Hello! My Technical Sourcer gig has come to an end at Starbucks and I am looking for a new job opportunity. Please contact me at BrentJRogers@gmail.com if you are interested.

1. Brent Rogers
Advanced Certified Internet Recruiter (ACIR), Certified Diversity Recruiter (CDR)
18557 Vista del Sol Drive
Dallas, Texas 75287
Email: BrentJRogers@gmail.com
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About.me http://about.me/brentrogers
OBJECTIVE
Obtain a Technical Recruiter / Sourcer position at topnotch technology company, so I
can use innovative sourcing techniques to find the very best talent available.
CAREER SUMMARY:
Senior Recruiter (Sourcer) with 13 years of experience recruiting software and hardware
professionals. I have worked with early phase start-ups and Fortune 500 Companies throughout
the United States.
RECRUITING/ SOURCING TECHNIQUES, METHODS AND TOOLS USED:
Boolean searching, Social Networking Sites (Facebook, twitter, Linkedin, Meetup, Scribd, etc.),
Blogs, Discussion Boards, Diversity Internet Sites, cold calling and consultative discussions with
candidates and hiring managers.
INSTRUCTING:
- Expert at teaching sourcing techniques
EXPERIENCE RECRUITING THE FOLLOWING CANDIDATES:
- Vice Presidents. Directors, Managers, Software Engineers, Hardware Engineers, Marketing
Professionals, Project Managers, Program Managers, Sales Professionals, Application
Engineers, Product Managers, Architects, Program Managers, New Graduates, Electrical
Engineers and Computer Science graduates
RECRUITED IN THE FOLLOWING AREA CODES:
- 650, 415, 510, 408, 919, 214, 469, 925, 972, 978, 858, 202, 512, 210, 360, 425, 260
EXPERIENCE
Senior IT Sourcer
Starbucks Coffee Company (Volt remote contractor)
February 2012 – June 2012
Responsible for supporting the IT candidate sourcing needs of three recruiters.
Use innovative sourcing techniques to locate the following types of candidates:
• PHP Developers, Virtualization Experts, Network Engineers, Security Professionals and Oracle
Experts (Advanced Supply Chain Planning (ASCP), Oracle Process Manufacturing (OPM),
Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition (OBIEE), Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS),
Informatica, ETL, Enterprise Performance Management (EPM))

2. Ninja Recruiter (Sourcer, Headhunter)
Electronic Arts (EA) (ProUnlimited remote contractor)
July 2011 – February 2012 (8 months)
Senior Gaming Sourcer – US AND Canada
Presently using innovative sourcing techniques to locate Graphics Design Engineers, Technical
Directors and Business Intelligence/ Data Warehouse professionals
Senior IT Sourcer - Austin, Texas and California
● Recruited candidates and marketed EA at the Game Developers Conference® Online
2011 in Austin, Texas
● Entertained invited prospects at recruiting events held at the Westin and the W in Austin,
Texas
Used innovative sourcing techniques to locate the following types of candidates:
• DBAs/Architects with experience in the following: Oracle, SQL, Teradata, MySQL, Informatica,
Oracle Data Integrator, Oracle Fusion, Microstrategy, ETL and Cognos
• Cloud/Virtualization Engineers (Xen, KVM and/or VMWare)
• IT Experts (Infastructure, Architecture, Information Security, Analyst)
• Storage Architects (SAN,NFS ,ICSI, RAID)
• Linux Experts (RedHat)
• Network Engineering Professionals with experience in the following: load balancing, TCP/IP,
DNS, DHCP, NFS, FTP, LDAP, NIS and Automount
• Developers with experience in the following: C/C++, Java, Spring, JSP, Apache, Tomcat, JBoss,
JForum, REST, API
• Test Engineers (QTPro/Winrunner/Selenium)
Senior Sourcer
Cisco Systems
September 2006 - July 2011 (4 years 11 months)
● Spherion contractor for a year before being hired as a permanent employee
● Promoted to sourcing Team Leader - I am an active Sourcer that had assigned
requisition workloads and created sourcing policies and procedures.
● Presently leading SkunkWorks project – the objective of this project is to come up with
exciting new innovative ideas that will ultimately improve how the staffing/HR
organization functions.
● Recruit and source talented Directors, Managers, Software Engineers, Hardware
Engineers, Marketing Professionals, Project Managers, Program Managers, Account
Manager, PhD graduates, Masters graduates, Bachelors graduates, Application
Engineers, Electrical Engineers, Computer Engineers and Computer Science graduates
● Use innovative sourcing techniques to locate outstanding candidates with backgrounds in
the following: cloud computing, Networking protocols, IP routing, IP Multicast, BGP,
EIGRP, OSPF, MPLS, TCP/IP, UDP, HTTP, FTP, DNS, email server, virtualization, data
center, LAN, WAN, switches, load balancing, administrator, operations, JAVA, service
oriented architecture (SOA), high availability, Quality of Service (QoS), audio, VOIP, echo
cancellation, embedded software, access control, unicast, multicast, Layer 2, Layer 3, L2,
L3, PIM, MCDP, MVPN, C, C++, ClearCase, operating systems (OS), VPLS, PPP,
VPDN, DNS, platform development, JEE, J2EE, SOAP, REST, MEST, Web 2.0, mobile,
rich-client, DOJO, AJAX, Hybrid, Tuscany, web services, XML, UX, user interface, user
experience, usability, Subversion, interaction design, performance tuning, Apache,
TomCat, JBoss, WebLogic, Oracle, security, encryption, Widget, HTML, JavaScript,
database, SQL, data warehousing, data modeling, Linux, UNIX, Active Directory, Bash,

