Manager Information Technology

Erich Pflum

NA Talent Search Sr Team Recruiter/Manager - IBM -Cloud

Chicago, IL

*.*.*********@*****.*** - 773-***-****

Over 10 years of executive level recruiting of full time direct hire positions, long term/temporary contractors and project based consultants.

Strong knowledge of information technology positions, research and development roles, market and salary trends, and technical requirements.

Deep sourcing skills and experience recruiting senior level passive candidates in the information technology, engineering, financial and healthcare fields.

Strong ability to hit the ground running immediately; and provide tangible results with minimal ramp up time. Solid database of passive candidates both local and non-local cultivated through years of I.T. recruiting. Trained and certified in recruiting diversity, veteran, and candidates with disabilities Well versed in dealing with immigration process and recruitment of H1B Visa, EAD, etc. candidates Trained and implemented Agile methodology in recruiting process Authorized to work in the US for any employer

WORK EXPERIENCE

NA Talent Search Sr Team Recruiter/Manager

IBM -Cloud - Chicago, IL - 2016 to Present

Sr. Recruiter for the NA Talent Search Team specializing in full-time recruiting for IBM Cloud Group

• Partner with Hiring Managers and support staff, to source and hire highly talented professionals for their requirements.

• Leading global projects and managing recruiting efforts within IBM's Cloud/Analytics Global Business Services, and Software Group Sales business units

• Consistently asked by management to develop domestic and international recruitment plans, as well as create Social Media campaigns from scratch to build virtual networks of candidates with hard to find niche skill sets

• Responsibilities include aligning with global hiring managers and business leaders to develop and deliver talent acquisition strategies that identify and engage the top talent in the marketplace

• Projects: Cloud Architects/Sales Leaders, Full Stack Developers, Mobile Developers, Marketing Sr IT Recruiter/Team Lead

GE Digital - Chicago, IL - 2013 to 2016

• Contracted to fill the most challenging of IT roles that have been open for a minimum of six months without being filled related to software, business intelligence, big data and technical architecture.

• Managed complete full life cycle, salary negotiations, background check, and onboarding process. Fully engage with hiring managers.

• Manage a technical team of recruiters across multiple geographies.

• Examples of positions recently filled: salesforce.com technical architect, director of business intelligence, SVP of data governance, senior QA lead, data warehouse architect, senior Hadoop developer, enterprise metadata management lead, IT service delivery manager, senior application architect.

• Well versed in ATS systems: Taleo/Brass Ring, Rally, and Acendify.

• Completed GE leadership program

Project Velocity - Recruited/Hired 25 senior software salespeople for GE Lighting project in two months exceeding expectations laid out at start of project. Intelligent Cities Project -Recruited/Hired 17 senior software salespeople for GE IOT (Internet of Things) with experience selling into city, state and government entities, exceeding expectations laid out at start of project. Transportation - Recruiting 36 senior software engineers for Transportation Sprint. These software engineers/ architects are a mix of front end/back end/fullstack. Core technologies on this project: Java, AngularJS, Junit, Spring Boot, Microservices, Linux/Unix, Jekins, CouchDB, cucumber, Agile methodology, MATLAB, MongoDB Sr. Technical Recruiter - Team Lead

SCOM - Chicago, IL - 2011 to 2013

• Worked as a Sr. Technical Recruiter/Team lead for IT consulting firm in Chicago on high level IT/Engineering and R&D roles including Java Developers, .NET Developers, HADOOP, Administrators/Developers, Big Data Consultants, Business Analysts, Front End Developers and more.

• Perform preliminary candidate phone screens and in-person interviews including use of behavioral interviewing techniques with strict adherence to EEOC guidelines

• Negotiate and deliver candidate offers, participate in presentations for new employee orientation, also involved with employee on boarding procedures and employee retention efforts. Input candidate history into MS Dynamics CRM

• Counseled and advised hiring managers (Directors, VPs and SVPs) to define and develop recruiting strategies from inception to on-boarding of candidates with an emphasis on attracting high performance talent.

