Mr. Kiran K Ragi

Summary:

Results-oriented with over 10 years of Human Resources and recruiter experience.

Excels in high paced/high volume work environments with leadership capabilities and management of all Human Resource functions including: diversity and inclusion, talent acquisition, full cycle recruiting, sourcing and resume writing.

Developed strategies to source qualified, diverse candidates to meet requirements for positions, utilizing various ATS systems including Taleo & Cbiz One

Built effective partnerships with hiring managers/Accounts Managers, leading interview processes, scheduling, screening and coordinating background checks, in efforts to maintain a solid candidate pipeline for entry level, as well as senior level opportunities.

Involved in sourcing, recruiting and placing talent from a multi-source pipeline including internal candidates, Internet sourcing, networking, direct application, and cold calling methodologies.

I am Authorized to work for any Employer(US Citizen)

Since July 2016, I was working an APP.(Personal)

Education/ Certification/ Training:

Bachelor of Arts with specialization in Sociology & Psychology from Nizam College, Hyderabad A.P., India - 1988

Experience:

Softcom Systems, Princeton, NJ August 2013 – June 2016

Sr. Talent Acquisition Specialist (Sr. Technical Recruiter IT & Non-IT)

It’s a project Management Company providing a complete range of services that help their clients improves the way they manage projects, programmers and portfolios also into IT consulting company providing services to the Financial, Pharmaceutical and Communications, Retail/Manufacturing Industries

(Worked with Direct Clients & Agencies for the following clients--, BNY, Mass Mutual, PWC, Selective Insurance, Lord Abbett, Curex, Prime One Solutions, Merck, BMS, J&J, Cornell Medical, State of NY, PA, SC, MA, ME etc, COACH, CITCO, iCAP and Asian Implementers)

Developed recruiting plans for assigned requisitions based on technical and non-technical requirements and partnered with Hiring/business managers and generalists to drive recruiting strategies and innovative methods for open positions at all levels.

Managed of all recruitment activities including sourcing, evaluating, interviewing and selection/offer process for all positions using innovative methods.

As a Global Talent Deployment (TAS) - handled recruiting and staffing for multiple industry verticals.

Participated in College job fairs, networking social events and other recruitment events.

Screened and interviewed potential candidates (Active and Passive) and recommend to hiring managers.

Worked on high volume reqs and prioritized them accordingly and coordinated with Recruiters and Sourcing partner’s teams regarding open positions maintenance as needed. Responsible for developing and executing a candidate sourcing plans using new methods.

Build a quality relationship with the external recruitment agencies.

Coached and mentored team members.

Participated in Management activities (Lead/participate in cross-functional teams in the development of sourcing strategies, including: internal assessments of company current and future needs.

Managed and participated in talent Acquisition/HR Recruitment meetings with the Hiring Managers/Accounts Managers.

Sourced Positions:

Financial Analyst, Quality Managers, Advance Risk/Analyst and Compliance Analytics(Internal Audit) Managing Directors/Directors/Managers/Financial Associates/Mortgage Loan Officers/ Equity Trader, Asset Management, FX, Options/Derivates, Calypso, Trading Associate, PMO/PM/Architects, Broker Dealer Sales Support Analyst, E-Operations associate, Portfolio Managers, Portfolio Assistants, Financial Advisors, Fixed Income Trade Support(VP/Managers), FX Sales Executive, FX Sales Representatives(foreign exchange market), Clinical, Research Scientists, Senior Associate Regulatory Affairs, Project Statistician, Clinical

Research Associate, Sr. Analytical Scientist, SAS Clinical, Clinical Testers/EPIC/Web

Developers (Frontend/backend) Sr. Developers/Developers/QA/DBA’s, Network Engineers and Engineers etc.

NEXG –FL January 2013 - July 2013

Sr. Talent Acquisition – Recruitment (Sr. Technical Recruiter IT & Non-IT)

(Worked with Asian Implementing Companies)

Responsible for managing full cycle recruiting for open positions.

Managed Onshore and offshore recruiting teams.

Managed Third Party resources and vendors.

Managed and mentored junior Recruiters

Involved in RPO process.

Managed a Team of Recruiters and sales persons and prioritizing the requirements to the recruiting teams as per the requirement.

