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Recent and very successful sourcing & recruiting engagements at Cisco, Marvell and Cadence. Strong Sourcer with "hunter"​ mentality. Full cycle recruiter with exceptional "closing"​ skills, enthusiastic attitude and collaborative spirit. Reputation for building relationships across organizational boundaries. Solid and credible references. - Geographical experience: North America, Europe, India, China - Known for discretion - Well developed relationships with industry leaders - Holds U.S. passport for overseas assignmentsSenior Talent Acquisition Consultant @ This is my second engagement with Cadence Design Systems, one of FORTUNE Magazine's "100 Best Companies to Work For in 2015". Cadence has also been named as one of the "World's Top 25 Best Workplaces for 2015" I am currently supporting the HSV (Hardware Systems Verification) business unit. Main focus is staffing software & firmware engineering positions in our San Jose design center. Come join our engineering team and help drive the future of innovation! ... I am always looking to hire and collaborate with individuals who are bold enough to challenge the status quo and have the drive and tenacity to invent the future. From September 2015 to Present (4 months) Talent Sourcer / Recruiter - Disruptive, Emerging & Transformative Technologies, Systems & Services @ Senior member of the Talent Ops team at Industry RainMakers, a global consortium of talented professionals in every segment of industry. Each day, we partner with clients to identify high-value talent, address staff-level deficiencies and provide innovative solutions to challenging problems across the corporate enterprise. Our tiger teams of industry professionals are available on a consulting, project or full-time basis. We maintain professional relationships with many of the biggest names in corporate America who rely on us for critical project and staff-level support. Our current customer focus is working with companies involved in the following technologies, systems and services: * Security / Encryption / Cyber Security - Device, Enterprise & Secure Cloud, Storage/Backup * Wireless / Mobile - Device, Wearables, M2M, IoT/IoE * Optical / Photonics / 2D / 3D Imaging & Visualization * Big Data Analytics, Predictive Modeling, Data Mining, Algorithm Design, Quantum Computing Scalable Architectures / Hadoop / Spark, Private/Public Cloud, SaaS, PaaS * Healthcare Technology – Medical Device, Life Science, Healthcare IT, Biotech, Pharmaceutical, BioInformatics, Statistical & Applications Programmingm, LOC (Lab on Chip), Genomics * Sensors using MEMS technology * Robotics including nano scale (nanorobots) * Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, Gaming, Simulation, Computer Vision * Automotive / Aeronautical – Intelligent Cars, Driverless Auto, Drone, Unmanned/UAV * 3D Printing - nano scale, Biomanufacturing From June 2015 to September 2015 (4 months) United StatesSr. Full Cycle Recruiter - Talent Acquisition @ Tasked with full cycle recruiting & sourcing responsibilities across multiple business units to include data communications; cellular, networking, wireless, digital entertainment, printer and storage technologies. Sourced and recruited hardware engineers with digital, analog & mixed signal design/verification and validation experience. Continued to recruit software engineers with firmware, embedded & application design expertise. Additional responsibilities included talent acquisition support for Marvell Semiconductor’s IT & Network support teams. Provided intermittent sole sourcing support for Marvell's wireless software teams. From January 2013 to May 2015 (2 years 5 months) Sourcer - Healthcare Technology @ Tasked with identifying a target base of medical device, life science and healthcare technology companies that specialize in optical, imaging and 3D visualization technologies. Additional responsibilities consisted of building out an existing Goldmine CRM software package of healthcare technology companies and identifying, integrating & populating a strong pipeline of potential candidates with the following skill sets: big data analytics, biostatistics and data mining. Used Google Search, LinkedIn and Indeed to accomplish these tasks. From December 2012 to December 2013 (1 year 1 month) Sr Talent Acquisition Sourcer (Contract) @ My role at Cadence was to provide dedicated sourcing support for key recruiting projects in the Silicon Realization Group (SRG) located in San Jose, California. This engagement was a short-term, end of the year project with a mandate to reduce the number of unfilled engineering positions. Recruited senior software engineers with the following experience: EDA software development background, C/C++ with UNIX and LINUX platforms, Tcl. Used PeopleFluent ATS on a daily basis. From October 2012 to January 2013 (4 months) Sr Talent Acquisition Sourcer (Contract) @ As part of the Americas staffing team at Cisco, I played a key sourcing role in building up Cisco’s Infrastructure, Virtualization and Cloud Storage teams. I actively supported the following technology groups at Cisco: - Network Operating Systems Technology Group (NOSTG) - Network Management Technology Group (NMTG) - Enterprise Architecture & Systems Group (EASG) - Service Provider Video Technology Group (SPVTG) - Service Provider Management Application Business Unit (SPMABU) - Used ADP VirtualEdge ATS Recruited Network System/Security Engineers, Project Systems/Network Architects, Software Engineers / Architects, Database Architects / Developers, Web Developers, Quality Assurance/Test Engineers, and L2/L3 Software Development Engineers. From December 2011 to September 2012 (10 months) Sr Full Cycle Recruiter -Talent Acquisition @ Senior Recruiter and Sourcing Professional supporting the following engineering design centers Marlborough, MA (Mobile Device, & Embedded iOS/Android, Systems Group) Austin, TX (Circuit Design Group - ASIC, SoC, IC & physical design) Aliso Viejo, CA (Backend Physical Design Group) Longmont, CO (Storage Technology Subsystems Group - ASIC) Boise, ID & Corvallis, OR (Printer Subsystems