Senior Technical Recruiter/Researcher

BEN WONG

Union City, CA *****

Email: ************@*****.*** 510-***-****

OBJECTIVE: Senior Technical Recruiter for a fast-moving, hi-tech company. SUMMARY: Over 15 years of experience in full cycle recruiting, specializing in the engineering field for AI/ML, Computer Vision, information retrieval, cybersecurity, data science, cloud, software, hardware, networking, semiconductor, storage, and mobile technology areas.

CORE COMPETENCIES:

• Established ability to source, recruit, interview, and close candidates for technical and executive positions.

• Proven capability to gather and comprehend complex roles

• Proficient in using many recruiting tools, such as LinkedIn, Eight Fold, Greenhouse, Lever, Taleo, research papers, database query, cold calls, personal contacts, and referral.

• Experience in using sourcing tools, such as Topfunnel, Github, Stack Overflow, and Entelo.

• Time to hire was reduced by 50% at Easy Post and One Login

• Leadership: Mentored junior recruiters at Juniper Networks and Google EXPERIENCE:

HPE Juniper Networks, Sunnyvale, CA 5/25 – Present Senior Technical Researcher/Recruiter

Sourcing software engineers and data scientists for AI data center platform, cloud and networking. CAREGIVING: Took care of my father in hospice care. 7/23 – 4/25 EasyPost (Start-Up Logistics API), Lehi, UT 7/21- 5/23 Senior Technical Recruiter

Hands-on full cycle recruiting for software engineers, ML engineers, data scientists, systems engineers, security, product management, professional service and finance roles. Collaborated closely with the CTO to design and implement strategic hiring practices that address the current challenging talent landscape. Set up and maintain applicant tracking system (Lever). Standardized the company’s job descriptions. Grew the team from 137 employees to 280 employees within 18 months. Mentored hiring managers and employees regarding hiring strategy, staffing plan, compensation guidance and immigration. Established clear lines of communication with hiring managers and employees regarding status of requisition updates. Consistently recognized as a top performer, praised for efficient hiring strategies and reducing-to-fill for critical hires by 50%. Hired at a rate of 6+ per month. OneLogin (Start-Up), San Francisco, CA 2/19 – 6/21 Contract Lead Recruiter

Lead recruiter for the recruitment of marketing, software engineering, cybersecurity, and professional services for the IAM industry. Sourced and reviewed technical resumes. Proactively attracted high-quality candidates through targeted job postings across various channels and effective direct outreach. Performed phone screens and interviewed viable candidates. Identified hiring objectives and priorities to expedite candidate selection. Consistently met hiring goals within the allotted timeframe, even with hard-to-find technical and non-technical positions. Hired at a rate of 5+ per month. Anomali (Start-Up), Redwood City, CA 4/18 – 10/18

Contract Technical Recruiter

Companywide technical recruiter for the recruitment of professional services and engineering for the cybersecurity industry. Played a crucial role in refining the recruitment process to enhance the recruitment process to enhance efficiency and improve candidate experience, ensuring that the hiring process remained agile and responsive to evolving business needs. Proven ability to locate and recruit hard-to-find technical positions. Capitalized on internal and external sourcing channels for high productivity candidate availability. Performed phone screens and interviewed viable candidates. Hired at a rate of 6+ per month. Coupang (Start-Up), Mountain View, CA 2/17 – 3/18

Contract Technical Recruiter

Lead technical recruiter responsible for recruitment of software engineers that focus on information retrieval, machine learning, computer vision and big data for search, discovery and personalization teams in the e-commerce industry. Worked closely with hiring managers to develop tailored recruitment strategies and drive the entire hiring process from sourcing to closing. Roku (Start-up), Los Gatos, CA 7/16 – 2/17

Contract Technical Recruiter

Solely responsible for the hiring of full stack web application and software embedded developers in the streaming entertainment industry. Located and recruited hard-to-find technical positions. Sourced and reviewed technical resumes. Conducted phone screens and interviewed viable candidates and closing candidates. Conviva (Start-up), Foster City, CA 5/15 – 4/16

Contract Technical Recruiter

Companywide technical recruiter responsible for the recruitment of big data, data scientist, infrastructure, data analytics, web application, mobile, and tech ops engineers in the video optimization (SAAS) industry. Have successfully hired executive roles, such as Director of Engineering, and VP of Technical Operations. Proven ability to locate and recruit hard-to-find technical positions. Performed phone screens and interviewed viable candidates. Increased company exposure by managing job fair participation. Supported hiring needs for up to 7 managers.

Past Contract Technical Recruiter positions (2/2005 – 2/2015): Huawei, Santa Clara 9/14-2/15

Magnet Systems (Enterprise mobile middleware start up), Palo Alto, CA 11/13-9/14 Yahoo Flickr, San Francisco, CA 8/12-11/13

Broadcom, Sunnyvale, CA 1/12-8/12

Huawei, Santa Clara, CA 9/10-1/12

Amazon Lab126, Cupertino, CA 1/09-9/10

Juniper Networks, Sunnyvale, CA 7/08-11/09

Brocade Communications Systems (Storage area network), San Jose, CA 2/06 – 6/08 Google, Mountain View, CA 2/05 - 2/06

EDUCATION:

California State Polytechnic University at Pomona

B.S. in Management and Human Resources

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