Kevan Blanco

Current

• Research Manager at VMware

Past

• Research & Sourcing Manager at Apple, Inc.
• Research at Apple Computer, Inc.
• Intelligence Operations Specialist at United States Air Force

• Chief Technical Officer/Principal at Tri Valley Internet, Inc.
• Technical Writer at Shared Medical Systems

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Education

• San Jose State University

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Industry

Human Resources

Kevan Blanco’s Summary

Sourcing & Research manager at VMware.

Kevan Blanco’s Specialties:

Sourcing/Research Manager. Project team member to implement a global candidate management system.

Kevan Blanco’s Experience

• Research Manager

  VMware

  (Public Company; Human Resources industry)

  May 2007 — Present (1 year 4 months)

• Research & Sourcing Manager

  Apple, Inc.

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; aapl; Computer Hardware industry)

  May 2006 — May 2007 (1 year 1 month)

  Research & Sourcing manager.
  Recruitment systems team lead for Recruiting Operations. Working with the HR informations systems group to deliver a Global Candidate Management System. Our group's focus is to deliver an intuitive solution suite of recruiting practices and technical tools that is robust and consistent with recruiting for all business areas, globally. Direct interaction with key recruiting stakeholders and vendors and ownership of multiple strategic and high visibility efforts.

• Research

  Apple Computer, Inc.

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; AAPL; Computer Hardware industry)

  March 2004 — May 2006 (2 years 3 months)

  Research and recruiting support providing resumes/leads, full search and recruit and a wide range of sourcing services for recruiting across the board. Research and sourcing strategies include networking, cold calling, generating more leads from a specific contact, internet research, creating profiles and candidate bios, meeting with hiring managers, pre-screening candidates, generating employee lists from targeted organizations and companies.

• Intelligence Operations Specialist

  United States Air Force

  (Government Agency; Military industry)

  February 1996 — March 2004 (8 years 2 months)

  Leading and participating in Intelligence Operations. Responsible for analyzing and evaluating classified information and preparing intelligence products. Responsibilities include providing accurate and timely Intelligence Briefings for Senior Managers (Wing Staff and Squadron Commanders) and Intelligence Operations for Aerial Refueling Operations overseas during very difficult military operations, resulting in achieving 100% success in each mission.
  Recalled to Active Duty 2002-2004.

• Chief Technical Officer/Principal

  Tri Valley Internet, Inc.

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

  January 2000 — January 2002 (2 years 1 month)

  Owner/Partner in local Internet Service Provider with several thousand customers, including major name companies (Boeing, Dolch) as well as providing solutions for small, local businesses. Responsible for managing projects on a variety of platforms including UNIX, LINUX, FreeBSD, and Microsoft. Accomplishments include:
  - Managed 12 person web production department responsible for creating web based solutions from technical specifications resulting in a rapid expansion of highly satisfied customer base, achieving 100% on time delivery in meeting customer objectives.
  - Established and implemented technical solutions, including major purchases (servers, workstations, building locations) resulting in a very cost efficient to dollar earned profile and expandable business solutions achieving 100% on time performance.
  - Established and maintained technical assets including (DNS servers, Web servers, routers, and other related equipment) achieving a 99% uptime for our customers.

• Technical Writer

  Shared Medical Systems

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; Hospital & Health Care industry)

  June 1997 — December 1999 (2 years 7 months)

  Technical writer responsible for writing and maintaining medical software manuals.

Kevan Blanco’s Education

• San Jose State University

  BA, English, 1992 — 1997

Additional Information

Kevan Blanco’s Groups:

•    SJSUAlumni
•    MobilOpen :: the International Mobile Internet Group
•    Application Virtualization
•    Irish Linux Users Group
•    Lean Six Sigma
•    Treasury Technology Network
•    SWIFT Connectivity Network
•    Payment Systems Network
•    Financial Risk Management Network
•    Treasury Services Network
•    Working Capital Management Network
•    Trust & Custody Network
•    Global Trade Network
•    Virtualization Enthusiasts
•    SoCal Linux
•    Treasury Accounting Network
•    Advanced Innovation Methods (AIM)
•    Higher Education Treasury and Finance
•    The Perfect JOB !!!
•    Microsoft Application Virtualization
•    Apple Alumni
•    Green
•    Supply-Chain Operations Reference (SCOR)
•    Web 2.0 and Mobile Computing
•    Apple - Current and Former Employees
•    RecruitingBlogs.com Group
•    VirtualEdge User Group
•    Climate Change - I care!
•    Apple fans
•    TalentHook User Network
•    The Revolution Group
•    San Jose Sharks Fan

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