Awards, Affiliations and Recognition
, 2019
• Recipient of 2 Gold Stars from Microsoft. Gold Star is to recognize, reward, and retain high–performing employees within a given organization. Recognized as a Sourcing expert.
• Recipient of 2 Diversity recruiting awards, and 3 special achievement Awards in staffing.
• Numerous military awards including; 3 Army Commendation Medals, 4 Army Achievement awards, Southwest Asia Service medal with 3 Stars, Kuwait Liberation Medal, National Defense Service Medal, and more.
• 2012 HRE most influential Staffing Professional. http://www.hrexaminer.com/lists/online-influence-recruiting-2012-v5
• Top 25 Must Read Blogs for Recruiters #12 http://hr.sparkhire.com/human-resources-news/spark-hires-top-25-must-read-blogs-for-recruiters/
• Created and pioneered the ASA sourcing method, BTOS interviewing system, Looklisology, "Lean Recruiting", DIAL (Day in a Life) Social staffing branding and job description creation methodology and the HMCS staffing methodology!
• Defined, Created and implemented JDSO, SSO, and TSO methodologies!
• Architect for sourcing tool currently used at a fortune 100 company!
• Received Special Achievement award for starting and managing top revenue producing technical office in Remedy company history.
• Sourcecon Speaker and Presenter labs at both the 2012 & 2013 ,2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020.
* Recruiting Trends presenter and panel member 2014
* Talent42 presenter 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
* Speaker and Presenter and member of Sourcing 7 and NWRA 2015 - present.
* Speaker and Presenter for numerous Sourceon Google Hangouts 2015 - present.
* Selected as Feature blogger on Recruitingblogs.com
* Member of Sourcing 7 Leadership team
* Member of RecruitingBlogs Editorial Advisory Board
* Speaker at TMA Conference Dec 2014, Dec 2017
*Speaker LAXTech 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
* Spoke at Numerous Webinars and Google Hangouts hosted by Sourceon, ERE, New Vector, avg 12 a year
*Mentor for Talent Tech Labs
*Mentor Ementor for Vets
*Featured in SHRM HR Magazine Nov 2015
*Special Advisor to Connectifier, Veruca, Talent IQ, Amazing Hiring, Candidate.ai, Loxo, Dataminer, Engage Talent, ZenSourcer, Seek out, Zapinfo, Swordfish, Job Jet, Context Scout, Nymeria, HUmantic, and others
*Advisory Member to Association of Talent Acquisition Professionals (ATAP )
*Lockheed Martin SPOT Award winner
*Member Sourcecon Advisory Committee
* Lockheed Martin TOP Award Winner
* Published author of "The Book of Recruiting Da Costa Style"
* Published author of "OSINT for the Staffing World"
* Certified OSINT expert
• Recipient of 2 Gold Stars from Microsoft. Gold Star is to recognize, reward, and retain high–performing employees within a given organization. Recognized as a Sourcing expert.
• Recipient of 2 Diversity recruiting awards, and 3 special achievement Awards in staffing.
• Numerous military awards including; 3 Army Commendation Medals, 4 Army Achievement awards, Southwest Asia Service medal with 3 Stars, Kuwait Liberation Medal, National Defense Service Medal, and more.
• 2012 HRE most influential Staffing Professional. http://www.hrexaminer.com/lists/online-influence-recruiting-2012-v5
• Top 25 Must Read Blogs for Recruiters #12 http://hr.sparkhire.com/human-resources-news/spark-hires-top-25-must-read-blogs-for-recruiters/
• Created and pioneered the ASA sourcing method, BTOS interviewing system, Looklisology, "Lean Recruiting", DIAL (Day in a Life) Social staffing branding and job description creation methodology and the HMCS staffing methodology!
• Defined, Created and implemented JDSO, SSO, and TSO methodologies!
• Architect for sourcing tool currently used at a fortune 100 company!
• Received Special Achievement award for starting and managing top revenue producing technical office in Remedy company history.
• Sourcecon Speaker and Presenter labs at both the 2012 & 2013 ,2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020.
* Recruiting Trends presenter and panel member 2014
* Talent42 presenter 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
* Speaker and Presenter and member of Sourcing 7 and NWRA 2015 - present.
* Speaker and Presenter for numerous Sourceon Google Hangouts 2015 - present.
* Selected as Feature blogger on Recruitingblogs.com
* Member of Sourcing 7 Leadership team
* Member of RecruitingBlogs Editorial Advisory Board
* Speaker at TMA Conference Dec 2014, Dec 2017
*Speaker LAXTech 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
* Spoke at Numerous Webinars and Google Hangouts hosted by Sourceon, ERE, New Vector, avg 12 a year
*Mentor for Talent Tech Labs
*Mentor Ementor for Vets
*Featured in SHRM HR Magazine Nov 2015
*Special Advisor to Connectifier, Veruca, Talent IQ, Amazing Hiring, Candidate.ai, Loxo, Dataminer, Engage Talent, ZenSourcer, Seek out, Zapinfo, Swordfish, Job Jet, Context Scout, Nymeria, HUmantic, and others
*Advisory Member to Association of Talent Acquisition Professionals (ATAP )
*Lockheed Martin SPOT Award winner
*Member Sourcecon Advisory Committee
* Lockheed Martin TOP Award Winner
* Published author of "The Book of Recruiting Da Costa Style"
* Published author of "OSINT for the Staffing World"
* Certified OSINT expert