Experience

Digital Knack

• United States
• Staffing and Recruiting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Partner, Executive Search & Technical Recruiting

  • Mar 2016 - Present

  Greater Los Angeles Area



Hiring Consultancy Practice

• Senior Consultant

  • Mar 2015 - Present

  Greater Los Angeles Area



Xperi Inc.

• United States
• Computers and Electronics Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Consultant - Talent Acquisition

  • Mar 2014 - Mar 2020

  Greater Los Angeles Area I had the honor and privilege to consult at Xperi (formerly DTS), home to the most exciting revolutions in sound. People here are seriously passionate about delivering the next generation of high-definition entertainment – anytime, anywhere, on any device. Xperi has a simple but powerful focus: hire and nurture the best people who truly care about bringing the best products to market.



Conversant

• United States
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Director of Talent Acquisition

  • Mar 2010 - Dec 2013

  Greater Los Angeles Area Led a small but mighty team tasked with attracting top technical talent for a leader in the digital media and advertising space. Implemented a multi-pronged strategy to address employment brand visibility for a non consumer-facing brand in a very competitive market. Most notable are: - Establishing "CodeCraft"​, a local Tech Meetup fully owned and grown by the Engineering team members themselves - Launching TechRecruiting Mashup which was a co-oped annual recruiting event of tech… Show more Led a small but mighty team tasked with attracting top technical talent for a leader in the digital media and advertising space. Implemented a multi-pronged strategy to address employment brand visibility for a non consumer-facing brand in a very competitive market. Most notable are: - Establishing "CodeCraft"​, a local Tech Meetup fully owned and grown by the Engineering team members themselves - Launching TechRecruiting Mashup which was a co-oped annual recruiting event of tech companies in the L.A. and Silicon Beach area - Building a College Internship program to build the bench of near-term and future-term talent pool The engineering teams I worked with built state-of-the-art transactional systems that handle an insane amount of data every second of every day. This environment had a suite of technologies that included the industry's most progressive language stacks and methodologies. With a continuous integration environment powered by a massively distributed test execution system along with automated deployments, software professionals here see first-hand how they can thrive in an environment streamlined for rapid code development. Show less



Accolo

• ValueClick Onsite Hiring Lead / Account Executive

  • Jun 2006 - Oct 2009

  San Francisco Bay Area Grew so much taking on serious stretch roles in my first startup environment. Learned and sold Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO), SaaS and the Professional Services model. I first managed client accounts then moved to a consultative selling role. Built-out the SoCal market with key enterprise-sized accounts. Took the opportunity to be involved in a product management council role for our SaaS platform. Had the time of my life!



The Walt Disney Company

• United States
• Entertainment Providers
• 700 & Above Employee

• Contract Recruiter

  • Oct 2005 - Apr 2006

  Burbank, CA Had a blast representing the Disney brand. Developed a broad range of candidates from Software Developers to VPs of Marketing and other operational or creative areas.



NBCUniversal

• United States
• Entertainment Providers
• 700 & Above Employee

• Staffing Manager / Sr. Recruiter

  • Oct 2000 - Oct 2005

  Universal City, CA First job out of college, progressing twice while there. Juggled recruiting, training, special projects, et.al. Had the opportunity to work with an incredible group of people both at Corporate as well as Parks and Resorts. This is where I honed my skills in working with a matrixed management environment, my ability to evaluate enterprise-level tools/practices and most importantly, my perspective that I get the best results when I don't take myself too seriously.



Douglas Associates

• Executive Recruiter

  • Oct 1994 - Sep 2000