Texas State University

The University of Alabama

Talent Acquisition Director of Technology Recruiting @ Expedia Group  -  Latinx  -  Ex-Amazon-Former Bar Raiser  -  Ex-Visa Inc.  -  Ex-Google

Currently, the Director of Talent Acquisition leading the Programs Function within TA, which includes the following: Direct Placement/Contingent Workforce Management Program, TA PMO, TA Data Analytics, and our TA RC Function.

Paylocity

Director of Talent Acquisition, Programs

•	Director of Talent Acquisition that led the recruiting team that supported the Product & Technology Organization, partnering closely with the Executive/Senior Leadership team to create and drive our engineering hiring strategy and lead our technical recruiting team.
•	Developed and executed a robust full-cycle recruiting strategy, focusing on diversity, to meet the hiring demands of the Product and Technology team by partnering with senior leaders across the organization.
•	Identified trends and leveraged knowledge, data, and competitive intelligence to develop creative, customized sourcing strategies. 
•	Developed and executed a centralized talent sourcing vision, strategy, and roadmap for immediate and long-term hiring goals for professional roles focusing on diversity across numerous teams.
•	Consistently managed generating a healthy pipeline of high-quality candidates, focusing on diversity, by driving initiatives across multiple sources, including branding, events, and employee referral channels. 
•	Provided timely reporting and meaningful metrics and insights to business leaders, hiring managers, and recruiters to drive decisions and improve processes.

Director Talent Acquisition, Product & Technology, U.S. & Czech Republic

• Completely rebuilt the tech sourcing/recruiting team from less than 10 to a fully ramped & operational team of 75+ in less than 6 months in NORAM+EMEA
• Spearheaded the launch of Expedia Group's 1st Tech Returnship Program, "Return Ticket" in the U.S.
• Championed and sponsored the reboot of the One EG Hiring Team Program to help support mass hiring within Software Development, Data Engineering, and Product Management. 
• Helped revamp our sourcing/recruiting onboarding plan to align with the speed and pace of hiring. 
• Partnered with Global TA Leaders to develop and roll out the Recruiter & Sourcer SLAs and performance metrics for the global tech team.
• Built a seamless partnership with business leaders as a genuine trusted advisor. 
• Partner with Directors, Senior Directors, and Vice Presidents of Technology to understand talent requirements while challenging current thinking and hiring and managing expectations. 
• Translate hiring needs into recruitment strategy plans, and set clear expectations for the timeframe and partnership needed from the business.
• Design, launch and scale robust Technology talent sourcing and attraction strategies across North America and EMEA. 
• Advise hiring leaders on strategic staffing issues, including industry talent trends and market competitiveness. 
• Approach, prioritize and tackle problems from a data and systems perspective. Comfortably use data to tell a story and influence leaders at all levels. 
• Manage team members, including performance metrics and goals, performance management, and operational excellence. 
• Translate data into insights to influence senior leadership decision-making, support problem solving, and communicate compelling data stories. 
• Partner effectively with People (HR) business partners to ensure a high-quality experience for hiring managers, the hiring team and candidates.

Expedia Group

Global Talent Acquisition Director, Technology Recruiting & Sourcing (NORAM & EMEA)

