MICHAEL MONTALTO

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LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/mikemontalto

TALENT ACQUISITION LEADER

Results-oriented Global Talent Acquisition leader with strong business acumen that builds high performing teams in hyper growth hiring environments. Expertise collaborating with executives and cross-functional teams at all levels to align and convert business plans into enterprise-wide strategic hiring initiatives. Passionate, data-driven, goal-oriented leader who delivers desired results and improves stakeholder satisfaction while enabling people to do their best work. EXPERTISE & EXPERIENCE

Global Talent Acquisition & Strategy Leading and Developing Talent Acquisition Teams

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Programs Merger & Acquisition Integration

International Recruitment (EMEA/APAC) Process Development & Improvement

Workforce & Retention Planning HR/People Analytics & Reporting

Employer Branding

Executive Recruiting

Problem Solver w/ can-do mentality

Strategic Planning & Org Design

ATS Implementation and Integration

LinkedIn Recruiter & Talent Insights Expert

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

RED HAT (NYSE: IBM)

Senior Manager, Global TA - Product, Engineering, IT and Corporate Strategy Sept 2021 – Present Manager, Global Talent Acquisition – Global Products & Engineering April 2019 – Sep 2021 Global POC responsible for leading, managing and developing a delivery team of Managers, Talent Advisors and Sourcers supporting the Products, Engineering, IT and Corporate Strategy divisions.

• Served as strategic partner to senior leadership, introducing innovative and progressive talent attraction practices, policies and processes organization wide.

• Designed and executed a highly successful recruiting strategy, resulting in a record breaking 6800 full time engineering hires in 2021 for a major business initiative.

• Managed a global hiring plan with 1500-2500 requisitions annually, scaling the business from 11k to 21k employees in under 4 years.

• Collaborated with key stakeholders to develop and implement hiring dashboards, providing real- time reporting and maintaining data integrity.

• Engaged in weekly strategic planning sessions with senior executives, driving the implementation of key initiative and priorities throughout the year.

• Mentored and developed employees through impactful performance discussions, fostering professional growth and aligning individual goals with organizational objectives.

• Led a DEI recruiting strategy to align with Red Hat’s diversity, equity, and inclusion priorities and goals (AAP).

• Enabled operational excellent through scalable processes, programs, and tech solutions.

• Collaborated with a cross-functional team to evaluate and implement Workday and Workday Recruiter (ATS).

• Strategized and implemented continuous process improvements to optimize the overall candidate experience from application to on-boarding.

• Drove productivity improvements, talent strategies, and innovation through the use of technology, tools, events, data and analytics.

TIVO (NASDAQ: TIVO) Feb 2015 – April 2019

Principal Talent Acquisition Lead

Responsible for leading and driving the recruiting strategy for Data Analytics, Advertising, Search & Recommendation and Metadata business units.

• Managed a talent acquisition team primarily focused on recruiting top technical engineering and sales talent.

• Established, maintained and executed KPI’s and cost-effective recruiting processes for internal stakeholders. Used data to drive positive organizational process changes.

• Implemented creative/non-traditional sourcing and recruiting programs in a competitive tech marketplace.

• Executed diversity & inclusion programs at each stage of the hiring funnel

• Responsible for building out the Rovi/TiVo brand. Built out and owned candidate experience model that was implemented company wide.

• Executive Recruiting: successfully sourced and hired 2 key executives for the Analytics business unit.

• Key Talent Acquisition stakeholder in pre/post acquisition integration of Rovi & TiVo.

• Fostered a collaborative team environment and a strong service-oriented culture that ensures delivery of efficient, effective, quality driven service to internal customers.

• Responsible for building out and executing University Recruiting program for East Coast.

• Key TA Stakeholder for Career Site redesign project partnering with Marketing.

• Owned and Managed company-wide Social Media platforms (LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, & Glassdoor)

NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS INC. (NASDAQ: NUAN) Sept. 2012 – Feb. 2015 Sr. Talent Acquisition Lead– Healthcare Division

Responsible for full lifecycle Global Talent Acquisition delivery and strategy within the $1B+ Healthcare vertical in a high-volume Enterprise environment. Areas of focus include R&D, Engineering, COGS, Marketing, Sales, and IT.

