Daniel Parrillo

Current

Freelance Model at Academy of Art University
Independent Consultant - Examiner Contributor at Examiner.com
Volunteer at Project Open Hand

President - Staffing Manager - Sr. Technical Recruiter - Employment Community Manager at Strategi LLC

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Past

Senior Technical Recruiter at Andiamo! Group
Lecturer and Social Networking Strategist at TechServe Alliance
Staffing Consultant - Social Media Strategist at SayHired.com

President, Host and Group Moderator at Electronic Recruiters Exchange (ERE) Bay Area Technology Recruiters Group
Sr. Technical Recruiter / Staffing Manager at Replay Solutions, Inc.
Advisory Board Member -and Wiki Social Host at WorkYourCareer.com (formerly MoneyBackJobs.com and Thomas Executive Resources)
Member of Advisory Board at JobIRN
Editor - Bi-Monthly Newsletter at Thomas Executive Resources
Networking Event Organizer/Planner at Replay Solutions, Strategi LLC & EclipseCon
Webinar: To Video or Not To Video: Social & Legal Considerations of Video Interviews & Video Resumes at Strategi LLC, InterviewStudio & the EEOC (Self-employed)
Host / Networking Guru at Bay Area Technology Recruiters Group Networking Event (Onrec Expo & NCHRA HR West Conference)
EEOC Debator at The Great Discrimination Debate - the EEOC Speaks Out
Sr. Technical Recruiter & Sourcer at Williams-Sonoma, Inc. (Magley & Assoc)
Sr. Technical Recruiter at Amerit Consulting

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Education

University of Phoenix
NCHRA - Northern California HR Association
University of Phoenix

University of Phoenix

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Recommendations

56 recommendations

Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Human Resources

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Daniel Parrillo’s Summary

A Senior HR Practitioner, Staffing Manager and Employment Community Manager experienced in human resource strategy, technical staff recruiting and augmentation specifically focusing on software and webservices companies. Experienced with supporting corporate strategies, incorporating employer and product branding into productive recruiting strategies. Believe in order to attract technical talent, recruiting needs to involve both "farming" and "hunting" and a constant advocate of networking. Contribution to staffing websites and human resources organizations demonstrates commitment to morals and ethics in an industry often perceived as unprincipled and unscrupulous. Huge advocate of social networking and senior level knowledgeable of Web 2.0 techniques, passive candidate generation, vendor management, data management, acquisition and employment strategy.

Daniel Parrillo’s Specialties:

Technical Recruiting and Human Resource Services - specializing in staffing strategies and resource augmentation for start-up software and webservices companies in San Francisco Bay Area and Silicon Valley

Daniel Parrillo’s Experience

Freelance Model

Academy of Art University

(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

September 2009 — Present (1 year 1 month)

Freelance model - working within the Illustration, foundation/fine arts and fashion departments.. Amazed at the beautiful work created - and truly enjoy walking the halls of this wonderful and artist academic institution.

Schedule allows me to continue my education in Information Systems and Software Engineering, while learning so much about drawing, sculpture, design and the artistic mind.

Working with Artists and Instructors like: Henry Yan (http://www.henryyanart.com/ ), Mark Zjawinski (www.markzjawinski.com), Zimou Tan (Larry Tan http://zfineart.com/), Auguste Haboush (http://www.augustehaboush.com), Sean Connor,
Brandon Smith, Craig Marshall, William Sanchez, Adam Caldwell (http://www.adamhuntercaldwell.com/), Karl Jensen, Chuck Pyle - Director of Illustration (http://www.academyart.edu/illustration-school/bfa_faculty.html), James Barbour (http://www.artistportfolio.net/index.php?secret=140&artist_id=1385), Mark Bowen, Matthew Crane, and others.
Independent Consultant - Examiner Contributor

Examiner.com

(Privately Held; Online Media industry)

August 2009 — Present (1 year 2 months)

Contributor and "SF Job Recruiting Examiner"

Look for article postings via this URL:
http://www.examiner.com/x-19521-SF-Job-Recruiting-Examiner
Volunteer

Project Open Hand

(Non-Profit; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

February 2009 — Present (1 year 8 months)

