Steve Masterson

CEO

Orlando, FL, United States19 yrs 11 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Over 1,000 placements made in IT staffing.
Led talent acquisition for Fortune 500 and global brands.
Established pipelines for underserved populations in IT.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned IT staffing expert with a focus on AI integration and talent acquisition.

Contact

Skills

Core Skills

Talent AcquisitionLeadershipRecruitingTrainingAi IntegrationCorporate RecruitingFull Life Cycle RecruitingGlobal It ProjectsSales TrainingStaffing

Other Skills

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Program ManagementSourcingKPI DevelopmentMentoringSalesSports MarketingSports ManagementSponsorshipTicket SalesEvent ManagementEvent PlanningSocial NetworkingMarketingSponsorship Sales

About

🍀 AI-obsessed staffing executive currently building and leading a 100% remote global IT recruiting team at Merge IT. Career highlights include making over 1,000 placements, driving millions in revenue, and leading talent acquisition projects for a unique blend of 'Fortune 500' IT clients and global brands in sports and live entertainment. As a hands-on, full life cycle recruiter, personally delivered IT consultants (help desk to architect), sales stars, support staff, elite entry-level talent, and transformational leadership (up to VP / GM) to many of the world’s most recognizable organizations and brands. Past placements have landed with companies in the Fortune 500, with State and Federal clients, and global brands throughout the NFL, NBA, NHL, MLB, MLS, and all levels of NCAA college athletics and minor league sports. Social Mission: Assisting underserved, disadvantaged, and veteran populations break into IT and access free, high-quality education. Established pipelines leading to the placement of hundreds of STARs (Skilled Through Alternative Routes) into entry-level IT jobs via non-profit partners and technical schools including NPower, Per Scholas, Year Up, Merit America, Generation USA, MyComputerCareer, DeVry, ACI Learning, and countless community college IT programs. Merge IT job board: https://mergeit.net/job-listings/ Groups I support: --GiGi's Playhouse Inc - National network of Down Syndrome Achievement Centers. --Sophie's Circle - We rescue, foster, and adopt forgotten dogs in Volusia County, FL.

Experience

19 yrs 11 mos

Total Experience

3 yrs 11 mos

Average Tenure

11 yrs 7 mos

Current Experience

Merge it llc

Global Talent Acquisition Director

Oct 2014 – Present · 11 yrs 7 mos

Highlights (2014-present / promoted in 2021):
Recruited by former Kforce and Experts management in 2014 to launch and scale the start-up.
Responsible for placing hundreds of IT consultants with Fortune 500 clients generating millions in revenue.
During the Pandemic, achieved a personal high of 120 consultants on billing (1/8/2021).
Maintained a book of 100+ IT consultants on billing for six consecutive months (11/20 - 5/21).
In addition to serving as a top-producing, full cycle IT recruiter (first contact-to-first day), promoted in 2021 to focus on several major growth projects including:
MIS Division Lead – Launched Merge International Sourcing (MIS) in 2021. MIS is Merge IT's Center of Excellence supporting the company's global recruiting portfolio. Directly responsible for sourcing, recruiting, hiring, training, KPI development, daily management, firing decisions, and long-term strategy for the global recruiting team. Entering Year 4, MIS has grown into a key driver for Merge IT's global recruiting engine.
Training and Mentoring Lead – Entrusted with the development, production, and delivery of live training to all new interns and recruiters (onshore & offshore). Since 2021, produced a full training program and led dozens of sessions. Exceeding all internal expectations, Junior Recruiter Program (JRP) graduates have collectively made hundreds of placements since 2022.
Corporate Recruiting Lead – First point-of-contact and internal lead for all corporate searches for the recruiting team. Since taking lead, Merge IT’s global recruiting capacity and headcount have doubled.
Scaled the job posting process from zero postings / no process in mid-2022 to daily updates on the Merge IT website, Indeed, LinkedIn, Dice, and ZipRecruiter. Inbound lead generation has grown 1000+% since August 2022.
AI Adoption Lead - Lead employee training, evaluation, and integration of third-party AI services impacting all global recruiting operations.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)LeadershipRecruitingTalent AcquisitionProgram Management

Learfield

Director of Corporate Recruiting - College Sports Multimedia Rights

Jul 2013 – Sep 2014 · 1 yr 2 mos · Plano, TX

Served as the lone corporate recruiter leading a small team of coordinators and interns supporting 12 VPs, 99 onsite General Managers, HR, and the C-level suite. Responsible for staffing a national portfolio of nearly 300 sellers across 99 collegiate athletic partners plus 100+ corporate headcount. Performed true 'Full Life Cycle Recruiting' and personally filled 100+ internal positions in 15 months as the company doubled in size via private equity acquisitions:
https://www.learfield.com/2014/02/learfield-sports-acquires-nelligan-sports-marketing/
Committee member and recruiting lead for the first inaugural ‘Learfield Minority Academy’ – now known as ‘Learfield Edge.’ Personally recruited six of the 12 attendees for the first class.
Directly collaborated with the Director of Professional Development and the Events Team to deliver five live 'new hire' sales training classes in Plano, TX, in addition to the inaugural 'Minority Academy'.

RecruitingCorporate RecruitingFull Life Cycle Recruiting

The experts, inc.

Global IT Recruiter

Aug 2012 – Jul 2013 · 11 mos

Recruited back to IT staffing by former Kforce management. After a 5-year hiatus from recruiting IT talent, matched previous Kforce high filling 18 IT contract consultant positions in less than a year.
Specialized on global IT projects, including a project in Singapore for HP serving Bank of America. Helped grow the Singapore team from zero to 20+ in Q4 2012, including personally placing the Lead Singapore Program Manager.

RecruitingGlobal IT Projects

Game face, inc.

Manager, Sports & Live Entertainment Executive Search

May 2007 – Aug 2012 · 5 yrs 3 mos

During the Great Recession, ran a full desk (50% recruiting / 50% sales / nearly 100% commission) placing 138 sales leaders and sales stars in just over five years with major and minor league sports organizations.
In conjunction with Senior Leadership, helped sell 11 comprehensive service partnerships. Premium Partners included teams from the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, MLS, and MiLB.
Key team member involved in the planning, marketing, and implementation of 12 sales training events - known as the Game Face Executive Academy - between May 2007 and July 2009. Developed two alternative models to deliver sales training to job seekers – 100% online and onsite at a partner university.

RecruitingSales Training

Kforce

IT Recruiter

Jan 2006 – Jan 2007 · 1 yr

Entered the staffing industry with zero recruiting experience. Earned a quick promotion from a junior recruiter to a senior recruiter by placing 18 IT contract consultants with major banking and pharmaceutical clients.
In addition, quickly gained the attention of senior leadership and was entrusted by a Sr. VP to spearhead several confidential, high-priority internal searches for the top-producing Kforce office in the country (NYC / NJ). Pipelined and filled several internal positions including sales talent, senior recruiters, administrative assistants for the NYC offices, the junior recruiter pipeline, and one client-facing position for a major pharmaceutical account.

RecruitingStaffing