Mathias Connot

University of Washington

Senior Director, Global Talent Acquisition at Twilio Inc.

San Francisco, California, United States

Twilio Inc.

Senior Director, Global Talent Acquisition

Amazon

Global Leader, Talent Acquisition (Engineering), Amazon Web Services

I am distinctly honored to lead and manage many global teams within the VMware Talent Acquisition function including recruiters in Palo Alto, Austin, Seattle, Bangalore, Beijing, Cork and Costa Rica who specialize in passive & external candidate sourcing and pipeline management, full life cycle recruiting, recruiting automation and hiring events. The 60 recruiters on my teams focus on consistent delivery of game changing talent across every talent vertical (engineering, customer ops, sales, business ops) and in every region/global location at VMware. We work hard to innovate and build skills that make our recruiters into trusted advisers and consultative partners. We deliver data that makes our businesses better at attracting, recruiting and retaining the best external talent in the world and we have fun doing it. My teams focus on passive/external candidate sourcing, consultative partnerships via full life cycle recruiting, recruiting automation, global recruiting hiring events, management of the Employee Referral Program and ER Candidate Channel, Management of the Internal Transfer Team and Internal Candidate Channel, and specialist SME/niche sourcing channels. This incredibly talented TA organization is responsible for more than 70% of all global hiring at VMware.

VMware

Director, Talent Acquisition

As a Senior Staffing Manager at VMware I am responsible for the growth, performance, execution, effectiveness and overall well-being of the multiple large teams I Lead and Manage (R&D Staffing). My teams encompass R&D recruiting in the U.S., India, China, Bulgaria, Armenia, Israel and elsewhere globally for the Software Defined Data Center, vCloud Air (hybrid cloud computing) and End- User Computing. My teams consist of Staffing Leads, Staffing Partners, Candidate Development Recruiters (Sourcers). This team of 25+ highly skilled recruiters who deliver top talent in the hyper competitive engineering market with over 800+ hires year over year.About VMware:Are you interested in being part of an employee community that is once again defining what’s next in IT? The Hybrid Cloud organization is searching for people who fit our culture – instigators of innovation, catalysts of creativity, and transformers of technology in Engineering, Data Center Operations, Sales, Systems Engineering, Professional Services, Marketing, Product Management, Global Support Services and more!The great people that make up VMware continue to be relentlessly curious with a bias towards disruptive thinking. If this sounds like a place for you, come join us and help us define what’s next! – <a href="http://bit.ly/14B3fBm">http://bit.ly/14B3fBm</a>

Senior Staffing Manager

As a Staffing Manager for the Microsoft Online Services Division (Bing, MSN and AdCenter) I managed a team of 8 recruiters and sourcers with a consistent focus on coaching/mentoring, metrics bases assessment and professional growth. In my role I focused on all of the following:I built a results oriented, candidate centered, fun, high achieving team.I inherited a function which was led and staffed by committee and that was rife with inefficiencies and which achieved less than stellar outcomes. In a short time I re-built it from the ground-up into a world class recruiting team capable of executing on almost any mission in the most efficient and effective way possible;I created and implemented processes and practices that allow us to get the maximum ROI given any number of different desired outcomes; I created a team culture which embraces full time vigilant assessment of our practices, processes, communication strategies, and recruiting targets in order to ensure that we will always provide the best possible results and experiences to candidates and our clients alike and which can be supported by data. The culture and practices we built and the abilites we grew allowed us to pivot on very short notice across widely varying recruiting targets, whether volume hiring, cross-border hiring, niche or exec hiring I have built a team who will embrace and succeed with maximum effectiveness.

Microsoft

Staffing Manager

As a Recruiter in global and domestic staffing at Zynga it was my pleasure to contirubte the following:I played an instrumental role in creating a full time Talent Sourcing Team comprised of 3 FTE and 3 contract Research Recruiters. Building the team involved: Establishing SLAs; building processes and flows for candidates; establishing working relationships and process flows between Account Management Recruiters & Research Recruiters; aligning recruiters with talent; establishing success factors; metrics and desired outcomes; hiring and recruiting team members; consistent evaluation of team direction and fine tuning of the process.Passive Sourcing on multiple reqs across multiple disciplines (Product, Developer, SDET) and in 7 different countriesCreation of an international recruiting and sourcing function at ZyngaLed International Recruiting Efforts for Zynga in Russia and mentored Zynga Staffing in India and China to implement best practices, optimize candidate experience and processes and to improve hiring efficiency. Managed recruitment for Zynga Germany

Zynga

Senior Recruiter

In my role as Senior International Talent Sourcer for the Microsoft Online Services Division (Bing) I was responsible for sourcing, engaging and hiring software developers, software developers in test and program managers for Bellevue based positions and for all of Microsoft's global search technology centers including in the UK, France, Germany, Norway, India, China and the U.S.This work involved the creation of Bing's formal international recruiting event strategy. I was responsible for setting the cadence of recruiting events, performance of geo and profile based research, determination of recruiting event locations, sourcing & engagement & hiring of global engineering talent, and engineering executive account management.