Working with Angela Rauch (Special Events Coordinator) and Jared Scherer (Director of Special Events) with Project Open Hand (POH) on co-hosting monthly bingo fundraiser events. 100% of the bingo card sales goes to POH. Landed initial funds needed to acquire city inspections and permits. Created event posters. Leveraged existing business relationship with Space Gallery (www.spacegallerysf.com) and Ray Morrone to host bingo events within the Polk Corridor business community.
President - Staffing Manager - Sr. Technical Recruiter - Employment Community Manager

Strategi LLC

(Government Agency; Staffing and Recruiting industry)

January 1999 — Present (11 years 9 months)

15 years technical staffing and human resources generalist experience, specializing human recourses strategies for software and webservices start-ups in the San Francisco Bay Area and Silicon Valley.

Strategi LLC is transforming the company and brand from simply a one-man technical recruiting agency into a business partner that is that will help drive profit-producing business strategy associated with building a company’s brand and reputation among technical talent and leadership in Northern California and around the world. This strategy involves strengthening business acumen and aligning human resources and recruiting efforts with clients’ business strategy and goals. A strong understanding of the client’s business acumen will build a strong business partnership with hiring managers across the organization that encourages a shared understanding of the opportunities and threats facing the organization and enables a more local and coordinated response to the client’s needs

Business services include employment community management, implementing applicant tracking systems; product and employer branding strategies; passive candidate generation; strategic alliances and social networking. Additional services include payroll and human recourses administrative outsourcing; and agency vendor management and ATS resources for managing direct-hire, contractor and consultant resume submittals via staffing agencies and recruiting exchanges. These introductions exposed job requirements for senior technical talent to hundreds of experienced technical sourcers worldwide.

Attend JavaOne, Web 2.0, Opensource World, CloudWorld, NCHRA HR West, San Francisco Small Business Conference
Senior Technical Recruiter

Andiamo! Group

(Privately Held; Staffing and Recruiting industry)

March 2010 — August 2010 (6 months)

Recruiting for direct-hire and contract technical requirements specific to mobile and technology start-up organizations in San Francisco and Silicon Valley. Requirements range from Server-side JAVA software programmers, UI (usability) Expert, SOA Architect, IOT Engineers, Android and iPhone application programmers, MDM (Message Device Management) architects and engineers, business analysts, and client architect. Used Maxhire as applicant tracking system, synchronized with MS Outlook. Introduced JobMagic to the organization and worked with fellow recruiters on social media strategy and company branding.
Lecturer and Social Networking Strategist

TechServe Alliance

(Information Technology and Services industry)

June 2010 — July 2010 (2 months)

Presented "Apple Seeds to Apples - a lecture on Social Networking Strategies" to the members of TechServe Alliance at The Crowne Plaza Hotel in Forster City.

Lecture covered:
* becoming more than a database or job board recruiter
* build a brand (for the recruiter and the company
* refine network and network strategy
* shared free resources and productive trial-membership information

Overall, the presentation was well received and recommendations will be (are) posted. The PowerPoint Presentation - along with two references (white papers from Taleo and Jobvite) are available for download - via my LinkedIn profile.
Staffing Consultant - Social Media Strategist

SayHired.com

(Privately Held; Human Resources industry)

February 2010 — April 2010 (3 months)

A “results-driven” marketing and promotions position requiring direct sales resulting from building awareness of the SayHired.com’s product and website and getting customers to purchase phone screens and/or other services with the SayHired.com. Position requires the promotion of the SayHired.com brand and website through attending networking events, creating discussion topics, and writing blogs about different things that the SayHired.com is doing, and in general getting people talking about SayHired.com. Strategy includes driving traffic to the SayHired.com’s LinkedIn, Facebook, Meetup, Twitter, MeetUp, and other SayHired.com groups. Position includes coordinating and generating interest in SayHired.com hosted webinars and events for the SayHired.com through networking venues and strategy. Position requires keeping SayHired.com senior management informed of progress as well as industry events that could lead to participation and strategic introductions.

Currently working on another lecture series with Mark Thomas with SimplyHired.com – focusing on recruiting and staffing strategies, candidate and employer branding, and using social media for career and recruiting functions. Events and marketing strategy focuses on retail, hospitality and call-center hiring companies and industry focused candidates.
President, Host and Group Moderator

Electronic Recruiters Exchange (ERE) Bay Area Technology Recruiters Group

(Human Resources industry)

2001 — 2010 (9 years )
Sr. Technical Recruiter / Staffing Manager

Replay Solutions, Inc.

