Dave Gombka

Current

Research Manager, National Advisory Lead at KPMG, LLP

Past

Sourcer/Recruiter at Cisco Systems
Sr Staffing Consultant at Merck & Co.
Sr. Recruiter at NextiraOne

Recruiter at AT&T

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Education

Chubb Institute

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500+ connections

Industry

Staffing and Recruiting

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Dave Gombka’s Summary

Linkedin member since January 15, 2005

Profile Last Updated on 07/01/08

Feel free to reach out and connect. dgombka (at) kpmg.com

Dave Gombka’s Specialties:

Research and sourcing in the following areas:

Oracle, Sun, SAP, ERP, 11i, Advisory, Risk Management, identity management, CISA, management consulting, finance transformation, CFO Advisory, supply chain, sourcing, Contact Center, Security, CISSP, IPTV, VOD, Sales Engineer, CCIE, Project Manager, Customer Service, Account Manager, Marketing, Finance, Accounting, CPA, Audit, Tax, Public Affairs, Legal.

Dave Gombka’s Experience

Research Manager, National Advisory Lead

KPMG, LLP

(Partnership; 10,001 or more employees; KPMG; Accounting industry)

October 2006 — Present (2 years 1 month)

Research Manager with National Research Team for Advisory Practice.

Advisory Overview: (see the "Websites" section in my profile for link to our Advisory website)

Service Line offerings include:

· Internal Audit, Regulatory & Compliance

· IT Advisory

· Financial Risk Management

· Operations Risk Management

· CFO Advisory

· Forensic Services, and

· Transaction Services
Sourcer/Recruiter

Cisco Systems

(Public Company; CSCO; Computer Networking industry)

June 2005 — October 2006 (1 year 5 months)

Sourcer/Recruiter supporting the Sales and Sales Engineering organizations to identify top talent through complex internet searches, name generation, cold calling, and networking in a high pressure, fast paced, highly technical, and ever changing environment.
Sr Staffing Consultant

Merck & Co.

(Public Company; Pharmaceuticals industry)

March 2005 — June 2005 (4 months)

Contract consulting assignment as Sr Staffing Consultant for Merck Corporate staffing supporting Legal, Public Affairs, Finance, Marketing, and HR. Projects include sourcing, screening, referring candidates to hiring managers. Updating relevant information in RecruitSoft to track candidate activity. Also subject matter expert on cost effective sourcing strategy advice to Sr. HR, and advise on job description rework.
Sr. Recruiter

NextiraOne

(Privately Held; 5001-10,000 employees; Telecommunications industry)

January 2000 — January 2005 (5 years 1 month)

(Now Blackbox Network Services)

A Cisco Gold Certified Partner.

Proactively source and recruit for the NextiraOne sales organization nationwide. Positions filled are Voice and Data Account Managers, Sales Managers, and Pre/Post Sales Engineers. Utilize advanced Internet search techniques (AIRS), along with major on-line job boards, Open Houses, print media, Referrals, and Networking to fill an ongoing requisition load of 50 or more. Negotiate and close more than 25 offers per month. Partner with Recruiting Coordinators to ensure a smooth on-boarding process for new-hires. Utilized WebHire to manage requisitions and candidate funnel.
Advise and partner with 61 Hiring Managers and Senior Executives on sourcing strategy, selection and placement, employment processes, and EEO Laws.
Consistently regarded as a top performer for number of hires per month, time-to-fill, and source targets. Recruit for PBX and Data field technicians as needed to assist team members.
Recruiter

AT&T

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; T; Telecommunications industry)

1996 — 1999 (3 years)

Employment Account Manager
Employment Account Manager for $14B Global Services sales division. Responsible for day to day tactical employment functions on a national level for 17 sales centers; matrix manage a 6 person sales recruiting team while cultivating client relationships, internal customer satisfaction, and developing cost effective sourcing strategies to fill, on an average, 200 openings nationwide.
Sr. Recruiter (acting Branch Manager)
As acting NJ/NY Branch Manager, hired and directed the sales recruiting team in NJ responsible for sourcing, interviewing, and employing qualified technical sales candidates (data, voice, wireless, local) in accordance with state, federal, and AT&T corporate employment policies and practices.
Sales Recruiter
Requisition load averaged 30 - 40 per month. Utilized RESTRAC to track applicant activity and generate reports.

Additional Information

Dave Gombka’s Websites:

Dave Gombka’s Interests:

Golf, NASCAR, Motorsports, Camping, Travel, SHRM HR Generalist Workshop, Recruiting, Interviewing, and Selecting Employees, Flawless Consulting workshop, Getting to Yes; Negotiating workshop, Broadlook Technologies (Diver, Eclipse, Contact Capture, Profiler, Market Mapper), Lexis Nexis, Virtual Edge applicant tracking

Dave Gombka’s Groups:

AIRS, Yahoo recruiter groups, SHRM, LinkedInRecruiting, MyLinkedinPowerForum, CyberSleuths, CareerLink Network, security-jobs.info, ERE, Big4.com, Member - NASCAR Fan Council