Project Manager Executive Staff

Tarsha R. Lomax

**** ********** ** *** *** Los Angeles, CA 90046

Ph: 310-***-**** (w) 410-***-**** (c)

E-Mail: ***********@****.***

Education:

Coppin State University, Baltimore, MD

Computer Science

Skills:

Software Proficiency (PC and MAC): Winsearch, MS Office, MS Word, MS

Excel (basic spreadsheet, macros, formulas, charts), MS Outlook,

Filemaker Pro (single database, multi-database linking, macros),

PowerPoint, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Quark Xpress, Now

Contact, Now Calendar, BrassRing, and WinSearch

Technical Understanding: Java, J2EE, .Net, C#, SQL Server 2000/2005,

SAP, Oracle, Oracle Financials, PHP, Python, SOAP, AJAX, C++,

JavaScript, Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, T-SQL, MySQL, Flash, XML,

HTML, CSS, ERP systems, etc.

Professional Summary:

Technical Recruiter with 10 years of Information Technology experience

and 5 years of technical recruiting experience in a high-volume

environment, including:

. Recruiting senior and executive level business unit, sales,

marketing, administration, HR, intern, finance, and information

technology candidates, utilizing traditional recruiting methods and

creative sourcing, Boolean Searches, including, cold calls, mass e-

mailing, references, referrals, internal proprietary database,

external databases, networking events, and web-based job boards.

. Corporate/Technical Recruiting of Software Engineers/Developers,

Creative Developers, Web Engineers, Art Directors, Network

Engineers/Administrators, Analysts, System Engineers/Administrators,

Security Professionals, Project Managers, Product Managers,

Executives, Support Specialists, Sales Managers, Database Developers

and Administrators, Technical Architects, Financial Analysts,

etc...

. Qualifying candidates on salary expectations and/or hourly rate

expectations, and maintaining expectations throughout placement

lifecycle.

. Utilizing various applicant tracking systems (ATS) to maintain and

enhance applicant pools, and assessing viability of candidates based

on work history, presentation, communication skills, and work status

in U.S.

. Managing client accounts including gathering technical requirements

from hiring managers for open job opportunities and coordinating

resume submittal and interview process with clients and candidates.

. "Closing" candidates on job offers, including confirmation of

salary/hourly rate expectations, checking references, and meeting

candidates, in-person, to solidify start date and commitment.

Experience:

Northrop Grumman Corporation, Los Angeles, CA 9/2008 - 9/2009

ES Technology Recruiter / Sourcing Specialist

(extended 3 month contract)

. Sourced and recruited for various engineering, software and

hardware professionals.

. Participated in recruitment meetings, and created procedures for

new recruitment team.

. Utilized various sourcing tools, as well as Vurv, the ATS, to

identify and recruit qualified candidates.

. Qualified candidates based on technical skill-set, location

preferences, salary history, clearance status, and work history.

. Built and maintained healthy and successful business relationships

with candidates, hiring managers, and HR staff.

. Managed an average requisition load of 80 senior and executive

level positions.

. Ensured OFCCP guidelines and regulations were met.

. Negotiated job offers and effectively managed internal processes

required to fill positions.

Live Nation, Hollywood, CA 1/2008 - 9/2008

Executive Technology Recruiter (consultant)

(extended 3 month contract)

. Lead a team of 4, including IT, finance, sales, and marketing

recruiters.

. Lead weekly recruitment meetings, and creating procedures for new

recruitment team.

. Mentored, trained, and implemented new functionalities.

. Recruited mid - senior level technology, marketing, sales,

management, promotions, and finance talent.

. Sourced referrals, internal database, and external job boards for

qualified candidates.

. Qualified candidates for executive, management, and information

technology opportunities with various divisions within Live Nation

and NGC.

. Worked directly with various hiring managers in all Digital and

Ticketing divisions as well as various other divisions to locate,

identify, and place technical resources, including: Application

Developers, Software Engineers, ETL Developers, Project Managers,

Operations Analysts, Ticketing Support Reps, Ticketing Sales Reps,

Business Analysts, QA Engineers, QA Managers, Department Managers,

Reports Developers, Systems Engineers and Administrators, Network

Engineers and Administrators, Database Developers, DBAs, Client

Service Managers, etc.

. Qualified candidates on salary expectations and/or hourly rate

expectations, and maintained expectations throughout placement

lifecycle.

. Slated candidates to job folder in internal applicant system, and

kept candidate/job req. status current.

. Built and maintained healthy and successful business relationships

with candidates, hiring managers, and HR staff.

. Created procedures for new recruitment team, mentored, trained, and

implemented new functionalities.

. Managed a req load of 80 open positions, and saved the company over

650,000 dollars.

. Ensuring OFCCP guidelines and regulations are met.

Warner Bros Entertainment, Burbank, CA 4/2007 - 12/2007

Prosum Technology Services (extended

3 month contract)

Technical Recruiter/Studio Facilities Recruiter

. Recruited all levels of technology, finance, studio facilities, and

sales talent by sourcing references, internal database, and external

job boards for qualified candidates.

. Qualified candidates for executive, studio facilities, and

information technology opportunities with various divisions within

Warner Bros.

. Worked directly with various hiring managers in all MIS divisions as

well as various other divisions to locate, identify, and place

technical resources, including: Application Developers, Operations

Analyst, SAP professionals, Financial Support Analysts, MIS

Directors, SDM Managers, Reports Developers, Systems Engineers and

Administrators, PeopleSoft Developers, DBAs, etc.

. Gained recruitment experience with sales, marketing, hospitality,

and non-technical "below the line" positions, such as set lighting,

grips, laborers, clerks, security guards, janitors, etc...

. Qualified candidates on salary expectations and/or hourly rate

expectations, and maintaining expectations throughout placement

lifecycle.

