Frank Vagi

Current

Senior Consulting Services Manager / Talent Acquisition Consultant at Surrex Solutions Corporation

Past

IT Recruitment Consultant at Kforce
Adjunct Faculty at University of Phoenix
Senior Infrastructure Consultant at Goodrich Corporation

Faculty, Department of Graduate Studies at Coleman College
Technology Consultant at SunGard SCT

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Education

Coleman College

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

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Frank Vagi’s Summary

Senior Consulting Services Manager / Talent Acquisition Consultant with a strong technical foundation; well versed in consultative selling; in IT consulting; in relationship management; and direct sourcing & competitive intelligence techniques. Keen ability to identify, source, track, collaborate and network with, recruit, qualify, coach, counsel, consult, advise, place and retain top technical and consulting talent, while utilizing stellar communication-, negotiation-, and persuasive skills.

"Chance favors the prepared mind..." -Louis Pasteur

"The quality of a person’s life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor" -Vince Lombardi

Frank Vagi’s Specialties:

Specializing in the areas of ERP (SAP, Oracle, PeopleSoft, Great Plains); of enterprise application development (J2EE, .NET, MF/MQ, portals); of Project-, Program-, Issue-, Escalation-, and Service Level Management; of IT Governance, Systems Integration, Business Intelligence (Hyperion, Cognos, Business Objects), ETL (Informatica, Ab Initio), data migrations / data warehousing; and of project augmentation, strategic advisory, project risk assessment, and turnaround.

Frank Vagi’s Experience

Senior Consulting Services Manager / Talent Acquisition Consultant

Surrex Solutions Corporation

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

June 2006 — Present (2 years 5 months)

IT project consulting firm with 36 nationwide offices.
-Provided services to and maintained relationships with Surrex clients (project management / talent acquisition).
-Researched, identified, sourced, screened, and qualified applicants; ascertained their technical prowess, marketability, and soft skills. Utilized direct sourcing and competitive intelligence techniques.
-Referred qualified applicants along with Surrex-patented FIT® Analyses and KEEP™ Assessment for opportunities with client companies, including Surrex Project Solutions, WB; Disney; Paramount; Universal; CBS; DirecTV; Capital Group; Countrywide; Indymac; ITG; Western Asset; City National Bank; The Limited; Liberty Mutual; Marshall & Swift; CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield; Cardinal Health; Medimpact; Idiom; Clean Harbors; The New York Times; TESCO; Nestlé; AT&T; Enterprise Rent-A-Car; Yamaha Motor Corp; BEA, Accruent; Avery Dennison Worldwide; 24-hour Fitness; Informatica; McCann Worldwide; Ingram Micro; and iLOG.
IT Recruitment Consultant

Kforce

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; KFRC; Staffing and Recruiting industry)

June 2004 — June 2006 (2 years 1 month)

• Researched; identified; sourced; screened; and pre-qualified applicants; ascertained their technical prowess; marketability; and soft skills.
• Referred well-qualified applicants for Account Managers for opportunities within their client companies; which included Amgen; Baxter Biosciences; Medtronic MiniMed; Zenith Insurance; AIG; 21st Century Insurance; Farmers Insurance; Warner Bros; Disney; FOX; Paramount; Universal; DirecTV; Boeing; Northrop Grumman; Lockheed Martin; Mitchell International; Honda; Nissan; Capital Group; Countrywide; Indymac; ITG; Western Asset; Ameriquest; Wells Fargo; City National Bank; Toyota Financial Services; Washington Mutual; LPL Financial Services; Kaiser Permanente; St. Jude Hospital; HealthNet; BlueCross BlueShield; Nestlé; Sunkist Growers; Dole Foods; Jacobs Engineering; Avery Dennison; AAA; the Automobile Club of Southern California; the County of Los Angeles; THQ; Digital Insight; SBC and Accenture.
Adjunct Faculty

University of Phoenix

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; APOL; Education Management industry)

February 2000 — May 2004 (4 years 4 months)

• Taught courses in the Bachelor of Science in Information Systems program, the University of Phoenix Online, and the Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer Authorized Academic Institution (AATP) program.
Senior Infrastructure Consultant

Goodrich Corporation

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; GR; Aviation & Aerospace industry)

September 2000 — January 2002 (1 year 5 months)

• Devised and documented a comprehensive, enterprise-wide plan for the deployment, upgrade, maintenance and compilation-version control policies for the GUI clients of the SAP PDM / ERP software suite.
• Consulted on and provided subject matter expertise to securing/administering a 2,400 node Windows® / UNIX mixed network.
Faculty, Department of Graduate Studies

Coleman College

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Education Management industry)

December 1998 — January 2002 (3 years 2 months)

• Taught and developed curriculum for course COM650 - Computer Networks and Distributed Processing
• Developed curriculum for course COM660 - Database Selection and Administration
Technology Consultant

SunGard SCT

(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

September 1997 — September 2000 (3 years 1 month)

• Met and exceeded client expectations for Time-of-Solution-, Enhancement-, and Regulatory Modifications for SCT computing systems at institutions of higher learning.
• Provided consulting and subject matter expertise for the systems implementation of Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 and Hope Scholarship.