Christopher Carlucci
415.361.8729 
crooner60@gmail.com

Summary
Senior Recruiter, Corporate Recruitment

Specialties
Corporate Recruiting, Talent Acquisition, Global Recruitment, College Recruitment, Training, Contract Negotiation.

Experience:

 

Lead Contract Recruiter-Talend Inc. -Redwood City, Ca.

May 2014-PRESENT

Talend is a 450-employee, pre-IPO, Big Data integration software SaaS company with deep open source roots. With over $100 million raised to date and continued rapid growth, we are the second largest independent open source company in the world.

Talend is headquartered in Redwood City, CA. The company also has an EMEA HQ in Suresnes, France and offices in the UK, Germany, China and Japan.

I have been recruiting for Talend in North America, Europe and Asia. Roles include, Engineering, Sales, Finance, and most of the Marketing team

 

Global Contract Recruiter, Opera Software/Opera MediaWorks-San Mateo, Ca.

September 2013-May 2014

 

Opera Software is a $300M Browser/Mobile Advertising/Digital Media Company with 1000 employees.

 

In this position, which was a short-term contract, I was hired to build a national recruitment program for the MediaWorks group. I have hired a team of recruiters, acquired an ATS system, and helped to integrate three recent acquisitions into Opera.

 

Roles Included: Mobile Engineering (iOS and Android), Sales, Marketing, Advertising Operations, and Business Development.

 

 

Global Director, Corporate Recruitment, Velti Corporation-San Francisco, Ca.

April 2011-September 2013

 

Velti is a global Mobile Marketing/Digital Media company. Revenues are about $300M with employee base at about 1200 employees.

In this position, I lead all Recruiting/Talent Acquisition globally reporting to the SVP HR. I directly lead the corporate recruiting team (16) on four continents. I'm accountable for the delivery of outstanding recruiting services, but also for rebuilding the recruiting infrastructure globally.

I also oversee staffing-related compliance (EEO/OFCCP), College Recruiting and future talent pipelines, strategic vendor relationships, employment branding, and on-boarding new employees.

Key accomplishments first year (2011):
* Doubled filled positions (vs. 2010) with similar team.
* Reduced recruiting costs by 50% through improved process and mentoring of staff (saving almost $2M in the first year).
* Selected and implemented a global Applicant Tracking System.
* Reduced Time to Fill

Second Year 2012:
* Was part of the acquisition team that acquired 4 companies globally and on-boarded 650 new employees.
* Reduced time to fill in corporate positions by 35% while improving quality of hire.
* Continued to build out automated recruiting and onboarding system.
* Continued development of Employment Value Proposition and Employment Brand.

Focus for 2013: 
* "Quality of Experience" for Managers and Candidates.
* Revision and automation of non-employee process.
* Social Media strategy.

50% Travel

Lead Contract Recruiter at GoGrid-San Francisco, Ca.
April 2010 - April 2011
 

This is a Cloud Hosting SaaS company with offices in the US and Europe. I was

Responsible for all staffing functions which included, training, college recruiting, and all company staffing with a workload that averaged 15-30 requisitions. The positions ranged from Software Engineers (Java, QA, Build and Release), Product Management/Marketing, Sales, Graphic Design, Business Analysts, Technical Support, Network Engineering, Systems Engineering and Finance/HR.

Sr. Contract Recruiter at EFI-Vutek
2008 - 2009

I was brought back to help with a few positions. See EFI below.

Staffing Manager-Global (Contract) at EFI- San Mateo, Ca.

February 2006 - December 2008
 

This is a $650M Software Company with 26 offices globally. I was hired as a Senior Corporate Staffing Consultant/Manager for this global Company. My duties were to implement new Staffing Plans, Job Fairs/College Recruiting Programs, and open new sourcing opportunities while maintaining 40-50 open requisitions. Staffing responsibilities were in Software, Hardware, IT, Tech Support, Networking, Finance and HR. I am responsible for hundreds of new hires; roughly 90% of all staffing was achieved without using outside vendors (Agencies). I recruit for our Corporate Headquarters in Foster City, California and branch offices in Minnesota, New Hampshire, Pittsburgh, Arizona, Atlanta and various offices in Europe(UK, Holland, Germany, Belgium, Sweden , France and Italy) , Asia (Japan, Korea, Singapore, and Australia) and South America (Brazil). 10%Travel

Sr. Corporate Contract Recruiter at Opsware/HP- Sunnyvale, Ca.
April 2005 - January 2006

Opsware/HP was the leader in IT Automation. I was hired to recruit for all regions of the US, APAC, and EMEA. I have been successful in staffing offices in all 3 regions of the US as well as London; Most of these jobs ranged from Sr. Technical positions in Software, Network Engineering and Systems Engineering, as well as Engagement Managers, Sales, Marketing, and Sr. Positions such as, Country Managers, APAC Director, and Sales Management. I have worked directly with the EVP of each division to support their needs.

Sr. Contract Recruiter at Activant Solutions- Pleasanton, Ca.
July 2004 - February 2005

I was hired as a Senior Recruiter to staff open jobs in Marketing and Sales for this Software Solutions Provider (ERP) in Financials, Retail, Automotive, Farming and Lumber and it grew to all open positions, I placed 35 people into Activant in 6 months, in various technical positions, from design to sales and marketing, and various other

Senior Contract Recruiter at Avignon Consulting (Acquired by Big 4) Paris, France
January 2001 - January 2004

(Avignon Consulting) I was contracted by a Large Software Solutions provider in Europe to recruit Sales/Marketing and ERP consultants in Finance, Manufacturing (SAP, PeopleSoft, Baan, and Lawson) for Europe. I lived in Paris for 3 years. Territories included the UK, France, Spain, Italy, Benelux, and Scandinavia. 40% Travel

RECRUITING MANAGER at Kforce Corporation
June 1999 - January 2001
 

I managed teams of Full-desk Permanent and Contract Recruiters. We worked primarily in Software but I had Hardware/Semiconductor teams as well. I was a Platinum Performer each of my years at kforce, which is their top award.


CONTRACT RECRUITER at Motorola Corporation
October 1997 -- June 1999
 

Staffing of ASIC Design Centers in Beijing, Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan, and Dublin, Ireland. 70% travel

MRI at MANAGEMENT RECRUITERS INTERNATIONAL
January 1995 - October 1997
 

Education: Berklee School of Music