. Created and submitted salary justifications for final candidates,

based on position salary median/ range and the candidates' salary

history/expectations.

. Slated candidates to job folder in internal applicant system, and

keeping candidate/job req. status current.

. Building and maintaining healthy and successful business

relationships with candidates, hiring managers, and HR staff.

. Consistently, and successfully, managed a req load of 15-20 open

positions.

Prosum Technology Services, El Segundo, CA 10/2005 - 3/2007

Technical Recruiter

. Recruited mid - senior level technology talent, by sourcing

references, internal database, and external job boards for qualified

information technology candidates.

. Qualified candidates for information technology opportunities with

clients companies seeking technical resources, including: .NET

Developers, Java/J2EE Developers, Quality Assurance (QA), SQL DBA,

Oracle DBA, Oracle Applications, Oracle ERP and PeopleSoft, SAP,

Great Plains, Network Engineers/Administrators, Systems

Administrators, Information Architects

. Qualified candidates on salary expectations and/or hourly rate

expectations, and maintaining expectations throughout placement

lifecycle.

. Conducted in-person interviews to gather work experience details,

including: RFLs ("Reasons for Leaving") and salary/hourly rate

history, make assessments of candidates based on work history,

presentation, and communication skills, and work status in U.S.

. Managed client accounts including gathering technical requirements

for open job opportunities and coordinating the resume submittal and

interview process with clients and candidates.

. "Closed" candidates on job offers, including confirmation of

salary/hourly rate expectations, checking references, and meeting

candidates in-person to solidify start date and commitment.

UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 11/2004 - 9/2005

Systems Analyst

. Provided support services for UCLA Medical Center's end users,

medical school students, and executive staff.

. Utilized MS Project to track project status and create schedules.

. Provided end user support via telephone, email and occasional field

visits to CHS and SMH.

. Participated in various "GO LIVE" efforts at CHS to facilitate

various program usages.

. Reset user passwords and created temporary logon ID's for RN's and

CCP's.

. Reported system outages and work in conjunction with appropriate

departments until resolved.

. Frequently, provided management and operations team with status

updates

. Performed troubleshooting tasks with end users on various software,

hardware and network issues.

. Utilized my computer skills and education to manage software

programs needed in maintaining the records of the Medical Enterprise

Maryland Department of Human Resources, Baltimore, MD 3/2001 -

9/2004

Office of Technology and Human Services - OIM

Systems Analyst

. In dual roles I was responsible for providing consultant and support

services for more than 6,100 Maryland Department of Human Resources'

end users, agencies, and executive staff.

. System Analyst

. Served on a team of five System Analysts in the CSES (Child Support

Enforcement System) Mobile Solutions Rollout (PDA program that

allowed users to visit client's homes and complete the application

and follow up processes)

. Conducted user workshops with 1300+ CSES users stationed throughout

the Baltimore and Southwest Maryland regions to gather agency needs

and requirements

. Determined beneficial and detrimental effects of the project

. Researched, compared, and selected software according to results of

benefit comparison

. Researched common issues and track record of selected software.

. Presented software selections along with agency requirements and

specifications to Software Development team

. Performed software testing

. Conducted training of end users and support staff to prepare for

pilot process.

. Surveyed users after pilot process and reported findings to Software

Development team so that necessary adjustments could be made and the

Mobile Solutions Project could be finalized

. Served on a team of eight System Analysts in the CSES mainframe

software migration

. Conducted user workshops with end users and executive staff

stationed throughout the Baltimore City region to gather agency

complaints about the existing CSES software.

. Studied agency requirements and policies to determine what changes

to the existing software were possible.

. Presented all findings to executive staff and Mainframe Development

team for approval.

. Developed CSES Migration process and Standard Operating Procedure

(SOP) documentation

. Negotiated, administered, and analyzed contracts for procurement of

services.

. Assisted Project Management Office with various site setups

IT Specialist

. Provided end user support via telephone, email and field visits to

employees of the MD Dept of Human Resources

. Responsible for the daily monitoring of LAN and WAN activity and

administration of Windows NT 4.0/2000 server and workstations.

. Facilitate and promote client support requests with use of Remedy

(internal MD-DHR Work Order Tracking System).

. Served as acting administrator for Remedy tracking and reporting

system.

. Assisted in the development of internal CSES employee website

utilizing Microsoft FrontPage, HTML, and Adobe Photoshop.

. Develop and document Best Practices in support of Information

Technology Office guidelines including Backup/Recovery, standardized

mainframe migrations, and documentation standards.

. Coordinated Inoculan and Sophos anti-virus application installations

for DHR Corporate Headquarters.

. Completed Child Support Enforcement System training in 2001.

. Facilitated GroupWise (email software) training in 2002 and 2003.

Comcast, Comcast Online Division, White Marsh, MD 3/1999 - 2/2001

Operations Coordinator

. Led the daily operation of cable Internet installation and repair

services.

. Project Manager for multiple installation projects for various

corporations such as Proctor & Gamble, White Marsh Mall, and other

smaller companies.

. Participated in staff training, departmental budget and project

Approval meetings and processes.

. Developed and maintained Service Level Agreements for users that own

PC's with Pentium and Intel processors.

. Reported on service related issues concerning performance and

problem resolution within the Comcast Online division.

. Ensured 100% client satisfaction by troubleshooting problems

remotely for technicians from the base office.

. Assisted Data Management team with the development and testing

environments, including management of space, power, network, and

layout, equipment procurement, equipment decommissions and

reallocations for cost avoidance and savings.

. Regularly monitored all area nodes and routers on a daily basis to

track outages.

. Responsible for the provisioning of all modems and assignment of all

customers IP addresses.

. Organized the daily route and responsibilities for field technicians

and maintained all internet customer accounts.

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