- 16 Offers Extended to engineering candidates for Google, consistently met and/or exceeded goals each quarter; reached 300% of goal in final quarter
- 5 time winner of Top 15 incentive awards across entire SWE (Software Engineering) sourcing team
- Selected to participate in the door to door Employee Referral Program in January 2011 in Mountain View, meeting with over 35 engineers within AdWords and Gmail departments, generating over 215 leads
- Selected to participate in Top50 initiative to test/attempt best practices in order to expedite hiring process at Google. Issued project updates to team regarding Top50 revisions as requested by team lead
- Selected for various, high-profile recruitment projects
- Formed alliances with recruitment departments across the company to accelerate candidate flow
- Mentored Nooglers in Austin and Mountain View offices; Part of Austin Culture Committee which fosters team building
Google
Technical Sourcer / Recruitment Consultant
1 year engagement
Austin, TX and Mountain View, CA
Amazon
Recruitment Consultant
6-week engagement
Recruited for Seattle HQ while working remotely from Texas and California
- Approached by Amazon to help with a short-term, experimental Austin recruitment project
- Determined Amazon hiring needs and built out business plan and proposal of services for the eCommerce Platform Services team
- Managed relationship with 6+ hiring managers to recruit Software Development Engineers, Technical Project/Program Managers, Development Managers, Software Development Engineers in Test; participated in 2 conference calls per week to present candidates to team
- Exceeded goals and expectations for project success by producing 4 offer extends and 3 offer accepts/hires (Needed 1 hire to warrant success of project)
- Developed, delivered and executed entire scope of recruitment plan by leveraging involvement across multiple departments, including staffing & engineering
- Coordinated and hosted 12 onsite interviews in Austin over a 2 day period with 6 Amazon employees from Seattle; Set up 4 phone interviews with qualified candidates outside of the Austin market to be considered for Seattle hires
- Attended Austin technical networking events as a representative of Amazon, including Door64 events and Austin Java User Group
Radiant Solutions - DigitalGlobe - The Radiant Group - HumanGeo
Senior Technical Recruiter (Consultant)
3+ Year Engagement
Austin, TX, NOVA (Northern Virginia) and Washington, DC area, MD, CO, FL, London, UK
Hired several TS/SCI+ cleared stellar teammates to Impact the World's Safety through Geospatial Intelligence, Big Data and Social Media Analytics.
Roles Recruited/Hired:
- Full Stack Software Engineers (TS/SCI cleared)
- Geospatial Analysts (TS/SCI cleared)
- Proposal Manager (TS/SCI cleared)
- Marketing Director
- Project and Program Managers (usually cleared)
- Sales Engineer
- Security Systems Engineer
- DBA
- UX/UI Specialist
- Sr SCA
- Sr All-Source Analysts
Accomplishments throughout journey & mergers:
- Originally hired on as a 3-month contract that turned into 3+ years
- HumanGeo (original company) got acquired 3 times over 3 years; Grew to a $6.5B company
- Mission-Critical Hiring for various customers within the Intelligence Community
- Helped initiate & execute a Radiant Solutions Recruiting event in Arlington 2017 as we re-branded
- Started with HumanGeo in August of 2015 at about 60 people strong!
- Shopped Commercial Real Estate and helped select Austin office with leadership of HumanGeo
- Built out Austin, TX office & quickly transitioned to DC area hiring within the first 3 months with HumanGeo
- HumanGeo was acquired by The Radiant Group in Summer of 2015; We merged with 3 sister companies, including Radiant Blue
- The Radiant Group was then acquired by DigitalGlobe in Fall of 2016; Our team was acquired to augment DGIS (services side of the business)
- Maxar/MDA acquired DigtialGlobe in 2017, and we re-branded and evolved into Radiant Solutions in 2017/2018
- Continuously acclimated to new, changing leadership at the helm, and adopted ever-changing best practices
- Hired multiple teammates for the Intelligence Community to impact world safety by way of geo-spatial intelligence, social media analytics and Big Data
- Unofficial photographer at company parties and also fostered company relations between various teams & individuals
- Hired some of the best people in the business, while simultaneously getting to work with talented leaders (hiring managers). Exceptional Team and Mission.
