Dustin Knievel (he/him)

Montana State University-Bozeman

Talent Acquisition  -  Human Resources  -  GitHub Alum

Butte, Montana, United States

PlanetScale

Talent Acquisition Manager

As the world’s digital infrastructure company, Equinix connects nearly 10,000 customers across 63+ global metros on its trusted platform. With Equinix Metal, customers can rapidly deploy automated single-tenant infrastructure and interact with 1,800+ networks and 2,900+ cloud and service providers.

- Equinix Metal - Managed full life cycle recruiting strategies for the Go-to-Market (GTM) teams: Marketing, Product, Developer Relations, and Sales. Part of a four person recruiting team. Part of a four person recruiting team. Equinix Metal, formerly Packet, was acquired by Equinix in April 2020.
- Equinix - Managed full life cycle recruiting strategies for the Workforce Planning and Analytics, Human Resources, and Legal teams. Part of a 40+ person global Talent Acquisition organization.
- Developed and implemented recruiting processes for the newly formed Equinix Metal recruiting team.
- Collaborated with Talent Acquisition and Human Resources colleagues throughout the Equinix global organization on issue resolution.
- Managed Partnerships with Women of Color (WOC) and Pursuit.
- Utilized the following HRIS and ATS systems - Bamboo and Workday.
- Human Resources  and Talent Acquisition subject matter expert for learning sessions sponsored by the SHRM Continental Divide Chapter and Headwaters RC&D.

Equinix

Senior Recruiter - GTM

Helping Hands is a nonprofit organization dedicated to serving those most vulnerable to COVID-19: senior citizens, the immunocompromised, and people with pre-existing medical conditions which put them at additional risk.

Our community volunteers deliver groceries, medicine, and other necessary supplies to empower everyone to stay healthy and be as responsible as they can be.

Founded by a diverse group of volunteers - including both veterans of Uber, Facebook, and Google and students beginning their careers - Helping Hands is built and operated by a team of over 100 volunteers around the world with backgrounds in engineering, design, operations, marketing, and policy. We have experience building solutions for scale, and we're using that knowledge to help communities shelter in place while still getting what they need to remain comfortable.

The more we stay home, the slower the virus will spread. This gives our medical professionals and the healthcare system precious time to ready the resources we need to treat the ill - time that can literally be the difference between life and death.

Bringing supplies and comfort to our most vulnerable community members protects them from infection, supports our healthcare professionals on the front lines of this fight, and lets our entire community stay safer, together.

- Managed full life cycle recruiting strategies for the Operations team. Partnered with sourcing support as part of the LinkedIn for Good program.
- Joined as part of the initial core group of four recruiters.
- Collaborated on the development and implementation of recruiting processes for the newly formed recruiting team.
- Assisted with training new team members.
- Looked at creative avenues to promote our volunteer opportunities via partnerships and sites that are geared towards non-profit and philanthropy.
- Utilized Greenhouse as the ATS.

Helping Hands Community

Talent Acquisition

Traveling

Sabbatical

GitHub powers the software development community. Since 2008, our platform has brought people together to collaborate on code, share ideas, and solve problems to build the future. As the largest host of open source software, GitHub is proud to be the place that open source communities like Swift, React, Kubernetes, and Node.js call home. We've enabled over 23 million developers and thousands of businesses around the world to build over 71 million software projects. From NASA using GitHub to put a rover on Mars to Mailchimp working to improve email, exciting new things happen every day on our platform.

- Oversaw talent acquisition operations for a team of 20 which included Talent Strategists, Talent Partners, and Talent Coordinators.
- Implemented Talent Acquisition efforts that fueled GitHub's 4x growth from 250 to 1,000+ employees.
- Managed the Talent Acquisition Operations team of five coordinators. The team executed on new job set up in the ATS, interview scheduling, travel arrangements, candidate expenses, point of contact during onsite interviews, running background checks, offer letter generation, and setting up new hires.
- Documented all processes for the Talent Acquisition team. Socialized the documentation with the team and hiring managers. Trained the entire Talent Acquisition team. Revised the document to reflect any changes.
- Liaison between our team with Lever and Greenhouse on issue resolution.
- Implemented an employee transfer process and pitch for any Microsoft or LinkedIn employees entering GitHub, and vice versa. Ensured that there was no downside for the transferring employee. Served as the point of contact for all transfers during the final stages of the recruiting process.
- Provided back up coverage for the Head of Global Talent Acquisition.
- Collaborated on the creation and regular iterations of the DE&I portion of our interview process.
- Leveraged the GitHub platform as a way to build out job descriptions and interview plans.

