martin burns - 2014 resume

 MARTIN  BURNS  

7  Pearl  St,  Belmont,  MA  02478  Mobile:  617.851.7277  mrtnburns@gmail.com  

www.linkedin.com/in/martinburns      

TALENT  ACQUISITION  LEADERSHIP    

• Recognized  at  a  global  level  as  a  recruitment  thought  leader,  quoted  in  industry  publications  and  sought  after  for  private  consultation  and  public  speaking  engagements  

o Recent  Appearances  Include:  ERE  2014  (San  Diego),  iRecruit  Expo  2014  (Amsterdam),  HireClix  Recruitment  Media  Day  (Boston)  

• Frequently  sought  out  by  journalists  as  a  recruitment  subject  matter  expert  (interviews  have  appeared  on  online,  in  podcasts,  and  in  print  publications  such  as  the  Boston  Business  Journal)  

• Member  of  global  M&A  teams,  actively  involved  in  acqui-­‐hiring  • Global  traveler,  with  extensive  knowledge  of  both  the  US  and  Netherlands  business  and  

recruitment  cultures  • Regularly  asked  to  consult  and  offer  endorsements  of  emerging  recruiting  technologies  • Highly  regarded  blogger  behind  the  multiple-­‐award  winning  blog  “Good  to  Know”  

http://recruiter.wordpress.com,  winner  of  Top  25  HR  Blogs  in  the  World  (HR  World)  • Ranked  in  top  50  Recruiters  on  Twitter  by  The  Recruiters  Lounge  

 PROFESSIONAL  EXPERIENCE  

 Director,  Global  Talent  Acquisition  -­‐  Mobiquity,  Wellesley,  MA/  Amsterdam,  Netherlands  February  2013  to  present    Mobiquity  is  a  rapidly  scaling  player  in  a  new  category:  mobile  service  providers.  Forrester  thinks  this  line  of  business  will  hit  $32  billion  by  2018.  The  company  has  scaled  from  95  employees  at  the  beginning  of  2013  to  close  to  400  as  of  spring  2014,  and  has  opened  offices  on  3  continents  in  that  time.    Created  talent  acquisition  department  -­‐  strategy,  process,  and  team  -­‐  from  scratch  

• Hired,  onboarded,  manage  and  train  best-­‐in-­‐class  talent  acquisition  team  o Blend  of  talent  acquisition  specialists,  coordinators,  sourcers,  and  ops  professionals  o Manage  distributed  Talent  Acquisition  team  members,  across  three  continents  (multiple  

centers  in  the  United  States,  as  well  as  Europe  and  India)  o Team  is  incredibly  innovative,  self-­‐propelled,  and  ethical  

• Partner  closely  with  executive  team,  functioning  as  trusted-­‐advisor;  report  directly  to  C-­‐level  • Assessed  acquisition  targets  for  caliber  of  potential  hires  • Heavily  involved  in  integration  of  newly  acquired  companies  

o Tasked  by  executive  team  with  leading  cultural  and  HRIS  system  integrations  o Lived  two  weeks  per  month  in  the  Netherlands  during  major  acquisition  

• Travel  globally  extensively,  and  relocate  as-­‐needed  for  short  term  burst-­‐hiring  initiatives  • Implemented  Jobvite  applicant  tracking  system  • Created  all  recruitment  processes  (requisition  system,  offer  letters,  etc)  • Designed  and  launched  new,  mobile-­‐centric  career  site  • Increased  quality  of  hires  (took  90-­‐day  turnover  from  20%  to  2%);  reduced  cost-­‐per-­‐hire  by  60%;  

increased  speed-­‐to-­‐hire  by  300%  

 Principal  Consultant/  Sole  Proprietor  –  Talent  MatchUp,  Belmont,  MA  January  2010  -­‐  February  2013    Human  capital  and  talent  acquisition  consulting  and  contingency  recruitment  

• Direct  Recruitment:  Performed  talent  searches  for  clients  in  the  greater  Boston  area  • Retained  for  two  years  as  Senior  Recruitment  Consultant  by  Magenic,  Inc.  • Product:  Assisted  recruiting  product  start-­‐ups  in  developing  product  features,  positioning,  and  

roadmap,  as  well  go-­‐to-­‐market  strategy,  copywriting,  and  evangelism  to  industry  • Technology  Assessment:  Advised  clients  on  best  uses  of  recruitment  technology  (ATS  selection,  

job  distribution  channels,  candidate  assessment  software,  etc)      Recruiting  Manager  -­‐  ZoomInfo,  Waltham  MA                                                                                                          July  2006  –  January  2010    Leading  source  for  business  information  on  people  and  companies,  which  utilizes  a  highly  sophisticated,  artificial  intelligence  and  natural  language  processing  technology  to  pull  data  from  the  Web  and  then  create  comprehensive  profiles  on  professionals  and  companies.      

• Created  recruiting  department  from  the  ground  up  • Reported  directly  into  the  executive  team,  and  partnered  closely  with  managers  and  leaders  

across  the  organization  • Selected  and  implemented  ATS  system  • Became  HR  and  employment  law  subject  matter  expert  • Initiated  and  managed  all  recruitment  vendor  relationships  • During  growth  push  in  second  half  of  2007/  Q1  2008:  

o Hired  44  employees,  at  an  average  cost  of  $900  per  employee  o Full  design  and  implementation  of  major  expansion  of  company  headquarters.  

• During  company  contraction  in  2008  and  hiring  slow  down,  took  over  product  marketing  for  recruitment  products  after  Recruiting  Products  Marketing  Division  laid  off    

Senior  Executive  Recruiter  -­‐  Gardner  Resources  Group,  Wellesley,  MA                                                        July  2005  –  July  2006  

 Consultant  -­‐  Premier  Agendas/  School  Specialty,  Bellingham,  WA                                                October  2002  –  July  2005    Principal  Executive  Recruiter  -­‐  CPS,  Inc,  Boston,  MA                                                                                                                                  September  1997  –  October  2002      EDUCATION      St.  Lawrence  University,  Bachelor  of  Arts,  English/  Writing,  1993  

• Holton  D.  Robinson  Fellow;  Semester  Abroad  (University  of  London);  Dean’s  List;  High  Honors  Graduate  

• Founder  of  campus  Amnesty  International  Program;  co-­‐founder  of  University  Coffee  House.    Worked  20+  hours  per  week  throughout  enrollment  in  support  of  education.