Sales Account Executive

Colleen Hanlin

Email: *********@********.***

Address: **** ****** ****** #***

City: Washington

State: DC

Zip: 20016

Country: USA

Phone: 917-***-****

Skill Level: Management

Salary Range: 120

Willing to Relocate

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Colleen Hanlin

3808 Porter Street #102

Washington, D.C. 20016

917-***-**** cell phone

*******@*********.***

SENIOR CONTRACT RECRUITER

Top performing senior recruiter with over 12 years of experience recruiting specifically for high tech companies, with an exceptionally strong track record of success in sourcing for all levels of talent over a variety of industries (Software, Advertising and Online Media). Demonstrated ability to guide hiring managers and teammates while managing multiple positions by sourcing, screening, qualifying, negotiating and closing candidates. Highly skilled at all forms of social networking: LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and thrive in start-up environments. Team player with excellent collaborative communication and interpersonal skills to effectively interact with individuals at all levels.

Brief overview of positions/skill sets recruited (not all listed):

Directors & Managers of Sales (online advertising, online media), Directors of Marketing, VP of Marketing, PHP Developers, HTML5 Developers, Java Developers, C++ and .Net Developers, White-box QA engineers,

VPs of Engineering, Technical Writers, Program Managers,

Architects, UI Designers and System Administrators

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Senior Recruiter/CHR Search, Based in New York City 11/2004 to present

Build high tech companies on contract and contingent basis. Consulted with senior management to assess needs, create job descriptions, and devise appropriate strategy to hire long-term valuable employees. Filled extremely specific, senior-level engineering positions while mentoring junior team members.

*Turtle Beach, (market leader in video game headsets), as sole contract recruiter, hired close to 40 people over the last 8 months. Hires include, but not limited to: hardware engineers, software engineers, marketing executives, and operations staff. Currently wrapping up project.

*Blackboard, (leading educational software company). Filled a wide range of positions throughout the organization.

*OpenSky, (a new e-commerce company), contract position--filled a wide range of technical positions. Created job descriptions and recruiting processes from scratch. Selected and managed vendors, while simultaneously filling senior engineering positions for a fast-paced start-up company.

*Access 360 Media, (non-traditional advertising start-up), contract position--created recruiting processes from scratch (job descriptions, interview process, advising on appropriate candidate fit. Filled Senior Sales and Sales Management positions, Community Manager, Director of Marketing and Engineering positions.

*Daylife, (a platform for news aggregation), contract position--hired a Vice President of Marketing in a very specific industry from limited candidate pool, created job descriptions and a recruiting process while working directly with the CEO and COO. Filled several highly technical and specific engineering positions. Sourced and hired PHP Software Engineers, Java Engineers, Front-end Engineers using CSS and HTML, Systems Engineers and Unix Systems Administrators.

*LRN, (ethics and compliance online education company), contract position-filled sales positions. Established outstanding rapport with hiring managers, created incentive plans for attracting top-tier talent, and received accolades for fast and personable performance.

*SOA Software, (a start-up acquired by IBM) contract position--filled senior Java/J2ee positions in a fast paced, high volume environment.

*Howcast.com, (online source for how-to videos and guides), contract position--created captivating job descriptions for website not yet launched; implemented innovative research plans, hired very difficult-to-find Ruby on Rails software engineers, and hired high value employee (Director of Engineering).

*While living on the West Coat, secured accounts and filled positions on a contingency basis with highly reputable companies such as Qualcomm, Pixar and Amazon.

*Hired two Director-level candidates and several Java Engineers with Amazon (identified as most successful third party recruiter Amazon had worked with up to that point)

Symantec Corporation, Santa Monica, CA

Senior Contract Technical Recruiter 12/2003 to 11/2004

* Performed high-volume technical recruiting. Sourced and hired all engineering roles at core development site during highest growth period in company history.

*Hired 122 employees in 11 months as lead (and only) technical recruiter.

*Positions included senior Java Engineers, Directors of Software Development, Managers of Software Development, Architects, Windows Engineers, White-Box QA engineers, Technical Writers, and Program Managers).

*Received accolades from all hiring managers including the Vice President of Engineering.

*Filled highly specific, "needle in a haystack" positions with limited candidate pool.

Iridigm Display Corporation (now Qualcomm MEMs), San Francisco, CA

Contract Technical Recruiter 6/2001 to 7/2002

*Sourced, identified, recruited, interviewed, and hired senior-level executives. Performed recruiting through 100% cold calling and research; no hires were made from postings or other traditional in-house methods.

*As only company recruiter, built Iridigm Display Corporation to acquisition stage (Iridigm is now a division of multi-billion dollar corporation Qualcomm).

*Hired Director of Product Marketing, Director of Facilities, an Architect and many Hardware Engineers.

*Created specific research plan and persuaded a Fortune 500 executive to accept an offer as Vice President of Marketing-later promoted to company President.

*Filled engineer positions from extremely limited candidate pool (only about 20 people in the world possessed specified job skills).

Independent Consultant, San Francisco, CA

In-house Contract Recruiter 11/1999 to 6/2001

*Provided in-house recruiting services for start-up firms in various stages of development.

*Recruited key engineering, administration, finance, and sales and marketing professionals.

*Clients included CrossCommerce, an ASP e-commerce infrastructure provider; Centric Software, a supply-chain and computer-design-enabling software company for manufacturing industry; Morphics Technology, a wireless semi-conductor company; and Carstation.com, an e-commerce provider for the automotive industry.

Marriott International, Bethesda, MD

Contract Executive Sourcer 6/1999 to 11/1999

*Created targeted lists from industry-related magazines and company websites, then sourced and cold-called potential managers for Marriott`s newest Senior Living Centers across America.

The Starbridge Group, Fairfax, VA

Executive Recruiter/Account Executive 7/1997 to 6/1999

*Developed business and recruiting through extensive cold calling. Trained by officer of the Pinnacle Society, a consortium of the top-billing recruiters in the world.

*Quickly promoted to account executive within six months.

*Recognized several times for revenue achievements.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Arts * Communications * 1997

Marymount University

Arlington, VA

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