• Primary recruiting contact for all headcount openings within the Healthcare division.

• Partnered closely with HR, HRBP’s, Finance and division leaders to establish hiring targets for each fiscal year

• Hired 120 FTE employees in both FY2013 & FY2014 with a full life-cycle req while carrying a req count of 25-40 reqs at a time.

• Managed candidates through our internal Applicant Tracking System (ICIMS) while ensuring a positive candidate experience with frequent communication throughout the hiring process.

• Facilitated kick-off meetings with Hiring Managers and interview team to formulate and revise job description and position requirements

• Evaluated candidates based on skills, interest level, cultural fit, and made recommendations for advancement through process or decline

• Primary recruiting contact on multi-million company-wide projects as well as responsibility for reporting metrics directly to SVP, GM and C-level

• Key member of task force team created to evaluate, negotiate and decide on the implementation of a Global MSP program for contract/temporary workforce within Nuance. Managed all staffing vendor relationships including contract execution, fee agreements and rate negotiations throughout all divisions within Nuance

• Technical Positions Include: Software Engineers, QA, Research Engineers, R&D, Big Data, Hosted Infrastructure, Project/Product Managers, Build/Release Engineers, full-stack development, Security Engineers, DevOps, Virtualization/Cloud Engineers. ROBERT HALF TECHNOLOGY (NYSE: RHI) July 2010 – September 2012 Branch Manager – Technology Division (Software Development & Infrastructure)

• Lead and developed a team of 3 Account Managers, 3 Recruiters and 1 Sales Support Admin.

• Grew weekly contract hours over 1200 and weekly gross margin over $15,000 in less than one year.

• Booked over $100k in perm revenue in less than one year.

• Managed 2 of the company’s largest VMS clients utilizing the FieldGlass ($2b client) and Beeline

($989m client) tools on a local and national basis. Communicate and negotiate with line managers as well as HR/Talent Acquisition Managers. Within the tools I create job orders, submit resumes, facilitate interviews, job offers, and hires while staying within VMS guidelines. o Grew existing active contractors with these VMS clients from 0 to 24 locally and from 5 to over 150 nationally.

• Overall YTD revenue of all clients serviced through Burlington location is $689,000 through May 2011

• Responsible for recruiting internal staff and developing careers of employees by training, coaching and mentoring to grow their personal books of business.

• Establish incremental growth of divisional revenue consistent with company target goals

• Conduct weekly and monthly SAR (sales activity review) meetings with staff to set goals and develop plans of action

• Use technical knowledge to develop and grow a client base by selling services for a variety of technology related roles in application development and technical support.

• Sales prospecting calls and conducting in-person meetings with key managers to senior-level executives, for the purpose of selling services to prospective clients and building upon existing client relationships. Clients from various commercial industries including: pharmaceutical, telecom, education, construction, medical, financial, transportation and electronics/manufacturing.

• Recruit, interview and place highly skilled technology professionals in high level and complex roles.

• Strategize with teammates, division directors and other branch managers to accomplish weekly and monthly business growth goals.

• Consultative sales approach in meeting with clients to evaluate their technical needs then recommending and providing consulting solutions.

• Full sales cycle development including negotiating contracts and bill rates with clients. THE FOOTBRIDGE COMPANIES June 2007 – June 2010

Recruiting Manager

• Strategically developed a new niche group to focus on the oil & gas sector in 2008 and generated over $500,000 in gross profit for the group in first year.

• Responsible for managing a $27.9B global oil & gas VMS client utilizing the Visilent tool. Built a great rapport with the VMS manager as well as line managers to support projects based in the United States.

Responsible for managing a $4.8B global EPC VMS client utilizing the TalentFlow tool.

• “Presidents Club” winner 2008 & 2009 for being a top performer.

• Prospecting for new client business by meeting hiring managers to understand their staffing needs as well as making recommendations to those clients regarding top talent.

• Initiate and negotiate Master Service Agreements with clients (hiring managers & HR) for temporary staffing as well as direct hire fee agreements.

• Other industries of focus: power, nuclear, fossil, oil & gas, alternative energy, DOD, DOE, pharmaceutical, pipeline, offshore/subsea, transportation.

• Assisting companies in meeting their business objectives by carefully analyzing their human capital needs, developing the profile of an ideal candidate, and launching a search to deliver candidates with the right combination of skills and attributes.

