Olga Ocon Experience and Accomplishments

Candidate Intelligence SWAT Team - Sourcing & Research

SanDisk

October 2014 – Present (3 months)Milpitas, CA

Currently assigned to mission critical roles across multipile business units.

Exective Recruiter - Sourcer - Coach - High Technology - CE - Semiconductors - Hardware

Olga Ocon Recruiting

July 2011 – Present (3 years 6 months)Los Altos, CA

Retained Recruiter focused in the high technology industry working to recruit experienced professionals. I use a combination of old school recruiting methods (cold calling, referrals, snail mail, email, smoke singals) along with the new social recruiting (Linkedin, Twitter, Facebook) tools - to reach target candidates. Coach to Executives level job seekers.

Functional Focus:
▹▸▹ President/ CEO/ Board of Directors
▹▸▹ VP/ Dir of Engineering
▹▸▹ VP/ Dir Operations
▹▸▹ VP/ Dir Sales
▹▸▹ VP/ Dir Marketing
▹▸▹ Product Marketing & Management Professionals
▹▸▹ Other Vice President and Director level positions

▸ Consumer Electronics ▸ Semiconductors ▸ Storage & Memory ▸ Peripherals ▸ Hardware
Flash Storage - Enterprise Storage - Server Virtualization - Desktop Virtualization - Data Protection - Backup & Disaster Recovery - Cisco - Citrix - Commvault - VmWare - Oracle - Microsoft SQL Server - Exchange - Sharepoint - Linux - SmartStack - Cloud - VDI - I/O - Java - SAS - SSD - SATA - HDD

(Open)16 recommendations, including:

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  Gary Breton

  Sr VP/Officer,Operations,Semiconductor,Solar,GM,COO --- Shaping Solutions - Rapid Turnaround - EBITDA growth - PROFITS!

  I have had the pleasure of working with Olga as a recruiter, colleague and coach over that past nearly ten years. Olga is a...View
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  Marge Ang

  Global Consumer Technology, Mobile Brand and Product Marketing Leader

  Olga is a rockstar recruiter - she is deeply committed and passionate about helping job seekers find their dream jobs. Her...View

14 more recommendations

Recruiter & Sourcer

Tesla Motors

August 2014 – October 2014 (3 months)San Francisco Bay Area

Special short term assignment! Hiring 1,200 factory workers in a few weeks time frame.

(Open)1 recommendation

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  Mark Miller

  Automotive Professional

  Olga Ocon is top notch at what she does...She contacted me about a opportunity for Tesla and gave me solid interview pointers. After that, she worked some magic and now I work for Tesla. You need a job? Contact Olga. She'll set you up nice. Mark...View

Technical Sourcer - Contractor - Flash Array Storage

Nimble Storage

May 2014 – August 2014 (4 months)San Francisco Bay Area

Evaluated recruiting tools including Gild, Entelo and TalentBin. Coached hiring managers on optimizing their LinkedIn profiles in order to assist in the recruitment of challenging positions. Attended Flash Memory Summit – targeting Software Engineers. Worked with recruiting team to brainstorm creative recruiting tactics.

Flash Storage - Enterprise Storage - Server Virtualization - Desktop Virtualization - Data Protection - Backup & Disaster Recovery - Cisco - Citrix - Commvault - VmWare - Oracle - Microsoft SQL Server - Exchange - Sharepoint - Linux - SmartStack - Cloud - VDI - I/O - Java - SAS - SSD - SATA - HDD

(Open)1 recommendation

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  John Pitek

  Channel | Account Manager | Sales Operations | Business Analytics | Demand Management | Supply Chain | Procurement

  Olga is a very high-energy, personable individual that I have had the pleasure of meeting. I am working with Olga regarding my job search and find her to be very knowledgeable about the subject matter. She has taken a sincere interest with my job...View

Recruiter (Contract)

SanDisk

April 2013 – May 2014 (1 year 2 months)San Francisco Bay Area

Was dedicated to hiring for high-touch internal customers in the following divisions:

