Dale P. Correa is a senior technical recruiter with over 5 years of experience recruiting for engineering, IT, manufacturing, web commerce and financial positions. He has a background of 23 years in IT roles including software development, project management, and managing organizations of up to 12 employees. Correa sources candidates through various online platforms and networks, conducts interviews, and manages recruiting processes from start to finish. He has successfully found candidates for roles in fields such as mechanical engineering, software engineering, database systems, and telecommunications.

1. Dale P. Correa
Forestville, Ca. 95436
Business: 707.820.7900
eMail: dalepcorrea@yahoo.com
Linked-In Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/dalepcorrea
Senior Technical Recruiter
Engineering|IT|Finance/Telecommunications/Manufacturing/Web-Commerce
Technical placement recruiter with 5 years of active regional and nationwide full life-cycle recruiting experience for various
engineering, IT manufacturing, web-commerce and financial disciplines in a wide range of industries. Experience includes
candidate interviewing/screening, development of job descriptions, creation/implementation of employment marketing
campaigns using various online business networking mediums and sourcing/interviewing of regional and nation-wide
candidates. Prior business experience includes 23 years as an Information Technology professional performing in both non-
management technical and high level management capacities. IT experience includes duties such as software development,
ERP implementation, project management, merger-acquisition leadership, infrastructure/organizational management, staffing
and budgeting. Directly managed an organization with as many as 12 employees.
Job Category Specialties
 Mechanical Engineering  Telecommunications-Avaya/Mitel
 Electrical Engineering  Project Management
 Software Engineering – LAMP, Java, C, C++,  ERP Applications
Java, PHP  Web Development/E-Commerce
 Database Systems – Oracle, MySQL
 Network Hardware Engineering-Cisco, Juniper
Industries
 Software Engineer  Manufacturing
 Food & Beverage Industry  Consumer Electronics
 Solar & Alternative Energy Industry  Aerospace/Defense
 Network & Telecommunications Technology  Wines & Spirits
Experience Summary
 Owner and/or moderator of 6 regional linked-in groups utilized to catalog local industry talent
 Active in community, chamber and academic networking groups for the purpose of client/candidate identification and
selection
 Successfully managed an employment requisition work-load of approximately 35-50 openings per year
 Successfully conducted presentations to audiences of 20 – 75 participants in resume preparation, digital foot-print
management, and interview preparation
 Development of pre-qualification questions and selection criteria to assist in the screening of candidates for
interview consideration
 Creation of employment opportunity marketing campaigns on various online job posting mediums
 Development of job announcements and job descriptions for posting and utilization in job opportunity marketing
campaigns
Professional Experience
TECHNICAL RECRUITER – Independent Contractor (Incorporated as an S Corp) Mar 2007 – Current
Technical placement recruiter engaged by various independent agencies for the purpose of managing the full life-cycle
recruiting process at both regional and nation-wide levels for various and specialized Engineering, IT, Manufacturing, Web-
commerce and financial disciplines. Duties include collaboration with hiring managers to understand, assist and execute
hiring strategies, development of job descriptions and pre-qualification inquiries, candidate sourcing, resume screening and
candidate interview from offer to candidate close.
Milestone Accomplishments:
 Online sourcing of qualified active and passive candidates via various online contact management sources through the
development and maintenance of a Boolean search parameter database
 Creation and implementation of employment marketing campaigns, online searching and contacting of qualified active
and passive candidates via various online contact management sources
 Development of community outreach endeavors through affiliation with business and education networking associations
and events.
 Owner & Moderator of 6 Linked-In local user groups fostering a membership of as many as 400 users per group with the
most popular being the North Bay Jobs Connection (http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1481117&trk=myg_ugrp_ovr)
 Active in community, chamber and academic networking groups for the purpose of candidate sourcing. See link:
(http://www.theboardroomsandiego.org/sites/default/files/Flyer_20110830_FindYourTrueNorth_DaleCorrea.pdf)