GitHub

Manager, Talent Acquistion

- Managed full life cycle recruiting strategies for the following teams: Engineering, Finance, Security, Marketing, Design, Product, Public Relations, Support (Accounts, Technical, and Enterprise), Solutions Engineering, and Talent Acquisition.
- Managed searches to hire talent in the Austria, Australia, Canada, Germany, Ireland, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, and the United States.
- Interviewed and selected an executive search firms for the VP of Product search. Acted as the internal liaison with the search firm.
- Represented GitHub at the following conferences: Game Developers Conference (GDC), Velocity, OSCON, GitHub Universe, National Society for Black Engineers, Tapia, Lesbians Who Tech San Francisco Summit, and Lesbians Who Tech New York Leadership Summit. Led employment branding efforts specific to the events.
- Utilized both Lever and Greenhouse as our ATS. Worked on the conversion and implementation of Greenhouse.
- Orchestrated the search for the Head of Global Talent Acquisition.
- Founding member of the LGBTQIA+ employee resource group, Octoqueer. Led our partnerships with Maven Youth, Out in Tech, and Lesbians Who Tech.
- Revised, coordinated, and delivered interview training to our employee community.
- Planned and organized GitHub's annual Pride event at our SF HQ for four years in a row. Grew the event to 300 attendees. Collaborated with our design team on the creation of our annual charitable Pride shirt.

Lead Talent Partner

Swedish Medical Center is the largest nonprofit health provider in the greater Seattle area. It operates five hospital campuses (First Hill, Cherry Hill, Ballard, Edmonds and Issaquah); ambulatory care centers in Redmond and Mill Creek; and Swedish Medical Group, a network of more than 100 primary-care and specialty clinics. It is affiliated with many other health care providers across the state of Washington. As of 2013 it has 8,886 employees and 6,023 credentialed physicians.

- Managed full-cycle recruiting strategies and activities for non-physician positions.
- Managed a requisition load of 55+ open positions spanning the First Hill, Cherry Hill, Ballard, and Issaquah campuses.
- Primary client groups were Rehabilitation Services (Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, and Speech Language Pathology) and Clinical Research (Neuroscience, Cardiovascular, Oncology, Tumor, and Transplant).
- Additional client groups included: Healthcare Simulation, Development and Fundraising, Grants and Contracts, Community Engagement, Medical Education, Workflow Systems, Facilities, Community Health, Risk Management, Risk Reduction, Quality and Patient Safety, Referral Services, Finance, Administrative Support, and Retail.
- Selected to represent Swedish at the following conferences: American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) - approximately 8,000 attendees and the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) – approximately 13,000 attendees.
- Led the Facilitators of Fun (FOF) group to plan team events and organize employee recognition activities.
- Utilized TaleoEnterprise as the ATS and Lawson as the HRIS.

Swedish Medical Center

Recruiter

Getty Images, Inc. is an American visual media company, with headquarters in Seattle, Washington, United States. It is a supplier of stock images, editorial photography, video and music for business and consumers with an archive of over 200 million assets. It targets three markets—creative professionals (advertising and graphic design), the media (print and online publishing), and corporate (in-house design, marketing and communication departments).

- Developed full-cycle recruiting strategies for positions in Technology, Finance, Tax Accounting, Accounting, E-commerce, SEO, and SEM.
- Collaborated with hiring managers to produce an efficient and effective recruiting strategy.
- Partnered with HR Business Partners in determining competitive compensation practices.
- Acted as a lead for the on boarding and day to day guidance for a contract Recruiting Coordinator, contract Recruiter, and full time Recruiter.
- Collaborated with recruiting team to develop our strategy to meet Getty's global recruiting goals for 2013 (over 170 adds to headcount fueled by the acquisition of Getty by the Carlyle Group to be filled in Q1 of 2013, 60 earmarked for the Seattle market).
- Utilized OpenHire as the ATS and WorkDay as the HRIS.
- Provided content for Getty's career pages on Facebook and LinkedIn. Proficient in LinkedIn Recruiter as a sourcing tool.
- Leveraged Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Instagram for publishing promotional content for our open positions and work-life at Getty.
- Closed 19 requisitions in Seattle's tight technology job market.
- Acted as a main point of contact to ensure a positive candidate experience.