Steve Fingerhut - VP Marketing - Enterprise Storage Solutions
Dinesh Bahal - VP Product Marketing - Retail
Tarun Loomba - VP Marketing -Client Storage Solutions

Working for SanDisk was most exciting times of my life! Every day brang new challenges in my new corporate Recruiting role. I landed a slate of A players from companies like VmWare, EMC and NetApp for the Enterprise Storage Solutions group of SanDisk. I also made a killing on the Retail side - hiring top talent in the Consumer Electronics and Consumer Packaged Goods space. I was assigned to the Client Storage Solutions unit. I hired 40+ people during my time at SanDisk with many of them at the Senior Director and or Director level.

▸ Consumer Electronics ▸ Semiconductors ▸ Storage & Memory ▸ Peripherals ▸ Hardware ▸ FirmWare ▸ Memory - SD - microSD Cards ▸ Compact Flash ▸ Memory Stick ▸ Readers ▸ USB ▸ Memory ▸ Flash Drives ▸ Music & Video Players ▸ Solid State Drives (SSD) ▸ SATA ▸ SAS SSDs ▸ PCIe SSAs ▸ Embedded Storage ▸ NAND ▸ Enterprise Software ▸ SaaS ▸ Cloud

Flash Storage - Enterprise Storage - Server Virtualization - Desktop Virtualization - Data Protection - Backup & Disaster Recovery - Cisco - Citrix - Commvault - VmWare - Oracle - Microsoft SQL Server - Exchange - Sharepoint - Linux - SmartStack - Cloud - VDI - I/O - Java - SAS - SSD - SATA - HDD

(Open)7 recommendations, including:

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  Doug Toth

  Director II, Product Engineering Management at Sandisk Corporation

  I worked with Olga while she was at Sandisk and have stayed in touch since. She is detail oriented and motivated to succeed....View
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  Eli Harari

  The Thinking Coach at The Thinking Coach

  I have worked briefly with Olga and I immediately realized i am dealing with a responsible person, who simply cares,...View

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Executive Recruiter, Hunter & Sourcer- VP & CEO Level Candidates High Technology

Busch International

August 2001 – August 2011 (10 years 1 month)Los Altos, CA

I was responsible for executing the full life cycle of recruiting activities for leadership hires including conducting phone screenings, scheduling, and interviewing candidates. My other responsibilities included:

√ Gently & aggressively pursued candidates.
√ Wrote position descriptions, online job postings & other collateral pieces used to market searches.
√ Conducted initial candidate screening to identify qualified candidates.
√ Interviewed and evaluated candidates and submitted short list to clients.
√ Processed high-volume of job applicants.
√ Compiled weekly search status update reports and presented to clients.
√ Tracked candidates in pipeline.
√ Prepared all agreements, administered NDA’s & prepared client presentations.
√ Maintained client/candidate database (>47,000 records).
√ Tracked search and candidate activity.
√ Supported business development efforts by collecting and tracking target company profiles & product information
√ Identified potential sources and prospects, whether from external or internal sources of information.
√ Complete billing & tracking of client accounts related expenses and candidate reimbursements.
√ Coached candidates on job search tactics, assisted in optimizing their LinkedIn and resumes.
√ Taught candidates how to effectively use LinkedIn for job search and networking.
√ Communicated effectively with CEO’s, Board Members and Venture Capitalists.
√ Researched and evaluates new recruiting tools, technologies & industry trends.
√ Passionate about improving database sourcing techniques, data normalization & candidate classification systems.

▸ Consumer Electronics ▸ Semiconductors ▸ Storage & Memory ▸ Peripherals ▸ Hardware
Flash Storage - Enterprise Storage - Server Virtualization - Desktop Virtualization - Data Protection - Backup & Disaster Recovery - Cisco - Citrix - Commvault - VmWare - Oracle - Microsoft SQL Server - Exchange - Sharepoint - Linux - SmartStack - Cloud - VDI - I/O - Java - SAS - SSD - SATA - HDD