Rich Moss
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Personal Website: http://about.me/richmoss
Recruiter. Passionate about helping companies find great talent,
Summary because talent is all that matters. Evangelist of bleeding edge
sourcing techniques and strategies, combined with deep
recruiting and relationship building experience. Contract
Recruiting, Retained and Contingency Search.
Recruiting Technical Recruiting
Skills Business Development Strategic Sourcing
Sourcing Leadership
Talent Acquisition Training
Hire4ce
Experience 09 / 2013 - Present
Executive Recruiter
Hire4ce is an executive search firm I started with some very
talented partners, Hire4ce is focused on early stage venture
backed technology companies. We offer our clients a
comprehensive solution delivering retained search, contingency
placements, contract/onsite recruitment, and pipeline sourcing.
We combine deep recruiting experience with the best, proven
recruiting and sourcing methods in the world to hire the best
talent for tech firms. I manage the search and contract
recruiting engagements and teams, directing sourcing efforts
and also doing full desk.
Experience with technology recruiting, UX/UI, web and mobile
development, executive, sales/marketing/operations, big data,
gaming, data analytics, community management, and more.
Millennium Search LLC
10 / 2012 - 10 / 2013
Senior Executive Recruiter
Boutique recruiting firm, specializing in early stage and startup
technology firms, targeting firms based in New York and in the
Bay Area. Clients included; Archetypes, NetAuthority, Daqri,
Mixpanel, Contact Solutions, and DeNA
Lead executive recruiter overseeing full desk recruiting and
business development. 2nd highest biller at the firm, helping to
double the firm’s previous year’s revenue.
Moss Search
10 / 2006 - 10 / 2012
Founder
I relaunched Moss Search, with an expanded focus on startup
tech firms as well as companies involved in electronic trading. I
also expanded the service offerings of the firm to include
retained, and container search, as well as contingency.
• Direct development of proprietary search strategies utilizing
state-of-the-art technology and methods for each search.
Partnered with some of the world's most successful hedge
funds, investment banks and proprietary trading firms. • Drive
cross-industry success, particularly in mobile healthcare
technology, via proprietary methodology enabling effective
recruitment in a short period of time.
Fiderion Group
05 / 2006 - 10 / 2006
Sr. Associate
Recruited as executive retained search consultant, to help
energize a large, critical project. Specialized in Investment
Banking Trading Systems Technology professionals for sell-side
and buy-side firms. Full desk recruiting as well as business
development. Assured 4 of the 6 placements made with the
client, Barclays Global Investors (now Blackrock), including
placing the firm's Global Head of Technology for Securities and
Cash Management, and Head of Clearing Systems Technology.
Moss Search
02 / 1999 - 10 / 2006
Founder
This was my first foray as a business owner and not just a
recruiter. I built Moss Search into a leading search firm in the
world of electronic and automated trading, recruiting traders,
quantitative researchers and technology professionals for some
of the world's elite trading firms. Customers included Citadel
Investment Group, GETCO, LLC, EWT/Madison Tyler, Fox River
Investments, Chicago Trading Company and Bank of America.
Continuously refined innovative internet-based recruiting and
sourcing technologies and techniques. Successfully recruited
front and back office developers, quantitative developers,
financial engineers, and other technology and IT management
professionals for hedge funds, investment banking firms, and
proprietary trading firms.
• Placed 130+ professionals for Citadel Investment Group, a
leading hedge fund, over a period of sustained growth, working
directly with the CTO. • Successfully placed multiple
permanent and contract employees over long client
engagements.
University of Illinois at Urbana- 1981 - 1983
Education Champaign
Full Scholarship, Music Performance
Illinois State University 1979 - 1981
Full Scholarship, Music Education
Connecting great people with great companies! Tennis, Fly
Interests Fishing, Family, Spirit, Travel, Music
Certified TSI Professional 10 / 2012
Certifications The Sourcing Institute