Talent Acquisition Consultant

Senior Talent Acquisition Consultant - Driven, Results Oriented & Collaborative

Professional Summary

Seasoned Talent Acquisition Consultant with over 25 years of experience building high-performing teams from the ground up in Venture Capital–backed startups and SMBs across diverse industries including Biotech, AI, Technology, SaaS, and Communications. Known for being highly creative, strategic, aggressive, and technically savvy, with a proven ability to attract, engage, and close top-tier talent in alignment with business goals.

Skilled in hiring across all organizational levels—from Individual Contributors to Senior Leadership—and across all functions. Adept at developing and executing tailored recruitment strategies that drive results in fast-paced and competitive markets. Recognized for exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with a strong ability to partner with and influence key stakeholders to deliver hiring success.

Core Competencies

●Full Cycle Recruitment AI Search

●Creative Hiring & Sourcing Strategies Executive Hiring

●Recruiting Tools & Automation Geographical Management

●Decision Making & Problem-Solving Strong Interviewing skills

Experience

Erickson & Associates January 1993 - Present

Owner

Erickson & Associates is a specialized talent acquisition firm providing full life cycle recruiting services to clients ranging from early-stage startups to large corporations. We focus on high-growth sectors including Mobile, Social, Internet, Life Sciences, Ad Tech, Networking, and Telecommunications.

Our expertise lies in recruiting Senior Executive and technical talent across the Bio-Tech and Software industries. We have a proven track record of successfully placing top candidates in critical roles across Engineering, Sales, and Marketing functions.

Some of the recent clients are Biolog, Glyphic Biotechnologies Thrive Biosystems, LeenaAI, Personalis, AWS, Lab126, Wildlife Studios, Platina Systems, Zoho Corp, OpenX, Reveltouch & Lightera.

●Hired 65 people for Lightera within 6 months prior to acquisition

●Successfully hired 2 new Sales Reps within 3 weeks from starting contract

●Hired Software Engineering Management in Brazil

●Conducted executive-level, high-profile, and confidential retained searches

UnchainedLabs

Director of People March 2015 - March 2025

As employee #9, responsible for leading, developing and scaling the talent acquisition team from scratch. Developed a strong partnership with our PEO (ADP) to create HR and onboarding processes. Created a global talent acquisition strategy and partnered with key stakeholders on hiring plans. Delivered key metrics and reports to executive leadership team.

●Scaled the company to 300+ employees worldwide

●Hired over 80 employees in 2019

●Average days to hire globally= 47 days

●Evaluated Applicant Tracking Systems. Implemented & trained employees in Greenhouse company wide

●Successfully hired within all functions; VP level and high-level performing teams (Engineering, Sales, Marketing, Operations and Administrative

●Conducted various searches from VP of Engineering to mid-level tech engineers

●Developed candidate experience strategy which resulted in positive reviews with new hires and candidates

Box December 2014 - March 2015

Senior Technical Recruiter

Amazon Lab 126 June 2014 - December 2014

Senior Technical Recruiter

Successfully staffed the Echo Engineering group

Amazon Web Services March 2013-March 2014

Senior Technical Recruiter

Mellanox Technologies March 2011 - April 2013

Senior Technical Recruiter

Successfully sourced and hired HW Engineers (Analog & RF), Sales, & Marketing

Technology Stack

ATS: Greenhouse, ICIMS, Lever, Jobvite, Ashby

Emails: Outlook, Google Suite

HRIS: Bamboo

Education

San Diego State University BS, Psychology

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