California State University, Northridge

Building the team to usher in the next wave of industrial automation and robotics.

Stealth Startup

Talent Acquisition Consultant

Oversaw full lifecycle recruiting – from job posting to onboarding - to fulfill staffing needs of a company moving to IPO. Leveraged market knowledge and talent acquisition (TA) tools to recruit top-notch talent. Initiated and enforced structured interview process to propel standardization and consistency. Partnered with the CMO to expand the talent brand and shape workforce identity.
- Launched first recruiting organization; recruited roles from COO on down that facilitated successful IPO.
- Launched Lever ATS (Lever) which provided hiring leaders with detailed candidate 
pipeline, real time status, and customized feedback forms, increasing efficiency.
- Created comprehensive talent branding strategy across Glassdoor, LinkedIn, and corporate career page, increasing engagement and attraction on LinkedIn and brought a higher % of qualified candidates to our job board.
- Functioned as sole in-house recruiter; improved quality of hires and drove organizational growth.

Tigo Energy

Principal Talent Acquisition Manager / Founding Recruiter

Established TA strategies and policies to manage full lifecycle recruiting. Interfaced with internal partners to identify business needs and champion recruitment tools that propelled continuous improvement. Led and developed recruiting to attract a diverse pool of candidates. Created employer branding strategy that streamlined candidate experience across multiple platforms. Implemented structured interviewing to standardize the hiring process. Authored job descriptions; applied best practices in talent acquisition and DEI to ensure competitive recruitment.
- Innovative founding recruiter; single-handedly owned and executed recruiting program.
- Served as trusted advisor to business, applying hands-on experience as head of product engineering and head of UX to deliver expertise.
Advocated for candidates, engaging through consistent communication and feedback which improved experience.
- Launched Greenhouse ATS and LinkedIn Recruiter, streamlining hiring process and enhancing candidate sourcing.

Rafay

Director Of Recruiting / Founding Recruiter

Our Talent Acquisition Team has a charter to be advocates for the candidates and trusted advisors for our business partners. Talent makes the difference.

Managed daily operations of high-performing team to generate candidate pipeline and recruit high IQ and EQ talent for niche roles. Hired, mentored, and developed a global team of recruiting professionals into talent acquisition business partners. Interfaced with company leaders to define recruiting strategies and expand the talent brand to achieve critical hiring needs. Analyzed market data and utilized insights to boost the quality of hires.
- Opened facilities in Israel, Central Europe, and U.S., growing the  team of recruiters, sourcers, and Coordinators which enhanced candidate experience.
- Transitioned sourcers and recruiters from candidate farming to precision targeting for select candidate pool, improving pipeline and quality of hire.
Implemented company’s first-ever ATS (Lever), optimizing sourcing, screening, and interviewing processes.
- Spearheaded interview training and structured interviews, improving diversity in hiring via standardized approach.
- Created automated scheduling in Lever and launched inkedIn Recruiter to move more efficiently through the pipeline.

Bright Machines

Director of Talent Acquisition / Founding Recruiter

Nike Digital allowed me to do a variety of initiatives beyond recruiting. The focus was mainly on Product Leaders, Product Managers, Program Directors and Leads, and Strategy & Operations for Digital Innovations. 
- Lead Recruitment Strategy, alignment and best practices for the newly-formed Nike Digital team
- Trusted advisor and full lifecycle recruitment for Digital Product, Engineering, Digital Innovation, Nike+ mobile apps and Platform Partnerships
- Brand ambassador for candidate outreach
- Candidate advocate for process improvement
- Selected by Talent Acquisition (TA) Leadership for training entire TA organization on advanced sourcing and hiring team intake meetings
- Participated in development in new Applicant Tracking System (ATS) and Candidate Relationship Management (CRM) tools in United States and EU HQ in Amsterdam

Nike

Senior Talent Acquisition Recruiter

Championed competitive TA strategy to manage full lifecycle recruiting for mobile and digital team for world’s largest retailer. Spearheaded hiring policies that propelled continuous improvement and aligned with best practices. Analyzed metrics and communicated findings to C-level leaders to stimulate data-driven decisions. Implemented ATS and CRM platforms that enhanced productivity. Created job offers and negotiated salaries.
- Recruited top candidates for Fortune 1 company’s strategy, product, analytics, iOS, Android, and mobile sectors, growing small team into world leader in e-commerce with over $20B annual revenue.
- Mentored recruiting team on processes and communication; talent advisor and candidate advocate.
- Revamped technical interview process to adapt to fast moving competitive market, with a focus on structured interviews.
- Applied advanced Booleans and sourcing techniques, training entire Recruiting Team.

Walmart Global eCommerce

Lead Mobile Recruiter for @WalmartLabs & Vudu

Recruiting for the World's Most Innovative Tech Company 3 years running.
Focus: Trust Team for Salesforce.com

Trust and security are Salesforce’s number one value as a company.  
Has been that way for quite some time and will continue to be into the future.  
Have you ever worked at a company where security is not the company's top value?  
Of course you have.  You won’t see that at Salesforce.  
Security is taken very seriously at Salesforce and is one of the underlying foundational elements of our service.

The SFDC Trust Team has 6 spheres of operations:
- Product Security (ProdSec)
- Detection & Response 
- Assessment & Penetration Testing (PenTest)
- Enterprise Trust
- Trust Engagement (Trust University, Trust certification)
- Trust Labs (applied research)

salesforce.com

Senior Technical Recruiter

How would you like to create something new and innovative for a company with a huge global audience in the world’s biggest markets? How would you like to combine the small structure and nimble nature of a startup with the resources of the world’s biggest company? 

You can do all of these things if you join our team.