(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

September 2006 — December 2008 (2 years 4 months)

SDLC/QA software tool start-up company funded by Hummer Winblad, Partech Intl, Sigma Partners & UV Partners. Replay technology allows you to precisely and immediately reproduce an exact sequence of program instructions.

• Solely responsible for recruiting and passive candidate generation for foundation management and technical talent positions (JAVA, JVM, low-level C/C++, Assembly, Eclipse, Agile, Windows/Linux Internals, Kernel, etc)
• Produced 8 senior technical talent placements including engineering director within a budget under $100k in 2007.
• Implemented "every applicant is a prospective customer" strategy into staffing and recruiting effort (employer branding.)
• Implemented JobScore as internal Applicant Tracking System and handed established account and vendor relationship to internal recruiter.
• Introduced agency vendor management and ATS resources for managing direct-hire, contractor and consultant resume submittals via staffing agencies and recruiting exchanges. These introductions exposed job requirements for senior technical talent to hundreds of experienced technical sourcers worldwide.
• Utilized networking venues and technology events (EclipseCon, JavaOne, GDC, Web 2.0, Opensource Business Conference OSBC) to build professional network and employee prospects. Encouraged management to accompany and participate in these events.
• Responsible for organizing, planning and marketing a hugely successful social networking event at EclipseCon that involved San Francisco based artists.
• Leveraged business relationship Eclipse relationship to create and moderate an Eclipse networking group on LinkedIn.
• Responsible for organizing, planning and marketing a successful Open House. Position involved working closely with Office Manager regarding equipment planning, catering, budget decisions/management, promoting to technical talent
Advisory Board Member -and Wiki Social Host

WorkYourCareer.com (formerly MoneyBackJobs.com and Thomas Executive Resources)

(Human Resources industry)

August 2008 — October 2008 (3 months)

WorkYourCareer.com was first launched as Moneybackjobs.com with a goal of creating a more fun and hip job search tool than other "stuffy" job boards and recruiting solutions.

"Wiki Socials" are an opportunity for Employers and Job Seekers to come together on a bi-monthly basis and discuss different topics related to Employment and Recruiting. Since the socials are truly be Wiki-themed, the topics of discussion will come from YOU. We hold the Wiki Socials in different venues across the Bay area and on different dates and times to try and accommodate people with different schedules. There is no cost to attend a Wiki, but please come prepared with your questions/ideas to share! (and maybe even a resume or job description printout !)

Worked and strategized with business owner (Mark Thomas) in order to co-market and brand social networking events in order to build local strategic partnerships as well as prospective candidate generating channels. Specialized in technical and human resources professionals along with the recruiters associated with the Bay Area Technology Recruiters Group that is hosted on the Electronic Recruiters Exchange (www.ere.net.)
Member of Advisory Board

JobIRN

(Internet industry)

July 2008 — September 2008 (3 months)

http://jobirn.com, previously known as http://insidersreferral.com

JobIRN is a new Silicon-Valley based startup offering high quality, revolutionary solution to US recruiting market. We are proud of our business vision as well as technology. JobIRN provides real time chat with company insiders and recruiters.

JobIRN uses Web 2.0 technologies and is designed to assist applicants, recruiters and internal referrers to manage social networks and connections. JobIRN provide live video interview; instant messaging; manage internal referral programs; leverage insider contacts to find your ideal career move. Provide live customer service chat to assist with any problems during registration or while using the site.

Position required co-branding and strategizing with business owner (Bruce Ge) during the company's infancy. Introduced organization to staffing and human resource professionals via online social networking venues and professional contacts. Hosted a social networking event to promote JobIRN into local human resource and staffing communities at Cafe Royale (www.caferoyale-sf.com) in Union Square, San Francisco.
Editor - Bi-Monthly Newsletter

Thomas Executive Resources

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Staffing and Recruiting industry)

January 2008 — May 2008 (5 months)

Responsible for producing a two bi-monthly newletter (one directed to current, past and prospective consultants - as well as current and prospective clients and business partners.

