Ricky  Fiel
2451 Geneva Ave.,
Daly City, CA 94014

Summary of Experience

Talent Acquisition and Human Capital Expert, Research Strategist, Recruiter, Trainer, Facilitator and Consultant to World Class Organizations, an authority in Corporate Recruitment Strategy and Internet Search, pioneer in Recruitment Intelligence. Over ten years in Human Resources Administration, demonstrated skills in problem solving, coordination development, implementation, and evaluation of policies, procedures and training. Experience working with multicultural groups in a variety of disciplines.  Specific expertise includes:

•	Technical Recruiting  					
•	Interviewing								
•	Job Description Development
•	Recruiting Process Management			
•	Training
•	Internet Sourcing and Job Posting (AIRS)	
•	Job Fair Coordination
•	Problem Resolution						
•	MS Office
•	Contract Administration 					
•	Candidate Negotiations	
•	Immigration				
•	Knowledge of Federal and State employment laws

Education
University of Phoenix 
BS Human Resources

Experience

Keas Inc., 11/08- Present 
HR Business Partner 

Is a Health 2.0 start up founded by Adam Bosworth and George Kassabgi.Responsible for Human Resources leadership to corporate divisions with emphasis on Recruiting, Employee Relations, Performance Management, Compensation and Training.  Direct responsibility for developing, planning, and delivery of HR programs and services to selected business units.  Formed effective relationships with business managers to develop an extensive understanding of business objectives and operating environment delivering applicable HR solutions. Collaborated with the global HR team to drive the design of HR programs and ensure consistency of process and policy while ensuring business interests were met. Responsible for Employee Relations issues to ensure compliance with company policies and practices. Provided guidance and counsel to both managers and employees to ensure fair and equitable problem resolution. Implemented Performance Management programs and strategies to build a high performance workforce with a focus on career development and succession planning. Managed divisional recruiting process in the areas of candidate identification, job profiling and interviewing to meet workforce plans. Delivered corporate focal compensation programs to ensure compliance with company philosophy.  Identified and facilitated training and development programs to maximize corporate offerings. Partnered with management to secure training needs beyond the scope of the company’s core curriculum

Sonos Inc., - 06/08-11/08 
HR/ Talent Acquisition 

Understands company-wide and specific functional area hiring needs, and partners with hiring managers to provide high quality passive and active candidate flow .Sources, screens, qualifies, and interviews applicants to support aggressive company growth . Conducts research, analyzes data, and compiles metrics using ATS .Ensures consistent strategy and compliance objectives across organization 
Drives entire recruitment process to assure maximum efficiency and to reflect excellent candidate experience .Functions as key member of Human Resources area, ensuring team is providing strategic value to overall organization

Rearden Commerce, Foster City, CA  01/07- 06/08
Sr. Technical Recruiter

Responsibilities include overall recruitment for R&D Product Division Engineering and Product Management.  Responsible for full cycle recruitment, sourcing, screening, qualifying, interviewing, reference checking and closing of candidates. Duties included extensive travel throughout the United States and Canada to attend various Colleges and Universities, Career Fairs and Conventions. Coordinate all Internet and Publicized Career Advertisements.

•	Software Developers 
•	User Interface Engineers 
•	QA Engineers 
•	Development Architects
•	Product Managers/Directors
•	Product Marketing Manager/Directors
•	Product Engineering Leadership positions

Palm Inc, Sunnyvale CA	07/06-01/07
Recruiter
Full lifecycle recruiting for a variety of positions, including Software Engineers Front – End and Back End Engineers, Product Managers; Quality Assurance; Oracle DBA; Network Engineers; Systems Engineer;   Worked with hiring managers to understand their hiring needs; sourced and pre-qualified candidates; facilitated “round-table” meetings in which hiring decisions were determined; provided weekly updates to hiring managers on status of requisitions; worked closely with hiring managers, Human Resources and Finance to create offer letters; managed closing process.