• Achieved Bar Raiser Status and supported both tech and non-tech hiring loops throughout Amazon.
• Relocated back to our Austin, TX Software Dev Center at the beginning of 2020 to lead the North American AWS Identity Organization Technical Recruiting Team. Supported software development teams located in Seattle, WA, Cupertino, CA, Toronto, Ontario, Vancouver, B.C., Herndon, VA & Arlington, VA (HQ2). 
• Drove sourcing capability & capacity across a geographically dispersed team within North America to proactively build diverse candidate pools while leveraging all available talent channels to expedite the recruitment of bar-raising Software Engineer talent.
• Partnered with key stakeholders (Business Leaders, Hiring Managers, HR Business Partners, and Recruiting Managers) to determine future talent needs and set and drive enabling sourcing strategies; this requires a deep understanding through extensive market research of the channels (both domestic US and internationally) where we can find the best, diverse talent who fit our technical and cultural demands.
• Worked closely with Business, Engineering, and HR leaders to influence and deliver a quality assessment and candidate experience through all aspects of the recruitment funnel.
• Built, engaged, managed, and developed a team of high-performing TA staff in an extremely fast-paced and ambiguous environment.
• Set team performance goals and metrics, timelines, and a formal tracking process to measure and manage progress.
• Developed and executed plans to identify and drive productivity improvements that enable the TA team to deliver hiring goals without having to scale deployed resources at a rate faster than the business is growing.
• Set team performance goals and metrics, timelines, and a formal tracking process to measure and manage progress.

Amazon

Talent Acquisition Leader - Amazon Web Services (AWS) - Identity Team - Bar Raiser

• Recruiting Manager leading the Consumer Technical Software Engineering Recruiting Team supporting the Compute Networking, Information Security, and eCF Fundamentals Excellence Tech Teams scaling hiring in Seattle, WA, Austin, TX, San Diego, CA & NYC, NY within our Software Development Centers.
• Created and executed expansion recruitment strategies to help expand/spin up our software & security engineering teams in Austin and NYC.
• Drove sourcing capability & capacity across a geographically dispersed team within North America to proactively build diverse candidate pools while leveraging all available talent channels to expedite the recruitment of bar-raising Software Engineer talent.
• Partnered with key stakeholders (Business Leaders, Hiring Managers, HR Business Partners, and Recruiting Managers) to determine future talent needs and set and drive enabling sourcing strategies; this requires a deep understanding through extensive market research of the channels (both domestic US and internationally) where we can find the best, diverse talent who fit our technical and cultural demands.
• Worked closely with Business, Engineering, and HR leaders to influence and deliver a quality assessment and candidate experience through all aspects of the recruitment funnel.
• Built, engaged, managed, and developed a team of high-performing TA staff in an extremely fast-paced and ambiguous environment.
• Set team performance goals and metrics, timelines, and a formal tracking process to measure and manage progress.
• Developed and executed plans to identify and drive productivity improvements that enable the TA team to deliver hiring goals without having to scale deployed resources at a rate faster than the business is growing.
• Set team performance goals and metrics, timelines, and a formal tracking process to measure and manage progress.

Talent Acquisition Leader - (eCommerce Foundation) - Software Engineering

• Manager of Talent Acquisition (tech recruitment team) for World Wide Operations Technology Site Recruitment Teams - Austin, TX, Vancouver, B.C., and Toronto, Ontario*
• Implemented a new centralized sourcing team model within our World Wide Operations Technology Org to help increase tech & non-tech candidate pipeline flow & delivery for multiple business units. 
• Cross Collaboration with fellow talent acquisition partners/technical business leaders on delivering strategic recruiting support with a strong ability to assess talent, prepare candidates for interviews, handle complex negotiations, and close candidates for our Engineering Teams within World Wide Operations.
• Collaborated and led a team of 14 technical sourcing recruiters and recruiting coordinators focusing on the areas of candidate talent search and placement, process improvement, strategy development for the following WW Operations Teams within North America:
 
• Amazon Fulfillment Technologies (AFT)
• Amazon Robotics 
• Delivery Experience (DEX)
• DEX Robotics
• Last Mile Technology (FLEX)
• Supply Chain Optimization Technologies (SCOT)
• Transportation Technology (Trans Tech)

