Kenneth F Gys

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Dracut, MA *****

978-***-****

abgrqp@r.postjobfree.com

Summary: A senior talent acquisition and sourcing professional with more

than 14 years of experience leading and supporting technical staffing and

sourcing initiatives for Fortune 500 and start-ups alike. Experience gained

as an individual contributor, manager, and team member. Excellent

relationship building skills, expert sourcing skills, and exceptional

interviewing techniques coupled with a common sense approach in dealing

with managers and candidates makes me a valuable asset for any

organization.

Experience:

Talent Acquisition Consultant 4/04-present (Virtual and Onsite

contracts)

Netsmart Technologies 2/2006-present- I have worked as a

retained talent acquisition consultant for this Top 100 healthcare

informatics company for the past 6 years. I have affected more than

50 hires in the area of EMR professionals and healthcare developers.

This is a full life cycle position.

ClearPath Recruiting 4/2011-present- Partnered with another

seasoned recruiter to develop new business and fill positions in the

areas of software development, project management, business analysis

and many other technical positions. Technologies recruited for

include; .Net, C#, Ruby-on-Rails, PHP, LAMP, Java, J2EE, jscript,

sales engineers, sales reps, UX/UI designers and developers, solution

and software architects, iOS, Android and mobile developers, SQA

professionals and node.js. This is not a complete list.

EMC Corp- 10/2010-4/2011 through Advantage Technical- contracted

to support the sales, pre-sales and delivery divisions for the

Commercial West division of EMC. Full life-cycle recruiting for

positions in sales, pre-sales, professional services and delivery. I

terminated contract voluntarily as offer approvals were put on hold

until 3rd quarter. Technologies recruited for include; VMWare, .Net

and C#, SAN/NAS engineers.

Wipro Technologies 9/2009-9/2010- Contracted to support Wipro

Gallagher Solutions in Nashville. Full life-cycle recruiting for this

newly acquired entity of Wipro Technologies and was responsible for

sourcing and hiring technical candidates, sales managers, account

managers, business analysts, developers and mortgage professionals.

Technologies recruited for include; Java and J2EE engineers, .Net and

C#, databases such as Oracle, SQL Server, Unix, Linux, UX/UI and

selenium.

Monster.com 3/2009-9/2009- Lead technology recruiter

supporting the newly established Cambridge Center of Excellence.

Utilized Monster.com and social networking sites to fill positions

such as software engineer, user experience engineer, ETL

developer, business intelligence developer, business systems

analyst, account managers, sales engineers, Oracle applications

developer, database analyst, and network engineer.

Pfizer Pharmaceuticals 4/2009-5/2009- Hired to assist Lee,

Pierson and Associates as part of a team to hire 100 salespersons

across the country in only 6 weeks. Employed excellent sourcing

skills, organizational aptitude and solid communication efforts to

reach desired quota.

Sterling Commerce, an AT&T company, through HirePro 11/2007-

4/2009- Lead recruiter solely responsible for full life-cycle

staffing for the global services division of this $600 Million

organization. Avenues for identifying candidates included social

networking, cold-calling, and trade associations. Positions filled

included solution and enterprise architects, program and project

managers, business, statistical and financial analyst, senior and

principal technology consultants, sales and account managers.

Established strong trust levels with managers through organization

and assisted in developing staffing polices and procedures where

previously, none existed. Left after 18 months as AT&T employs a

strict co-employment policy.

Capital One, through PrecisionRS - Telecommute position

responsible for the sourcing, screening and submittal of business

analysts, data analysts, financial analysts and operations analyst

using a variety of methods including job boards, direct sourcing,

referrals and networking through user groups and applicable alumni

associations. I worked on 3 different contracts throughout the

last 6 years.

Systinet, acquired by HP Software 1/2007-10/2007- Acting

talent acquisition manager solely responsible for full-life cycle

national recruiting of professional services consultants,

enterprise architects, SOA and web services professionals, systems

engineers and technical support engineers, pre-sales and sales

professional. Developed and implemented their current recruiting

best practices standards.

Gardner Consulting through Trility Consulting 5/2006-12/2006

- One of two full life-cycle remote staffing consultants

responsible for developing Gardner's mid-west and west coast

consulting practices. Hired candidates included managing partners,

partners, professional services technology consultants, enterprise

architects, practice leaders, ERP and Siebel sales professionals

and business analysts.

Sapient 4/2005-5/2006- Team member responsible for the

sourcing, screening, and submittal of associate and senior

associate level technology consultants, using a variety of methods

including direct sourcing from competitors, networking, referrals

and job boards and postings. These consultants supported many

different practices within Sapient including its federal practice

in DC and their technology center in Atlanta.

