FRAN WOODRUFF

TALENT ACQUISITION

713-***-****

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OVERVIEW

Seasoned, hands-on Technical and Executive Talent Acquisition Leader with diverse Industry and technical expertise, experience building, training, coaching and managing top-tier recruiting teams, establishing consultative, advisory relationships with external and internal stakeholders and gaining respect and trust across all layers of the Talent macrocosm. I am interested in strategic roles with innovative, People-first organizations where I can make a significant and concrete impact on overall growth and success. SKILLS

15+ YEARS TECHNICAL AND

EXECUTIVE TALENT ACQUISITION

10+ YEARS HANDS-ON LEADERSHIP

BUILDING & LEADING TOP-TIER

RECRUITING TEAMS

CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT,

TRAINING & COACHING

KPI, METRICS, REPORTING

STRATEGY, PLANNING, CHANGE

MANAGEMENT

DIVERSITY ANALYSIS, TRAINING &

IMPLEMENTATION

BRAND & CULTURE CHAMPION

EMPLOYMENT LAWS, REGULATIONS

& GOVERNANCE

CONSULTATIVE RELATIONSHIP

BUILDING WITH TEAM MEMBERS,

CANDIDATES AND

INTERNAL/EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS

VENDOR ANALYSIS & CONTRACT

NEGOTIATION

LARGE-SCALE GROWTH

INITITIATIVES, PLANNING &

EXECUTION

GLOBAL, MULTI-LINGUAL PROJECTS

MARKET, SALARY & RESOURCE

ANALYSIS, FORECASTING &

PLANNING

NETWORK BUIILDING & PASSIVE

CANDIDATE SOURCING STRATEGIST

ATS EVALUATION, SELECTION,

IMPLEMENTATION, DATA

MIGRATION

INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE

including, but not limited to:

EXPERIENCE

Director, Talent Acquisition

Zinga Group

2014-Current

• Built top producing, tier-one recruiting and BD teams with in- depth expertise in Niche, Technical and Executive Requisitions.

• Developed and implemented full lifecycle training program, detailed recruiting protocols and processes from creating and understanding Requisitions, Identifying, Sourcing, Engaging, Interviewing, Vetting, Negotiating rate/salaries/benefits, Closing to final On-boarding, post-start Communication/Relationship Building and, most importantly, the rarely taught intangibles that hold the real “secrets” to a virtually bulletproof strategic and streamlined recruiting process.

• Achieved aggressive recruiting goals with a top level, diverse and empowered team that focused, not only efficient, effective, process-compliant production, but production focused on people first delivered with the highest level of integrity, creativity, strategy and communication.

• Established Metrics, monitored other KPI’s and created a multi- scaled reporting system- both for internal, team review and assessment as well as for other internal and external stakeholders.

• Selected and customized ATS system

• Functioned in HR and compliance role- maintaining Federal and State Employment law compliance, payroll-W2, contract and B2B entities, WC, tax reporting and matters involving

Visas/Sponsorship.

• Responsible for Performance Reviews, functioned as Coach and Mentor, resolved conflicts, motivated personal and career growth goals and inspired the successful delivery of high-volume, high- quality Talent Acquisition goals.

O&G – Up/Mid/Down; Energy;

Healthcare; Manufacturing –

Discrete/ETO/Process; Engineering;

Robotics; Aerospace; Aviation; Defense;

Construction; Financial -Banking;

Trading; Government (& Govt

Contractors); Education;

Tech-Specific Companies (Software/App

Dev, Professional Services/SAAS):

Gaming, Trading, Geophysics, Aviation,

Entertainment, Robotics, AI, Security,

R&D, Data Analytics, Cloud

Data/Storage

RECRUITING

EXPERIENCE

including, but not limited to:

Software Developers, Engineers,

Architects: .Net, C#, C/C++, Java, J2EE,

Python, Perl, Rust, Go, SQL, NoSQL,

PL/SQL, UI/UX, AI;

ERP: Functional & Technical Analysts-

Oracle, PeopleSoft, SAP, JD Edwards;

Database/Network: Engineers,

Administrators -Oracle, SQL, Linux,

UNIX, MySQL, PostreSQL, MongoDB;

Security/Cybersecurity: Engineers,

Architects, Risk/Threat Analysis,

Forensics, Ethical Hacking;

Data/Storage: Visualization,

Virtualization, Analytics, Modeling,

Migration, ETL, Management, Cloud

Storage, AWS; QA/Testing; Business

Intelligence; Project/Program

Management & Agile, Scrum, Lean

pros; Executive/Leadership: Sr.

Managers, Directors, CIO/CTO,

Accounting/Finance: CFO, Controllers,

Audit, Tax, Trading

ATS:

Zoho Recruit, Bullhorn, UltraStaff

Linkedin Recruiter, Indeed

EDUCATION

Goldman Sachs 10KSB

Cohort 14

University of Houston

BA – English

• Managed internal and external client, vendor and 3rd party communications, negotiations and contracts

• Personally functioned as primary client contact and managed multi-million-dollar Global project implementations and migrations while also contributing as a hands-on Recruiter, focused primarily on critical and difficult to find resources as well as confidential and Executive roles.

• Talent Acquisition Consultant for select corporate Clients to evaluate, advise and revise or create and implement their own, internal, best-in-class recruiting teams and streamlined processes to decrease dependence on and cost of 3rd party

vendors/partners and improve onboarding timeline and long- term ROI.

• Acted in expert advisory role regarding Market strategies, Tech trends, Resource availability and cost, onboarding objectives and strategies, project scopes, timelines and budgets, permanent employee retention, culture/reputation issues, DEI Analysis and integration planning, interview process and interview-to-hire efficiency guidance.

IT Talent Acquisition & Business Development

Manager

Inquest staffing

2005-2014

• Promoted to Manager of both Talent Acquisition and Business Development teams while still fulfilling hands-on Recruiting and Sales roles.

• Hired, trained & managed Jr. & Sr. Technical Recruiters and Sales/Business Developers resulting in significant client growth and doubling company profits.

• Developed substantial and lucrative contract/consulting practice from a predominately direct-hire or one-off contract model.

• Decreased average Submittal to Hire ratio from 6:1 to 3:1.

• Assessed antiquated ATS, evaluated newer systems and played key role in ATS selection, contract negotiations, data migration and successful implementation of new Bullhorn ATS. 2005-2011 Sr. Technical Recruiter (Full desk)

• Top producing full desk Technical Recruiter.

• Responsible for high volume and highly specialized resource acquisitions, primarily in the Technology Sector as well as Business Development, Sales, Client engagement, management & expansion.

• Built large client base and assisted critical, niche and large-scale onboarding projects for a vast number of Industries and company sizes – from tech start-ups and Foreign entities opening US offices to fortune 100 companies.

• Built vast Industry Network and earned a solid reputation as a knowledgeable, honest, tenacious and results-oriented recruiting partner to past and prospective Candidates and Clients alike.

• Consistent 7+ figure GP margin spread.

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