Talent Acquisition Tech Leader (WW Ops Technology) - Software Engineering

•	Responsible for the full life-cycle recruitment for our SCOT FCX (Fulfillment Customer Experience) and IPC (Inventory Planning and Control) Teams in our Austin, TX Software Development Center.
•	Managing, collaborating and leading a team of technical sourcing recruiters and recruiting coordinators focusing in the areas of candidate talent search and placement, process improvement, strategy development.
•	Responsible for the full life-cycle recruitment for our SCOT ODE (Optimal Delivery Engineering) and IPC (Inventory Planning and Control) Teams in our Austin, TX, Seattle, WA and Vancouver, B.C. Software Development Centers.
•	Collaborating with SCOT hiring teams to deliver effective sourcing, assessment, and closing approaches while managing customer/partner expectations.
•	Delivering Strategic Recruiting support with strong ability to assess talent, prepare candidate for interviews, and close candidates and handle complex negotiations for our SCOT Organization.

Sr. Client Lead Recruiter/Manager (Supply Chain Optimization Technologies Team)

•   Responsible for the full life-cycle recruitment for our SCOT FCX (Fulfillment Customer Experience) and IPC (Inventory Planning and Control) Teams in our Austin, TX Software Development Center. The teams in Austin are focused on improving the customer experience and on saving hundreds of millions of dollars using cutting-edge science, machine learning, and scalable distributed software in the AWS cloud that automates and optimizes promises, inventory, and shipments to customers under the uncertainty of demand, pricing, and supply.
•   In charge of building out brand new tech teams from scratch consisting of Software Development Engineers, Software Development Managers, Data Engineers, Research Scientists, Software Development Engineers in Test, Data Scientists, and Business Intelligence Engineers for our growing tech teams.
•   Partnered with hiring teams to build effective sourcing, assessment, and closing approaches with candidates.
•   Utilized and consistently reviewed multiple data points to help influence, guide, and adjust recruiting strategies to meet hiring demands with engineering leaders.

Recruiting Business Partner - (Supply Chain Optimization Technologies Team)

• Previously responsible for delivering all facets of full-cycle recruiting efforts within Visa Inc. which included the following: partnering with my assigned hiring managers and understanding needs/current forecasting, sourcing highly qualified candidates, establishing valid candidate assessment processes and facilitating the offer process.
• Partnered with the The Consulting Leadership Team, HR Business Partners, Talent Acquisition and HR colleagues to manage and forecast the current and future fiscal year.
• Successfully managing a requisition load varying from 25 – 30+ at any time within VISA Performance Solutions (Formerly Visa Client Consulting), Small Business, Product Management, Commercial, Analytics, Business Planning Operations and our Innovation & Strategic Partnerships Team.
• Sourced candidates from Boolean searches, social networks (including LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook), employee referrals, networking, and Visa’s internal databases.
• Responsible for sourcing and selecting top notch Analysts, Sr. Analysts, Managers, Directors and Sr. Directors within the President’s Organization for placement at Visa’s headquarters in Foster City, CA, San Francisco, Miami and NYC Offices.
• Developed an understanding of the payments technology industry and Visa Inc. in order to fully grasp business requirements and develop strategies for recruitment of active and passive candidates.
• Built and maintained a talent pipeline for consideration in current and future roles within the President’s Organization and other talent groups within Visa Inc.
• Conducted strategy sessions with HR Business Partner’s and the hiring manager prior to opening requisitions.
• Built and executed a talent acquisition strategy that aligned to the business which included the development of solutions for important niches that drove financial success and competitive advantage.

Visa

Sr. Recruiter - President’s Talent Acquisition Team

•	Met or exceeded OKR every quarter - Q4 2013 (100%), Q1 2014 (100%), Q2 2014 (150%), Q3 2014 (122%), Q4 2014 (233%).
•	Delivered all facets of recruiting success within Google.
•	Sourced candidates from Boolean searches, social networks (including LinkedIn and Facebook), employee referrals, research, networking, and internal databases.
•	Sought and connected the best and brightest technical talent for Google, who's organizing the World's information to make it universally accessible and useful.
•	Sourced elite Software Engineers worldwide for placement at Google’s headquarters in Mountain View, CA, Bay Area Offices, NYC, Cambridge and our Seattle/Kirkland engineering operations.