Demand Media
Senior Recruiter (Consultant)
1+ year engagement
Austin, TX
- Made 55+ hires for multiple offices, including: Santa Monica (HQ), Austin, Seattle, Chicago, New York, Toronto, the UK, EMEA
- Managed 10 hiring managers/requisitions at a time in 2-4 time zones, including multiple candidates (varying between 3-15 on each position)
- Recruited for several divisions, including: Pluck, R&D, Content Channels, Livestrong, Society6, Content Studios, CoveritLive and Rightside
- Worked closely with hiring managers including C-level Executives, GMs, VPs, Directors and Managers for various teams such as: Engineering, Business Development, Sales, Tech Support, Customer Success, IT Operations, Information Systems, Product Development, Marketing
- Sold the culture, products and various divisions of Demand Media to passive candidates
- Focused heavily on candidate experience throughout every stage of recruitment lifecycle while simultaneously managing expectations of hiring managers
- Negotiated with candidates, HR, Finance and hiring managers to ensure the best outcome for each budget and close the candidate at agreeable rates
- Screened, interviewed, coached, counseled, prepared and debriefed candidates throughout the interview process
- Orchestrated engineering presence, attended and represented company at UT Career Fair
- Created and executed summer internship program; determined budget with VP of Engineering and QA Manager of Pluck; presented to SVP of Social Solutions
Spredfast
Senior Recruiter (Consultant)
3-month engagement
Austin, TX
- Partnered with Spredfast as an in-house recruiting consultant
- Made 13 hires in 3 months for 3 markets, both domestic and international. Hires included: 4 Senior UI Engineers, 3 Account Managers, 1 Lead for Mobile Engineering, 1 IT Manager, 1 Customer Support Analyst, 1 Training & Enablement Advisor, 1 Sales Engineer, 1 Junior Financial Analyst
- Worked closely with hiring managers including C-level Executives, EVPs, Directors and Managers, including HR, Engineering, Professional Services, Sales Engineering, Technical Customer Support, IT Management and Finance
- Streamlined hiring workflow processes with HR and senior level executives; helped set job descriptions and realistic expectations for what the market offers financially and in terms of talent; Negotiated with internal teams to ensure the best outcome for each budget and close candidates at competitive salaries
- Managed candidate life cycle from inception of candidate relationship to close of the verbal offer and returned, signed offer letters
- Directed communication with outside vendors associated with hiring; Utilized Jobvite, LinkedIn and creative networking tactics
- Recruited and helped negotiate rates with recruitment agencies to attract additional talent for fast-paced projects where additional sourcing was needed
RoyceGeo
Recruiting Lead
3+ Month Engagement
Recruited for Springfield & Vienna, VA, St. Louis, MO & Afghanistan – worked remotely from Austin, TX
- Joined RoyceGEO team for a short-term contract during major hiring push
- Helped map out new ATS and create workflows for team within the system
- Recruited for various TS/SCI cleared individuals for a Geospatial government customer
- Full Life Cycle Recruiting: Rewrote and posted requisitions, sourced candidates, handled candidate management, negotiated rates between candidate and CEO, delivered verbal offers, wrote and delivered LOIs (Letters of Intent) to candidates intended for hire and assisted in any other hiring best practices
- Roles included (TS/SCI-cleared): JavaScript Software Engineers, Geospatial Engineers, Afghanistan Deployment Geospatial Analysts, System Engineers, Help Desk, Senior Network Engineers, Cyber Security Operations Specialist, System Administrators, SCCM Engineers and Imagery Analysts
- Aided CEO, making introductions for new business opportunities with potential partner companies
- Attended Fall Company event and aided in a Referral Bonus Program and relevant outreach for company party
Ringtail Design
Recruiting Manager
10+ Month Engagement
Austin, Tx and Washington, DC
Ringtail Design was a phenomenal company, mainly working in the defense sector. Clients included JSOC, SOCOM and several other military and governmental divisions. Provided situational awareness software and big data visualization tools. Company eventually dissolved.
- Originally hired on as a recruiting consultant in October 2014 and converted to full-time employee
- Overhauled and streamlined the interview process and best practices, decreasing full interview life cycle from 3+ weeks down to 1 week until hire
- Examined current recruitment agency relationships in place in Austin and DC office; Terminated vendors that were not performing well and hired new ones, negotiating the terms and best practices moving forward
- Owned entire recruitment life cycle, delivering all offers and closing candidates
- Recruited for Austin, TX and Washington, DC offices: Hired several UX Developers, 1 Director of Sales, 1 UX Design Manager, 1 System Administrator and 1 Program Manager
- Created a grassroots Applicant Tracking System (no ATS available); 1:1s with CEO, COO and all hiring managers as needed
- Acted as employee advocate and handled delicate situations through mediation and communication; Company ambassador at user groups & networking events
- Assisted with exit interviews, resume re-writes and helping employees find new employment after Ringtail Design decided to dissolve the company in order to rebrand