Darron Nelson

As the Senior Manager of Talent Acquisition for the San Francisco Giants, I am committed to identifying, attracting, and hiring top-tier talent to drive the organization’s success. With a passion for innovative recruitment strategies, I continuously develop and implement creative approaches to enhance our hiring processes and elevate the candidate experience. I take pride in delivering a white-glove recruitment experience, ensuring that every candidate is met with exceptional care and attention throughout the hiring process. By staying ahead of recruitment trends and deeply understanding our industry’s evolving landscape, I provide strategic counsel to senior executives on workforce planning and talent acquisition tactics that align with the organization’s long-term vision. A key focus of my role is fostering diversity, equity, and inclusion in hiring. I am dedicated to expanding access to opportunities across all areas of our business by pushing the boundaries of sourcing and hiring tactics. This includes leveraging social networks, hosting and attending industry events, building strong employee referral programs, and proactively engaging top talent in new and meaningful ways. Through a forward-thinking and people-first approach, I aim to build an exceptional team that reflects the values, culture, and future ambitions of the San Francisco Giants.

Responsible for developing and refining talent strategies including employer branding, digital recruiting, candidate experience, engagement and assessment, as well as metrics and analytics for our Technical division. Focused on driving innovation and operational efficiencies for the Technical talent organization. Teaching and building both individual and organizational capabilities in sourcing and candidate development, staying current on talent trends, and driving recruitment solutions for our Technical division that are aligned with Prosper’s overall hiring strategy. Check out our current openings, and ping me directly to skip the line. http://www.prosper.com/about/jobs Get Connected: @ProsperLoans Facebook.com/ProsperLoans blog.prosper.com

Prosper’s mission is to advance financial well-being. The company’s online lending platform connects people who want to borrow money with individuals and institutions that want to invest in consumer credit. Borrowers get access to affordable fixed-rate, fixed-term personal loans. Investors have the opportunity to earn solid returns via a data-driven underwriting model. To date, over $17 billion in personal loans have been originated through the Prosper platform for debt consolidation and large purchases such as home improvement projects, medical expenses and special occasions. Prosper Marketplace is headquartered in San Francisco, with our operations center based in Phoenix, Arizona. Check out our current openings, and ping me directly to skip the line. http://www.prosper.com/about/jobs Get Connected: @ProsperLoans Facebook.com/ProsperLoans blog.prosper.com

(Company Acquired By SoFi) Focused on high-level placement at Clara Lending, a well funded VC backed Company that combines advanced technology with dedicated support for a simple and transparent home financing process. At Clara Lending, we are building the fastest, simplest way for consumers to finance their home. Anyone who joins, will have the opportunity to help transform the $10 trillion mortgage industry, and work for a mission-driven Company. The top priority of Clara Lending is financial health and stability for the borrower. Drawing on our backgrounds as industry veterans in Silicon Valley, financial services, federal government and the mortgage industry, we're changing the way people finance their lives.

ZenDrive seeks to improve safety on roads by using data and analytics pulled from apps using its mobile technology, which makes roads safer through better data and actionable insights. Zendrive is leading the evolution of safety in an era of transportation innovation and mobile ubiquity.Through our product suite, we leverage mobile sensor data to provide actionable insights that improve safety for passengers and drivers worldwide. Instead of providing and using a device that plugs right into your dashboard, we rely on your smartphone. The data derived from each phone can then be used to make roads safer, by informing government officials how to improve road infrastructure. It also offers real-time notification if your loved one is involved in an accident. Zendrive's tool uses mobile sensors within the device to measure acceleration, braking, swerving, phone use, and various other factors. Hired as employee # 18, with the goal to scale the recruiting efforts in an early stage start-up company, focusing on hiring employs domestically and internationally at every level.

Coit Group has been working hand in hand with the founders, investors, board members, and hiring managers who have selected us as their business partners. We have learned that the only way to help develop a successful company is to build a winning team. Building the winning team requires more than just hiring talented people. It means hiring people who will work well together. The Coit Group's screening process takes into account the culture and management styles of each of our clients, so we can bring together not only the best available talent, but talent that can work together to achieve the overall goals. It is our goal to identify and hire the perfect candidate to ensure the achievement of our client's success. Our team has led us to our recognition as one of the top recruiting companies in the Bay Area, receiving many honors including "Bay Area's Top 100 Fastest Growing Companies" and "Best Agency in San Francisco". Retained, priority and contingency searches from my clients for mid to executive level management positions, and keeping long lasting relationships with both parties.

ChiefPeople is a boutique Recruiting Firm located in the Bay Area, and we focus on high end placements in the tech industry. We take pride in working with small size, start up companies with innovative products, and money in the bank. I specialize in high end placements for various small to mid size clients like Gracenote, OpenTable, Synthetic, Giftly, and BitGravity to name a few. Placed high-end technical professionals in the area of Information Technology Industry in predominantly full-time positions. Specialized in Software Engineers/Architects (Distributed and Mainframe), Database Architects/Developers/Administrators, Network/System/Security Engineers, Web Developers, Quality Assurance/Test Engineers, and Technical Program/Product/Project Managers. Primary focus has been to recruit high impact candidates for direct hire positions within the Bay Area. Working with and acquiring early to mid-stage clients and helping them build their technology teams from scratch. Retained, priority and contingency searches from my clients for mid to executive level management positions, and keeping long lasting relationships with both parties.

Account Executive/ Technical Recruiter placing IT Professionals globally. PrincetonOne was associated with Management Recruiters International, the largest and most successful recruiting organization in the world. With over 850 offices worldwide in 35 countries, MRI Network averages 45,000 placements for Fortune 1000 companies annually. Performed extensive recruiting for Senior Software/Database Developers with heavy focus on technologies such as: C/C++, (Windows & UNIX/Linux), .NET, Java/J2EE, and, MySQL.