Visa 08/05-07/06
Recruiter, Corporate Strategic Staffing
Partnered with leadership in identifying and recruiting top engineering, Business / Systems Analysts, Credit & Debit Card Product / Project Managers through various recruitment channels: Direct source, University & College Campus, Career & Community events.
Skills: ACH, EFT, Transaction Processing, Security/Risk solutions, Legacy technologies, RUP, Business Intelligence Solutions, SAS, E-minor
Unix, Linux, Windows. C, C++, Python, C#, .Net, MS Visual, PERL, Oracle,  SQL, 

Lucasfilm Entertainment Company, Ltd., San Francisco, CA, 	05/05-08/05
Recruiter for Industrial Light & Magic / LucasArts
Disciplines: Research & Development, Computer Graphics, Digital Technologies, Production, Information Systems, Technical Support, Sound Engineering and Business Services.
Game engineers:  AI, physics, engine core, game play, rendering, tools development, VFX.

Silicon Valley Bank, Financial Services, Santa Clara, CA 	05/04 - 05/05
Recruiter, Corporate Strategic Staffing
Partnered with leadership in identifying and recruiting top engineering and ABL Commercial Bank talent, through various recruitment channels: Direct source, University & College Campus, Career & Community events.
Skills: Security/Risk solutions, Legacy technologies, Business Intelligence Solutions, .Net, C, Python, C++, C#, MS Visual, PERL, Oracle SQL, Unix, Linux, Windows

Tyco Healthcare, Pleasanton,  CA 	02/04 - 05/04
Recruited for:  Medical, Surgical, Respiratory, Imaging, Pharmaceutical and Retail Product Sales/Marketing Managers.

Wells Fargo Bank, CA 	10/01- 02/04 
Staffing Manager 
Responsible for management and development of the HR / strategic recruitment process.
Partnered with Executive Team in identifying and recruiting: Technology/Security Risk Solutions, Patrimonial, Registered Financial Services, Mortgage & Equity professional and management candidates for more than 100 stores/branches through various recruitment channels: Direct source, University & College Campus, Career & Community events.
Skills: Business Objects, VB, C, C+,  Python, C#,  ASP,. Net, Java, J2EE, Weblogic, XML, PERL, 
Oracle, SQL, Unix and Solaris.

Partnered with hiring managers and/or executive assistants to establish timely interviewing of candidates and that logistics were well managed. 
Facilitated that deliverables were on time, within budget, and met the quality levels expected by the company's internal and external customers.

Created new and revised existing job descriptions/specifications for market benchmarking analysis.
Developed customized/job-specific recruitment strategies through interactions with corporate HR and hiring managers, taking into consideration market and industry conditions. 
Served as a participating member of company’s HR interview team. 
Assisted Market President and Executive Team with hiring decisions.
Managed outside recruitment agency relationships.

Brio / Hyperion - Santa Clara, CA 
Sr. Recruiter / Consultant (off-site Contract) 	11/00 – 09/01
Responsible for managing recruitment strategies.
Identified, directly sourced and recruited for Business Intelligence Solutions:
Application Developers, Product/Project Managers, Finance, Sales and Channel Marketing.
Skills: Java, JavaScript, XML, ASP, OLAP and data warehousing solutions. UNIX, MS Windows/Windows XP/.Net, RDBMS, Oracle, SQL, DB2,

3Com - Santa Clara, CA 
Recruiter, Corporate Staffing 05/98 - 11/00 
Responsible for the strategic management of recruitment methods, partnering and deepening relationships with managers to effectively identify and recruit qualified job seekers representing a world-class global organization for the Convergence Applications Suite: IP Telephony, Messaging, Conferencing, Call Center, 
Skills: C, Assembly, Network architecture, designing & implementing distributed processing. 
Ethernet, IP, data routing protocols, frame relay, Voice over IP signaling and communication protocols.
Database Management System. Unix and Linux.

SONY - San Jose, CA 
Recruiter, Corporate Staffing, 	04/96 - 05/98 
Provided management of recruitment and employment functions including developing and administering staffing policies, business processes and quality standards. 
Ensured effective sourcing practices were implemented and adhered to by recruitment staff. Partnered with the management team to effectively identify and recruit qualified job seekers for the electronics multimedia/signal processing business unit and organization. 
Skills: C/C++, algorithm development, MPEG, JPEG, and computer/vision theory.
Embedded, multi-thread, multi-core processing.