3. Perl, Shell, Compilers, processor architecture, tool-chains, software configuration
management (SCM), WebSphere, Hibernate, source code management, JSP, XSL,
xpath, xslt, Documentum, Agile, network management, CCNP, CCIE, CCNA, IOS, PMP,
content management, DITA, DBA, MAPI, cloud, SaaS, social networking, Visio,
Omnigraffe, Fireworks, architecture, visual design, Apple, RIM, Blackberry, Symbian,
Windows Mobile OS, RDBMS, JSON, RTF, asynchronous programming, ODBC, device
drivers, cloud synchronization, Scrum, LDAP, interface design, human factors, VLAN,
LACP, STP, ASIC, Ethernet MAC/PHY drivers, DCE/RPC, TCP authentication,
authorization protocols, ActiveSync, MIME, GUI, CSS, storage, backend development,
Machine Learning, Clustering, Python, TLS/SSL, IMAP, SIP, SMTP, SNMP, SSH, RTP,
ENRP, RIP, SCTP, RSVP, IPv4, IPv6, ICMP, IGMP, IS-IS, DHCP, RTSP, tunnels, set-top
box, MPEG, LSCP, IPTV, video on demand, Fibre channel, SCSI, IO, IGMP, RTOS,
SAN, VxWorks, PSOS, router, framework, virtualization, kernel development, Linux,
UNIX, IaaS, routers, database design, CISSP, IPAM, VmWare, SaaS, Agile, Netflow,
J2EE, Spring, satellites, service provisioning, Object Role Modeling, FPGA, ASIC, board
level design, storage, quality assurance, test, FreeBSD, GDB, etc.
● Meet with Hiring Managers, Recruiters, Sourcers and Human Resource Managers to
determine short term and long term hiring needs
● Work to find new job opportunities for top rated CISCO employees that had lost their jobs
due to mergers or restructuring
● Recruit candidates at professional and collegiate job fairs
● Interview and screen topnotch candidates for job opportunities
● Use Virtual Edge Applicant Tracking System to search, filter and submit candidates
● Taught Boolean sourcing classes to co-workers and external recruiting firm
● AIRS Grand Prize Winner - Diversity Sourcing Games 2008 (won a year of AIRS training)
● Built LinkedIn Network – over 6,200 direct contacts and 90,000,000 indirect contacts
● Created over 30 professional profiles on various Social Networking Sites (examples:
FastCompany, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, MySpace, LinkedIn, Ning, MiGente,
BlackPlanet.com, etc.)
● Post job openings on LinkedIn, Monster, Hotjobs, Jobster, The Ladders, Ning, Facebook,
Twitter, MySpace, FastCompany, YouTube, MiGente, BlackPlanet.com, etc.
● Increased online ranking for my name (Brent Rogers): appears 3 times on the first page
of a Google search, appears 4 times on the first page of a Yahoo! Search, appears 4
times on the first page of a Bing Search and appears 3 times on the first page of a
Ask.com search
● Attended SourceCon - learned new sourcing techniques and networked with other
sourcing professionals
● CDO Speaker "Quarterback Your Career" (Keynote Speaker Roger Staubach) career
development
● continually learning new technologies and the individual attributes of each new job
opening
Owner/ Recruiter
Rogers Recruiting
July 2001 - September 2006 (7 years 1 month)
● Started Rogers Recruiting as an independent full cycle recruiter.
● Recruited and placed hardware and software professionals for national and international
job opportunities
● Called on companies, hiring authorities and individual candidates
● Attended National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) conference and recruited new
college graduates
● Worked with the following companies: Texas Instruments (9 month direct contract),
International Rectifier, Teradyne, Nortel Networks, Fujitsu Network Communications,
Raytheon, Dell, AMD and various Well-Funded Start-ups.

4. Franchise Owner/ Recruiter
International Staffing Consultants
March 2000 - June 2001 (1 year 4 months)
* Owned and operated recruiting franchise
* Established technical recruiting company's presence in Texas, nationally and internationally
* Called on companies, hiring authorities and individual candidates
* Placed topnotch candidates with backgrounds in sales, marketing, engineering and IT with
companies throughout the US
* Clients included: Teradyne, Fujitsu Network Communication, Kofax Image Products, Nortel
Networks, Raytheon
Technical Sales Recruiter
Technical Sales Search
September 1999 - March 2000 (7 months)
* Responsible for recruiting technical sales representatives for companies throughout the US
* Called on hiring authorities and individual sales representatives
* Placed sales representatives with experience selling hardware, software and total technical
solutions
COLLEGE EDUCATION
Texas State University-San Marcos
BA, Liberal Arts (History), 1990 - 1993
PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION
● Airs Directory Classes – XtremeLab 2009
● Advanced Certified Internet Recruiter (ACIR)
● Certified Diversity Recruiter (CDR)
● Building An Employment Brand That Attracts Top Talent
● Best New Ideas in Internet Sourcing/ Results from the 2007 Xtreme Sourcing Games
● LinkedIn - Premium Accounts class
● Ten Ways to Manage Without Authority 2008
● Shally Steckerl Sourcing Class 2007
● Attended SourceCon classes
● Facilitative Leadership Class 2011 – designing and facilitating effective meetings for
clients and colleagues
● Checkout the latest sourcing techniques via YouTube and Sourcing blogs
VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES
● 2012 Vice President of Golf on the Dallas Margarita Society / Dallas Children’s Charities
Board – responsible for putting together and running The 25th Annual Dallas Margarita
Society Charity Golf Classic
● 2011 Vice President of Charity on the Dallas Margarita Society / Dallas Children’s
Charities Board – responsible for leading a charity committee that is charge of distributing
a $100,000 in cash and gifts to deserving children’s charities located throughout the
Dallas Fort Worth Metroplex