Doug Pickering

**** ********* ** *** ****, CA ***35

Mobile: 408-***-**** /acekpe@r.postjobfree.com

Summary of qualifications

Over fifteen years Staffing experience in the Semiconductor and High Technology environment, Full life

cycle recruitment, Excellent client management skills, Strong communicator, who works with a sense of

urgency. Develops relationships with hiring managers and business partners to achieve staffing metrics and

hiring goals. Well developed research and competitive analysis skills to source talent using Internet searches,

tech publications, Delphion IP, Zoom, Jigsaw and LinkedIn Recruiter. Skilled cold caller able to build

relationships and develop candidates.

Work History:

Broadcom Corporation(contract) June 2013-June 2014

Supported the Wireless LAN (WLAN) organization recruiting embedded Software Developers for

Linux device driver applications, RF Hardware engineers at the board, system and test level, RF IC

verification engineers, and ASIC, RTL IC Design engineers. Full cycle responsibility opening

requisitions, hiring manager consultation and intake, job posting, sourcing passive candidates, screening,

interview management, offer preparation and close.

Lattice Semiconductor March 2013-June 2013

Contract assignment for twelve weeks to focus on filling engineering positions. These include a Lead

Verification Engineer, Manager EDA STA, Product Validation engineers, Software Development-backend

FPGA and two technical marketing positions.

GLOBALFOUNDRIES (contract) June 2012-February2013

Manage 35-40 requisitions for Finance, Corporate Development, Sales & Marketing and IT. Average seven

hires a month supporting corporate headquarters in Milpitas, and 300mm wafer fab in NY.

Audience Inc. (contract) January 2012-May 2012

Responsible for full life cycle recruiting for audio semiconductor marketing and applications engineering

positions. These include Director of Marketing, Hardware applications engineers and Systems applications

engineering manager, Embedded software engineers.

Atmel Corporation (contract) July 2011 –December 2011

Managed 25-30 requisitions generating 6 offers per month. Hired Capacitive touch engineers,

ARM/Microcontroller Engineers, Applications Engineers, CAD and support staff. Supported all the hiring

needs for North American Sales, FAE’s, Account Management and Distribution. Managed offer approvals and

new requisitions through the applicant tracking system (Success Factors).

National Semiconductor (contract) December 2010-June 2011

Analog IC Design and applications engineers for power management and audio products. Managed the intern

hiring for NS Laboratories in Santa Clara and bringing on 16 PhD level engineers from schools across the

U.S. Opened requisitions and managed applicant tracking in Jobvite ATS system

California Eastern Laboratories Santa Clara, CA October 2006-November 2010

Contract assignment with responsibility to fill positions across all functional groups in this semiconductor

company. RF IC design, applications and technical marketing. Embedded software engineers, account

managers, and technical marketing managers for optocoupler and fiber optic products. We also added a new

controller, accounting manager, sales support staff and logistics manager.

Doug Pickering

7625 Buckhaven Dr San Jose, CA 95135

Mobile: 408-***-**** /acekpe@r.postjobfree.com

Kensington Technology (contract) Redwood Shores, CA May 2005-October 2006

Contract assignment where we increased Kensington’s workforce by 40%, extending 56 offers resulting in 47

new hires across the company. This includes three new Directors (Marketing Communications, Retail Sales,

Inventory and Planning) Controller, Sr. Sox Accounting Mgr, Sr. Accountant and Financial Analyst. We filled

supply chain positions under the new director, 3 Ops Program Managers, Commodity Manager, and two

Supply Chain Analysts. Five new Product Marketing Managers and the firm’s first e-Commerce Marketing

Manager were recruited. In the product area two new Global Product Managers and various Program and

Project managers were added. In addition five new engineering positions were filled in RF Engineering and

QA at Kensington, Burnaby Canada.

Doug Pickering & Associates Campbell, CA April 2003-May2005

Contingent search and for firms in the analog and mixed signal semiconductor market, and semiconductor

equipment sector, including Fairchild, Maxim, Volterra and Novellus. Assignments focused on design and

applications engineering, device, and process integration engineers.

Sony Electronics San Jose, CA July 1998-March 2003

Recruiter (contractor)

Worked with multiple business groups and research organizations over a five-year time period. Responsible

for identifying and attracting talent, managing the interview process, behavioral interviewing, and driving the

hiring process to meet objectives. Supported the hiring for the Broadcast and Professional Group filling the

VP Marketing, Director of Engineering, and multiple sustaining engineering positions. Recruited for the

Software Develop Center in a highly competitive market during 2000 and 2001, Managed 20 requisitions

resulting in 5 hires/month.

Prior to 1998, I worked doing contingent search for firms focused on the semiconductor equipment business.

We sourced and placed engineers with Lam Research, Novellus, Applied Materials, DNS Photolithography,

Varian, Nikon Precision and Watkins Johnson CVD. Our placements covered all of the process and equipment

engineering disciplines.

Recruiting Tools/Computer Skills:

LinkedIn, Delphion IP, Zoom info, Indeed, Successfactors, ICIMS, Brassring, Open Hire, Jobvite, Resumix,

Jigsaw, AIRS, IEEE journals, Microsoft Office Suite,

Education:

University of Connecticut, Storrs Ct BA Chemistry

Santa Clara University MBA

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