Use Constant Contact to produce the four monly newsletters - each with slight differences in order to produce employee branding, referral and business referral channels and produce both human resources and recruiting strategies. Responsible for incorporating recruiting strategies and human resource practices into the newsletters and into the organization's overall business future.
Networking Event Organizer/Planner

Replay Solutions, Strategi LLC & EclipseCon

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

January 2008 — March 2008 (3 months)

As part of my recruiting strategy for Replay Solutions, Inc. - coordinated and hosted a networking event during the EclipseCon Expo at the Santa Clara Convention Center.

Networking Event Hyatt Regency - Santa Clara Convention
When: Wednesday, March 19, 5:30 PM
Eclipse Foundation (www.eclipse.org)

After critical success in the gaming industry Replay Solutions has done it again, this time for Java development. Our Eclipse plug-in enables software engineers to record, replay, & fix the most difficult bugs in a fraction of the time it takes with traditional methods. Learn how to accelerate your time to market with Replay Solutions, & celebrate the unveiling of our enterprise product line with us!

Artists:

FENG JIN
Metal Sculptures
dreamcatchersarts.com

JARETT FAJARDO
Visual Development & Conceptual Design
jarcoal.com

Manli Chao
www.manliart.com

Replay Solutions: EclipseCon Booth # 314
Webinar: To Video or Not To Video: Social & Legal Considerations of Video Interviews & Video Resumes
Strategi LLC, InterviewStudio & the EEOC (Self-employed)

(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Human Resources industry)

September 2007 — November 2007 (3 months)

Proposed webinar to Colleen Aylward, CEO of InterviewStudio when we met at Onrec Expo.

Suggested that we hit this topic head on once and for all.
EEOC Office of Legal Counsel's Carol Miaskoff, Summit Law's John Chun, and InterviewStudio's CEO Colleen Aylward will present and discuss the controversial issues surrounding the current craze of video resumes and video interviews being used in the professional recruitment and talent acquisition market today.

Participants will be given legal and regulatory tips and guidelines regarding these issues, and be left with food for thought around Best Practices for using video in candidate screening, interviewing, and even employment branding.

JOHN CHUN is a partner at Summit Law Group
CAROL R. MIASKOFF is Assistant Legal Counsel for Coordination at the U.S. EEOC
COLLEEN AYLWARD created InterviewStudio.com

Moderator: DANIEL PARILLO, Bay Area Technology Recruiters Group (built from the ERE.
Host / Networking Guru

Bay Area Technology Recruiters Group Networking Event (Onrec Expo & NCHRA HR West Conference)

(Non-Profit; Myself Only; Staffing and Recruiting industry)

September 2007 — September 2007 (1 month)

Host of the Bay Area Technology Recruiters Group Networking Event.
Grassroots marketing and promoting of a networking event that coinsided with the Onrec Expo (www.onrec.com) and the NCHRA HR West conferences. Host the event at Space Gallery (www.spacegallerysf.com)

* Utilized Evite.com to track responses; received 18% response ratio (787 evited; 150+ RSVP'd); built ROI indicators into response system
* Attendance was ~200 people; 4 hour event
* Marketed the event to recruiting/staffing and human resources professionals as well as hiring management and techincal talent
* Soliciated and coordinated corporate sponsorship from JobFox, TALENThire and others
* Worked with owner of Space Gallery and members of their staff regarding facilities management and party planning.
* Music was performed by Gypsy (www.gypsytime.com)

Pictures Available via Robert Neel: http://www.flickr.com/photos/8811256@N03/
EEOC Debator

The Great Discrimination Debate - the EEOC Speaks Out

(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Staffing and Recruiting industry)

January 2005 — September 2007 (2 years 9 months)

Creator and debater for an EEOC webinar called "The Great Discrimination Debate - the EEOC Speaks Out!" - http://www.accolo.com/debate

Trying to bring ethical and moral standards to an often-unscrupulous industry, worked with a group of recruiting and staffing professionals to bring the voice of the Equal Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to 700+ webinar attendees and audience at the Bank of America Corporate Auditorium. Developed marketing strategies, corporate sponsorship and alliances with the American Staffing Association (ASA), National Association of Personnel Staffing (NAPS), HR.com, Accolo, Virtual Edge, The Fordyce Letter and others.
Sr. Technical Recruiter & Sourcer