•	Google Software Engineering (SWE) Profile:
	Languages: C, C++, Java, JavaScript, Python, Objective – C
	Platforms: Linux, Android, iOS

•	Coordinated and scheduled subsequent technical phone screens and on-site interviews with engineers and recruiting team.
•	Collaborated with interviewers and staffing team to match candidate’s background with Google’s products and services.
•	Pre-screened candidates to ensure qualifications are well matched with the position and Google’s hiring bar.
•	Selected as one of eight sourcers to join the gNotes pilot program. This initiated a substantial shift in the very foundation of candidate engagement strategy at Google.

Awards and Honors
•	Nominated for Top Performer - North America - SWE Sourcing Team - Quarter 1 - 2014*
•	Nominated  for Early Bird Award - North America -  SWE Sourcing Team - Quarter 2 - 2014*
•	Nominated for Data Integrity Award - North America - SWE Sourcing Team - Quarter 2 - 2014*
•	Q2 Vox Pop Top Performer Recognition - 2014*
•	Nominated  for July’s Kudos for awesome display of Googleynness in Austin, TX*

Google

Technical Engineering Recruiter / Channels Specialist, NA SWE

**(Promoted to Professional Account Recruiting Manager status)**
•	Responsible for saturating and expanding key assigned oil and gas and manufacturing accounts in the Houston area.
•	Served in various capacities with increasing responsibility and scope during 6+ year tenure.

Objectives and Key Results:
•	Met with and focused on 5+ top-tiered Houston-based clients for requirement gathering on a current business model to develop a staffing solution that adds an annual realized value of $1.2M in revenue for Aerotek.
•	Oversaw the internal intern program for the Houston Aerotek operation throughout the year and onboard personnel to familiarize themselves with our systems and processes.
•	Spearheaded internal campus recruiting at five Texas-based universities, which attracted and recruited over 15 top talent individuals for our internally based Houston Aerotek operations.

Aerotek

Professional Account Recruiting Manager, AIRS CIR

**(Promoted to Professional Recruiter Status)**

Recruited technical professionals in many sectors with a focus on some of the following:
•	Software Engineering (Embedded)
•	Manufacturing (Manufacturing & Industrial Engineers)
•	Oil & Gas (Mechanical, Chemical, Electrical, Pipeline, Controls, & Subsea Engineers)
•	Project Managers PMP/Project Engineers (Onshore & Offshore)
•	Drafting/Design (AutoCAD, SolidWorks, Solid Edge, Inventor, Pro-E, PDMS, PDS)

Participated in the Following Groups within Aerotek:
•	Houston Diversity Team Member
•	Central Region Recruiter Strategy Team Member
•	Aerotek Customer Service Initiative Lead Team Member
•	Central Region Energy Mentor Team Member

Professional Recruiter, AIRS CIR

•	Previously responsible for assigning the activity of Recruiter Leads and monitoring the occurrence of Monthly Maintained ongoing contact with our Professional Development Team.
**(Promoted to oversee Recruiter Lead Manager role of the Central Region)**

Objectives and Key Results:
•	Oversaw 16 Recruiter Leads/Trainers in the onboarding and professional development of new recruiters.
•	Worked with regional Directors and Regional VP to ensure effective onboarding and transition of technical and non-technical recruiting fundamentals to new hires.
•	Communicated with Directors in the Central Region and put together the Recruiter II and Advanced Recruiter Technique classes at our corporate facilities.
•	Partnered with our Professional Development in evaluating Recruiter Lead activity, transitioning recruiters in/out of the program, and continuing to develop the Recruiter Leads and the Recruiter Lead program. 
•	Participated in various enterprise-wide projects as a subject matter expert. 
•	Helped train new Recruiter Lead’s in the Central Region and provide feedback through evaluations and office visits when needed.

Paulo Sosa