Jonathan Alexander Putman I build recruiting functions from 0-1

Head of Talent Acquisition (Contract)

Stealth Startup

Apr 2023 - Dec 2023 (9 months)

• Building the recruiting function from 0-1 including all future employer branding for post stealth.
• Established all recruiting metrics, guidelines and employer branding capabilities for a San Francisco based technology startup poised for growth with significant funding.
• Hiring people in the areas of engineering leadership, data scientists, UX/UI, AI/ML engineers / researchers and developers.
• Implemented applicant tracking system and CRM tools.

Founder and Consultant

Splice

Jul 2014 - Current (12 years 4 months)

• Work with multiple clients on contingency and retained searches primarily in technology based organizations.
• Established and developed recruiting function from the ground up for several companies including startups in all stages.
• Created and redesigned recruiting departments reducing time to fill by 43% (on average) and interview to hire ratios of 3: 1 (on average).
• Operated as a remote contract and fractional recruiter for clients such as Flatiron, SEDC, Case-Mate, Panasonic, Toyota, Talent Connections, among others.
• Successful contingency searches for technology clients include Toyota Research Institute, Masten Space Systems, Liberty Defense, Panasonic, Elevance Health, CNIGuard and five startup tech clie

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Senior Director of Recruiting & Employer Branding

YellowPages.com

Aug 2013 - Jun 2014 (11 months)

• Reduced time to fill on corporate roles by 52 days and sales roles by 78 days.
• Redesigned the career site and increased targeted applicant flow by 28% and decreased interview to hire from 12: 1 to 5: 1.
• Spearheaded Executive Search activities, successfully hiring new C-level positions (VP, SVP, and higher) nationwide, with a specific focus on technology in Los Angeles, CA, and Atlanta, GA.
• Pioneered the employer branding function post acquisition by Cerberus Capital Management, a private equity firm.

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Director of Talent Acquisition

Case•Mate

Oct 2011 - Aug 2013 (1 year 11 months)

• Pioneered the first global recruiting department (ground up) spanning North America, South America, Europe, Australia, and Asia.
• Served as an individual contributor and managed a 2 person team that successfully filled 257 positions across various global locations.
• Executive recruiting for new global locations including; India, Ireland, China and Brazil.

Director of Recruiting

Synergis

Apr 2010 - Oct 2011 (1 year 7 months)

Vice President of Workforce Solutions April 2010 - October 2011 Director of Recruiting October 2006 - April 2010
• Responsible for building and leading a startup division for Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) called Workforce Solutions.

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Head of Talent Acquisition

DataPath / Rockwell Collins

Sep 2005 - Current (21 years 2 months)

• Built and led a 15 person team responsible for all global talent acquisition for North America, Southeast Asia, Middle East, and Africa.
• Developed and led all global talent acquisition and recruitment branding strategies.
• Created all talent acquisition processes including; requisition process, formal job descriptions and formalized pipeline for future candidates in niche areas.

Director of Recruiting

Panasonic

Mar 2001 - Sep 2005 (4 years 7 months)

Director of Talent Acquisition March 2001 - Sept 2005 Technical Recruiter April 1999 - March 2001
• Built and managed the Talent Acquisition and Human Resource delivery team.
• Managed all strategic talent acquisition and human resource initiatives including; talent management, global vendor selection & management, immigration, applicant tracking and workforce planning.

Executive Recruiter

Spherion

Jun 1996 - Apr 1999 (2 years 11 months)

• Started my career as an executive recruiter concentrating on executive placement ($85k +jobs)

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