james mitchell

senior technical recruiter

About

Agency and Corporate recruitment experience in the USA and Europe. EU passport holder and Green Card. Responsible for single handedly staffing Octane Software from scratch to its eventual sale to E.piphany. This was the largest private company sale in the history of Silicon Valley. Lead the staffing initiative for Amazon.com in their Web Services Technology division (S3). Other experience involves working in a number successful start ups including Edusoft,CommerceFlow,E.piphany/Octane Software, Actional technology,Verano Software. Specialties: Full lifecycle recruitment in Corporate and Agency marketplaces. I have start-up experience as well as large corporate recruitment and management experience.International recruitment, immigration, salary negotiation, EOE.Management of recruitment teams and hands on recruiting.Built Engineering teams, Sales, Marketing and senior management groups across a wide range of marketplaces. Experience with full life cycle Executive search and deep dive technical recruitment projects.

Country

united states

City

seattle

Industry

computer software

Skill

technical recruiting, recruiting, internet recruiting, applicant tracking systems, talent acquisition, management, sourcing, executive search, crm, temporary placement, vendor management, benefits negotiation, start ups, business development, human resources, sdlc, hiring, interviews, sales, salesforce.com, staffing services, customer relationship management, interviewing, software development life cycle, search, team leadership, new hire orientations, team building

Experience

contract recruiter at schakra solutions

schackra

2010-7 - 2010-10 · 4 mos

international recruiter

jm-int

2009-1 - 2010-5 · 1 yr 5 mos

Working on several small international recruitment projects for stealth and very early stage start up organizations both in technical and non technical environments. I am looking to expand my client portfolio internationally and share my global recruitment experience with clients requiring a personal and focused approach.

recruiter

microsoft

2010-11 - 2011-7 · 9 mos

Full cycle technical recruitment for MS Server and Tools business. Headhunting MS Technical Evangelists in the growing cloud space.

contract recruiter

metia

2009-9 - 2009-12 · 4 mos

corporate recruiter

six apart

2007-8 - 2008-8 · 1 yr 1 mo

Sixapart.com are the makers of weblog software and services for individuals, organizations and businesses.

staffing lead

amazon

2004-8 - 2006-10 · 2 yrs 3 mos

Client lead in charge of technical staffing for Amazon Web Services Division.Full lifecycle recruitment and management of recruiters.HR administration,retention. Planning etc

recruitment director

edusoft

2003-5 - 2004-8 · 1 yr 4 mos

Led the staffing initiative of this educational skills assesment software company up to and beyiond its aquisition by Houghton Mifflin group. Recruited core engineering and product management teams as well as sales and business development groups.Managed a small team of recruiters.Technical environment c++ Oracle Linux.Full lifecycle recruitment with a hands on approach allowed me to recruit excellent caliber staff for Edusoft. Left to join Amazon to recruit for ther flag ship Web Services business in Seattle.

recruiter

global dynamics

1993-1 - 1998-8 · 5 yrs 8 mos

Ran the Permanent staffing operation for this company. Built division from scratch to a full time business.Developed Bay Area business from the ground up as well as performed full lifecycle hands on recruitment services.Business grew from 0 to a 3.3 million a year business in under 3 years.Left to join the start up world with Octane Software as their Recruitment Director.

senior technical recruiter

realnetworks

2014-2 - 2015-5 · 1 yr 4 mos

Full lifecycle recruitment for technical and non technical staff in the gaming and video streaming industry.

technical recruiter

capital one

2012-12 - 2013-5 · 6 mos

Full cycle technical recruitment for Capital One/Sharebuilder.

technical recruiter

dreambox learning

2011-12 - 2012-7 · 8 mos

Technical Recruiter at DreamBox Learning. DreamBox Learning is an adaptive learning company that transforms the way students engage with Math.

corporate recruitment manager

antenna software

2006-10 - 2007-7 · 10 mos

Corporate Recruitment Manager overseeing the national and international expansion of this Moile Technology company. Locations include the Bothell WA San Francisco,UK,Canada, Dubai,India and Australia. Dexterra is a 5 year old rapid growth company with over 300 employees world wide. We are always hiring and have positions in every locale. My role will be the recruitment of top tier talent to take Dexterra to the next level in its growth.

recruitment director

octane oc

1998-8 - 2002-1 · 3 yrs 6 mos

Staffing Director responsible for growing this CRM Software company from 11 to 169 people in under 18 months. Eventually sold to E.Piphany for 3.2 BN

senior technical recruiter

zones, inc.

2015-7 - Present · 11 yrs 3 mos

Building Zones Professional Services infrastructure across the USA. Focus on Solution Architects and Technical Sales professionals in verticals including Cloud/Security/Network Infrastructure/Unified Communications and more. Full cycle deep dive technical search skills.