertising initiatives to help clients grow into new markets • Helped launch new client’s products and services in major retailers (Costco, Sam’s, Meijer, etc.)• Assisted in Human Relations, Public Relations, and Conducting Interviews• Proficient understanding of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Power Point, Access)• Coordinated event scheduling in major retailers nationwide• Maintained professional relationship with clients and retailers at corporate level

Bachelor'S Degree, Business/Commerce, General, 3.5/4.0

Activities and Societies: IPFW Baseball team member, Chi Alpha Sigma inducteeBachelor of Science - Business Minor in Psychology Indiana.

Associate Of Science (A.S.), General Studies, 3.76/4.0

Activities and Societies: VU Baseball teamAssociates Degree of Science - General Studies Vincennes University May 2012 GPA 3.76/4.0.