Experience

Talent4Tech

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

• Principal Consultant

  • Aug 2016 - Present

  • Source and recruit scarce engineers, project managers and scientists in the areas of cloud- and edge-computing, SaaS / IaaS / PaaS, artificial intelligence, machine and deep learning, computer vision, Internet-of-Things (IoT), real-time embedded software, data science, quantitative finance, information technology; • Deliver talent mapping and competitive intelligence on domestic and foreign markets (North America, UK, EMEA, APAC and Five Eyes), then accomplish primary (telephone) and secondary (Internet) sourcing; • Liaise with hiring managers, candidates and suppliers for requisition engagement, screening and hiring; • Successfully perform executive searches for C-level client officials; • Mentor internal buyer-side junior recruiters and sourcers. SELECT ENGAGEMENTS: - Hewitt Stone, London, UK (since 09/2022). Remote sourcing and recruitment of qualified and nearly qualified actuaries, actuarial consultants, pricing, modelling and reinsurance actuaries and managers for clients in the UK, the EU and Bermuda (Big Four professional services firms and Lloyd’s marketplace insurance companies); - Scotiabank, Toronto (06/2021-08/2022) Sourcing and recruiting for operational banking, DevOps and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), cybersecurity and trading technologies (including capital market AI technologies) in Canada and New York, London and Bogota, Colombia. Trained and supported recruiters on sourcing. - UBS, London, UK (02/2021-06/2021) Remote recruiting for machine learning/quantitative trading professionals; - Huawei, Montreal, QC (08/2018-08/2019). Sourcing and recruitment of artificial intelligence and 5G scientists for Huawei’s artificial intelligence and deep neural network laboratory Noah’s Ark; - Microsoft, Montreal, QC (08/2016-12/2017). Sourcing of cloud computing, SaaS, IaaS and PaaS, Internet of Things (IoT), data science and artificial intelligence specialists; Show less



TELUS

• Canada
• Telecommunications
• 700 & Above Employee

• Resource Management Consultant

  • Jul 2014 - Aug 2016

  • Managed contingent workforce vendors using SAP Fieldglass VMS; • Served as liaison between hiring managers and suppliers for requisition engagement, screening and hiring. Managed policy, rate and spend compliance and provided subject matter expertise; • Generated quarterly and annual vendor reviews; contributed to vendor selection and remediation. • Managed contingent workforce vendors using SAP Fieldglass VMS; • Served as liaison between hiring managers and suppliers for requisition engagement, screening and hiring. Managed policy, rate and spend compliance and provided subject matter expertise; • Generated quarterly and annual vendor reviews; contributed to vendor selection and remediation.



PwC

• Professional Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Contract Consultant

  • Jul 2013 - Jun 2014

  • Performed business intelligence, recruitment research and data mining; developed, mapped and implemented sourcing and integrated employer branding strategies; • Achieved primary (phone) and secondary (Internet) for professionals in assurance, advisory and tax (US international and federal); • Sourcing resulted in between 2 and 4 hires per month, resulting in 38 hires for the year in sector with scarce talent. • Performed business intelligence, recruitment research and data mining; developed, mapped and implemented sourcing and integrated employer branding strategies; • Achieved primary (phone) and secondary (Internet) for professionals in assurance, advisory and tax (US international and federal); • Sourcing resulted in between 2 and 4 hires per month, resulting in 38 hires for the year in sector with scarce talent.



CAE

• Türkiye
• Wholesale Import and Export
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Sourcing and Recruiting Consultant

  • Mar 2013 - Jul 2013

  • Performed sourcing for leader in aerospace simulations and 3D modeling seeking aerospace and electrical engineers, real-time embedded software and graphics engineers, user interface (UI) and experience (UX), human factors and GUI engineers and designers, modellers and project managers in the US, Canada, UK for military and civil aviation; • Carried out full life-cycle recruiting in Montreal and Orlando, FL for CAE company Presagis in product development (product managers, modellers, software engineers for 3D and GIS modeling tools, 3D engines, graphics APIs / drivers, and product marketing for ground / naval military operations and aviation, unmanned aerial systems (UAS); • Recruited domestically and internationally within client/country security clearance frameworks (NATO, U.S. military, “Five Eyes”, Canadian export controls. etc.). Show less



Adsaga

• Talent Acquisition Advisor

  • Jul 2006 - Mar 2013

  Recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) and contingent workforce managed service provider (MSP) • Led teams of up to 12 sourcing specialists and recruiters performing project-based recruitment research and vendor-neutral contingent workforce management program jointly with partner Managed Service Provider; • Assisted with Competitive Bid Process (statements of work in RFPs, evaluation of proposals, relevant experience in providing comparable services on projects of similar size and scope, overall quality of proposal and pricing, negotiations, monitoring performance, rectifications and termination); • Aggregated and analyzed metrics to gauge master service agreement SLAs and improve performance; • Assessed and implemented business and competitive intelligence techniques, strategies and programs across global landscape. • Promoted to team lead in 2009 after having achieved nearly 20% revenue increase by developing business in Canada, as well as improving recruitment process in certain verticals and developing contingent workforce management partnership from client needs analysis and inside sales. SELECTED CLIENT ENGAGEMENTS: AECOM (engineering services consultancy), Arise (BPO), Razorfish (online advertising agency) and Autodesk (Academy Award®-winning entertainment software developer). Show less