Humberto A. (Bert) Suarez

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Port Jefferson, NY 11777

516-***-**** (C)

ad0wba@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY: A Senior Technical Recruiter who has over twenty years of experience. Extensive experience sourcing and placing IT professionals in financial services, manufacturing, government, consumer services, and healthcare industries. Extensive experience with Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) i.e., JobDiva, iCIMS, SuccessFactors, LinkedIn Recruiter and Taleo. Skills include ability to work in extreme pressure situations, motivate and lead personnel, excellent communications, and written skills.

PROFESSIONAL

EXPERIENCE:

ePlus Technology, Inc. 06/2023 – 11/2023

Senior Recruiter

ePlus Technology, Inc. is a technology company with more than 30 years providing professional services, Managed Services, and IT Support. We have helped thousands of leading organizations use IT to navigate rapidly changing, extraordinary and sometimes unprecedented challenges. Our collective expertise is what positions them for continued growth, and we attribute this ability entirely to our highly qualified and very talented team. When you join ePlus, you are working alongside a committed and passionate team whose knowledge and skill are transforming organizations around the world. Responsibilities included sourcing infrastructure resources from Helpdesk Analysts, Desktop Support Specialists, Systems Administrator/Engineers, Network Administrators/Engineers, Cyber Security Engineers, DevOps Engineers, Project Managers, Business Analysts, Security Engineers, etc. Alexander Mann Solutions 08/2021 – 03/2023

Senior Recruiter

AMS is an IT services firm headquartered in the UK. We enable organizations to thrive in an age of constant change by building, reshaping, and optimizing workforces. We do this through talent acquisition and contingent workforce management, internal mobility and skills development, and talent and technology advisory services. We help our clients excel through building, re-shaping, and optimizing fluid, resilient, diverse, and differentiated workforces. We achieve this through unrivalled capability and global scalability, enhanced by world-class technology, a deep understanding of the global skills economy, the best possible brand-led candidate experience, and insightful analytics.

Barclays 07/2022 – 03/2023

• As a Senior Recruiter responsible for Project Managing a Portfolio of US technology roles supporting critical front office functions of a global universal bank on an end-to-end basis recruitment approval through sourcing to offer, on boarding and ultimately hiring.

• Overseeing and delivering high-caliber candidates from a range of channels: referrals, advertising/social media activity, events and through agency partners

• Key recruitment point of contact for a challenging client community and a wide array of stakeholders including screening and immigration provider firms, in house offer and on boarding team etc., providing activity updates and expediting activity.

• Co-ordinating and mobilizing colleagues in sourcing and on boarding technology professionals up to and including VP level.

• Maintained strict adherence to Barclays and AMS DE&I standards. KPMG 08/2021 – 07/2022

• Responsible for full life cycle recruiting within the IT discipline for permanent/internal staff consulting positions within the US KPMG.

• Responsible for sourcing and screening Directors, Senior Managers, Senior Consultants, and consultants for Cloud Security and the CIO Advisory Practices.

• The skill sets sourced are AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, and DevOps. NTT DATA Americas 10/11 – 08/21

Senior Recruiter, Talent Acquisition

• Tasked with sourcing candidates for SMART City NTT, an internal group that is developing Cloud based and SMART applications, which included sourcing candidates Big Data Architects, Data Scientists, SMART Platform Managers, Data Analysts, etc.

• Assigned to NTT DATA’s Campus Recruiting Group, supported major recruiting initiatives at several universities to staff college graduates for software development, business analysis, systems analysis, and infrastructure roles for our clients in public sector, financial services, and health sciences.

• Supported the TX DOT and HBITS groups in their staffing efforts and assisted with staffing positions for The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and Mexico due to my ability to speak/read/write Spanish.

• Was asked to use my Spanish speaking skills the full life cycle of recruiting IT and non-IT staff for the newly established Delivery Center in Heredia, Costa Rica.

• Responsible sourcing viable candidates for permanent/internal staff for the Delivery Center searches includes but are not limited to Administrative Assistants, Finance Managers, Java/Lawson/Salesforce/UNIX Developers, Quality Assurance Testers, Project Coordinators/Schedulers, etc.

• Staffed key members for the Delivery Center and near shore resources for BCBS of NC.

• Traveled to San Jose, Costa Rica to participate in a four-day job fair to screen and assess potential employees. Attached to this group until a local recruiter was hired.

• Currently responsible for full life cycle recruiting within the IT discipline for permanent/internal staff consulting positions within NTT DATA Public Sector throughout the US.

• Matrix searches include but are not limited to; Application Developers (Java, .NET, C#, etc...), Business Analysts, Peoplesoft (functional & technical), Salesforce (functional and technical); Project Managers, Architects, and support. Partner with NTT DATA hiring managers to effectively gather requisition requirements and coordinate candidate interviews.

