Aug 2022 – Jun 2023 · 10 mos · San Diego, California, United States · Hybrid

• Brought in to help company scale from 275 towards future growth. Working directly with internal groups R&D, Engineering, Operations, R&D, IT, Software & Informatics and Finance. Full Life Cycle process from opening role, partnering with hiring manager to fill the role, work with comp to align on compensation, and work with candidates thru acceptance of new role. Targeting specific related companies in the Sequencing market to pipeline for open/future roles.
• Help aide in culture building for employer branding. This can be anywhere from mentor/mentee connections, volunteer work, athletic teams, team building, etc.
• Drive DEI hiring initiatives for company to become best in class. Partner with several educational institutes to help drive Internship program.

Dec 2021 – Jul 2022 · 7 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

• Brought in to help Olema Oncology scale to the next level. As a Senior Talent Acquisition Partner I am helping grow an organization focused on Women's Health. Working across many cross-functional teams internally and externally to help build out key positions to elevate Olema's future.
• Area's of hiring are focused on CMC, Chemistry, Biology, Clinical, and G&A.
• Olema's ongoing Development of OP-1250 is a best in class drug development that will potentially touch many lives.

Sep 2021 – Mar 2024 · 2 yrs 6 mos · Mountain View, California, United States · Remote

• There are 3 large trends that are happening — every company is becoming a software company; developers are the fastest growing occupation; companies are remote-first opening up access to talent pool like never before. HackerRank sits right in the intersection of these 3 massive trends transforming every aspect of the developer lifecycle journey from helping developers prepare for jobs, get jobs and be productive within the organization all based on skills. We believe when we execute this across millions of developers & companies we are fundamentally going to accelerate the world's innovation! Come join us!
• At HackerRank, people are the core of our mission.
• We’re obsessed about the happiness and success of our customers, clients and – above all – our team. Everyday, we strive to empower and support our teammates to help them realize their full potential.
• 2,500 customers and 25% of the Fortune 100 use HackerRank to raise their hiring bar. Every second, two developers take HackerRank assessments. Jobs growth in engineering is projected to continue to outpace supply, making our products even more critical to our customers’ ability to identify and hire the best talent available.

Oct 2020 – Dec 2021 · 1 yr 2 mos · Irvine, California, United States

• First Full-Life Cycle Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist for the company. I have been tasked with a very exciting and fun job that not only is challenging but will allow me to help save lives.
• We here at Agendia Inc. are committed to the best science, we strive to reduce uncertainty when choosing a breast cancer treatment path.
• Our tests analyze the activity of genes within a patient’s tumor to assess the risk of cancer recurring and to determine the tumor’s subtype.
• My role consist of helping build out and further develop the companies Talent Acquisition function. Its crazy to think a company has organically grown to over 200 employees already and is rapidly growing further between the United States and Netherlands. If you see an opening, that interest you please reach out to me directly as the main POC for all talent related inquiries.

Dec 2019 – Oct 2020 · 10 mos · Irvine, CA

• Provide Senior Talent Acquisition support across the organization. Partner with hiring managers to successfully fill their roles and to help Endologix move into the future. Weekly sync-up meetings with hiring manager to help drive hiring throughout company. Help develop strategy to bring Sales hiring in-house. Help company with all COVID related items that pertains to Talent Acquisition. Champion diversity hiring across all teams within company.
• Roles Supported: Aortic Account Managers, Regional Sales Manager, Clinical Specialist, Sr. Manager Regulatory Affairs, Directory Quality Operations, Sr. Manufacturing Engineer, Senior Manufacturing Manager, Senior Global Product Manager, Sr. Director Sales - Asia Pacific, Staff Supplier Quality Engineer, R&D Engineer, Senior Manager, Supplier Quality, etc.

Dec 2017 – Dec 2019 · 2 yrs · Glendale, CA (Remote/Travel)

• Original contract was 3 months - Extended multiple times to 24 months, left on own terms for new opportunity.
• Senior Consultant in charge of filling all current Information Technology positions within 4over.
• Full Life Cycle Recruitment. Positions range from Software Development, Network Engineering, Quality Assurance, Project Management, Business Analysis, Release/DevOps.
• Helping take IT Department to the next level within Technology.
• Travel once a month to help company gain further exposure within local networking groups and job fairs.
• University outreach to help gain internship program.
• Vendor Management selection for future of organization.
• In charge of decision making for all company IT roles from a Talent Acquisition standpoint.
• Additionally managed the Talent Acquisition department for 4over thru transition of new hire for 5 months. In charge of filling all needs within 4over across 17 states and Canada. Handled all positions within 4over on a temp, contract, and FTE basis.

Oct 2016 – Oct 2017 · 1 yr · Rocklin, CA - Remote/Travel

• Full Life Cycle Sr. Technical Recruiter working on various technologies. 10+ years of Recruitment and Client Account Management experience. Focus on Information Technology consisting of Development, Testing, Project Management, Business Analysis, Program Management, Systems Administration, Security, Infrastructure and Data Solutions, etc.

Mar 2015 – Aug 2016 · 1 yr 5 mos

• Talent Manager focused on Information Security, Infrastructure and Data Solutions. Support both practices within Experis to drive placements.
• Maintain and help build the virtual bench for Security, Infrastructure and Data Solutions.
• Partner with Technical Consultants within Experis, newly found talent, and internal teams to fill positions.

May 2010 – Mar 2015 · 4 yrs 10 mos

• Specialized Recruiter focusing on Development technologies in the Greater Sacramento, CA market. My experience over the past 9+ years in Recruiting and being a lifetime Sacramento citizen, has allowed me to become a market expert for both candidates and clients.
• Continuous refining of these skills daily by speaking to qualified talent, clients, and spend a strong portion of my time in networking groups locally in Sacramento, CA.
• Technology focused in .NET, Java/J2EE, and SharePoint. Backup Recruiter focused on QA, Networking and System Administration talent. Well versed in Government and Healthcare Recruiting, but not limited in experience in Recruiting for all clients.

Aug 2006 – May 2010 · 3 yrs 9 mos · Sacramento, California Area

• My job was to handle all managing and recruitment for company chosen accounts passed down through sales leads from Sales Division.
• Our company is based on contract staffing needs and my sole purpose is to handle all permanent hiring needs for our larger clients.
• This would vary from industry to industry targeting $100k+ permanent roles.