Currently, working in Talent Acquisition for Blizzard Entertainment, recruiting various information technology roles from individual contributors to management level in areas , such as Web Services and Mobile Applications. Activision Blizzard is Blizzard's parent company, which has a multi-billion dollar market cap. I have extensive experience in recruiting across various industries, such as online gaming, oil and gas, semiconductor, telecommunications, travel distribution, retail, manufacturing, and consumer packaged goods and internet commerce. Has the versatility to flex from managing a team, to an individual contributor to sourcing expertise. Utilizes a consultative approach with hiring managers and clients. Experience and comfortable interfacing with C level executives in several environments. Utilizes a strategic and networking approach to recruiting “The Best” talent.
Specialties: technology recruiting, diversity recruiting, developing recruiting strategies, managing teams, full life cycle recruiting, sourcing expertise,training, Recruiting Process Outsourcing Companies (RPO's) and search marketing. Past search emphasis across many disciplines, such as as Information technology, sales, marketing, HR, engineering, ecommerce and manufacturing.
Senior Recruiter @ From June 2014 to Present (1 year 5 months) Austin, Texas AreaSenior Recruiter @ Full Cycle recruiting of information technology professionals in the software engineering realm. Argo Data Resources is a recognized software solutions partner of choice for eight of the nation’s top 10 financial institutions. (argodata.com). - Java, .NET, C++/Object Oriented technical environments From March 2014 to June 2014 (4 months) Richardson, TXOil and Gas Recruiter (Contract) @ Full cycle recruitment of various oil and gas professionals for corporate and field roles. Covering a broad spectrum of disciplines, such as field operations, information technology, engineering and facilities. Pioneer Natural Resources is a Top 100 Places to Work Company for the last 4 consecutive years. Searching for the following disciplines: Oil and Gas Recruiter, Oil & Gas Petroleum Engineers, Oil & Gas Geologist, Oil & Gas Reservoir Engineers,Oil & Gas Geophysicist,Oil & Gas Production Engineers,Oil & Gas Environmental Engineers,Oil & Gas HSE Professionals and Frac Equipment Operators,Oil & Gas Safety Coordinators, HRIS System Administrator, Oil & Gas Industrial Hygienist, Oil & Gas Environmental Specialist, Oil and Gas Recruiter (Contract), Recruiting From July 2013 to November 2013 (5 months) Dallas/Fort Worth AreaOil and Gas Recruiter @ Responsible for full life cycle recruitment of oil and gas professionals for corporate and field roles. Assigned to a broad spectrum of disciplines, such as field operations, information technology, engineering and facilities. Provided full lifecycle recruiting for the West Region, Corporate and CO2 Pipeline Operations. Solely responsible for staffing Denbury's new Pipeline Control Center at its corporate headquarters on time and under budget for its grand inaugural opening in January 2013. Denbury Resources is a Top 100 Places to Work Company for the last 4 consecutive years (2009, 2010, 2011 & 2012), go here for more info:http://bit.ly/13UcdZG
Oil and Gas Recruiter (Contract), Recruiting From January 2012 to July 2013 (1 year 7 months) DFWManager, Recruiter @ Responsible for full life cycle recruiting of information technology, legal and human resource talent. Built a project team by recruiting senior software architects, PMO directors, and project managers in order to expand Blockbuster’s movie streaming and high definition set-top box capability in a Java Architecture. IT Recruiter, Recruiting From June 2011 to January 2012 (8 months) McKinney, TXSenior Recruiter @ Sr. Technical Recruiter - Solely responsible for full lifecycle recruiting of semiconductor engineering functions. Remotely supported Fujitsu’s wireless business unit, located in Phoenix Arizona. The technical environment consisted of electrical, application, systems, product and wireless engineers in an analog and digital environment. Fujitsu Semiconductor Wireless Products was acquired by Intel in a bid to further increase its LTE expertise. - Recruiter - Jobs From April 2011 to June 2011 (3 months) Richardson, TXCorporate Recruiting Manager @ Managed the corporate talent acquisition team in the retail consumer electronics space. Spearheading the executive recruiting strategy and developing a social media recruiting strategy for RadioShack. Recruited most of the new executive leadership at Radioshack. Solely responsible for saving the company several million dollars in external search fees and reduced agency spend to virtually zero dollars. Utilized Linkedin, networks, and cold calls to successfully recruit Vice President level executives in Merchandising, Creative, Marketing, Technology & Value Added Service, as well as numerous Director level leaders and a host of first line managers and individual contributors. - Technical Recruiter Recruiting, Jobs From November 2009 to March 2011 (1 year 5 