Rob Laseak rlaseak@4oceansys.com

Seasoned recruiter and networking evangelist driven to connect job seekers with hiring entities. Looking to add people to an impressive network of IT professionals with the following skills/profile:

Executive-level IT Professionals
ITIL Certified infrastructure professionals
PMP Certified pros with Fed Gov, DoD related project experience
Technical and Functional ERP Consultants (Oracle, SAP, etc)
Cisco Certified Network Engineeers (CCNP, CCNA, CCIE)
Unified Communications Engineers (CCVP)
Oracle and SQL Certified DBAs
Software Developers (JAVA, J2EE, ASp, .NET C++, etc)

Our client requirements change on a regular basis, so feel free to contact me regardless of your IT background and your location. Also, please feel free to send me an invite to connect at: rlaseak@4oceansys.com.

Rob Laseak rlaseak@4oceansys.com’s Specialties:

Networking Evangelist; IT Recruiting Specialist; Staff Augmentation; "Tough to Fill" Searches; Perm Search; Contract/Contract-to-Hire placements; Headhunting; Creative Talent Acquisition Program Development; Employee Retention Program Development; and Recruitment/Employment Branding.

Rob Laseak rlaseak@4oceansys.com’s Experience

Director of Recruiting

4Ocean Systems

(Information Technology and Services industry)

March 2007 — Present (2 years 10 months)

Reporting to the CEO, I am responsible for building and leading the recruitment function for IT staff augmentation, contract and permanent search services. Manage billiable resources, client relations, and the recruiting team while actively conducting full cycle recruitment for open searches and candidate pipeline development for future needs.

4Ocean Systems (“4Ocean”) was originally founded in 1998 as an IT staffing and custom software development firm that has grown to include a full suite of IT services, comprehensive staffing services and IT outsourcing. 4Ocean is now a certified Veteran-Owned Small Business to serve all commercial and government markets, including federal, state, and local agencies.

In January of 2009, we earned "Super Supplier" status for Perot Systems by out-perfoming over 80 competitive IT staffing firms. This prestigious status is only awarded to 12 firms for this $2B global IT outsourcing firm.

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Manager - IT Recruiting

AmeriPath

(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Hospital & Health Care industry)

April 2006 — January 2007 (10 months)

Brought in to develop and implement recruiting, hiring and retention best practices specifically for the IT organization for the entire US. Able to successfully implement the following: a comprehensive recruiting process to inculde hiring manager best pratices training; streamlined approval processes; an employee referral program; improved on-boarding and new hire orientation; and an applicant tracking system while reducing fees and improving time-to-fill and cost-to-fill metrics.
Regional Recruiter

Compuware Corporation

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; CPWR; Information Technology and Services industry)

January 2006 — April 2006 (4 months)

Geography Recruiter (TX, LA, AR, OK and NM) responsible for both Enterprise Solutions (SW Sales) and Professional Services divisions. CPWR has the only total solutions offering that supports all phases of the SW development lifecycle with products, services and process solutions.
Director of Recruiting

Resources Global Professionals

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; RECN; Management Consulting industry)

May 2004 — January 2006 (1 year 9 months)

Lead the recruitng effort for the Information Management Practice.
Corporate Recruiter

Network Associates / McAfee

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Computer Software industry)

June 2002 — May 2004 (2 years )

Initially brought on board to lead the recruitment effort for all positions for the Plano facility. Soon after, I had a more focused effort on inside sales and field sales for all three business units of Network Associates: McAfee, Sniffer and Magic. I was then a part of Magic when BMC Software purchased that division from network Associates. While with Magic/BMC Software, I was instrumental in creating and building the Business Development Rep team to support all outside sales.
Recruiting Manager

Rapid5 Networks

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Telecommunications industry)

September 1999 — September 2001 (2 years 1 month)

Employee #2 for this telecom start-up. Helped build the firm to 200 employees by recruiting and hiring telecom HW/SW and systems engineers as well as sales, marketing, IT, HR and CTAC professionals.
Branch Recruiter

Compuware Corporation

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; CPWR; Management Consulting industry)

September 1997 — September 1999 (2 years 1 month)
Manager of Franchise Support

Sanford Rose Associates

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Management Consulting industry)

September 1995 — September 1997 (2 years 1 month)
Recruiter

Gayhart & Associates

(Privately Held; Staffing and Recruiting industry)

September 1994 — September 1995 (1 year 1 month)

First recruiting job....made a placement on my 11th day on the desk! Learned to run a full desk...placed Manufacturing, Mechanical, Electrical and Civil Engineers....no internet or desktop computers then, just the telephone, paper files and Thomas manufacturing company directories....fun stuff, real recruiting!

Rob Laseak rlaseak@4oceansys.com’s Education

Lake Erie College

MBA , International Business , 1989 — 1991
Kent State University

BS , Criminal Justice , 1984 — 1987
Baldwin-Wallace College

1983 — 1984

Activities and Societies:

Varsity Football '83
North Olmsted Senior High School

1980 — 1983