Mark Alfaro

Current

Consultant at TrialPay
Contract Recruiter / Partner at 7th Wave Search

Past

Recruiter at Blue Martini Software (now Ecometry)
Senior Recruiter at Essential Solutions
Technical Recruiter at Hall Kinion (now Kforce)

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Education

University of California, Berkeley

Recommended

13 people have recommended Mark

Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Internet

Websites

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Mark Alfaro’s Summary

On-site recruiting and retained search for Web and software companies in the San Francisco Bay Area. I staff across all disciplines and levels of the organization with a focus on hard-to-fill individual contributor positions through VP. I focus on start-up to small-sized companies; although, I've recruited for- and from- several of the largest companies in technology, as well. More info at www.7thwavestaffing.com.

Mark Alfaro’s Specialties:

Keywords: Contract recruiter, retained search, staffing manager, Ajax, application, business intelligence, client services, consulting, C/C++, client-server, computer science, database, data warehousing, e-commerce, enterprise software, Hibernate, HTML, Internet, NT, Java, JavaScript, JSP, Linux, MS SQL, MySQL, object oriented, open source, Oracle, performance management, professional services, PHP, Python, reporting, sales, SaaS, server, SOA, Solaris, Spring, SQL, UI, Unix, Web, Windows

Mark Alfaro’s Experience

Consultant

TrialPay

(Privately Held; Internet industry)

July 2008 — Present (1 year 1 month)

Internal recruiter for top 5 alternative e-commerce transaction company, focusing on engineering & I.T. staffing.

TrialPay is a quickly growing, stable Internet startup company in
downtown Mountain View, which delivers a unique alternative e-commerce payment solution. We are endorsed and promoted by thousands of premier merchants and advertisers across the world. And customers love what we do. TrialPay's sustainable business model, leadership position in the market, and a healthy revenue stream have allowed us to build a strong business.

Leading venture capital firms and individuals back TrialPay, including:
Index Ventures (Skype, Joost, last.fm, etc), Battery Ventures (Akamai, InfoSpace, MetroPCS), Bob Pittman (former AOL president and founder of MTV), Ron Conway, and executives from several top Internet companies.

For more information, please visit: www.trialpay.com .

E-Commerce Payment Platform TrialPay Shines in a Dark Economy
www.emediawire.com/releases/2009/1/prweb1908074.htm
Contract Recruiter / Partner

7th Wave Search

(Staffing and Recruiting industry)

August 1999 — Present (10 years)

Contract recruiting for Web and software companies in the San Francisco Bay Area. Clients include: TrialPay, CBS Interactive/CNET Networks (CNET.com, Download.com Gamespot, Webshots, MP3.com, ZDNet, TV.com), Merced Systems, MailFrontier, Telespree Communications, Sephora, DFS Galleria, Good Technology, Zaplet (formerly Firedrop), Quovera (formerly Millennia Vision Corporation). Focus on hard-to-fill individual contributor positions through VP level. Specialty areas are: Software engineering, Web development, information technology, professional services, management, marketing, sales, and G&A. Retained search between contract engagements.
Recruiter

Blue Martini Software (now Ecometry)

(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Computer Software industry)

April 2000 — June 2001 (1 year 3 months)

Simultaneosly built core engineering, integration engineering, and marketing teams during high growth transition from pre-IPO to publicly-traded company.
Senior Recruiter

Essential Solutions

(Public Company; 11-50 employees; Staffing and Recruiting industry)

February 1998 — July 1999 (1 year 6 months)

Top recruiter in the division. Recruited Unix System Administrators, NT Administrators, Web Administrators, I.S. Managers, Web Developers, Software Engineers, Software QA Engineers, and Project Managers
Technical Recruiter

Hall Kinion (now Kforce)

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; KFRC; Staffing and Recruiting industry)

August 1996 — February 1998 (1 year 7 months)

Top recruiter in division for first calendar year with company. Recruited Software Engineers, Systems Developers, and Software Quality Assurance Engineers.

Mark Alfaro’s Education

University of California, Berkeley

BA , Political Economy of Industrial Societies , 1989 — 1993

Activities and Societies:

Cal 155 Crew Team for 2 years