Scott Blickhan

Past

• Professional Recruiter at Dawson Resources
• Technical Recruiter at TEKsystems
• Product and Business Development at XenoWize LLC

• Programmer at TransUnion
• Implementation Consultant at StayInFront

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Education

• University of Iowa
• Clear Brook High School
• Clear Creek High School

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Recommended

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Connections

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

Scott Blickhan’s Experience

• Professional Recruiter

  Dawson Resources

  (Privately Held; Staffing and Recruiting industry)

  June 2007 — February 2009 (1 year 9 months)

  • Develop strategic recruiting strategies based on client needs
  • Serve as client liaison between candidates, recruiters and hiring managers while performing both the role of Recruiter and Account Manager
  • Source and interview candidates to assess both the technical aptitude and culture fit
  • Identify and recruit passive candidates using referrals, cold calls, networking and complex search techniques
  • Develop snapshots of candidates for client presentation
  • Negotiate compensation ensuring a positive outcome for both client and candidate
  • Member of various groups for networking purposes: Columbus Young Professionals, Columbus Perl Mongers, Chicago Linux Users Group (CLUG), The Central Ohio Linux User Group (COLUG), Central Ohio Java Users Group (COJUG), Chicago Informix Users Group (CHIUG), Central Ohio .NET Developers Group

• Technical Recruiter

  TEKsystems

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  2005 — 2007 (2 years)

  •Meet with account managers, client executives, hiring managers and potential/current contractors on a daily basis to meet client needs
  •Fill both exempt and contract requirements for technical positions at various clients across the Chicago area (Business Analysts, Developers, Project Managers, Development Managers/Directors, DBAs, Architects, Quality Assurance Specialists, Network Engineers, Product support specialists, Release managers etc.)
  •Negotiate both client and candidate rates/salaries on a daily basis (Shapiro Negotiations Training)
  •Verticals targeted include: Insurance/Healthcare (Blue Cross Blue Shield – Illinois & Association, Allstate, Statefarm, Zurich), Financial (ABN Amro, JP Morgan Chase, Chicago Board of Trade, Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Morningstar Financial, Townsend Analytics, Harris Associates, The Northern Trust, TransUnion) and Telecommunication (Verizon, Sprint, SBC)

• Product and Business Development

  XenoWize LLC

  (Partnership; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  October 2004 — September 2005 (1 year)

  Software Company providing customized reporting and sales solutions to niche markets (Auto Collision & Repair Centers, Paintless Dent Repair and Universities).
  
  •Generate revenue and function as main contact between clients and XenoWize
  •Grow and Maintain working relationships with executive level management
  •Market XenoWize products and services to targeted corporations as well as major Universities
  •Lead generation through referrals and cold calls
  •Identify new market opportunities and methods for successful market penetration (PDR – Paintless Dent Repair)

• Programmer

  TransUnion

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  2001 — 2004 (3 years)

  TransUnion LLC is a global leader in credit and information management. For more than 30 years, they have worked with businesses and consumers to gather, analyze and deliver the critical information needed to build strong economies throughout the world.
  
  •Responsible for analysis, design, development and support of a wide variety of complex financial and business workflow systems utilizing J2EE interfacing with legacy technologies
  •Develop Web-based applications applying Struts MVC framework and both Iterative and Waterfall methodologies
  •Provide 24/7 production support for multiple systems including vendor, and distributed technologies
  •Extensive experience integrating with Savvion BPM and architecting workflows to meet business needs
  
  Environment: J2EE, XML, XSLT, CSS, HTML, DHTML, JavaScript, Windows 2000, Unix, Mainframe, Linux, PegaSystems, Savvion, DB2, Sybase, Oracle, Visio, WebSphere Application Server, WSAD 5.1,

• Implementation Consultant

  StayInFront

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  2000 — 2001 (1 year)

  StayinFront, Inc. is a leading global provider of enterprise-wide customer relationship management (CRM) applications, pharmaceutical solutions, decision support tools, data services, sample inventory management solutions and eBusiness systems.
  
  •Implementation of a web based CRM tool for Navigation Technologies
  •Convert the client-server model to a web-integrated model maintaining full functionality
  •Create forecasting tool resulting in a marked reduction in time and resources consumption
  •Perform as a key member in designing and creating entry screens for loan tracking system for Merrill Lynch
  
  Contracted Developer: Berger Software, Sydney Australia (01/01 to 02/01)
  •Develop a Sales Force Automation Solution for Glaxo SmithKline Beecham
  •Create a call archiving tool to better optimize the database
  
  Environment: HTML, JavaScript, CSS, Visual FoxPro, VSS, Visio, SQL Server, Oracle

Scott Blickhan’s Education

• University of Iowa

  1997 — 2000

• Clear Brook High School

• Clear Creek High School