• Single point of contact to main accounts for receiving new requirements, submitting candidates, scheduling interviews, presenting offers and on boarding of new employees.

• Sourcing candidates through existing database (Bullhorn), advertising, Internet, business contacts, referrals, networking and direct recruiting.

EDUCATION

Merrimack College – North Andover, MA

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration

Concentration: Business Management & Management Information Systems INVENTIONS & PATENTS

Patent No.: US 10,154,319 B1 – Systems and Methods for Customizing Delivery of Advertisements RECOMMENDATIONS

Tim Cramer – Senior Vice President, Global Engineering – Red Hat I've worked with Mike for 3+ years at Red Hat, and he's been a fantastic partner. Navigating budgets with the finance team, hiring internationally, getting the right lead times, having the right pipeline in place are all challenging, and Mike would always have his data together and support the Global Engineering team well. I'd recommend Mike to someone who not only needs the expert skills in Talent Acquisition, but also wants someone who understands the overall business and can partner across the organization to get things done.

Mike McGrath – Vice President, Core Platforms – Red Hat In my role as VP of Core Services at Red Hat, I've had to hire a lot of exciting and unique skills. In some cases, as we invent new technologies, the skills simply don't exist. So Michael and I had to get creative on our jobs search. He was an excellent partner in this process. Small things, big things, contradicting things, it didn't matter - He was willing to work through it and understand what I needed. He is also an affable associate and I always looked forward to our meetings. I wouldn't hesitate to work with Michael in the future on any talent needs.

Nick Huber – Senior Manager, Financial Planning Analysis – Red Hat I have worked with Mike for the past several years at Red Hat, and he is a fantastic business partner. As a senior manager in FP&A my role partners closely with the TA team. Mike is always willing to provide his insight and take the lead in supporting any projects that finance brings forth. He is professional, intelligent, and produces high quality work efficiently. I will miss working with Mike directly, and know that he will be a phenomenal resource for wherever he ends up next, and I can’t recommend him enough. Thanks Mike for all of your hard work and partnership over the years! Heather McDonald – Principal Talent Advisor – Red Hat Mike managed me directly for the past few years at Red Hat, and he is without a doubt one of the best managers I’ve ever had. Mike was a top-performing technical recruiter prior to being promoted into his managerial role, so he uniquely understood the challenges our team faced and the resources we would need in order to bring top tech talent into Red Hat. Without missing a beat, Mike helped us navigate changes in our working situations during COVID, aggressive hiring targets during the company’s biggest hiring push in history, shifting market conditions, new tools and leadership changes. More importantly, he did it all with empathy, transparency, and true openness to whatever ideas or suggestions we brought to him as the TA “boots on the ground.”

Mike has that rare combination of skills as a level-headed recruiting powerhouse who can roll up his sleeves and get things done, but he's also an excellent strategic thinker whose humble open leadership inspires his team to do their best work. While I reported to Mike, he championed and advocated for me, ensured I had the support I needed to be successful, and encouraged me to grow in new and challenging ways. I am a better Talent Acquisition Partner because of Mike, and I would not hesitate to work with or for him again.

Stephen McManus – Senior Talent Recruiting Partner – Red Hat Shortly after joining Red Hat, I was encouraged to make introduction calls to different stakeholders across the organization. When I introduced myself as a new member of Mike’s team, the response was invariably along the lines of “Good for you, Mike is fantastic and great to work with.” This was certainly proven true time and time again during our time working together. Mike advocates tirelessly for his team, and has consistently demonstrated true leadership during an unpredictable time. His next company will be very lucky to have him.”

Cherisa Zafft – Senior Learning & Development Facilitator – Red Hat Mike was a participant in several of my leadership workshops while at Red Hat and demonstrates the commitment and type of engagement we wish all managers would show to their teams. Mike has an excellent reputation as a manager and leader of individual contributors, and this is evident when his team members engage with and talk about him.

