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Steven Shepard

206-***-**** / *****************@*****.*** / in/steve-shepard-906ba/

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Technical Recruitment Leader

Over 20 years of recruitment expertise developing organization’s talent strategy to align with business strategy. Managed complete recruitment life cycle from job posting through new hire on-boarding. Sourced top talent using diverse channels including direct sourcing, professional and personal network, social media, X-Ray, flipping, peeling back, and proximity searches. Promoted the company’s employment brand by ensuring a positive candidate experience. Core Recruitment Skills

• Technical Talent Acquisition

• Full-Cycle Recruitment

• Sourcing of passive candidates

• Technical Screening

• Client focused Recruitment

• Self-sufficient, work with

minimal supervision

• Negotiating offers

• Partnering with HM’s

• Employment Branding

Technical Recruitment Expertise

• VP and Director level

Professionals

• Cloud Developers

• Infrastructure Engineers

• Security & Reliability

Engineers

• QA/Testers

• Business Analysts

• Mobile (iPhone & Android)

• Software Engineers &

Developers

• Architects

• Project & Product Managers

• Web Developers

• Systems Administrators

• Systems Engineers

• Backend Engineers

• Frontend Engineers

• VR/AR/MR Professionals

Recruitment Experience

Oracle Corporation – OCI Division (Search Wizards) 2022 Sr. Talent Advisor (Contract)

• Full-cycle recruitment of senior software engineers, site reliability developers and senior cloud architects

• Supported the Solutions Engineering team of OCI’s Cloud Architecture group

• Consulted with hiring managers on structuring interview loops, opening requisitions, sourcing candidates and creating offer letters

• Assigned a req load of 20 - 25 senior Cloud engineering positions across 5 hiring managers

• Sourced, screened and submitted 10 – 12 new candidates to hiring managers weekly Epic Games, Inc. (GeoLocators) 2021 – 2022

Sr. Technical Recruiter (Contract)

• Full-cycle recruitment of software engineers, Technical Producers, IT infrastructure engineers and Technical Writers

• Worked on the Epic Game’s Recruiting Strike Team which is focused on sourcing and recruiting senior technical talent in support of new monetization initiatives

• Consulted with hiring managers and interview teams on structuring the interview loops and expectations

• Sourced, screened and identified finalist candidates within 30 days of opening requisitions

• Sourced, screened and submitted 10 new candidates to hiring managers weekly

• Assigned a req load 25 senior engineering roles and hiring managers and met hiring requirements of 2 successful hires per month following one month of training and set up Steven Shepard

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Gusto, Inc. (Aerotek) 2021

Sr. Technical Recruiter (Contract)

• Full-cycle recruitment of software engineers, senior business systems analysts, IT infrastructure engineers and other specialty roles

• Supported Gusto’s Business Technology team (BizTech), IT Infrastructure & Operations team and Employers Payroll team

• Consulted with hiring managers and hiring teams in best practices

• Sourced, screened and hired candidates within the first month

• Sourced, screened and submitted 10 or more new candidates to hiring managers weekly

• Assigned a req load of 20 – 25 open positions with a requirement of 2 successful hires per month.

• Met or exceeded hiring requirements for the duration of the contract Blue Origin, LLC (Hansell Tierney) 2019 – 2020

Sr. Technical Recruiter (Contract)

• Full-cycle recruitment of software engineers and program managers in support of their New Shepard and Blue Moon space missions

• Sourced, screened and hired candidates within the first two months

• Assigned a req load of 25 senior engineering roles

• Met or exceeded hiring requirements of 2 successful hires per month Unity Technologies, Inc. (Ventureloop) 2019

Sr. Technical Recruiter (Contract)

• Full-cycle recruitment of software engineers: 3D, VR & AR specialists; SRE’s, and Program Managers to support new product development and new customer acquisitions, platform development and Unity’s Professional Services team

• Sourced, screened and successfully hired candidates within the first month of employment

• Assigned a req load of 20 senior engineering roles with an expectation of 2 hires per month.

