Cyndi Summers

Phone: 619-***-**** Email: ady8zl@r.postjobfree.com

CORPORATE H.R. CONTRACT RECRUITER

20+ years H. R. and Contract Technical Recruiting experience with emphasis on the following:

Experienced passionate Technical Recruiter evangelizing Companies value propositions to candidates. Partner, coach and drive the recruitment process with Hiring Managers/Teams to streamline and simplify the recruitment process resulting in a significant reduction in time required to fill positions

Experienced in high volume recruitment for growth-oriented industries in high tech; Software Development, SaaS, PaaS, IaaS, Driverless Cars, Cybersecurity, Big Data, Machine Learning, Video Communications UCaaS, Mobile, Wireless, Telecomm, Medical Device, Capacitive Touch Sensing, RFIC, IC Design, Silicon, DOD, Manufacturing and Service companies.

I have extensive expertise helping grow multiple technical start-ups, as well as high tech industry leaders, in highly competitive markets in the Bay Area. Recruitment includes companies with multiple U.S. sites, and multiple international locations.

Develop Recruiting and passive sourcing strategies. Expert-level sourcing skills utilizing social media including LinkedIn, Google+, Twitter, etc. Sourcing includes personal/professional networking, Boolean Search, Data Aggregation Sites; Findem, Hiretual, Entelo. AngelCo, Stack Overflow, GitHub, database searches, niche sites, and a variety of tools

Extensive experience in full life cycle recruitment, sourcing and candidate screening

Heavy recruitment experience with technical engineering positions including Full Stack, Front-End, Back-End, Middleware, Embedded, SRE, DevOps, Infrastructure Software Engineering, Architects, QA, Hardware Engineering. Additional experience extends to IT, Account Management, Sales Engineering, Marketing, Product Management, Business Operations and Financial positions

Write and retooling job descriptions and all recruitment materials, as well as helping companies re-vamp their website career pages to be more compelling to attract talent

Reduction of recruiting costs through a variety of creative recruiting solutions. Experience includes working with extremely limited recruitment budgets

Initiation and execution of overall recruitment branding and strategies

Mentor junior Recruiters/Sourcers

Experience with a variety of Applicant Tracking Systems including WorkDay, Jobvite, Greenhouse, Lever

Experience as H.R. Manager and Generalist prior to specializing in Recruitment

SELECT ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

As the sole Recruiter at PacketVideo, I grew the company from 28 to 325 technical employees in one year. Over the course of my tenure I was responsible for hiring well over 1,000 employees

While at Aradiant I recruited 60 Tier I Technical Support Network Associates in 3 weeks. Fourth week included filling backup IT support, lead and supervisor positions

At Alaris Medical Systems I filled 40 positions including Engineers, Clinical Nurses, Regulatory Affairs Managers, Quality Engineers/Managers, Financial, Marketing and Sales in a little over 2 months. Every person brought in for an onsite interview was hired

While at Whitestone I sourced and filled .NET Front-End Web Developer and a C# .NET Back-End Developer positions in 2 weeks. Filled a Sales Account Manager position within 1 week

Each company I have recruited/sourced for I have been able to build strong robust pipelines in incredibly short time frames

CLIENT COMPANIES

Currently: RingCentral

Splunk/SignalFX Cruise Automation, a GM Co. Beckon

Security On-Demand Burl Concepts Auptix

UICO PacketVideo Corporation Snaptracs

Airstone IO Mtelligence Whitestone TEC

Solekai Systems Wireless Knowledge REMEC Defense & Space

Neopoint G.E. Capital Alaris Medical Systems

FirstWorld Communications Abbott Laboratories, AIS QThink

LG Electronics Aradiant Corporation Newgen Results

ADP AmeriData RF Magic

Source Intelligence Sempra Energy Japan & Orient Tours

Superior Plating Household Auto Finance Fairfield Properties

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Sr. Corporate Technical Contract Recruiter • RingCentral, San Francisco, CA 3/21-Present

RingCentral is one of the fastest growing Enterprise Software Companies in the UCaaS industry.