As a colleague, Mike is collaborative, creative, and an excellent peer leader. After facilitating virtually for 3 years, you get a sense of what truly makes someone engaging and collaborative. It's easy to be social when seated at a table with others in person, but in the virtual space, it takes far more effort and energy to engage. Many of our classes were several hours long, and you could see people starting to lose energy. Mike was great at sharing ideas, speaking up when others were less inclined, taking risks by discussing challenges or areas where he needed skill development, and encouraging others to speak up when he knew they had ideas to share. This ability to be humble and vulnerable and also lead by example is the type of leader all companies need more of in their ranks. Mike is also endlessly supportive and looks for opportunities to champion others in any way he can. If you're considering Mike for a leadership role, you would be wise to make him an offer while he's still on the market!

Mike Bielski – Senior Talent Acquisition Partner – Red Hat I have had the privilege of reporting directly to Mike for the past two years, and I can confidently say that he is one of the best managers I have ever had the pleasure of working with. Mike is an exceptional leader who leads by example, sets clear expectations, and instills complete trust in his team. He is a strategic thinker with a talent for enhancing talent acquisition processes, proactively identifying and resolving issues before they escalate.

Mike is a skilled communicator and collaborator, adept at building strong relationships with team members and key stakeholders. Any organization that has the good fortune of hiring Mike will benefit greatly from his expertise and leadership. I have no doubt that Mike will make an immediate and positive impact, and will be a valuable addition to any team or company. Deirdre O’Meara – EMEA Director, Talent Acquisition – Red Hat I've worked alongside Mike for the last 5 years cross regionally to drive recruiting delivery into the global engineering teams at Red Hat. It has been by far an honour and a privilege to work with him, particularly in times where we were hiring in high volumes, niche skills and tight time lines. Mike has a fantastic ability to work across Global TA but also to manage SVP & VP level stakeholders across the business. His reporting skills, his management style and his overall friendship & partnership in our work together has been top notch. Mike is a top hire who will very quickly add value to any organisation Elise Graziano – VP, Global Talent Acquisition – Red Hat Mike is an amazing Talent Acquisition leader. His ability to build relationships and partner with the business is second to none. He led the AMER team through tremendous growth and hiring volume while bringing in top talent and surpassing hiring goals. Mike is a huge asset to my team! Leslie Wichstrom – Sr. HRBP – Red Hat

As my TA Partner, I'm going to miss working with you so much Mike! I want to thank you for your patience, insight, wisdom & expertise as you guided me & our business contacts through SO MANY successful associate placements. The last few years have been a recruitment roller coaster at Red Hat as we were challenged with huge growth opportunities, reorgs, transitions & then a hiring slow-down, & you were able to take all of that in stride, always delivering & ensuring we made the right choices for Red Hat. I wish you all the best & know you'll land somewhere awesome & they'll be super lucky to have you on their team!

Elle Ackerman – TA Manager, Corporate – Red Hat

I owe so much of my success here at Red Hat to Mike, as he hired me back in 2020 and gave me the direction, empowerment & autonomy to run towards success. Fast forward and we were lucky to lead teams alongside each other within the Americas, and I continued to learn so much from him. He brings a wealth of recruitment ability & strategy to his role, and cares so well for his candidates, stakeholders and team. Mike is a true collaborator and one of the hardest workers I know. I'd work with him again in a heartbeat - any company would be lucky to have him aboard! Tracy Rankin – Vice President, OpenShift Engineering – Red Hat Mike has been an amazing partner over the years at Red Hat. He is in tune with the market and the shifts happening. He listens to the needs and enables you to find great candidates. He goes above and beyond to close deals and help to grow organizations. Mike has always been there to enable the right growth strategy depending on the parameters given to him. Thank you Mike for always working hand in hand with me!

Amanda Carter – Chief of Staff Program Manager, Global Engineering – Red Hat Mike Montalto is an all-star TA business partner. I worked with him regularly for about 3 years as Chief of Staff for Red Hat’s Product Engineering Leadership team. He not only consistently delivered on what we needed (no matter how ambitious), but often went well out of his way to provide ad hoc support so that we could continue to operate smoothly. Whether executing on standard hiring, strategic projects or navigating challenging economic times, Mike is always a trusted and reliable colleague. One of his greatest strengths is his ability to quickly adapt to changing business needs and priorities (we gave him a lot of those!), allowing his team to deliver high-quality results even in a fast-paced environment. Overall, I would highly recommend Mike to any recruiting team and would count myself lucky to work with him again in the future.

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