• Sourced, screened and submitted a minimum of 10 new candidates to hiring managers weekly Nordstrom, Inc., (DISYS –Global Staffing) 2017 – 2019 Sr. Technical Recruiter (Contract)

• Sourced and recruited leadership candidates, software engineers, IT professionals and Program Manager to support new product development, platform development, infrastructure as a service initiatives and AWS Cloud solution development

• Sourced, screened and successfully recruited candidates within first month of employment

• Consulted with senior management on best practices in candidate attraction and recruitment

• Organized hiring event

• Sourced, screened and submitted 12 – 15 new candidates to hiring managers weekly

• Assigned a req load of 20 – 25 engineering roles

• Met or exceeded the monthly hiring target of 2 hires per month Futurewei Technologies, Inc., R&D division - HUAWEI (MiceGroups, Inc) 2016 – 2017 Sr. Technical Recruiter (Contract)

• Sourced and recruited senior software engineers and technical directors for HUAWEI’s Public Cloud development project and for HUAWEI’s VR/AR/MR (Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality and Mixed Reality) R&D lab

• Sourced, screened and recruited director level and PhD engineering candidates from industry leading companies Steven Shepard

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• Screened and presented leadership and technical candidates to lab leaders

• Consulted with senior engineering management on offer creation and presentation

• Developed strategies to reach passive candidates

• Attended job fairs and represented HUAWEI at public functions

• Drove all recruiting activities for the Bellevue labs

• Advised senior managers and hiring managers on legal compliance issues

• Assisted legal team and employees in preparing employee files for obtaining permanent residence status Google (Xtreme Consulting Group) 2016

Sr. Engineering Recruiter (Contract)

• Recruited and sourced engineers for Google’s Seattle and Kirkland engineering teams

• Identified and engaged with senior engineers locally, nationally and internationally Microsoft (Xtreme Consulting Group) 2014 – 2016

Technical Talent Sourcer & Staffing Consultant - Xbox Engineering (Contract)

• Recruited leadership and engineering talent for Microsoft Xbox Engineering Talent Sourcer - Engineering Centralized Pivotal Sourcing team (Contract)

• Sourced active and passive candidates for cross platform technology development

• Identified and recruited senior leadership candidates and technologists within the security technology development including senior directors, principal level software engineers, director and principal level program managers, security researchers, data scientists and machine learning experts

• Assigned 25 open reqs and was expected to supply 10 new profiles to hiring managers weekly and make 2 successful hire per month

• I met or exceeded expectations for 90% of the contact Amazon, Inc. (SearchWizards) 2014

Sr. Technical Recruiter – Global Inventory Platform (Contract)

• Supported hiring activities at GIP through sourcing and screening candidates

• Recruited experienced software engineers of all levels, technical project managers, software development managers and research scientists specializing in Machine Learning, Econometrics and Statistics

• Built pipelines of candidates for priority positions Microsoft (Xtreme Consulting Group) 2013 – 2014

Sr. Staffing Consultant/ Technical Talent Sourcer – Device & Studios (Contract)

• Supported hiring activities at DNS through sourcing and screening candidates

• Built pipelines of candidates for priority positions

• Networked with contacts to identify and reach talent Pig N Whistle 2009 – 2013

Small Business Owner

Nintendo of America 2008 – 2009

Sr. Recruiter (contract)

• Provided full-cycle recruiting services to Nintendo’s Redmond based R&D division

• Recruited senior software engineers, leadership candidates and technical artists

• Developed effective methods of reaching passive candidates Steven Shepard

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Sandblast Games (THQ, Inc.) 2007 - 2008

Sr. Staffing Consultant (contract)

• Full-cycle recruitment of software engineers, artists, game designers, testers/QA

• Drove all recruiting activities in their Kirkland, WA studios

• Provided interviewing training to staff and management ArenaNet, Inc. 2005 – 2007

Human Resources Manager

• Drove recruiting strategy and all human resources functions at ArenaNet doubling the size of the company

• Recruited senior leadership candidates, software developers, game designers, IT professionals, marketing professionals, administrative people, writers and artists

• Negotiated payroll agreements with agencies to handle the payroll for temp employees I sourced and recruited

• Worked with executive team in the development of ArenaNet’s organizational design

• Managed the annual performance appraisal process

• Conducted exit interviews and compiled the information to make changes

• As a one person HR department, I recruited and hired over 125 people for ArenaNet Contract Recruitment 2002 – 2005

Sr. Recruiter- Microsoft (MSN)

Executive Recruiter- Siemens Business Services, Inc. HR Consultant/Recruiter- PowerIT Solutions, LLC

Sr. Recruiter- AT& T Wireless

AT&T Broadband (Comcast Cable), Bothell, WA 1999 – 2001 NW Director of Staffing & Recruiting

• Built a recruiting team and directed the recruiting activities for AT&T Broadband’s Northwest region

• Managed a team of 10 recruiters and recruiting coordinators across WA, OR and ID

• Recruited 1,100+ people in the first year of operations ConneXt, Inc., Seattle, WA 1997 – 1999

Sr. Recruiter

• Recruited over 200 people in support of ConneXt’s aggressive hiring timetable SynApps Software, Inc., Seattle, WA 1995 – 1997

Director of Contract Services

EDUCATION

University of La Verne, La Verne, CA

B.S. - Business Administration

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