SUMMARY

• Positive and enthusiastic technical recruiter/company advocate with huge successes sourcing, attracting, and hiring top technical talent within corporate settings carrying an average requisition load of 25 - 30 requisitions
• Dynamic and result-oriented individual with over 12 years technical, full life cycle recruiting and sourcing experience in both corporate and agency settings; specializing in the placement of software, hardware, infrastructure and network technical professionals
• Boolean expert and highly skilled at creatively sourcing passive candidates through LinkedIn/LinkedIn Recruiter, Indeed, Data.com (SalesForce), Google Chrome; highly effective at finding qualified candidates through direct cold-calling/emailing
• Corporate contract technical recruiter and Owner/Technical Recruiter of Confidential —Specializing in placing Software Engineers, Sr. Linux Infrastructure Engineers, Sr. Windows Infrastructure Engineers, Cloud Developers, Web Developers, QA Automation Engineers, QA Analysts, UI Designers, UI/UXDevelopers, UX Architects, Product Owners, DBAs, Mobile Developers, Network Engineers, Network Security and CyberRisk Professionals, Firmware Engineers, Executive and C-Level candidates
• Strong relationship builder with hiring managers with accountability in meeting hiring goals and objectives
• Excels in client company promotion with strong candidate salary negotiation and hiring skills

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Sr. Technical Recruiter/Sourcer

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for full life-cycle executive and technical recruiting and sourcing nationwide
• Solid experience within start-up and midsize companies to Fortune 500 companies
• Sourced and Recruited successfully for the following technical position: for the following roles: Software Engineer, Sr. Linux Infrastructure Engineers, Sr. Windows Infrastructure Engineers, Cloud Developers, Web Developers, QA Automation Engineers, QA Analysts, UI Designers, UI/UXDevelopers, UX Architects, Product Owners, Mobile Developers, Network Engineers, Network Security and CyberRisk Professionals, Firmware Engineers, Executive and C-Level Recruiting
• Strong relationship builder with hiring managers with accountability in meeting hiring goals and objectives
• Excels in client company promotion with strong candidate salary negotiation and hiring skills

Confidential

Sr. Technical Recruiter/Sourcer (Contract)

Responsibilities:

• Hired as a technical sourcer for all of Confidential ’s software engineering department in all of their locations: San Clemente, CA; Irving, TX; Draper and Provo, UT; Oshkosh, WI; and Kaliningrad, Russia.
• Successfully sourced and filled for the following positions: Java and C# software engineers, SQL DBAs, QA Automation Engineers, UI/UX Developers, UI Designers, Linux Infrastructure Engineers, Windows Infrastructure Engineers, Product Owners, Senior Technical Recruiter, and the Director of Engineering in Irving.
• Converted to interim Senior Technical Recruiter for their new Irving office for two months while I sourcing for permanent technical recruiter for that location
• Proficient with HireBridge applicant tracking system
• Taught best practices to the recruiting team for sourcing and the actual recruiting/hiring process
• Successfully integrated with their existing team to make placements and bring a positive change to their recruiting processes.

Confidential

Sr. Technical Recruiter (Contract)

Responsibilities:

• Sole technical and executive recruiter for Confidential ’s Irvine Campus responsible for full-cycle technical and executive recruiting/sourcing for their North American offices—Irvine, CA; Beaverton, OR; Lawrenceville, GA; Reston, VA; and Richmond, BC
• Responsible for filling an average of 25-30 technical requisitions for the following R&D positions--Sr. Java and C# Software Engineers, Software Architects, Sr. Automation Engineers, UX Architects, UI Designers, UI/UX Developers, User Experience Researchers, Business Analysts, QA Engineers, Information Designers and Strategists, and upper-level management positions
• Expert Boolean search skill level with LinkedIn Recruiter, Indeed, and Google Chrome for hard-to-fill positions; skilled at creative sourcing and cold-calling top talent
• Proficiency writing effective job descriptions using such SEO tools as Wordle.net
• Agency recruiter responsible for sourcing direct hire and executive and contract technical positions on-site and remotely throughout the United States; specializing in highly skilled software and hardware technical professionals: Java, PHP, Ruby, .NET, and Python Developers, iOS and Mobile Application Developers, Cloud Developers, UI Developers, Network Engineers (CCIE, CCNP, and CCNA), Network Security Professionals (CISM, CISA, CISSP, GFCA, CCFE, CIPP), Solution Architects, Firmware Engineers, and Quality Assurance; sub-specialty: Real Estate and Mortgage Loan professionals
• Boolean expert and highly skilled at sourcing passive candidates through LinkedIn, Indeed, Google, SalesForce to source qualified candidate
• Proficient in writing effective job descriptions--posted jobs, tracked progress of candidates, and monitored overall effectiveness of each job posting

Confidential

Sr. Technical Recruiter

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for full life-cycle executive and technical recruiting nationwide
• Solid experience within start-up and midsize companies to Fortune 500 companies
• Extensive experience within the Network and Network Security industries, working with such companies as: Deloitte, Verizon, Sprint, AT&T, Time Warner Cable, NetScout, MileStone Systems, BlueCoat, Juniper, F5, Barracuda Networks, Cisco Systems, etc.
• Responsible for sourcing candidates to build teams within the telecom industry for Network Engineer, System Engineer, Technical Support Engineer, and Principal Support Engineer roles with the following certifications: CCIE, CCNP, and CCNA
• Together with VP of Human Resources and CIO, built IT recruiting function within Copart, Inc. from 8 positions to over 70 positions; member of team to advise on recruiting function expansion. Average individual requisition load - 30 requisitions.
• Team lead for applicant tracking system implementation - Monster TMS
• Team lead at Copart, Inc. for successful hiring project to staff 70 IT employees in two months