Senior International Talent Sourcer, Technical Recruiter

Global Central Sourcing Program Manager, Europe & CIS & Russia:Locating, engaging and hiring the best technical talent (SDE, SDET, & PM) around the world; Recruiting for Microsoft technical teams in Europe & Redmond including EDC Mobile Web, Xbox Live Europe, Search (Bing), Microsoft Dynamics, Musiwave a Microsoft subsidiary, FAST a Microsoft Subsidiary, Live Search and Microsoft Research.Development of comprehensive, target based sourcing strategies for client groups and hiring managers across multiple countries for multiple simultaneous technical positions as diverse as SDE, SDET, Dev Manager, Test Manager, Architect, UI designer, Game Designer, QA Manager, Systems Developer, PM, GPM, and Database Developer.Using advanced sourcing techniques including but not limited to Boolean searches, niche social networking, passive lead generation, active warm lead generation, deep dive candidate contact focused research and cold calling to find, and attract the best candidates who might not otherwise have been aware of Microsoft opportunities;Formulation and execution of Microsoft's strategy for multiple recruiting campaigns across Europe & Russia, Addressing critical skills gaps among entry level SCs in Europe and Russia;Managing the efforts of a dedicated sourcing team, a competitive intelligence team and screening teams;* AIRS certified Diversity Recruiter

Staffing Program Manager, Global Central Sourcing Team

In this role I was the primary recruiter for all business groups across Genie’s 500+ staff in European operations including multiple positions in the U.A.E., UK, Spain, Italy, and the Netherlands.My work involved the restructuring/creation of the new UK staffing process including: The creation and provision of tools and training to hiring managers & interviewers for effective recruitment; The evaluation of dozens of temporary and permanent placement agencies which led to the creation of the preferred vendor program; standardization of agency terms and conditions; renegotiation of agency fees (renegotiations resulted in a 50% drop in total cost, i.e. an estimated $360,000 per year cost saving to the business); Creation of a new New Hire Orientation, including materials, presentation and a train the trainer class;Oracle Implementation. Participated in the addition of files to the new Oracle TMS system, working in conjunction with payroll and HRIS to ensure proper timing and quality of data and uploads;SWOT analysis of European HR function, participation and creation of EMEAR HR Strategy and Timeline.Onsite HR analysis and creation of a more robust HR strategy for the growth of the business at Terex Middle East in the United Arab Emirates. I have worked closely with the Divisional Sales Manager to create staffing plans and timelines, and a strategic roadmap for adding policies and procedures. I met with multiple HR consultants, evaluating each in terms of what and when they could add value to the business and presented findings to senior leadership in EMEAR and in Terex Corporate

Genie Industries, UK Ltd

Recruiter & HR Project Manager, Genie Industries Europe

Responsible for all recruiting functions at the University of Washington as the Lead Recruiter and Campus Coordinator for Genie Industries (subsidiary of Terex) on campus;I created a mapped executive recruiting process flow for handling logistics and candidate experience for executive (VP, President, etc) level candidates. I also managed the logistics, relationship, and candidate experience for all executive level candidates;Created a mapped Recruiting Coordinator Process flow for a team of 4 Recruiting Coordinators and mentor team members on best practices;In the role I was initially hired for, Recruiting Coordinator I accomplished the following:Created a mapped process for Video Conference Interviews at remote locations;Support recruiters with candidate generation strategies;Post requisitions and updating candidate tracking in the company’s hiring management system;Coordinate employment offers and generating offer letters;Coordinate candidate interviews, travel, and interview feedback;Assist with reference checks;Candidate phone pre-screening.

Recruiter (Executive & University)

I served as the primary point of contact for candidates being scheduled for in-house interviews. Initiates and maintains communication with the candidates during the scheduling process and on the interview day. I coordinated complex interview schedules, works with staff and candidates with various degrees of scheduling complexity, to include international travel. Makes travel arrangements including airfare, hotel, and transportation.I scheduled phone screens, Video Teleconferences and coordinates recruiting events. I posted open positions on dozens of recruiting and professional communities both online and in print. I assisted with sourcing and resume review as well as interfaced with vendors and recruiting agencies. I partnered with recruiters to create offer packets and offer letters, coded invoices, and tracked recruiting relates expenses, updated recruiting databases, and assisted with additional projects as assigned.

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Recruiting Coordinator

As a recruiter on the Microsoft Employee Referral Team I was responsible for screening, interviewing and matching the world's best developer talent with openings across all of Microsoft's engineering teams. Success in this role meant it was necessary to build strong partnerships with recruiters in every engineering function across Microsoft and an to quickly and effectively build relationships with candidates in order to ensure the best candidate experience and placement.In this role I maintained up-to-date knowledge of top Microsoft business and policy initiatives and competitors;I identified, sourced and screened external developer candidates. These candidates included but were not limited to C, C++, C#, and Java (J2EE) Developers, SDET, Program & Project Managers, Product Support Professionals, and lab engineersI created and produced detailed monthly status reports on recruiting activities, suggested and implemented program improvements that resulted in increased efficiency and a better experience for candidates, referring employees and staffing teams;I also assisted in the creation of the ER Program marketing plan for promotion of the ER Program to internal Microsoft employees.

Recruiter

Parents and Communities for Education (PACE) Program Volunteer in Onambutu, Namibia- Strategic planning of infrastructure and capacity building projects for rural communities.- Responsible for training 22 professional teachers on student centered teaching approaches.- Extension of basic social and infrastructure services to a community of 3,000+.- Classroom observation and mentoring of professional teaching staff at Onambutu Combined School.- Teaching multiple subjects across all junior and secondary grade levels.- Community based education supervisor.- Managed various fund raising activities project committees- Consultant for local Adult and Children community learning and services center responsible for outreach to local community members, adult technical training, after school academic programs, and community health awareness.