E-dialog 3/2004-3/2005- Contract Recruiting Manager

responsible for full life-cycle recruiting for their Massachusetts

headquarters. I developed strong relationships with managers and

established the company's recruiting guidelines where none

existed. I staffed for the engineering and marketing analytics

group and was instrumental in attracting qualified program

managers, statistical and data analysts, marketing analytics

professionals and high level object-oriented developers. I also

supported the UK senior management team during their high growth

period as well.

RCM Technologies, Inc.

Principal Technical Recruiter 1/03-3/04

Lead Technology Recruiter for the New England region

of this $200M software integration and IT solutions provider.

Provided on-going staffing support for the New England Sales team

which was challenged to grow the region from scratch.

I was directly responsible for growing the billable consultant

number from zero to twenty-two in less than fourteen months.

Positions filled during this time included enterprise architect,

software engineer, E-application specialists and developers,

professional services consultants, Oracle functional and technical

implementation consultants, SAP business analysts, pharmaceutical

quality and validation professionals, salespersons and account

managers.

Aquent, LLC 12/01-12/02

Senior Sales/Technology Recruiter

Responsible for staff augmentation and IT consulting

activities for this $100M global organization. Full life cycle

responsibilities include sourcing (traditional and non-

traditional), screening, interviewing and recommending candidates

for employment, client and account management follow-up, building

relationships with technical professionals from many different

disciplines as well as compensation and benefits analysis

consulting for our New England client base.

Integral part of the transition team during the acquisition phase.

I was tasked with recommending and implementing new policies and

procedures regarding our recruiting and human resources

practices.

Subject matter expert (SME) for the utilization and professional

development of our mainframe, S/W development and quality

assurance consultants. Lead recruiter for the Exeter, NH office

consulting on compensation and benefits issues for our Central and

Northern New England client and consultant base. I supported many

verticals during this time, including financial services,

pharmaceutical, manufacturing and technology.

PointBlank Consulting, LLC. 8/00-4/01

Principal Consultant/Recruiting Manager

Acting Recruiting Manager for this $30M, 110-person direct

marketing database solution organization in Andover, MA. Reported

directly to the CEO. Developed relationships with all hiring

managers and interview teams, as well as external vendors.

Counseled senior management and their teams on human resource and

retention issues, interview techniques and provided compensation

and benefits analysis and administration. Developed formal

staffing and benefits guidelines. Provided cost effective, timely

technical recruiting solutions. Affected more than 20 hires in a 7-

month period resulting in a substantial reduced cost per hire and

cost savings versus a fee-based or permanent recruiting

solution.

RD Raab & Company 8/97-8/00

R.D. Raab & Company is a full service, national Human Resources

Consulting organization concentrating on power staffing and staff

augmentation for Fortune 500 companies with more recent expertise

in the Internet and E-Commerce areas. They are a $20M 100-person

organization.

District Manager

4/00-8/00

As District Manager, I was responsible for overall management of

the Boston office with concentration on recognizing growth

opportunities and increasing market visibility. I had seven direct

reports (recruiters of all levels) located in the Boston office

and up to fifteen indirect reports (recruiters) throughout the

company. During this time, I was also the Project Manager for

three simultaneous engagements in the Northeast region.

Senior Consultant

1/99-4/00

Project Lead/ Technical Recruiter for two simultaneous initiatives

supporting two well known Internet consulting companies

headquartered in the Northeast. The team of four was required to

develop and implement recruiting, retention, orientation and

training programs for these new initiatives. We were also

responsible for the initial staffing of these projects. This

required developing and maintaining relationships with the senior

management staff assigned to those offices as well as hiring

managers and interview teams. Personic subject matter expert.

Consultant

1/98-1/99

I was directly responsible for on-site support of two human

resource managers at Polaroid's world headquarters. Polaroid was

in the process of a global implementation of SAP and I was

responsible for leading the company's deliverable with respect to

staff augmentation and high volume staffing. The engagement lasted

seventeen months.

Research Associate

8/97-1/98

I was responsible for all aspects of Internet research supporting

a staff of seven internal recruiters. This included obtaining and

distributing industry and company knowledge and information.

Education

University of Massachusetts-Lowell

MBA certificate program-currently enrolled- anticipated graduation

2012

University of Lowell-Bachelor of Science-Industrial Technology-

1987

Skills:

Microsoft Office, Excel, Word, Access, PowerPoint and MS Project.

Excellent PC and MAC skills. Proficient with several applicant

tracking software packages, including TMS (Monster).Personic,

PeopleSoft, Brassring Resumix, and HRSmart

Youth hockey, golf, basketball and baseball coach. Active Alumni

representative for UMass Lowell. Member, Board of Directors, Mount

Pleasant Golf Club, Shedd Park Baseball, Greater Lowell Youth

Hockey. Competitive amateur golfer and 11-time Club Champion.

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