MARCUS RONALDI
371 Imperial Way Apt 105
Daly City, CA 94015
415-948-1888
Objective
Technical Recruiting Position. I am open to either contract or full time roles.
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
Marcus brings more than five years of experience sourcing, screening, and closing hard to find candidates. Used numerous online and offline resources to creatively and quickly find candidates for numerous technical positions. Consistently outperforms fellow recruiters by setting and achieving competitive goals.
RELATED EXPERIENCE
Contract Recruiter Technical Operations October 2006 to May 2007
Google, Mountain View, CA
* Implemented staffing strategies to provide a qualified and diverse candidate pool.
* Ensured hiring managers and team preparedness during the interview process and that interviews are conducted efficiently and professionally.
* Interfaced to negotiate and exchange information with all levels of management.
* Managed candidate process and acted as a candidate advocate.
* Evaluated skill level, manage offer process, including reference checks, salary recommendations, offer letter generation and offer acceptance/declines.
* Negotiated offers by partnering with hiring manager, senior management, and other groups as necessary.
* Responsible for sourcing candidates through networking, internet postings and cold calling passive job seekers.
* Mentored and provided guidance and direction to a team of five recruiting sourcers.
* Continuously follow-up with clients to confirm staffing plans and candidates needs are met.
* Compile and update reports for job openings, hires and post-hire summaries for hiring managers.
* Possess a wide range of experience on current external recruiting policies, practices and trends.
Supported the Technical Operations and Enterprise Groups with Google. Positions included Data Analyst, Decision Support Specialist, Technical Solution Specialist, Application Engineers, Enterprise Sales, Inside Sales, Graphic Designers and Product Trainers.
Recruiter June 2005 to September 2006
Branta Group San Francisco, CA
Recruited for open positions both full time and contractors for clients including eBay, Wells Fargo and Tivo.
Performed technical phone screens.
Positions at eBay included Product Managers, System Administrators, Technical Writers, User Interface Designers, Graphic Designers and Java Engineers.
With Wells Fargo filled a number of System Administrator and Product Management roles.
Recruiter April 2004 to June 2005
PegaStaff San Francisco, CA
Recruited for open positions both full time and contractors.
Performed phone screens and reference checks.
Sold candidates on job opportunities.
Clients included PG&E, Visa, IGN Gamespy and McKesson.
Positions with PG&E included Java Software Engineers and Data Warehousing Specialist.
With IGN positions included the Director of Professional Services, Sales Engineers and Project Managers.
Account Manager Premier Accounts February 2003 to April 2004
XO Communications, San Jose, CA
Responsible for all aspects of account management of premier dedicated hosting accounts include customer retention, dispute resolution, contract issues and up selling accounts.
Reduced customer churn by sixty percent.
Staffing Specialist August 2002 to October 2002
NCS Pearson
One of only 106 recruiters on the Outreach Team that was responsible for all candidates sourcing on the largest non-military hiring project in US history.
• Responsible for using the Internet to identify partner organizations, contacting them, involving them in the TSA project, and providing them with promotional material.
• Responsible for interfacing with candidates, assisting them in the application process, scheduling them for testing, and ensuring that they got to training.
• As a member of the Outreach Team responsible for sourcing over 1,000,000 candidates and generating over 100,000 hires in less than five months.
Manager December 2000 to August 2002
PinkSlipEvents.Com, Daly City, CA
Successfully launched an innovative, professional networking organization, which rose to a membership base of 1700. Plan and implement all marketing and public relations projects for organizing Pink Slip Parties held in San Francisco, Silicon Valley and Northern Virginia.
Prospected and secured sponsorships with Sony, Genentech, Earthlink, Monster.com, West Valley Staffing Docent, Keen and SBC.
Conducted Recruiting on a contract basis.
Built relationships with key media correspondents, attracting local, national and International media coverage, including press in the Industry Standard, Washington Post, BBC Online and CNN.
Technical Advisor March 2002 to August 2002
Feldman & Associates, L.L.P., Houston, Texas
Conducted nationwide search for prospective plaintiffs in class action lawsuit against Southwestern Bell SBC Internet Service and its affiliates.
Authored and placed classified ads in strategic print and online media to identify potential claimants.
Conducted focus interviews with hundreds of respondents via e-mail and telephone to ensure their experiences bolstered suit. Organized responses and contact information in to spreadsheet reports for review and analysis by legal counsel.
Successfully recruited and named five plaintiffs for pending litigation.
ADDITIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE
Project Manager & Network Staging Manager November 1998 - March 2001
NorthPoint Communications, San Francisco, CA
Directed all projects and activities in managing the network build and national expansion of DSL services throughout the United States. Held multi-faceted responsibilities for simultaneously directing large projects and a multitude of smaller projects.
Planned new Digital Subscriber Lines (DSL) WAN and LAN networks for leading worldwide DSL provider.
Successfully launched sixteen new markets in 16 states two weeks ahead of rollout schedule
Chaired meetings with Engineering, marketing, transport, field operations, equipment and installation vendors, collocation managers and Local Exchange Carriers (LEC) to strategically plan launch dates.
Coordinated the purchasing, staging, and shipping of DSL equipment and deployment throughout the United States with engineers and vendors, including Verizon, Bell South, SBC and SWB. Authored purchase orders for vendors and negotiated contracts.
Senior Install Engineer February 1997- October 1998
Concentric, Cupertino, California
Supervised integration of high-end WAN rollout for first-tier customers. Served as client advisor including IP address allocation, network security and DNS solutions.
Captured and retained new market of corporate accounts with high-impact presentations and marketing materials.
Hands-on experience with LAN/WAN routing and routed protocols (TCP/IP)
Created first-ever customer handbook, detailing product specifications and customer service policies.
Developed order tracking system for monthly billing of new dedicated business access product.
Senior Install Manager August 1995 - January 1997
DIGEX, Beltsville, Maryland
Ensured timely rollout of customer networks by coordinating Cisco router site configuration with Telco companies. Advised clients on network security, IP address allocation and resolving DNS concerns.
Consistently met quarterly and annual goals on new customer turn-ups
Hands-on experience with LAN/WAN routing and routed protocols (TCP/IP)
EDUCATION
Continuing Education- September 2003 to 2004
Stanford, Palo Alto, California
Masters in Business Administration - August 1995
West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia
Bachelor of Science in Marketing - May 1993
Penn State University, University Park, Pennsylvania
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Positions Recruited
UNIX System Engineer
NOC Engineer
SAN Engineer
UI Designer
Oracle DBA
Web Designer
Director, Professional Services
Substation Engineer
QA
Perl Developer
Product Manager
User Interface Engineer
Director, Applications & Product Planning
Enterprise Sales
Decision Support
Software Engineer
Technical Recruiter
Clients include Google, eBay, PayPal, Tivo, CNET, Visa, IGN and Wells Fargo
