Tom Wadlington

Portsmouth, NH

ad4u8b@r.postjobfree.com

+1-617-***-****

EXECUTIVE RECRUITER • TECHNICAL RECRUITER •. HEAD OF TALENT ACQUISITION Globally focused and agile talent acquisition leader, technical recruiter and executive recruiter. Extensive experience developing and guiding recruiting strategy across all functions within both startups and established technology companies. Known for outstanding communication and relationship management skills.

Core competencies include:

Strategy Development/Execution • Recruiting Reporting/Metrics • Applicant Tracking Systems • ATS deployment • Full Cycle Recruiting • Sourcing Strategy • Relationship Management • Staff Supervision/ Development • Talent Pipeline Development •. Employment and Labor Law • Interview Process Training • Cloud Computing • Cloud Infrastructure • Cyber Security •. SaaS •. PaaS •. IaaS Work Experience

Executive Recruiter

SAP - Palo Alto, CA

July 2018 to Present

Conduct dozens of searches annually for General Management and Technology executives across numerous product groups (e.g., Analytics, Business Applications, Database & Technology) and industries (Financial Services, Retail, Regulated Industries, Travel & Transportation). Work across any job function.

• Define and execute search strategy with creative multi-channel sourcing in delivering top talent to the client. Filled 54 Executive level roles in 2021 and completed 30 searches successfully in 2022, when hiring slowed.

• Conduct global searches for VP to C level roles with a metrics driven approach that includes search timelines, milestones and deliverables and closely monitored conversion ratios. All searches include an Interview Guide and Scorecards for thorough assessment of candidates.

• Searches for a Chief Design Officer and for an SVP, Engineering for S/4HANA Public Cloud were completed in 60 days.

• Partner with hiring managers and teams at the executive level to reduce to time to fill by 50%, with a closing rate of 97%.

• Hiring Manager and Candidate CSAT ratings of 4.9 out of 5.

• Led the Global Executive Recruiting organization in external, executive hires and had a diversity hiring rate of 35%.

• Award: 2022 Lion Award winner as the top performing Executive Recruiter. Executive Recruiter

DigitalOcean - New York, NY

November 2016 to July 2018

DigitalOcean, the cloud infrastructure company for developers, is a dynamic, high-growth technology company that serves a passionate community of technologists around the world. DOCN went public in 2021 after scaling to more than 800 employees.

Recruited for roles such as General Counsel; Chief Security Officer; VP, Product; VP, Marketing; VP, UX; VP, Infrastructure; VP, Customer Success and Support; Director, R&D; Director, UX; Director, Business Operations; Director, Product – Storage, etc.

Head of Talent

The Pipeline Group - San Francisco, CA

December 2014 to November 2016

Provided talent acquisition consulting services to emerging companies in the technology industry. Vice President of Talent Acquisition

Talend - Redwood City, CA

February 2014 to November 2014

Delivered talent acquisition and supervisory leadership to drive recruiting initiatives for Big Data integration and open-source software vendor. Created a strategic talent acquisition roadmap that focused on Employer Brand enhancement.

· Defined and established best-in-class sourcing and talent acquisition strategies to align with hiring goal of 150 in 2014.

· Hired, supervised, and developed geographically disperse team of 6 recruiters located in California and Europe.

· Integrated company brand into internal and external recruiting platforms to position organization asan Employer of Choice, achieving tenfold increase in number of applicants and raising rating from 3.1 to 4.5 out of 5 on Glassdoor.

· Managed process to select new ATS vendor, negotiate contract, and oversaw system implementation project.

· Increased employee referrals from 12% of all hires to 28% by revising the Employee Referral Program.

Principal Strategic Staffing Partner

VMware - Palo Alto, CA

March 2005 to February 2014

VMware (NYSE: VMW) is the global leader in virtualization and cloud infrastructure. Part of an R&D Staffing team that helped to scale the company’s employee base from 1,000 to more than 14,000, globally.

Lent recruiting and technical expertise to quickly growing global leader in cloud infrastructure and virtualization solutions. Supervised teams with up to 10 members to achieving staffing objectives for R&D and special hiring initiatives.

· Tripled software engineering hires from 5 to 15 per month while providing leadership o 10-person recruiting team.

· Built a team of 4 to scale up first remote R&D center in Cambridge, MA from 4 employees to over 200. Education

Bachelor of Arts in Political Science

UC Berkeley - Berkeley, CA, US

Skills

“. Cybersecurity

• Cloud Computing

• HR Sourcing

• VMWare

• ATS

• Virtualization

• AWS

• Azure

Links

linkedin.com/in/tomwadlington

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