Marcus Myrick

• Led all technical recruiting for a high-growth AI-adjacent startup, building hiring infrastructure from the ground up alongside founders and engineering leadership. • Recruited across the full technical stack: Software Engineers (FE/BE/Full Stack), ML Engineers, Data Engineers, Product Managers, and UX Designers. • Sourced passive candidates through LinkedIn Recruiter, GitHub profile analysis, AngelList, and targeted community outreach — achieving a 40%+ passive candidate conversion rate. • Implemented and optimized ATS workflows to support rapid hiring scale while maintaining a best-in-class candidate experience. • Partnered with founders on employer branding, compensation benchmarking, and offer strategy for competitive AI/ML talent markets. • Delivered regular hiring metrics dashboards to leadership, enabling data-driven headcount decisions.

• Manages full cycle recruitment process across all levels for assigned business units through job posting, conducting intake meetings to gather position requirements, reviewing resumes, sourcing and screening candidates, scheduling interviews, conducting calibrations meetings, generating offers and on-boarding. • Expertise in evaluating and assesing candidates’ technical proficiency through technical interviews, coding challenges, and algorithm assessments. • Utilize data for forecasting and key staffing initiatives. • Proven track record of successfully indentifying, attracting and highly skilled data scientists, maching learning engineers and AI specialists. • In depth knowledge of the technical skills, tools and programming languages commonly used in data science and AI, such as Python, R, TensorFlow and Pytorch. • Develops and maintains relationships with individuals through pipeline recruiting efforts for the purposes of future hiring. • Revised the recruiting playbook and detailing the recruiting the recruiting process from beginning to end. • Spearheaded diversity and inclusion recruitment initiatives. • Proven ability to manage multiple open position simultaneously, while providing a positive candidate experience throughtout the recruitment experience. • Led a ATS change from Icims to Greenhouse.

• Evaluated, interviewed and presented qualified using JobVite • Established relationships with hiring managers to forecast staffing needs. • Advised senior leadership on HR best practices, workforce planning, and organizational development to drive business success. • Spearheaded employee engagement initiatives, including surveys, focus groups, and recognition programs, resulting in a 20% increase in overall satisfaction.

• Expertise in sourcing, screening and interviewing candidates with software engineering backgrounds • Extensive knowledge of industry trends, technologies and tools used by software engineers. • Establishes and maintains relationships with hiring managers and business partners to forecast and develop plans for key staffing initiatives. • Recruited for new SaaS division Varis and led interview processes. • Scheduled all interview loops including confirming the Loop Guru. • Lead all interview pre and debriefs, including determining individual to shadow to increase interviewers pool. • Tracks and reports data on staffing plan processes using computer software programs that may include MS Word, Excel, Power Point, and other software databases.

• Manage full cycle recruiting of executive, corporate, and high volume call center positions. Create sourcing/marketing strategies, conduct phone screens, coordinate interviews, and debriefs to ensure we hire top talent • Collaborated with Hiring managers for succesful recruitment plans • Responsible for tracking all technical consultants onsite and in India, provide reports weekly of new consultant starting projects, consultants currently on project and consultants leaving project. • Collaborate with hiring managers to create job requisition and hiring strategies • Conduct in-depth requisition qualification meetings with business stakeholders • Assisted with implementation and launch of Ultipro Recruiting Module. Served as the SME for the recruiting and onboarding gateways. • Manage agency vendor list, negotiate rates, and monitor current contractors • Ensure compliance with USCIS Form I-9 verification in E-verify and ATS • Tracked the progress of any candidates in the visa process along with law firm. • Assist with employee relations functions as needed

• Partner with hiring managers to discern workforce needs; define job parameters; outline desired qualifications; and source, screen, interview and select best-option candidate. • Responsible for identifying and developing a pipeline of candidates aligned to specific business units utilizing multiple strategies including online databases, social media sites, Boolean keyword searching, cold calling contact lists, and networking to identify top talent for the Client Services Organization • Advanced experience in sourcing candidates through online Boolean searches, online job boards, cold calling, LinkedIn Recruiter, networking, and social medial channels as well as on-site, even, and on-campus recruiting. • Prequalify potential candidates to determine their qualifications through profiling, trait assessments and behavioral based interviewing

