Client: Ayla Networks
Market: Internet of Things Cloud Platform

Role: Head of Talent

• March 2014 – December 2014

Solutions and Results:

• With Series B $14.5m secured, established action items to facilitate hyper growth from 25 to 55 employees in 12 months, including LinkedIn Recruiter Seat, Jobvite & Immigration Attorney.
• Sourced & filled openings including VP of Marketing, Controller, Cloud Engineers, Mobile Development Engineers, Embedded Device Engineers, QA Engineers, Strategic Accounts Directors, Lead Generation Reps, Sales Operations Specialist and Greater Europe Sales Director.

Client: Shums Coda Associates

Market: Provides building and safety services to government agencies

Role: Director of HR and Staffing Consultant

• September 2010 – Present

Solutions and Results:

• Initiated strategic planning to define purpose of business, growth objectives, established action items and priorities core values and business priorities.
• Coach management through staffing requirements, methods of sourcing, and selection process.
• Guide management through defining and implementing Partner bonus structure based on revenue generation, with MBO’s subordinated in payments.
• Evaluated benefit options.
• Established policies & procedures assuring compliance with California Labor Law.

Client: Vizu, Inc. acquired by Nielsen

Market: Digital media advertising surveys and analytics

Role: Director of HR and Staffing Consultant

• December 2009 – February 2013

Solutions and Results:

• Expanded Vizu’s high growth organization from 13 to 55 employees in under two years.
• Coached and collaborated with senior management on Human Resources and Staffing best practices, employee coaching and terminations, and anti-harassment training.

Client: Pet Food Express

Market: Premium retail store for pet supplies and services

Role: Corporate Staffing Manager Consultant

• December 2011 – September 2012

Solutions and Results:

• Guided Owners & CFO through sourcing and selection of CIO.
• Coached CIO through definition of IT Services Manager role, sourcing & selection process.

Client: Linde Group, Inc.

Market: Third-party corporate IT support and services

Role: Director of Staffing Consultant

• June 2009 – June 2012

Solutions and Results:

• Established staffing best practices, procedures, and systems.
• Placed special emphasis on technical pre-screening questions that were integrated into the candidate application process.
• Deployed SaaS solution for hosting corporate website careers pages, capturing applicant submissions, tracking candidate status, and notifying candidates of outcomes.
• Optimized the use of advertisements versus job descriptions to attract candidates that were the best cultural fit for the position and company.
• Collaborated with senior management to highly refine candidate profiles to ensure long term tenure.

Client: Keibi Technologies, Inc. acquired by Lithium Software

Market: Social media monitoring

Role: Director of HR and Staffing Consultant

• June 2007 – June 2009

Solutions and Results:

• Grew Keibi’s team from four to 12 employees in just three months after the company’s initial funding and added seven additional staff in the following year.
• Directed comprehensive Human Resources administration and mentored junior Human Resources staff on best practices.
• Prior to and during key points of acquisition by Lithium Software, coached executive management on and executed the reduction in the company’s workforce.

Client: Piczo, Inc. acquired by Stardoll

Market: Social networking

Role: Director of HR and Staffing Consultant

• July 2006 – August 2009

Solutions and Results:

• Built Human Resources function from the ground up and trained administrative staff to execute day-to-day operation of benefits administration and onboarding of new employees.
• Grew team from 17 to 43 employees in the initial nine months of the relationship.
• Managed recruiting and Human Resources administration.
• Completed due diligence process during the company’s acquisition and directed special projects post acquisition.

Client: Salesforce

Market: Customer relationship management

Role: Senior Contract Recruiter

• December 2005 – May 2006

Solutions and Results:

• Working directly with the CFO, directed a significant company expansion through hiring top candidates for key positions within this explosive growth SaaS-based CRM business.
• Generated 48 hires within a compressed timeframe of six months across the Finance, Legal, Audit, and FP&A departments.

Client: Vontu, Inc. acquired by Symantec

Market: Enterprise security software

Role: Senior Contract Recruiter

January 2005 – November 2005

Solutions and Results:

• Worked with the executive management in Sales and Services to rapidly expand their teams and their capacity to sell and install enterprise security software to Fortune 2000 companies.
• In partnership with a second contract recruiter, generated 35 hires within nine months across the entire company including Sales, Services, Marketing, IT, Finance, and Human Resources. Grew staff from 45 to 80 employees during this timeframe.

Employer: Actuate Corporation

Market: Business intelligence

Role: Director of Staffing and HR

• January 1999 – June 2003

As Actuate’s most successful agency recruiter from December 1996 to December 1998 (while working at Core Media Connections) Dave grew server, application, and web development teams through initial public offering in 1999. As first successful contract recruiter, filled 35 open requisitions within a compressed timeframe of only five months. As Director of Staffing, Dave built Staffing systems and processes from the ground up. Additionally, he built and mentored a team of twelve in the Staffing department and with this team filled 750 positions across the entire company with exceptional talent over the course of four years.

