ADAM PORTER

ad3aen@r.postjobfree.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamporter91/ 309-***-****

SUMMARY

A results-driven, dedicated, and forward-thinking talent acquisition and operations specialist with strong experience in recruiting, program management, problem solving, training and mentoring, pipeline management, forecasting, process improvement, presentations and campaign management. Spearheads strategic initiatives that leverage recruiting tools and implement processes to attract and retain top talent. Adept in building robust pipelines, managing full-cycle recruiting, and training hiring teams to align with organizational goals. Recognized for fostering strong partnerships and driving change to enable growth in dynamic technical environments.

Recruiting experience to include: Engineering, Technical, Legal, Financial, HR, Development, Healthcare, Life Sciences, Government, Commercial, Banking, Telecommunications, Customer Service, Sales and other industries/skillsets as deemed necessary by the client/role.

EXPERIENCE

Merative/IBM Watson Health

TA Operations Specialist December 2022 – November 2023

• Specialized in enhancing recruiting processes and tools, including developing content and training for recruiters, policy documents and workflow diagrams to ensure recruiters had the tools to be successful in delivering top talent for their hiring managers.

• Led the integration of Workday Recruiting Functionality; creating and leading multiple recruiting and hiring managers training and meeting with stakeholders to develop enhancement requests through ServiceNow - completed 15+ critical Workday Recruit enhancements that resulted in cost per hire and time to fill metrics.

• Assisted in development of the Merative Position Management approval flows from Create Position to Job Requisition and Offer to Transfer.

• Interviewed vendors for Interim ATS while long-term ERP solution was being developed.

• Created training process documents, user guides, training videos and led training sessions for 10+ recruiters and 100+ hiring leaders globally including US, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, and India.

• Oversaw and tracked status of over 50 requirements as they were being transferred from IBM to Merative in different waves of divestiture.

• Successfully implemented two different applicant tracking systems for brand new talent acquisition department within a 6-month timeframe.

Merative/IBM Watson Health

Talent Acquisition Partner October 2021 – December 2022

• Collaborated closely with technical hiring managers to understand niche technical roles and provided data driven insights for strategic recruitment decisions.

• Built and maintained relationships with business leaders within to understand hiring plans and recruitment priorities to fill hiring needs in timely manner.

• Supported multiple business units within organization to source, screen, interview, and hire candidates for internal opportunities and provided market data when supporting niche roles to educate the managers on candidate and market trends.

• Provided recruitment support for business units such as technology, clinical research, sales, imaging, marketing, legal, and HR.

• Worked with vendors including RPO team and staffing vendors when outsourcing sourcing and hiring needs on as needed basis.

• Identified opportunities within talent acquisition to improve systems and processes to provide better experience for hiring manager, candidates, and other HR team members. Adam Porter, Page 2

• Supported divestiture of IBM Watson Health as single Merative recruiter as positions and candidates were being moved to Merative.

Mantech International

Senior Technical Recruiter January 2021 – October 2021

• Aided with number of different business units including defense customers and intelligence customers (NRO, DIA, NSA) to identify candidates for funded and contingent offers.

• Utilized Workday, ClearanceJobs.com, and LinkedIn Recruiter to source for cleared IT resources with clearances ranging from Top Secret to Top Secret with various levels of polygraphs.

• Supported 15 to 30 open requirements for five different government programs simultaneously.

• Established as key role and led weekly status calls with program management team to understand current program updates, changes, and provide updates on recruiting updates.

• Worked with program team to qualify requirements, understand roadblocks, and post job on various job boards for passive sourcing.

• Collaborated with business development team to assist in delivering candidates for key personnel/resources for BD and RFP projects; created contingent offer or letter of intent documents as needed for program. TEKsystems

National Recruiter-Government Services November 2018 – December 2020

• Gained knowledge and network of IT professionals within areas such as state, local, and federal government programs including Health and Human Services (HHS), Medicaid Management Information Systems (MMIS), Integrated Eligibility (IES), Department of Defense (DOD, Air Force, Army, Navy), Defense Health Agency (DHA), and Department of Homeland Services (DHS) to attract and retain top IT talent for programs.

• Built relationships with IT professionals in over 30 states to understand skills, goals, and interests to be career advisor; employed consultants in eight different state projects.

• Maintained network of 150 IT professionals regionally that met needs of clients across United States.

• Created and maintained network of project managers, business analysts, schedulers, QA testers, and technical writers for state healthcare programs and network engineers, system engineers, and security engineers for government programs.

• Oversaw full life-cycle recruiting including identifying top talent, technical assessments, and clearance verification via JPAS; conducting references and negotiating salary with qualified candidates.

• Supported 25 different customers and government integrators to understand business goals and objectives to deliver talent that meets requirements.

• Recruited and delivered upon clients requirements ranging from 5 to 30 positions simultaneously-regionally and nationally.

• Attended internal training to further knowledge of trends within vertical in addition to updates on contract award and procurement processes to support contingent work and team with integrators on open RFPs.

• Led negotiations with candidates to ensure profit margins were being met; managed business portfolio of $500K annually.

TEKsystems

Denver Government Services Recruiter May 2018 – November 2018

• Supported federal government, state and local projects for military, state Medicaid programs, office of information technology, and sheriff’s office project.

• Created local network of IT professionals with prior experience supporting federal government programs such as mission planning, intelligence, radar tracking, and other programs as needed. Adam Porter, Page 3

• Played key role at networking and career fairs for transitioning military at TAPS and other events to assist with career planning after active duty.

• Assisted with customers to understand business objectives for major tactical programs within state health and human services programs.

• Hired and retained team growing headcount of IT Medicaid professionals by 25% in 12 weeks for eight-month project. TEKsystems

Account Recruiting Manager July 2016 – September 2018

• Functioned as local point-of-contact. Received all incoming requests client business sourcing needs for IT contract workforce for client. Collaborated with vendor managers to understand requests of customer and qualifications needed to submit candidates through Vendor Management System (VMS).

• Grew headcount at client site by 300% during my time as manager; responsible for vendor management, performance management, and on-boarding/off-boarding employees.

• Utilized internal and external CRM systems (Salesforce.com, LinkedIn, and Beeline) to track business requests, manage resource tracking, and to contact consultants/managers at client site.

• Assisted in establishing fulfillment strategy to increase level of service to client to be able to meet and exceed scorecard metrics.

TEKsystems

Applications Recruiter May 2014 – July 2016

• Established network of IT consultants in project management, business analysis, quality assurance, technical writers, and development to understand skills, goals, and interests to become local resource for networking and career advancement, specializing within project management and business analysis.

• Built network of over 200 IT professionals and kept informed of local trends in Colorado Springs market.

• Managed consultants while on assignment; providing and gathering feedback on assignment, resolving any issues/problems, providing professional coaching, and when necessary, providing disciplinary measures. Supervised 30 consultants simultaneously.

EDUCATION

BRADLEY UNIVERSITY, Peoria, Illinois

B.S., Marketing-Professional Sales & Business Management TECHNICAL SKILLS

MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Visio, OneNote), Salesforce, Beeline, Trello, LinkedIn Recruiter, Workday Recruiting, Monday.com, HireBridge, BrassRing, ClearanceJobs.com

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