• Independently manage a recruiting process from sourcing to Hiring Manager review • Report to and work closely with Director of Talent Acquisition to conduct workforce planning activities and ensure that recruiting relationships are aligned with business needs • Manage multiple Talent Acquisition projects, attend career fairs and other recruiting / networking events • Provide strategic staffing / workforce planning services and tools to HR Business Partner, Sr. Recruiter and Hiring Managers • Maintained a helped pipeline of applicants for current and future openings. • Recruited across multiple time zones and multiple countries including India and Costa Rica. • Hired Senior Technical Account Managers for government clients that required Top Secret clearance. • Collaborated with managers to identify high-potential employees and created targeted development plans to nurture key talent. • Maintain compliance in the talent acquisition process across all stakeholder groups – Hiring Managers, Recruiters, HR and Candidates • Gain trust and confidence of Candidates, Recruiters, HR and Hiring Managers through excellent service delivery and expert consultation • Ensure Citrix Systems, Inc. is represented in the most accurate and appropriate way to all candidates and personally drive the highest standards of ethical behavior for all involved in the recruiting process

Experienced IT Recruiter who specializes in best practices and processes for efficient recruiting, on boarding of resources, and account maintenance. Technology and Business areas of experience include but are not limited to: Project Management, Business Analysis, Data Analysis, Infrastructure, Data Analytics, Compliance, and Application Development. • Extensive knowledge of Sendouts from Bullhorn, Bullhorn, and Bullhorn Reach recruiting software.
 • Extensive knowledge of JobDiva recruiting software. • Extensive knowledge of MS Word, Excel, Outlook, Explorer, and presentation and report level skills with PowerPoint. • Extensive experience with all job boards. • Attended Monster’s product training program (advanced internet recruiting strategies 2001-2006). • Attended Careerbuilder.com’s product training program 2006. • 8000+ first level connections on LinkedIn.com. • Develop creative recruiting resources to attract qualified professionals interested in contract, contract to hire, and direct hire employment. • Manage full cycle recruiting efforts to include posting positions internally and externally, searching resume databases, reviewing resumes, screening applicants, coordinating and conducting interviews, presenting and negotiating offers. • Present job opportunities to qualified candidates. • Coach candidates through the client interview process. • Develop, build, and maintain relationships with candidates and consultants. • Demonstrate excellent sales, negotiation, communication, and problem solving skills in a fast-paced environment.

•Lead IT recruiting efforts across entire client base including State Agencies, Utility, Software Companies, Start Ups, Professional Services and other clients in area and across the country. •Worked on both permanent and contract placement positions. •Acted as Account Manager on several accounts; responsible for managing the client expectations, resume submissions, follow up, closure, etc. This included working with onsite managers in sub vendor relationships as well as direct clients. •Recruited across the full recruiting life cycle including, client development, Account Management, identifying the requirement, recruitment, interview preparations, and closure of the candidate. •Sourced candidates through user groups, networking tools, referrals, Job Boards and other techniques. •Worked very closely with onsite managers and managers to help determine technical requirements and refine the job description. In many cases was tasked with re-writing the job description for the on site managers due to technical knowledge as well as intimate knowledge possessed of the clients environments. •Was the go to recruiter for several clients to determine the hourly rate ranges and salaries based on industry knowledge and experience. •Trained recruiting staff on interviewing techniques and how to prepare candidates for interviews and created documentation that was used as the standard in the interview preparation process. •Generated candidates for positions through cold calling, Internet searching, and networking •Negotiated and determined rates for candidates. •Managed profiles and resume process with candidates. Including review and revision of resumes to adequately reflect candidate skills and backgrounds.