Getty Images

PopCap Games is a video game developer and publisher, based in Seattle, Washington that employees approximately 400 employees. It is a subsidiary of Electronic Arts.

- Developed full-cycle recruiting strategies for positions in the Seattle, San Francisco, and Vancouver, BC studios. Recruited for positions on the Plants versus Zombies, Bejeweled, Lucky Gem Casino, Solitaire Blitz, Peggle, and Zuma game franchises.
- Collaborated with hiring managers to produce an efficient and effective recruiting strategy.
- Partnered with HR and Talent Acquisition professionals across EA in the United States and Canada to deliver on the agreed upon recruiting strategy.
- Acted as the main point of contact with candidates to deliver a positive candidate experience.
- Utilized SuccessFactors and Taleo for our applicant tracking systems.
- Participated in the company wide role out of SuccessFactors to the recruiting team and hiring managers.
- Provided content to EA's social media team to promote successes and work life at PopCap's studios.

PopCap Games (a subsidiary of Electronic Arts)

Talent Acquisition - North America

UWP was the practice group consisting of the over 1,500 physicians and health-care providers associated with UW Medicine.

- Provided HR business partner support in the areas of training, employee relations, compensation, recruiting and general administrative support in a full service HR department.
- Managed a staff of two: one represented and one non-represented employee.
- Completed an overhaul of the recruiting process and socialized it with the leadership team to obtain buy-in from key stakeholders.

UW Physicians (UWP)

Senior HR Generalist

Zulily, LLC is an American e-commerce company headquartered in Seattle, Washington, that sells clothing, footwear, toys, and home products.

- Collaborated with the hiring managers on building full cycle recruiting strategies for a requisition load that grew from seven to 23 during my tenure on the Technology, Accounting & Finance, Marketing, Merchandising, Studios, and Supply Chain & Fulfillment teams.
- Developed all steps of the recruiting process.
- Provided HR partnership in the areas of employee relations, vendor contract negotiation, on-boarding, benefit programs, and policy interpretation.

Zulily

Operating since 1988, the Downtown Seattle Palomino is the flagship location in RUI’s national chain of Palomino restaurants.

- Executed Palomino Guest First standards to provide clientele with a positive, memorable experience.
- Promoted to lunch service in May 2010.
- Promoted to dinner service in September 2010.
- Greeted and seated guests, answered a multi-line phone system, made reservations in-person and via telephone, assigned opening and closing shift responsibilities, and facilitated the to-go order process.
- Obtained a King County Food Handler’s card and a Washington State Class 12 Mixologist Permit.
- Finalized cash and credit card transactions.
- Balanced my transactions at the end of each shift to turn in to the Manager on duty.

Palomino (Restaurants Unlimited)

Host and Server (Lunch and Dinner shifts)

We work with our partners to improve our state’s education system so Washington students are ready to pursue the career pathways of their choice. Founded in 1994, Partnership for Learning brings together business leaders and the education community in support of policies that drive better education outcomes for all Washington students. The resources and information we provide to families, educators, and communities support an education system that prepares Washington students for success in their careers and communities.

- Managed the day-to-day operations of the organization along with budgeting and financial management support.
- Coordinated meetings and event planning with key stakeholders at various levels in organziations across Washington State.
- Developed the processes and consulted with leadership on the full time Business Manager and Policy Manager positions.

Partnership for Learning

Business Manager

PATH is an international, nonprofit global health organization based in Seattle, with 1,600 employees in more than 70+ offices around the world. PATH focuses on five platforms—vaccines, drugs, diagnostics, devices, and system and service innovations—to develop innovations and implement solutions that save lives and improve health, especially among women and girls.

- Managed data flow and reporting functions for a 800+ employee non profit organization with approximately 20 offices globally spread across North America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Central America.
- Ensured the accuracy and completeness of all data input into the ABRA HRIS system.

PATH

HRIS Administrator

Seattle Bank is a community focused and consumer bank based in Seattle with retail banking locations throughout Puget Sound.

- Managed all aspects of recruiting as Seattle Bank built out their infrastructure to support expansion plans throughout Puget Sound.
- Recruited for industry specific roles at the management and professional levels along with general administrative support.
- Closed 14 requisitions during my tenure there.

Seattle Bank

Recruiting Specialist

aQuantive, Inc. was the parent company of one of the industries most successful families of digital marketing companies: Atlas Solutions, DRIVEpm, Franchise Gator and Razorfish. Microsoft acquired aQuantive, Inc. and it's 2,200 employees in August 2007.

