University of Phoenix

Cal Poly Humboldt

Talent Acquisition at HRL Laboratories, LLC

● Developed a successful recruiting organization from scratch while leading TA and Talent Operations.
● Built a stellar team to achieve record growth.
● Strategies Created: Attraction, Sourcing, Recruiting, Branding, WFP, DEI, and more.
● Programs Built: Interns/Early/Mid/Senior/Exec Recruiting, Vendors, Tools, Benefits, and Rewards.
● Processes Defined: Engagement, Interviewing, Offers, Hiring, Compensation, Onboarding, etc. 
● Coaching/Training across the organization on best practices.
● Establish/Maintain a presence at leading industry, community, and university events.
● Implemented robust processes to create positive candidate/new hire experiences.
● Maintained all compliance related to recruiting practices including OFCCP.
● Personally recruit Executive and select positions across all departments.
● Growing at a record pace for 4 years running!

HRL Laboratories, LLC

Head of Talent Acquisition

● 	Managed all aspects of Talent Acquisition and Talent Operations
●      Hired, Trained, and Managed teams of Full Cycle Technical Recruiters.
●	Partnered with hiring managers and executives to develop staffing strategies and programs.
●	Staffing all stages of company growth in Autonomous, Robotics, Medical Devices, Semiconductor, Enterprise, SaaS, Life Sciences, Retail, Software,  Consumer, IoT and Hardware.
●	Analyzed data to ensure that target metrics were being met.
●	Took needed action to maintain a continual flow of top talent.
●	Responsible for hiring, on-boarding, training, reviews, and performance management.
●	Full Cycle Recruiting including: sourcing, cold-calling, screening, presentation, negotiation of offers, and reference/background checks.

EE Recruiters

● Managed and Mentored teams ranging from 1-8 Recruiters. 
● P&L responsibility while serving in several organizational capacities.
● Partnered with clients ranging in size from solo founders to 300,000+.
● Ran a full cycle recruiting desk while hiring, training, and mentoring others to do the same (Top Recruiter company-wide through much of this time).
● Continually developed new methods of sourcing passive and active candidates.
● Established high level relationships within the VC and high tech communities leading to multiple long term projects.
● Held regular training sessions to stay on top of the latest recruiting tools and trends.

Terran Systems

Director of Recruiting

•	Ran a full cycle recruiting desk in both the hardware and software engineering.
•	Cultivated business relationships with seed round start-ups through Fortune 50 companies. 
•	Worked closely with many start-ups as they scaled prior to IPO and beyond. 
•	Maintained stellar metrics which were attributed to excellent matching, screening, follow-up, and closing. 
•	Maintained a steady volume of placements while improving process along the way.

Eric Williams