- Our mandate - set down by Walmart's  vice-chairman - is to build a startup inside the world's largest company that produces world-class mobile products.
- Our scope is global - Walmart operates in 15 countries from US to Brazil to China. 
- Our reach is unsurpassed - we serve customers 200 million times/week. 
- Our ambition is to show how transformative mobile can be for shopping - everything from using augmented reality in stores to using push messaging and personal profiles that allow 1-step purchasing from anywhere. 

We won’t be satisfied just doing run of the mill apps and sites – we really can change the way people shop!

To realize our ambition, we need a passionate UX leader who can conceive of mobile experiences that haven't been done before. We will delight users with the experiences we deliver and want someone who can design a portfolio of products that are simple and beautiful.

You have the opportunity to be a key member of the leadership team and work with counterparts that believe strongly in the value of user experience in creating great products.

Walmart Global eCommerce / @WalmartLabs

Mobile & UX Recruiter

At Vivo, we look at your IT challenges differently. We are nimble enough to cut through roadblocks and we accurately assess, consult and then deliver on our word. Our service offering provides clear competitive advantage for our partners while keeping IT and Business objectives aligned and strong.  

- "Top 100 Bay Area Women Owned Business", SF Business Times (2010)
- "Fastest Growing U.S. Companies", Inc. 500 (2010)
- "Fastest Growing Private Companies", SF Business Times (2010)

Vivo Inc.

Sr. Technical Recruiter

KCM Solutions

Pistachio Media develops Facebook & WordPress integrated solutions with analytics and provides portfolio services to Web, IxD, UX and Design professionals.

Pistachio Media

Principal

Placed interactive design and development talent for Fortune 500 companies, interactive agencies, and web development studios. Represented Bay Area Adobe User Groups such as Fireworks, Photoshop, and Creative Suite. Negotiated partner contracts.

- Recruited top 10% talent in web design/development, UX, and IA.  
- Generated leads through prospecting, tradeshow participation, networking, and cold calling

Aquent

Recruiter/Account Manager: UX & Interactive

Designed and deployed a user-friendly corporate website and blog with WordPress integrated with OpenID. Created dynamic landing pages that featured multiple campaigns related to sponsored events and email campaigns. Produced marketing collateral, tradeshow presentations, email campaigns, and PowerPoint documents.

- Successfully rebranded the entire company while changing service offerings and shifting market focus. 
- Optimized presence on social networking sites by developing persuasive Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn pages; established social media guidelines.
- Maximized website traffic by skillfully managing AdWords campaigns; installed Web analytics.

Inflow Systems, Inc.

Marketing Director

Led and motivated 40+ IT infrastructure, 
consultation, and support professionals to peak levels of performance throughout Oregon and Southwest  Washington. 
Created targeted strategies for infrastructure consultants to 30+ companies and served as subject matter expert (SME) for key accounts. Managed billings and assignments. 

- Grew division 127% within 6 months of hire while raising consulting satisfaction scores to 9+ out of 10

Robert Half Technology

Recruiter/Division Director

Developed all company websites; customized user 
experience and improved campaign tracking by implementing Web analytics and WebTrends. Created attention-getting 
banners and landing pages. Designed Flash-based, interactive, and touch!screen kiosks. Supervised IT staff, interactive project teams, consultants, and outsourced support. Maintained enterprise!wide technology infrastructure, including all Windows servers, network equipment, and enterprise applications. Managed costs, billing, budgets, and forward planning.  

- Developed the award-winning, Flash!based Design Your Own Home system.  
 Seamlessly managed 12+ online campaigns that included keyword optimization, SEM, SEO, and banner ads. 
 Expertly negotiated contracts and completed all projects on time and within budget.  
- Successfully deployed enterprise!wide document imaging/repository solution, enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution, and customer relationship management (CRM) solution.  
- Served as Information Architect and managed telecommunications.  
- Significantly improved staff performance by devising a company!wide employee training system.  
-Designed and deployed Active Directory and associated group policy objects, Exchange 2003 Server cluster, Citrix 
Presentation Server farm, and all associated published applications  
 - Won the Homer Award for Website of the Year

Longford Group

IT Director

Provided exciting visual design for internal/external customers of 
this fast!growing, B2B eCommerce leader. Set artistic and strategic vision for forward facing initiatives. Designed 
innovative graphics, websites, and web portals. Generated high fidelity comps, digital assets, and HTML/CSS templates. 

- Enhanced user experiences for major accounts such as IBM, AOL, Gold's Gym, and Harley Davidson.

PurchasePro

Web Developer

FutureLink

System Engineer

- Developed online Marketing strategy for publicly traded biotechnology company working with Marketing, PR and product teams
- Creative Director for Internet, Intranet and all online communication
- Developed standards and style guides for all online communication from wire frames to all digital assets
- Enabled Citrix Server access and published applications via the Web
- Developed and deployed training portal for all Oracle applications
- Deployed and administrated web enabled video conferencing

AgriBioTech

Senior Web Designer

Formerly Catalog City, Shop.com is the 16th largest eCommerce site in the world. As Art Director I was responsible for setting standards for production and user experience (UX).

SHOP.COM

Art Director

As co-founder of InfoHut I performed many duties including; graphic design, user experience, business direction, generating sales leads, producing marketing materials, and managing accounts. My primary duties were interface design, user experience and serving as creative director. In these primary roles I developed a website that received over 7 million visitors in 1997, resulting in over $1 million in reservation requests for the Monterey Area in 1997. During that time I standardized production templates, served as Art Director and trained and mentored a team of graphic artists and web designers. The technologies developed at InfoHut were some of the primary catalysts for Catalog City technologies. In December 1997 Lee Lorenzen dissolved InfoHut and moved all of the assets and personnel into Catalog City (Shop.com).

Tom Graber