- Provided strategic HR business partnership for the APS corporate services team (Legal, Finance, IT, PR, and Recruiting) along with the DRIVEpm and Franchise Gator business units/sales organizations.
- Provided HR leadership for business unit expansion into the United Kingdom, Australia, South America, and Canada with a focus on recruiting and immigration. Included the resolution of complex issues around contract employment and the ability to work in various countries.
- Actively participated on aQuantive’s HR leadership team on the development and implementation of HR initiatives throughout the organization.
- Partnered on the organization, content development, and activities for the global HR team’s annual summit.
- Formalized the integration of Franchise Gator and BidClix into the aQuantive compensation structure through the development of job descriptions, job leveling, administration of sales compensation plans, and performance review program.
- Partnered on the development of a highly creative and interactive training module on conducting effective meetings based on the concepts outlined in Patrick Lencioni’s “Death by Meeting: A Leadership Fable”.
- Collaborated with recruiting business partner to develop and deliver a workshop for all employees on our internal interview process and interview best practices for finance, sales, and sales support.
- Developed a management training workshop to educate on internal policies, performance management, compensation, and compliance with applicable federal and state laws.
- Partnered with peers and executive leadership to provide an overhaul of our New Hire Summit.
- Participated in recurring management team meetings for the DRIVEpm, Franchise Gator, IT, and Finance teams.

aQuantive, a subsidiary of Microsoft Corporation

HR Manager

Based in Seattle, Washington, Casey Family Programs works in 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. They have offices in Arizona, California, Colorado, the District of Columbia, Georgia, Idaho, New York, Texas and Washington. The foundation, established by United Parcel Service founder James E. Casey in 1966, has a stated mission "to provide and improve—and ultimately prevent the need for—foster care" in the United States.

- Collaborated with hiring managers to develop and execute recruiting strategies for an average of nine open positions between headquarters and field offices throughout the U.S.
- Responded to inquiries from staff and management on corporate policies and employee relation issues.
- Completed the 2005 Affirmative Action Plan for their headquarters and nine field
offices in four days time.

Casey Family Programs

Contract HR Manager

Provided project based HR consulting for williamsworks, Cole and Weber United, GFK Condominium Management, and Omni Medical Billing Services, Inc.

- Consulting services focused on strategic planning, benefit package design, employee relations, management training, leadership training, employee handbook and policy development, and recruiting.
- Presented as part of a panel for three sessions of The Modern Resume sponsored by the University of Washington’s Professional and Continuing Education department. Sessions are posted on YouTube under UWPCE.
- Presented on job search strategies to groups at South Seattle Community College (SSCC) and for a group of clients with Career Horizons.

Dustin Knievel HR Consulting

Independent HR Consultant

EAF was a multi-state, not-for-profit organization that provided administrative functions for the Federal Family Education Loan Program. EAF employed approximately 150 employees in WA, OR, CA and AZ. SallieMae, Inc. acquired EAF in November 2004.

- Managed a full-service corporate Human Resources department.
- Participated in annual strategic planning sessions for the management team.
- Created a mission, vision and strategic plan for the Human Resources department to support corporate goals.
- Completed annual reviews, edits, changes and publication of EAF’s Employee Handbook.
- Conducted a bi-annual market study and review of the compensation and benefits programs to ensure that EAF remained competitive in the markets in which we operated.
- Co-managed EAF’s corporate training program. Conducted annual reviews to ensure the course offerings were relevant to business needs. Through this program, we offered eight courses and a total of 40 sessions per year. Programs ranges from Human Resources oriented topics to soft skills. Trained approximately 200 employees per year with an overall satisfaction rating of four on a scale of one to five.
- Recruited employees at all levels in the organization, from entry level to senior management.
- Facilitated the resolution of employee relations’ issues through collaboration with employees and management along with internal and external counsel as needed.
- Supervised the payroll function. Following the transfer of the function to accounting, worked closely with the accounting team to ensure an accurate payroll.
- Managed the corporate incentive program. Collected, compiled, and submitted final payouts for executive approval and payroll processing. Approximately 65% of employees were eligible with a total payout of $800,000.
- Planned company events - the annual holiday party, the annual baseball outing for employee and their families, and the company’s 25th anniversary party.
- Recipient of the Exceptional Customer Service Award.