Brent Rogers

Current

Recruiter (Sourcer) (Grand Prize Winner - Diversity Sourcing Games 2008) at Cisco Systems

Past

Owner/ Recruiter at Rogers Recruiting
Franchise Owner/ Recruiter at International Staffing Consultants (Sole Proprietorship)
Technical Sales Recruiter at Technical Sales Search

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Education

Texas State University-San Marcos
Ten Ways to Manage Without Authority
Shally Steckerl Sourcing Class

Airs Directory

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Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Computer Software

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Brent Rogers’s Summary

A Senior Recruiter (sourcer) with 10 years experience recruiting software and hardware professionals. I have worked with early phase startups and Fortune 500 Companies throughout the United States.

I am presently a recruiter for Cisco Systems and I am looking for Data Center/ Virtualization experts throughout the US and Canada. In addition, I am looking for strong Interaction Designers

Job openings are in the following locations.
* San Jose, California
* San Francisco, California
* Canada: Montreal, Toronto, Calgary.Alberta, Ontario
* throughout the United States

Cisco is a great company to work for. Cisco hires brilliant people that are fantastic to work with. Cisco is also creating the latest and greatest technologies that are used to link networks and power the Internet.

Brent Rogers’s Specialties:

RECRUITING TECHNIQUES:
expert at using boolean search techniques, cold calling and holding consultative discussions with candidates and hiring managers

INSTRUCTING:
expert at teaching sourcing techniques

EXPERIENCE RECRUITING THE FOLLOWING CANDIDATES:
Software Engineers, Hardware Engineers, Marketing Professionals, Project Managers, Sales Professionals, Application Engineers, Directors and Managers.

Brent Rogers’s Experience

Recruiter (Sourcer) (Grand Prize Winner - Diversity Sourcing Games 2008)

Cisco Systems

(Public Company; CSCO; Computer Networking industry)

September 2006 — Present (3 years 3 months)

Recruit talented software engineers, hardware engineers and marketing professionals.
* Spherion contractor before being hired as a permanent employee

Present:
Responsible for finding hardware and software professionals with networking and security expertise
* CDO Speaker "Quarterback Your Career"(Keynote Speaker Roger Staubach) career development

Previously:
SWAT Sourcer responsible for locating top candidates for the top networking requisitions

Specialties:
Software Engineers. Hardware Engineers and Marketing Professionals with expertise in:
(JAVA, C, C++, Linux, Machine Learning, Clustering, Python, Shell, Perl, DNS, TLS/SSL, FTP, HTTP, IMAP, SIP, SMTP, SNMP, SSH, RTP, ENRP, RIP, BGP, TCP/IP, UDP, SCTP, RSVP, (IPv4, IPv6), ICMP, IGMP, OSPF, IS-IS, DHCP, SNMP, SMTP, SOAP, RTSP, RPC, Tunnels, Device Drivers, set-top box, MPEG, RTSP, LSCP, IPTVVideo on demand, video storage, email security, web security, Fibre Channel, SCSI, storage, ASIC, VOIP, clustering, etc.)
Owner/ Recruiter

Rogers Recruiting

(Semiconductors industry)

September 1999 — September 2006 (7 years 1 month)

Started Rogers Recruiting as an independent recruiter. Recruited hardware and software professionals for job opportunities nationally and internationally. Worked with the following companies: Texas Instruments (9 month contract), International Rectifier, Teradyne, Nortel Networks, Fujitsu Network Communications, Raytheon, Dell, AMD and various Well-Funded Start-ups.
Franchise Owner/ Recruiter
International Staffing Consultants (Sole Proprietorship)

(Sole Proprietorship; 1-10 employees; Semiconductors industry)

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 top-notch 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

(Staffing and Recruiting industry)

September 1999 — March 2000 (7 months)

* Responsible for recruiting technical sales representatives for companies throughout the US
* Called on company's hiring authorities and individual sales representatives
* Placed sales representatives with experience selling hardware, software and total technical solutions

Brent Rogers’s Education

Texas State University-San Marcos

BA , Liberal Arts (History) , 1991 — 1993
Ten Ways to Manage Without Authority

2008

This class is a preview of a more in-depth class about managing without authority. Tips were given to show the class how to manage a project on time, on budget, without authority and to specifications
Shally Steckerl Sourcing Class

2007
Airs Directory

Advanced Certified Internet Recruiter (ACIR), Certified Diversity Recruiter (CDR)

Activities and Societies:

Completed - Building An Employment Brand That Attracts Top Talent class