SUMMARY:

• Technical Recruiter with years a history of success as an IT practitioner and a manager and leader, bringing professionalism, knowledge and experience to each engagement. Works hard to assist each technical professional I represent find great companies to work with, while helping business clients grow and prosper through the acquisition of skilled personnel .
• Significant experience as a recruiter in corporate and consulting settings, working well in small, niche markets as well as with large organizations, matching qualified candidates with great companies.
• Consistently recognized as a high - performing leader and contributor i n a variety of challenging opportunities, building strong teams through effective recruiting and savvy hiring practices, providing excellent service and outstanding customer satisfaction using proven methods and innovative approaches.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

SOFTWARE/SYSTEMS: Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, Power Point, Access, Visio and MS Project, SDLC, Lotus Notes, SharePoint, Salesforce, Bullhorn, Send Outs, Planview, Primavera, OOP Development, Client Server, .Net, Java, Oracle, IBM Mainframe COBOL, Assembler (BAL), PL/I, CICS, JCL, IMS, DB2, VSAM, MVS, DOS, z/OS, Expeditor, Intertest, Abend Aid, Agile, SCRUM, Iterative and Waterfall methodologies.

TECHNICAL RECRUITING AREAS of EXPERTISE: Project Managers, Business Analysts, IT Executives, Technical Architects, Data Warehousing/Data Modelers (Informatica, Cognos, Sharepoint), Business Intelligence, Data Analysts, Software Developers (.Net, C, C++, C#, Java, Mainframe, Midrange) Web Developers, SAP, PeopleSoft, Quality Assurance, User Testing, Health Care IT (Epic, QlikView, Caché), Enterprise Packages (SAP, Oracle, PeopleSoft), Applicant Tracking Systems (Bullhorn, Send Outs, Salesforce).

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

SR. EXECUTIVE TECHNICAL RECRUITER

Confidential, Minneapolis, MN

Responsibilities:

• Provided sourcing, recruiting, interviewing and technical leadership for permanent placement and consulting opportunities with clients located in the Confidential market.
• Key contributor in a team of experienced recruiting and sales professionals, sourcing, recruiting and placing highly qualified candidates for a small, successful search firm.
• Do it the right way by seeking out and speaking directly candidates and clients, building relationships and making great matches between candidate and customer.

SR. TECHNICAL RECRUITER

Confidential, Minneapolis, MN

Responsibilities:

• Leader and technical recruiter for major contract proposals in the organization, recruiting and assembling technical and business teams for technical projects at customers’ sites. .
• Provide leadership to the entire organization, working to improve the recruiting process, and mentoring sales and recruiting colleagues, all while reliably responding to client’s needs.
• Focused on government clients on major contract proposals, sourcing, recruiting and hiring senior-level consultants, often with rare and hard-to-find skills sets.

SR. TECHNICAL RECRUITER

Confidential, St. Paul, MN

Responsibilities:

• Provided full-cycle technical recruiting and Human Resource talent management consulting services to organizations in the Confidential area.
• Working with nationwide staffing and local IT consulting firms, focused on sourcing, recruiting and hiring Project Managers, DBA’s, Business Intelligence, Software Developers, QA, Epic, Cache and QlikView developers, and Engineers.
• Served customers in the Banking/Financial Services, Medical Device manufacturing, Consumer products, prescription drugs and Health Care IT (HIT) sectors.

SR. IT PROJECT MANAGER

Confidential, Plymouth, MN

Responsibilities:

• Involved in changing and improving the project management processes as a key member of the Project Management Competency Center for a Third Party Administrator of Health Benefits for organizations across the country.
• Worked on several key projects that were failing, bringing them to successful conclusions:
• Major upgrade to the Call Center Tracking System designed to help the CSS team work efficiently and less-reliant on a legacy system.
• Eliminated the reliance on a third-party vendor, bringing a key process in - house, saving hundreds of thousands of dollars in expenses.
• Brought leadership and control to an upgrade of the interactive voice response system (IVR), bringing work load relief for Customer Service reps.

TALENT MANAGER RECRUITING & PERSONNEL DIRECTOR

Confidential, Appleton, WI

Responsibilities:

• Leader of the Human Resource functions of a Management Consulting Firm, with a focus on Project, Process and Strategic Management consulting services.
• Managed end-to-end full-cycle recruiting, hiring, compensation and employee-relations functions.
• Expanded the organization by over 100% within a two-year time period, by recruiting and hiring high-level, experienced Project Managers, Lean/Six Sigma experts and Executive Consultants.

TECHNICAL RECRUITER

Confidential, Appleton, WI

Responsibilities:

• Provided full-cycle technical recruiting & management of staff for a privately-held I.T.
• Staffing and Consulting firm’s Northeast Wisconsin branch office.
• Primary duties included full cycle recruiting (sourcing, interviewing, negotiating, hiring, and on-boarding), and managing technical consultants, specializing in Data Warehouse, Business Intelligence, Project Management and Senior Management personnel.

BUSINESS SEGMENT LEADER (DIRECTOR OF I.T.)

Confidential, Green Bay, WI

Responsibilities:

• Reengineered the process for recruitment and retention of employees, resulting in growth of the staff by over 100%, without losing any employees to resignation in four years.
• Eliminated budget and work process inefficiencies & improved work procedures that reduced budget by over 15%, while increasing departmental contributions to the company.
• Improved work environment resulting in improved employee work output & morale, as shown by over 100% improvement in project delivery and reduction in overruns and errors, more systems supported and an increase by 23 points in the Employees Satisfaction Index.

TECHNICAL RESOURCE MANAGER

Confidential, Appleton, WI

Responsibilities:

• Duties included organization design & development, recruiting & hiring, operating margin administration, performance evaluations, career planning and development of the staff.
• Instrumental in increasing the consulting base by more than 140%, increasing offerings to customers, improving revenue & operating margins, & exceeding all corporate objectives.

PROJECT MANAGER

Confidential, Green Bay, WI

Responsibilities:

• Led a team of 20 I.T. professionals.
• Created, managed and executed detailed project plans, delivering desired results to the business.