• Talent Acquisition Recruiter dedicated to NTT DATA Inc.’s Public Sector vertical, focused in supporting the HBITS (New York State Hourly Based IT Services) contract as a Primary vendor. ThruPoint (Contract)

Contract Senior Technical Recruiter

07/11 – 10/11

• Responsible for sourcing and placing infrastructure and telecommunications professionals throughout the US, including Cisco Engineers, Systems Administrators, Desktop Engineers/Support Technicians, Windows Server Administrators/Engineers, Helpdesk Technicians, etc. QED National 6/10 –6/11

Senior Technical Recruiter

• As a senior member of a team responsible for recruiting technology professionals, consultants, and employees, for various government agencies, financial services firms including banking and brokerage.

• Recruit technology professionals for mid to senior levels positions for developers, managers, and administrators by utilizing internal database, external internet sources including passive candidates and referral networks.

• Recruits, screens, interviews, and performs reference checking candidates.

• Conducts interviews, both telephone and in-person screening of all applicants. Vicom Staffing 6/06 – 3/10

Senior Technical Recruiter

• Responsible for sourcing, screening, and interviewing IT infrastructure professionals for consulting and fulltime positions for various financial services, manufacturing, consumer services, healthcare, government agencies, and insurance firms throughout the NY/NJ area.

• Clients included North Fork Bank, Cablevision, HIP, North Shore Long Island Jewish Hospital, New York State, City of New York, and Estee Lauder.

• Involved in negotiating hourly rates/annual salaries, setting up technical testing/evaluations, reference checks, and follow up with consultants on billing. Conversion Services International 10/05 – 6/06

Senior Technical Recruiter

• Responsible for recruiting IT professionals for consulting and permanent positions.

• Staffed positions for various clients including Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Chase, Morgan Stanley, ADP, Bungee Corporation, Hewlett Packard Financial Services, and MBIA.

• Duties included sourcing, screening, interview, negotiating hourly rates/annual salaries, setting up technical evaluations, reference checking, resume preparation, scheduling client interviews, closing, and follow up with consultant and/or permanent hire.

• Responsible for sourcing candidates through networking, Internet recruiting, cold calling, and using in house databases.

Trine Aspects, Ltd 10/04 – 10/05

Senior Technical Recruiter

• Responsible for recruiting IT professionals for consulting and permanent positions.

• Successfully staffed positions for various clients including Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, Fidelity Investments, Estee Lauder, Health Management Systems, Deutsche Bank, UBS Warburg, and AON.

• Duties included sourcing, screening, interview, negotiating hourly rates/annual salaries, setting up technical evaluations, reference checking, resume preparation, scheduling client interviews, closing, and follow up with consultant and/or permanent hire.

• Responsible for sourcing candidates through networking, Internet recruiting, cold calling, and using in house databases.

The Allegiance Group/Aetea Information Technology, Inc. 10/02 – 10/04 Senior Technical Recruiter

• Responsible for IT consultants for various clients in the tri-state area, including the Bank of New York, HIP, AXA, Estee Lauder, UBS Warburg, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, and Met Life.

• Duties included sourcing, screening, interviewing, negotiating hourly rates/annual salaries, setting up technical evaluations, reference checking, resume preparation, scheduling client interviews, contract negotiations, and followed up with candidates after they started an assignment.

• Responsible for sourcing candidates through cold calling, networking, internet recruiting, and using in- house database system methods.

• Placed project managers, business analysts, systems architects, software developers, and QA analysts in web related, client server and legacy environments. Connect Technology Solutions, Inc. 9/99 - 10/02

Senior Technical Recruiter

• Responsible for the overall management of the Recruiting Department for Information Systems consultants.

• Duties include overseeing and managing processes such as sourcing, screening, interviewing, reference checking, administering computerized testing, preparing resumes, scheduling interviews with clients, follow-up calls, contract negotiations, signing consultants to contracts and cold calling.

• Built an extensive network of consultants for the purpose of referrals.

• Prepared advertising for the Internet, newspapers, and other industry related publications. Additional experience available upon request.

EDUCATION: Grumman Data Systems Institute, Diploma in Computer Programming SUNY Brockport, History/Political Science

E. J. Frey & Associates, Brian Tracy’s New Psychology of Selling Learning International, Professional Selling Skills The Breckenridge Group, “The Internet Recruiter”

CERTIFICATIONS: AIRS CSSR, Certificate Number 83983 MILITARY

SERVICE: United States Marine Corp, Rank Corporal E-4, Honorable Discharge FOREIGN

LANGUAGES: Fluent in Spanish

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