• Positions were a mix of contract, contact to hire, and direct hire roles Director of Talent Acquisition/Sr. Technical Recruiter Affinity - Milwaukee, WI - 2009 to 2011

• Designed and implemented policies, procedures and recruiting best practices manual

• Worked for mid-size independent IT consulting firm in Milwaukee/Chicago area

• Responsible for filling active project management internal opportunities as well as various sub-contractor's agreements with partnered clients both locally and globally.

• Responsible for full life cycle recruiting from inception to completion including salary negotiations, backgrounds and reference checks, and offer letter

• Implement proactive talent pipelining and transactional deep-dive sourcing efforts across multiple mediums Business Development/ Technical Recruiter

KTC Consulting - Phoenix, AZ - 2008 to 2009

• Developed strategic and tactical marketing plans that produced over $2 million in sales for two developing businesses exceeding sales objectives by more than 25%

• Knowledge of GSA Contract Schedules, Federal Procurement Processes, and the VARs Agreement, FARs, BPAs, GWAC, SEWP, Etc.

• Develop requirements analysis and scope of work statement to procure Federal GSA

• Full life cycle recruiting of IT core consultants and staff augmentation for contract project based work

• Company relocated back to San Francisco

Business Development/Sr. Technical Recruiter

MRI - Chicago, IL - 2004 to 2008

• Responsible for sourcing, pre-screening and referring applicants for Engineering, IT, and Management positions.

• Daily interaction with C-level executives in negotiating, planning, developing and implementation of new business ideas and executive placement. Ran full desk with responsibility to procure contract and place candidates/contractors

EDUCATION

Bachelors of Science in US Air Force Veteran

Queens College

Finance/Banking/Insurance

State Farm

SKILLS

RECRUITING (9 years), FULL LIFE CYCLE (6 years), LIFE CYCLE (6 years), FRONT END (5 years), Hadoop (5 years)

LINKS

https://www.linkedin.com/in/epflum

MILITARY SERVICE

Service Country: United States

Branch: Air Force

Rank: E-2

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Core Competencies

•Full life cycle recruiting, salary negotiations, offer letters and full on-boarding process.

•Well versed in most applicant tracking systems (Taleo, MS Dynamics, Brass Ring, Bullhorn, Konexa, etc.)

•Designing and implementing recruiting best practices/policies and procedures, worker's compensation/ unemployment and recruiting best practices.

•Provide recruitment counsel and guidance to hiring managers and HR professionals with hiring and employment data. Develop specialized or competitive intelligence and research regarding talent development or retention.

•Through understanding of marketplace trends and competitive landscape. Known for delivering results, driving down time-to-fill and cost-per-hire while keeping quality consistently high. Innovative and engaging recruiting strategies of passive and active candidates using cutting edge social media techniques (LinkedIn, Dice, CB, Twitter, Facebook, User Groups, and Boolean/x-ray search)

•Excellent understanding of GSA scheduling and government contracts, immigration laws and compliance issues employee authorized document, H1B Visa, green card, permanent resident.

•Extensive long term candidates pipeline of IT, Marketing/Finance and Engineering candidates Examples of Positions Recruited:

Technical: Application Developers/Programmers/Architects: Java, .NET, VB, HADOOP Developers, HADOOP Administrators, IOS/Android Java/Cloud Developers, Cloud Architects, Big Data Consultants, Front-End/ Back-End/Full Stack Developers, Business Intelligence Analysts/Developers: OBIEE, Hyperion, SAP, Mobile developers/architects (IOS/Android), Sr. Business Analysts: Energy Risk Trading, IT Operations Manager, Data Stage, SAP/Oracle Security Analysts, Systems Integration, Information Assurance, Networking Engineers, PHP Developer, SQL DBA's, SAP Security Analyst, Application Code Review Specialist, Web Developers, SEO Consultant, Director of Clinical Informatics, LIMS, Android Developers, Manager, Systems Engineer, Unix/Linux Systems Administrators/Developers. UI/UX Architects/Developers, Security Engineers

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