2.  Conducted specialized local and nation-wide candidate searches for the following specific skills:
o Software & Database Engineering – Java, PHP, Oracle, C++, .Net, Ruby on Rails, Perl, Python, MySql, SQL
Server
o Systems Administration - Red Hat & Ubuntu Linux, MCSE, Exchange
o Pressure Vessel Engineering – Mechanical/Systems Engineering (ASME VIII, B31.1, B31.3, Crystal Growth)
o Hardware Engineering – PCB Design Engineer, RF Engineering
o Network/Telecommunications – Avaya, Mitel, Sonet, SDH/OTN, Serdes, Project Management, Cisco, Juniper
o Aerospace/Defense – Program Management, Systems, Mechanical and Project Engineering
o ERP – Oracle, Great Plains, EDI, Project Management
o Manufacturing – Quality, Operations and Engineering Management
o Mechanical Engineering - Plant Engineering (Food / Timber Industries)
o Solar – Operations Manager, PV Construction Foreman
BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY CONSULTANT June 2002 – Mar 2007
Consultant with 20+years of experience in information systems development, implementation and management. Conducting
a wide variety of services ranging from IT organizational development, ERP selection & implementation, project management
and integrated Excel/VBA/SQL based decision support solutions. A listing of client references is available upon request.
Milestone Achievements:
 Enterprise Budgeting - Successfully completed the design, development and implementation of enterprise budgeting
applications capable of supporting the financial budgeting requirements for both corporate and remote branch/store
locations
 Developed various decision support applications capable of reporting and measuring matrix values for areas such as
cycle count activity and inventory turns.
 Developed an Excel/VBA decision support solution to allow analysis on construction market forecast data as provided
from a 3rd party vendor, McGraw-Hill.
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DIRECTOR, Andronico’s Market, Albany, CA May 2001 – June 2002
Recruited to consolidate and upgrade a various array of information technology systems with this leading upscale food
retailer of more than 1000 direct end-users in 10 remote store locations. Responsible for a $1.2 million operating budget in
addition to the organizational management of eight technical and administrative staff members. Oversees all point-of-sale
and back-office operations including the supervision, planning, and implementation of POS systems and related technology
associated with new store openings or existing store system upgrades. Oversees the administration, maintenance and
reporting for Lawson Financial and HR modules and other associated corporate application systems. Accountable for all voice
and data (LAN/WAN) network operations and related security and anti-virus controls. Conducted PC maintenance and
support as required.
Milestone Accomplishments:
 Performed project management duties encompassing the supervision, planning, and implementation of POS systems and
related technology associated with the opening or upgrade of upscale retail supermarkets in the Northern Ca. bay area.
 Developed and implemented a multi-unit retail store enterprise decision support sales reporting system incorporating a
rolling calendar, illustrating daily sales, 52 week averages, average basket and customer count.
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DIRECTOR, United Green Mark, Novato, CA Feb 1995 – April 2001
Responsible for all information technology requirements of a 35-branch wholesale distribution operation. Conducted a hands-
on implementation of a supply chain ERP application, NxTrend, within a multi-region environment. Project manager for the
systems migration / integration efforts of newly acquired landscape/irrigation distribution operators. Developed and managed
a full-service operation consisting of an applications support group, pc/network services department, help desk function, and
an e-commerce center. Responsible for the direction, scheduling and workflow of over 8000 annual project hours.
Responsible for a $1.5 million operating budget in addition to the organizational management of 12 technical and
administrative staff members. Conducted PC maintenance and support duties as required.
Milestone Accomplishments:
 Primary participant in ERP software evaluation and selection projects for both supply chain and manufacturing based
systems. Specifically reviewed supply chain management packages such as NxTrend and Eclipse in addition to other ERP
applications like SAP, Oracle, Baan, and CA-ManManX.
 Responsible for all phases of system implementation including but not limited to project plan development, data mapping
/ conversion strategies, end-user training and project team staffing and retention.
 Experienced project manager with demonstrated proficiency in systems integration, business acquisitions, and corporate
mergers resulting in a sales revenue increase of over 300%.
 Achieved a department-wide 90%+ on-time project completion rate.
 Supervised the upgrade of voice and data communications facilities for over 30 remote branch locations resulting in
significantly higher levels of operational efficiency while reducing costs over $100k per year
 Implemented a Help Desk function servicing over 5000 support calls a year, 16 hours a day, with a standard response
time of 10 minutes or less.

3. INFORMATION SYSTEMS MANAGER - APPLICATIONS, AutoDesk, San Rafael, CA Oct 1994 – Jan 1995
Responsible for the systems management and support of all software production and distribution activities. Oversaw the
migration of the software distribution operations to a third party vendor.
INFORMATION SYSTEMS MANAGER - APPLICATIONS, FileNet Corp, Costa Mesa,CA Dec 1988 – Oct 1994
Business applications manager responsible for the analysis and system application development for a major
hardware/software document-imaging manufacturer. Responsible for ERP (CA-ASK) business applications for areas such as
order management, customer pricing, options order entry, sales commissions, and mfg. Bill-of-material management.
Performed workflow analysis and software development for document imaging applications within the A/P and H/R functions.
Milestone Achievements:
 Developed software applications in a wide variety of languages including but not limited to Cobol, Fortran, and Visual
Basic utilizing both network (Codasyl, CA-ASK Manman) and relational database (MS-Access, Progress-NxTrend, Oracle)
environments.
 Primary participant in the evaluation and selection of client-server based ERP applications leading to the selection of SAP
R/3. Co-chairman for the ASK-Order Mgmt. /AR User Group (OMAR).
 Conducted IT/end-user weekly & monthly review meetings on open support issues and progress on project related
activities.
 Co-chair for the ASK Order Management/AR user group for the purpose of assembling and representing end-user
enhancement requests and product quality issues to ASK Computer Systems.
 Performed weekly, monthly and quarterly call tracking metrics measuring call volume, day’s outstanding and average
resolution time.
SR. APPLICATION DEVELOPER/DBA, MAI Basic Four, Inc., Tustin, CA Apr 1984 – Dec 1988
Applications programmer, for a computer hardware/software manufacturer, responsible for the ground-floor design and
development of purchasing, accounts payable and engineering documentation systems within the first 3 years of my career.
Promoted to the position of database administer managing system performance and security requirements and overseeing
the development and implementation of software and data standards.
Milestone Accomplishments:
 Software developer of Purchasing, Receiving, Engineering Document Mgmt., Accounts Payable, Commissions, and G/L
budgeting applications.
Education/Military Experience
BS Information Systems - California Polytechnic University, Pomona CA
US Air Force – Communications Intelligence (Top Secret EBI Clearance)