• Reduced the use of recruiting agencies from 80% to 15% over two years.
• Implemented BrassRing Systems applicant tracking software. As the company outgrew this system, Dave then researched, recommended, and executed a migration to Ceridian ResourceHire to achieve greater functionality and substantial cost savings.
• Improved cold calling volume through use of AIRS boolean search tools and Microquest Directory, a publisher of passive candidate databases identifying technology and diversity executives.
• Enhanced employee referral program bonuses as well as program visibility that resulted in increased referrals to 40% of all hires.
• Strategized and executed a sophisticated and highly successful college recruiting and technical job fair program covering the United States and Canada.
• Interfaced closely with entire executive management team regarding new budgeted headcount, resignations, terminations, and succession planning.
• Managed day-to-day Human Resources Operations during the absences of part-time Vice President of Human Resources.
• Mentored and trained the company’s Human Resources Generalist in order to elevate this position to Human Resources Manager.
• Prepared $900,000 annual Human Resources budget and $2.8 million Staffing budget.
• Managed immigration cases with an average volume of 150 cases (F1, H-1B, L1, J1).
• Developed and managed the corporate relocation policy as well as collaborated with executive management to develop relocation packages including expatriate benefits.
• Established structures for job titles, salary, and stock options as well as created a comprehensive library of job descriptions.
• Prepared the company’s annual salary surveys, proposed salary band adjustments, and recommended annual stock option grant guidelines. Dave also conducted industry research and provided each division executive an entire salary and stock option matrix for new employees.
• Coached junior Human Resources employees on salary surveys, performance appraisals, merit increase processes, terminations, and employee relations. Additionally, managed and resolved escalated issues in the Vice President of Human Resources’ absence.
• Represented Human Resources in cross-functional team evaluation of comprehensive software packages from Oracle and PeopleSoft as possible options in next step in Actuate’s internal systems.
• Controlled the use of consultants with a focus on hiring temporary employees available at lower rates.
• Built a formal Summer intern program averaging 25 interns.
• Represented Human Resources through execution of two company acquisitions. As “first person onsite,” Dave coached and managed the final procedures for the exiting CEO through the acquisition announcement to select employee termination. Presented offer letters to employees retained post acquisition, conducted lead benefits orientation, and hosted luncheon upon arrival of Actuate CEO and CFO.

Employer: Core Media Connections

Market: Contingency Search Firm

Role: Technical Recruiter

• December 1996 – December 1998

Duties:

• Established contingency search agreements with pre- and post-initial public offering software development companies in San Francisco and Silicon Valley. Built strong partnerships with hiring managers, actively integrated new hires with the unique corporate culture, actively fostered employee loyalty, and acted as in-house human resources staff for clients.
• Motivated Core Media staff to source candidates for my client job orders. Thoroughly screened candidates prior to submission of resumes to clients to streamline and expedite the hiring process.
• Sourced candidates primarily from cold calling, including the use of Microquest Directory. Used AIRS skills to leverage internet search engines. Developed creative postings for select public websites.
• Negotiated and closed for hiring managers.
• Built a solid reputation for diligence, attention to detail, and thoroughness. Attained top ratios for interviews to offers to acceptances.
• Client list included Actuate, Auspex, BEA Systems, Clarify, Portal Software, SGI, Siebel Systems, Tibco, and Veritas.

Employer: United Way of the Bay Area

Market: Non-Profit Fundraising and Community Leadership

Role: Vice President of Human Resources

• March 1994 – November 1996

Duties:

• Managed three labor agreements with OPEIU, Local 3 “Office & Professional Employees International Union.”
• Managed health and welfare benefits, defined benefit retirement plans, and completed affirmative action reporting, workers compensation claims, short/long term disability cases, and FMLA. Prepared all HR vouchers for Payroll, salary surveys, and 401K reporting. Conducted all open enrollment cycles. Investigated and resolved all claims of harassment and discrimination. Coached managers through grievances and disciplinary actions. All of these core tasks were accomplished with only two reports.
• Recruited and hired 15 regular staff at various levels and 50 seasonal professional fundraisers.
• Built strong partnerships with hiring managers, conducted on-site job fairs, and designed new employee orientation for new hires including long-term temporaries.
• Managed $600,000 temporary agency budget, bi-annual RFP process, and ongoing relationships with recruiting agencies. Coordinated hire of 65 temporary accountants through agency.
• Prepared and managed $1.1 million annual HR budget.