PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• Over 10 years of executive level recruiting of full time direct hire positions, long term/temporary contractors and project based consultants.
• Deep sourcing skills and experience recruiting senior level passive candidates in the information technology, engineering, financial and healthcare fields.
• Solid database of passive candidates both local and non - local cultivated through years of I.T. recruiting.
• Well versed in dealing with immigration process and recruitment of H1B Visa, EAD, etc. candidates

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Application Developers/Programmers/Architects: Java, .NET, VB, HADOOP Developers, HADOOP Administrators, IOS/Android Java/Cloud Developers, Cloud Architects, Big Data Consultants, Front-End/Back-End/Full Stack Developers, Business Intelligence Analysts/Developers: OBIEE, Hyperion, SAP, Mobile developers/architects (IOS/Android), Sr. Business Analysts: Energy Risk Trading, IT Operations Manager, Data Stage, SAP/Oracle Security Analysts, Systems Integration, Information Assurance, Networking Engineers, PHP Developer, SQL DBA's, SAP Security Analyst, Application Code Review Specialist, Web Developers, SEO Consultant, Director of Clinical Informatics, LIMS, Android Developers, Manager, Systems Engineer, Unix/Linux Systems Administrators/Developers. UI/UX Architects/Developers, Security Engineers

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential,Chicago, IL

Sr Team Recruiter/Manager

Responsibilities:

• Partner with Hiring Managers and support staff, to source and hire highly talented professionals for their requirements.
• Leading global projects and managing recruiting efforts within Confidential 's Cloud/Analytics Global Business Services, and Software Group Sales business units
• Consistently asked by management to develop domestic and international recruitment plans, as well as create Social Media campaigns from scratch to build virtual networks of candidates with hard to find Confidential skill sets
• Responsibilities include aligning with global hiring managers and business leaders to develop and deliver talent acquisition strategies that identify and engage the top talent in the marketplace
• Projects: Cloud Architects/Sales Leaders, Full Stack Developers, Mobile Developers, Marketing

Confidential,Chicago, IL

Sr IT Recruiter/Team Lead

Responsibilities:

• Contracted to fill the most challenging of IT roles that have been open for a minimum of six months without being filled related to software, business intelligence, big data and technical architecture.
• Managed complete full life cycle, salary negotiations, background check, and onboarding process. Fully engage with hiring managers.
• Manage a technical team of recruiters across multiple geographies.
• Examples of positions recently filled: Confidential technical architect, director of business intelligence, SVP of data governance, senior QA lead, data warehouse architect, senior Hadoop developer, enterprise metadata management lead, IT service delivery manager, senior application architect.
• Well versed in ATS systems: Confidential /Brass Ring, Rally, and Acendify.
• Completed Confidential leadership program

Confidential, Chicago, IL

Sr. Technical Recruiter

Responsibilities:

• Worked as a Sr. Technical Recruiter/Team lead for IT consulting firm in Chicago on high level IT/Engineering and R&D roles including Java Developers, .NET Developers, HADOOP, Administrators/Developers, Big Data Consultants, Business Analysts, Front End Developers and more.
• Perform preliminary candidate phone screens and in-person interviews including use of behavioral interviewing techniques with strict adherence to Confidential guidelines
• Negotiate and deliver candidate offers, participate in presentations for new employee orientation, also involved with employee on boarding procedures and employee retention efforts. Input candidate history into MS Dynamics CRM
• Counseled and advised hiring managers (Directors, VPs and SVPs) to define and develop recruiting strategies from inception to on-boarding of candidates with an emphasis on attracting high performance talent.
• Positions were a mix of contract, contact to hire, and direct hire roles

Confidential,Milwaukee, WI

Sr. Technical Recruiter

Responsibilities:

• Designed and implemented policies, procedures and recruiting best practices manual
• Worked for mid-size independent IT consulting firm in Milwaukee/Chicago area
• Responsible for filling active project management internal opportunities as well as various sub-contractor’s agreements with partnered clients both locally and globally.
• Responsible for full life cycle recruiting from inception to completion including salary negotiations, backgrounds and checks, and offer letter
• Implement proactive talent pipelining and transactional deep-dive sourcing efforts across multiple mediums

Confidential,Phoenix, AZ

Responsibilities:

• Developed strategic and tactical marketing plans that produced over $2 million in sales for two developing businesses exceeding sales objectives by more than 25%
• Develop requirements analysis and scope of work statement to procure Federal GSA
• Full life cycle recruiting of IT core consultants and staff augmentation for contract project based work
• Company relocated back to San Francisco

Confidential,Chicago, IL

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for sourcing, pre-screening and referring applicants for Engineering, IT, and Management positions.
• Daily interaction with C-level executives in negotiating, planning, developing and implementation of new business ideas and executive placement. Ran full desk with responsibility to procure contract and place candidates/contractors