months) Fort Worth, TXSenior Recruiter @ Responsible for recruiting individual contributors to management level talent. Specializing in supply chain and sales disciplines for consumer packaged goods in the food and beverage industries. - Recruiter, Recruiting From September 2009 to November 2009 (3 months) Dallas, TXSenior Recruiter @ Provided recruiting services to external clients. Responsible for recruiting ERP skills, such as SAP, Oracle, and Microsoft technologies. - Recruiter, Recruiting, Jobs From December 2008 to August 2009 (9 months) Senior Recruiter @ Full cycle recruiting for TI's High Performance Analog Business Unit -HPA. Responsible for recruiting the following types of Analog Engineers: Design, Application, Marketing,Test, Product, System, Hardware and Software from individual technical contributors to management level. Responsible for Dallas, Tucson and San Diego locations. Recruiter,Recruiting From April 2008 to November 2008 (8 months) Senior Recruiter @ Providing recruiting expertise to Cisco's IronPort Security Group. IronPort was acquired by Cisco in June 2007. Ironport is a leading provider of email & web security appliances. Prior to supporting Ironport, I provided support to Cisco's Voice Technology Group. - Recruiter, Recruiting, Jobs From March 2007 to April 2008 (1 year 2 months) Richardson, TX & San Bruno, CASenior Recruiter @ Sourcing candidates across various business units, including TI’s 3G wireless and broadband communication groups. Specifically responsible for the following positions: software, firmware, hardware engineers, digital and analog asic design engineers, verification engineers, systems engineers and manufacturing technicians, including individual contributor and management levels. Also provided training to a recruitment outsourcing partner in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Sr. Technical Recruiter,Recruiting From July 2005 to February 2007 (1 year 8 months) Dallas, TX & San Diego, CASenior Recruiter @ Responsible for full life cycle recruiting of individual contributors to executives. Supported disciplines, such as information technology, sales, and marketing. Technical environment: WiFi 802.11, T-Mobile Hotspot, C/C++, Linux, Solaris, Windows, Java, .NET - Sr. Technical Recruiter, Recruiting From March 2005 to July 2005 (5 months) Senior Recruiter @ Responsible for full cycle recruiting across all business units, including TI’s Wireless and Broadband Communication Groups. Specifically responsible for all software engineering, hardware engineering, systems engineering and product marketing requirements, including management and individual contributor levels, on a national basis. Other projects and responsibilities include diversity initiatives and periodic international recruiting assignments. Sr. Technical Recruiter,Recruiting From July 2003 to February 2005 (1 year 8 months) Account Manager @ Responsible for sales, account management and full life cycle recruiting. Supplied contract IT professionals to Verizon Wireless, Sabre, AT&T, Citi Corp, and Alcatel. Developed successful RFP’s, which secured new business from several major clients. Recruited for the following disciplines: network engineers, systems engineers, software engineers and certified project managers and oil and gas recruiters. From February 2003 to July 2003 (6 months) Senior Recruiter @ Responsible for full lifecycle recruiting of RF hardware, software engineers and management personnel. Interfaced with hiring managers for requirements definition, hiring forecasts, diversity and retention issues. Handled all salary negotiations, offers and final closing of candidates. Additional responsibilities included recruiting for Houston and Tucson manufacturing locations, as well as developing a recruiting strategy for remote locations. - Sr. Technical Recruiter,recruiting From July 2002 to February 2003 (8 months) Senior Recruiter @ Responsible for staffing 80% of personnel for the Alcatel’s Microelectronics/DSL Division. Performed full life cycle recruiting for the following positions: software, system, firmware, test and hardware engineers, digital and analog, asic design engineers, verification engineers, vice president/general managers, engineering directors, regional sales managers, tactical and product marketing professionals, marketing communications, field application engineers, and sales operations.
Sr. Technical Recruiter,recruiting From May 2000 to July 2002 (2 years 3 months) Sourcing Lead Recruiter @ Responsible for development and management of the sourcing recruiting model. Lead a sourcing team of 6 recruiters. Increased the number of hires by over 100 percent. Successfully staffed strategic projects for 8 business units. Recruited key personnel for travel products, such as Travelocity.com, Business Travel Services (BTS) and the SABRE Reservation System. Supported multiple disciplines, such as information technology, HR, finance and marketing. - Sr. Technical Recruiter,recruiting, Jobs From October 1995 to May 2000 (4 years 8 months) Southlake, TX
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