Successfully closed 99.9% of all extended offers

Full Life Cycle Recruitment for multiple Software Engineering and Architect roles at varying levels, SRE, DevOps, Director of Business Operations and other Bus/Ops roles, Product Management including Director level

Drive Recruitment process working closely with Stakeholder Management from needs analysis, process improvement, driving process through to successful candidate selection

Led Crisis Recruitment team for multiple business critical SRE and DevOps roles in the Boulder, CO office

Participated in many process improvement initiatives to increase timeliness and streamlining

Mentored Sourcers

Sr. Corporate Technical Contract Sourcer • Splunk/SignalFx,, San Francisco, CA 7/19-2/20

Splunk, the Data-to-Everything Platform turns data into action, tackling the toughest IT, IoT, security and data challenges.

Successfully sourced multiple Site Reliability Engineers, Sr. Software Engineers, Infrastructure and Sales Engineers in San Francisco, New York, New England, Denver, Dallas, Chicago +.

Experience with Lever and Jobvite ATS, Okta, Confluence, Slack

Sr. Corporate Technical Contract Recruiter • Cruise Automation, San Francisco, CA 4/18-12/18

The Driverless Car Company, A Wholly Owned Subsidiary of General Motors

Recruited for Site Reliability Engineers, DevOps Engineers, PAAS Architects, IT Engineers & Engineering Managers

Experience with Greenhouse ATS, Okta, Atlassian, Confluence, Slack

Recruiting tools such as Hiretual, Stack Overflow, GitHub, LinkedIn, AngelList, Patent sites, etc.

Sr. Corporate Technical Contract Recruiter • Security On-Demand, San Diego, CA 2/18-4/18

A Network and Cybersecurity Managed Security Provider (2nd time)

Returned to SOD to source Director of Marketing, Technical Account Manager & Renewals Specialist

Please see previous experience with the company below

Sr. Corporate Technical Contract Recruiter • Beckon, Sa Francisco, CA 7/17-10/17

An award-winning Marketing Intelligence with a Best in Class Enterprise SAAS platform and Performance Management software

Successfully hired Data Architects, Engineers, Client Directors and Marketing Professionals in a highly competitive market

Prescreened all candidates prior to submittal to hiring managers assuring qualified and vetted candidates with the right technical skills, as well as a fit for their culture

Responsible for all recruitment strategy, messaging and branding

Created a compelling company story, created new exciting job descriptions, and reworked the career web page to reflect more of a sales approach to attract candidates

Built strong pipelines, sourced, engaged and screened all candidates

Worked closely with hiring managers on streamlining the hiring process making it less cumbersome and faster

Drove the recruitment process, reporting and metrics

Sr. Corporate Technical Contract Recruiter • Security On-Demand, San Diego, CA 12/16-6/17

A Network and Cybersecurity Managed Security Provider

Hired a Web Designer in 2 weeks

Filled over 15 technical positions with passive candidates in 5 months such as Sr. Applications Operations Engineer, Full Stack .Net Developer, Technical Account Managers, Service Desk personnel, Marketing, etc.

Provided solution for project-based Web Application Firewall consultant

Prescreened all candidates prior to submittal to hiring managers assuring qualified & vetted candidates with the right technical skills, as well as a fit for their culture

Built strong pipelines for all open positions

Reworked recruitment messaging, created job descriptions and reworked web career page to be more of a sales tool for candidates

Drove the recruitment process, reporting and metrics

Sr. Corporate Technical Contract Recruiter • Burl Concepts/Auptix, San Diego, CA 8/16-11/16

Worked for the previous CEO of PacketVideo for 2 startup investments. Burl Concepts is a medical device company and Auptix is a transportation specialty company

Hired Sr. Electrical/Electronics Technician in 2 weeks for Burl Concepts

Sourced for Marketing Professional

Sourced a Transportation Manager for Auptix

Sr. Corporate Technical Contract Recruiter • Source Intelligence, San Diego, CA 3/16-7/16 A web based company providing a SAAS Supply Chain Intelligence Platform

Built a pipeline of passive candidates through the latest sourcing techniques available

Engaged and screened passive Salesforce Administrators/Developers, Java Developers, Front End Developers and PHP Developers

Solely responsible for all recruitment strategy, passive sourcing, messaging, branding and creating a compelling company story