Group) Chandler, AZ (Virtual Platform Group - SoC, CPU optimization) I had total ownership of all recruiting activities for Marvell Semiconductor’s Boise, ID, Corvallis, OR and Marlborough, MA engineering design centers with recruiting focus aimed at college recruiting, experienced engineers and contractor staff. Full lifecycle recruiting activities included direct sourcing through major job boards, networking through LinkedIn and passive cold calling utilizing an active database of industry contacts. Possess direct experience with visa sponsorship process which includes CPT / OPT, H1B and Green Card / Perm Residency. Worked primarily offsite/remote with intermittent onsite visits. Continual use of VirtualEdge and Oracle Recruiter ATS for candidate tracking and job posting/editing combined with direct daily liaison with line management, Director and VP-level staff. Complete responsibility for driving the employment offer process including offer creation/submission, sign-on bonus, relocation package and final on-boarding. From July 2010 to December 2011 (1 year 6 months) Principal Recruiter & Sourcer @ - Provided critical search expertise to long-term clients in the medical device, life science and healthcare markets. Developed a healthy pipeline of algorithm designer, statistician, biostatistician, SAS programmer, pharmaceutical, biotech, pre-clinical, clinical and bioinformatics personnel. Searches included SMEs with Predictive & Decision Analytics, Big Data, Data Science, Data Analytics, Risk Management and 3D Visualization. From May 2008 to June 2010 (2 years 2 months) Lead Recruiter & Sourcer @ Recruited Contracts Managers, Subcontracts Administrators, Pricing, Proposal, Procurement, Audit and Finance specialists for a variety of commercial and government entities. The majority of these individuals had NCMA, DAWIA, CPA and SARBOX certification and a strong background and knowledge of procurement procedures, techniques and commonly used contracting, accounting and finance methodologies. From April 2004 to May 2008 (4 years 2 months) United StatesSr Recruiter (Contract) @ Engaged in 6-month contract to beef up AT&T’s Washington DC Metro recruiting team. Staffed the following projects: Clear Blue, Trailblazer & TACWAR with software developers and IT personnel. Additionally, I raised the recruiting “bar” to close out and fill positions that had previously been labeled “unfillable.” Worked on various contingency staffing projects that were still in the proposal stage. This included cleared personnel for various Intelligence Organizations (CIA, NSA, NGA) and the Pentagon/DoD). Expert-level experience in sourcing for Secret, Top Secret (TS/SCI, CI and Full Scope Poly) cleared personnel. From October 2003 to April 2004 (7 months) Washington D.C. Metro AreaLead Recruiter @ Successfully generated new client engagements with the following companies: Telxon (subsequently acquired by Symbol and Motorola), Cabletron's (network switching) V-One (network security), Trusted Information Systems (TIS) - acquired by McAfee, Texas Instruments (Notebook & DSP divisions), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) Systems Software Memory and Advanced Processor Groups), Arcada Software (backup & Storage - acquired by Seagate/Veritas/Symantec) and others. Successfully recruited software engineers for these world-class companies, whereby I was regularly sought after for my expertise and deep candidate databases to quickly ramp up several development teams on short notice. Was offered to lead recruiting efforts internally on several occasions. Recruited engineers with expertise in the following areas: Embedded & Application Software & Systems - Operating Systems: UNIX, Linux, NetBSD, VxWorks, Windows, OS Internals: kernel level development; Platforms/SoC's: MIPS, PowerPC, Intel, Freescale/Motorola, Network Processors - Board Bring up, Board Support Packages (BSP), boot code, HAL and diagnostics - Firmware, device drivers (VxD, WDM) and applications - C, C++, assembly, Java, scripting, microcode development - Board level and systems development - Protocol Stack porting and implementation - Kernel, File System development - Drivers: Ethernet, Audio, Video, USB, 802.11x, 802.16x, PCIe, I/O, I2C, SPI - Software Test/QA, Build and Release, Systems Administration - Open Source - Linux, compilers, linkers, debuggers, simulators and translators. From 2000 to 2003 (3 years) United StatesLead Recruiter & Group Director @ Retooled business practice to focus specifically on medical imaging technology, concentrating on engineers and end-user practitioners with experience in 3D Visualization, PACS, DICOM, Radiology (PET, MRI, CT, Portable Ultrasound, etc.). Additional focus was to build up an existing client base of medical device startup and healthcare technology companies. Trained, coached, and managed a staff of 6 executive recruiters working in various market segments (healthcare, construction, hospitality, engineering, sales) from clerical through senior management. Aided in recruitment efforts and consulted with recruiting team on difficult assignments. Much of my medical knowledge in this position was attributed to a previous engagement after graduating from school in which I was responsible for Inventory Management & Control, Logistics and Supply Contracts at Hazleton Labs in Reston, VA. The company's primary focus at that time was to serve the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. As part of its clinical and non-clinical development services, Hazleton Laboratories provided testing services to the environmental, food and nutritional supplement industries in addition to providing custom antibody products and services to the research community for neurological disorders. The company was later acquired by Corning and subsequently spun off as Covance and Quest Diagnostics. From 1996 to 2000 (4 years) B.S. @ Virginia Tech Mark Tokay is skilled in: Applicant Tracking Systems, Energy, Power Generation, ASIC, Technical Recruiting, Data Mining, Petroleum, Sourcing, Wireless, College Recruiting, Internet Recruiting, Talent Acquisition, Benefits Negotiation, Onboarding, Recruiting