Pre-qualified candidates and conducted interviews to evaluate skills, employment background and qualifications.

Managed and participated in talent Acquisition/HR Recruitment meetings.

COMPU INFO (Suswee Infotech Corp), NJ May 2003 - November 2012

Sr. Talent Acquisition (Sr. Technical Recruiter IT & Non-IT)

Compu Info is a diverse end-to-end IT solutions provider, specialized technology service. The services provided on Infrastructure Management, Web Development, Product Development, Security Maintenance, ERP, Cloud Computing and IT Consulting etc.

(Worked with Direct Clients & Agencies for the following clients HSBC, Mass Mutual, Goldman Sachs, CSFB, MBIA(Municipal Bond Insurance), Barclays, UBS, KPMG, Selective Insurance, Travelers, ESPN, Cigna, Aetna, Liberty Mutual, ING, RBC, Merrill Lynch/Bank of America, TD Bank, The Time, Lord Abbett, TJ Maxx, Staples, AT&T, Verizon, Merck, BMS, J&J, Weill Cornell, CITCO, iCAP, RSG Systems Inc (Media),RiskClick (Underwriting/insurance), I-Deal( Retail Equity System/Broker Dealers), Wyeth Pharmaceutical(Now Pfizer), Schering Plough(Merck), Dialog Direct (Brand Improvement/Customer Engagement), Discovery Channel, IDEXX Chemicals, Asian Implementers )

Responsible for managing full cycle recruiting, including the sourcing strategy using innovative methods for open positions for talent identification to new hire on boarding.

As a Global Talent Deployment (TAS) - handled recruiting and staffing for multiple industry verticals.

Screening and interviewing potential candidates in Information technology and non- IT and recommended to hiring managers.

Interfaced employees & third party Agencies.

Managed Onshore and Offshore teams (India and US).

Involved in high volume requirements prioritized them accordingly and coordinated with Recruiters and

Sourcing partner’s teams regarding open positions.

Responsible for developing and executing a candidate sourcing plans using innovative methods included cold calling, for assigned requisitions based on technical requirements and competencies.

Involved in sourcing, recruiting and placing talent from a multi-source pipeline including internal candidates, Internet sourcing, networking, direct application, and cold calling methodologies.

Participated in College job fairs, networking social events.

Coach and mentor less experienced team members on tasks that require senior level guidance and support

Managed Third Party sourcing resources and resolve issues to the external vendors.

Used Taleo & CbizOne and to manage the candidate pipeline and ensure qualified candidates are contacted immediately.

Engaged with hiring manager to conduct initial needs assessment and create accurate, well written position specifications.

Involved in RPO bidding.

Managed internal and external job postings.

Sourced positions:

Managing Directors/Directors/Managers for Risk & Compliance AML and Fraud consultants for professional services firms.

Hired (MD/Director/CIO/SVP/VP/PM/Manager and Research Scholars/Sr. Scientists consultants for Pharmaceuticals/Banking/Financials/Healthcare/Telecomm and Retails ) clients

Broker Dealer Sales Support Analyst, E-Operations associate, Portfolio Managers, Portfolio Assistants,

Financial Advisors, Fixed Income Trade Support(VP/Managers), FX Sales Executive, FX Sales Representatives(foreign exchange market), Project Infrastructure Managers/Engineers, Project Manager, Business Analyst, Financial Analyst, Quality Managers, Quality Analyst, Engineers, Clinical Trials, Oracle Clinical, EPIC, SAS Clinical,SAS Financials, Networking Engineers, OBIEE, Trillium.

Related to Healthcare/Pharmaceuticals (Senior Associate Regulatory Affairs, Project Statistician, Clinical Research Associate, Sr. Analytical Scientist Business Analyst, Project Managers, Clinical Trials consultants, CIS, Clinical Programmers, SAS Clinical,) Embedded, RF Engineers, CDMA Engineers,, Solution/SO Architects, Android/iPhone Engineers, Cloud Computing Engineers etc.

Past working Exp:-

Msys Inc (Branch Head-HR- South Plainfield- NJ-2001 to 2003

Suswee InfoTech- HR- South Edison-NJ-1999 - 2001

Sparsh Communication-(Sales/Technical BA) – India-1995 -1998

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