Creative sourcing utilizing a variety of resources that do not include job boards or posting sites

Drive recruitment process, reporting and metrics

Sr. Corporate Technical Contract Recruiter • UICO, Bay Area, CA & Chicago, IL 6/15-2/16

A startup Capacitive Touch/Sensing company providing touch technology

Successfully sourced, engaged and screened passive candidates for Hardware, Software, Quality, Electrical Firmware Engineers and Marketing Professionals for both locations in an extremely small niche technical market

Solely responsible for all recruitment strategy, passive sourcing, messaging and branding

Creative sourcing utilizing a variety of resources that do not include job boards or posting sites

Drive recruitment process and reporting and metrics

Sr. Corporate Technical Contract Recruiter •Airstone IO, San Francisco, CA 2/14-10/14

A supercomputing company providing network Infrastructure As A Service (IAAS)

Heavy creative and strategic passive candidate recruitment for this early-stage startup located in the hottest and most competitive technical recruiting market in the country

Sourced several hundred passive candidates filling various technical Engineering positions to include Systems Software, Backend Software, Mechanical, Hardware, Site Reliability, Front End UI, Program Management, Marketing Professionals and Visual Designer positions in nine months

Solely responsible for creating the recruitment strategy and budget

Working with the Executive team, responsible for all recruitment branding, messaging and creating a compelling company story for corporate website as well as external recruitment sites

Source, engage and screen all passive candidates through the latest sourcing techniques

Drive the recruitment process, reporting and metrics

Sr. Corporate Technical Contract Recruiter • Snaptracs, San Diego, CA 7/13-2/14

A Qualcomm affiliated company providing GPS tracking devices in the Consumer Electronics Industry

I worked with Snaptracs on and off for 1 1/2 years filling all of their technical and non-technical openings on an as needed basis. Candidates were sourced through my vast local network as well as the latest sourcing techniques available

Quickly and effectively sourced, screened and hired Supply Chain Manager, Software Engineers, QA Test Engineers, Controller, Tier II Technical Support and various Marketing positions

Solely responsible for strategy, sourcing techniques, recruitment messaging and branding

Sr. Corporate Technical Contract Recruiter • PacketVideo, Corp., San Diego, CA 11/99-1/13

A wireless/mobile software development company

I was the sole Recruiter at PacketVideo for over 14 years participating in the sourcing and selection of over 1,000 employees as their sole Recruiter

Efforts resulted in a 1% employee turnover rate for most of my tenure

Solely responsible for the recruitment function and strategy. Ramped up from 28 employees to 325 at end of 2000. Recruitment included multiple domestic locations and international recruitment including India, Switzerland, Germany, Japan and Asia

Recruitment was heavily weighted with degreed Embedded Electrical and Software Engineers with expertise in a variety of platforms at various position levels. Additional recruitment includes ISO 9000 Quality Engineers, Marketing/MarCom, Product Management, Program Management, IT, Finance, & H.R. Levels have varied from V.P. level on down

Solely responsible for initiating and executing all strategic decisions/direction on recruitment avenues/venues and tools

Recruitment results were achieved through employee referrals, personal networking, social media, advertising, sponsorships, job posting/database sites, internet research/searches, professional associations/groups/community sites, user/newsgroups and other “think outside the box” initiatives. No agencies/headhunters were utilized in this high-volume effort with the exception of contract/temp. positions

Negotiate all vendor contracts for domestic and international offices. Able to operate on a bare bones budget while still achieving recruitment goals

Partnered with Marketing and Web Developers to develop recruitment branding for corporate web site, social media, University job fairs and other messaging opportunities

Instituted and streamlined and recruitment process and reporting

Trained hiring managers in effective recruitment and interview practices. Participated in candidate selection, pre-screening and decision-making process

For the nearly 15 years I worked with PacketVideo, I performed all sourcing and candidate screening virtually

Wrote all job postings and recruitment materials

Additional Contract Recruiting experiences are not listed here. Please refer to the completed client list on the 1st page of my resume. Some additional contracts were during lull times during my PacketVideo years. A few were clients prior to PacketVideo. I felt this list was the most compelling in demonstrating my breadth and depth of experience.

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