DARNELL MILLS

Email 970-***-**** LinkedIn Windsor, CO

TALENT ACQUISITION PROFESSIONAL

Applying for a Recruiting/Staffing role

SUMMARY

! Strategic Sourcing >>20+ years of full life cycle recruiting and executive search experience

! Talent Advisor >> Hiring Leader partnership from intake to close

! Tools >> LinkedIn Recruiter, GEM

! ATS >> Lever, Greenhouse, Workday, Oracle Cloud, Newton

! Industries >> Software/Cloud/SaaS/Big Data, Tech, Cybersecurity Telecommunications, Human Resources, Corporate G&A, Legal, and Sales

AWARDS & RECOGNITION

2x MVP, earned 5 president's club awards, 4x quarterly award winner at multiple companies SKILLS & AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Talent Acquisition, Executive Search, Staffing/Agency, Human Resources (HR), Account Management, Sales, and Leadership

Energetic, versatile, passionate, results-driven, people-oriented, collaborative WORK EXPERIENCE

Calix, Inc – Global SaaS Broadband Service Provider Senior Technical Recruiter (Remote - layoff) Sept 2022 – Mar 2023

• Responsible for full life cycle corporate recruitment within Product, Cloud Engineering, and Operations for growth BSP Cloud Services provider. Filled and onboarded 14 software engineering and leadership positions in 4 months.

• Filled Cloud Software Engineers, Data Scientists, Hardware Engineers, IT analysts, Knowledge Management Specialists, Technical Program Managers, as well as key leadership level roles.

• Referred 2 recruiters to Calix and Earned Q4 “Above & Beyond” award.

• Mentored and trained 3 new hires.

Oracle Corporation – Global Enterprise SaaS Company (Remote -Contract) Nov 2021 – July 2022 Principal Talent Advisor

• Returned to Oracle on a contract for full lifecycle corporate recruiting, to support the burgeoning Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) organization.

• Remotely recruited average load of 40+ requisitions; positions filled included top technical leadership, software engineering, Big Data, product, and program management openings.

• Provided mentoring, training, and coaching for new talent advisors.

• Awarded Team Player award for Q1 FY22.’

Exabeam Cybersecurity / SaaS Provider (Remote) Nov 2020 – Oct 2021 Senior Talent Advisor

• Recruited Cybersecurity professionals within training and education, customer success, professional services, IT, product, and engineering for burgeoning Cloud start-up.

• Senior talent advisor and partner to the business, effectively driving the recruitment process with new and established hiring managers. Filled multiple Cybersecurity leadership roles, including a CISO.

• Received accolades from 5 client groups requesting my expertise and partnership multiple times. Oracle Corporation Global Enterprise SaaS Company (Remote - Covid-19 Layoffs) Nov 2015 -June 2020 Principal Talent Advisor

• Recruited average load of 25-30+ requisitions; successfully filled over 175 positions during tenure, including many diversity candidates.

• Positions filled included top technical engineering, product, and leadership talent for Oracle’s Data Cloud, Marketing Cloud, Fusion Cloud Applications, Cloud Infrastructure, and Database Cloud Services.

• Sourced and onboarded new hires ranging from SaaS/DevOps Engineers, Big Data and Data Scientists, UX/UI, Product and Project Managers, Business/Technical support analysts.

• Received kudos from VP North America Talent Advisory after successfully fulfilling a special project.

• Mentored, trained, and coached new talent advisors. SendGrid – Mass Marketing – Acquired by Twilio (Contract) June 2015- Nov 2015 Senior Corporate Recruiter

• Hired to augment Start-up Company growth.

• Collaborated with line managers, directors, and executives to recruit corporate functions, technology professionals including Cloud Software/DevOps Engineers, Email Specialists, Product Managers, Community Evangelists, and Big Data professionals.

• Responsible for high touch candidate experience. hrQ – Boutique Executive Search Firm Oct 2013 to June 2015 Managing Consultant – Executive Search

• Executive Recruiter, retained/contingent, for award winning Human Resources Search, Staffing, and Consulting firm.

• Full life cycle recruitment for Individual Contributors and Executives including recruiters, HRBP, Sr. HR Managers, Total Rewards, HRIS, Learning and Development, Director, VP, and C-Level HR Executives. CIBER – Global IT Consulting Firm July 2012 to Oct 2013 Executive Corporate Recruiter

• Partnered with C-level executives to recruit and hire 5 leaders into the Corporate Executive team.

• Successfully recruited 8 key hires to CIBER start-up Salesforce.com practice. Received recognition and appreciation from the CEO.

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE

Accurence – SaaS for Roofing Industry Aug 2011 to July 2012 Talent Acquisition Manager

Level 3 Communications/CenturyLink/now Lumen - Internet Infrastructure October 2007-July 2011

HR Business Partner (May 2010 – July 2011)

Lead Corporate Recruiter (October 2007 - May 2010) The Advocates - Legal Executive Search Nov 2006 – Sept 2007 Search Consultant

TEKsystems - Global IT Staffing Feb 1998 – Nov 2006 Recruiting/Sales/Account Manager

EDUCATION

B.A. College of Applied Human Sciences

Colorado State University

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