Williams-Sonoma, Inc. (Magley & Assoc)

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; WSM; Staffing and Recruiting industry)

June 2006 — August 2006 (3 months)

Specializing in sourcing, qualifying and submitting passive candidates and prospective employees that can not be found via current Internet resources. Without DICE, Monster or major Internet-based employment site, currently leveraging networking techniques, business relationship and established reputation - and the calaber of the client (Williams-Sonoma, Inc.) to present "technical talent" the prospect of an ideal employment position that with an established and stable organization - fulfilling the needs of the client - but also providing a natural progress for the candidates' career.
Sr. Technical Recruiter

Amerit Consulting

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Defense & Space industry)

March 2006 — May 2006 (3 months)

Amerit is a Federal Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business SDVOSB and California Certified DVBE based in Lafayette, CA. with clients nationwide.

Responsible for the evaluation and administration of the Northrop Grumman account via existing relationship with Volt and Amerit, solely concentrating on technical staffing requirements.

Utilized IQ Navigator to submit and administrate candidate submittal for positions nationwide, without any formal training on application.

Comparing leagues of competition (compared to a one-man shop), quality of the job requisitions, bill/pay rates-to-market rate, response time from submittal, the decision was made to no longer pursue the account.

Daniel Parrillo’s Education

University of Phoenix

Bacheloers Degree , Information Systems , 2009 — 2011 (expected)

Education will cover JAVA, .Net, Microsoft Visual Studio, webservices and information architecture, MS SQL Server, Adobe Suite (Flash, Acrobat, Photoshop, Dreamweaver), website development and implement,

Activities and Societies:

Open Source University Meetup
Sun GlassFish
San Francisco JUG (Java Users Group)
NCHRA - Northern California HR Association

SPHR , Human Resources , 2009 — 2009
University of Phoenix

MBA , Human Resources , 2007 — 2009

MBA degree completed March 9th.
University of Phoenix

Bachelors , Business - with an emphasis on the Human Factor , 2004 — 2007

Completed Bachelors Degree - February, 2007
Continuing on for the Masters Degree in Business Administration (MBA) - Emphasis on Human Resources

Additional Information

Daniel Parrillo’s Websites:

Daniel Parrillo’s Groups:

Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)
Active Member since 2006
Northern California HR Association (NCHRA) member since 2009

Group Promoter/Moderator of the LinkedIn Eclipse Group:
http://www.linkedin.com/search?search=&sortCriteria=3&groupFilter=36807

Group Moderator for the Bay Area Technology Recruiters Group (BATRG) and Forum - a networking venue built off of the Electronic Recruiters Exchange (ERE) www.erexchange.com

http://www.erexchange.com/ERENETWORK/GROUPS/GROUP.ASP?GROUPID={95A365AA-84A4-45DB-87FD-029A2EB5A182}

Member of SF Recruiters Group (SFRecruiters), Electronic Recruiters Exchange (www.ere.net)

Human Capital Institute
RSA Conference
Ruby on Rails
Business Intelligence Group
ERE.net
Service Oriented Architecture Special Interest Group
Eclipse
Business Intelligence Professionals
.NET People
.NET Developers
Ex-Moai Technologies
Linked.NET Users Group (LIDNUG)
Web Standards
National Association of Colleges and Employers
SOA professionals worldwide
Academy of Art San Francisco
Mobile Software Development Group
Java Developers
Google Android
The Official Alumni Association of University of Phoenix
SPHR Network
HR West: A community of the Northern California HR Association (NCHRA) and those passionate about HR
University of Phoenix - Online MBA
RoR (Ruby on Rails) Open Source Network
SOA Service Oriented Architecture Technology Architects
Eclipse Plugin Developers
W3C Members
San Francisco .NET Developers
DZone
Oracle Jobs
Web Jobs 2.0
BA Recruiter
Replay Solutions
Open Source Programmer
The San Francisco Java User Group
Jobnob
BASE (BAY AREA SOFTWARE ENGINEERS)
Web 2.0 Expo
End to End Web Developers
TALENT HUNTERS , TOOLS, AND TECHNOLOGY
iPhone Network Lounge
Social Media and SEO Society
Android Invasion : Resistance Is Futile
Junior Software Engineer in San Francisco