Edgardo Perez has over 13 years of experience in recruiting, people management, operations, learning and development, and partnerships. He holds a Master's degree from Harvard University and most recently served as the Director of Recruitment, Inclusion and Culture at Abstract where he led strategies to attract, develop and retain a global talent pool and managed a team of recruiters.

1. EDGARDO PEREZ
edgardo_perez@mail.harvard.edu​ | 917-557-9155 | Oakland, CA | linkedin.com/in/edgardorperez
SUMMARY
Professional with 13 years of experience in recruiting, people management, operations, L&D, and partnerships.
EDUCATION
Harvard University Aug. 2012​ - May 2013​
MA Program Design ​
Marist College Aug. 2003​ - May 2007​
BA Communications ​
EMPLOYMENT
Abstract,​ Director of Recruitment, Inclusion and Culture, ​San Francisco, CA Jan. 2020​ - Mar. 2020​
● Led design and execution of strategies, programs, policies and processes to attract, develop and retain global talent.
● Managed recruiters and sourcer to execute hiring plans, lead full-lifecycle recruiting and maintain a close rate of 90%.
● Designed and implemented the organizational culture and inclusion strategy for the remote-first SaaS company.
● Partnered with Finance, HR, executives and all clients to develop hiring roadmaps for teams (e.g. Engineering, Sales).
● Managed the employer brand strategy in partnership with Marketing and Design.
Director of Recruitment and Inclusion​, San Francisco, CA Jan. 2019​ - Dec. 2019​
● Grew Abstract by +140% and Black, Latinx, women populations by ~12% via a remote-based recruiting strategy.
● Managed recruiters and sourcer, who reached a 90% closing rate, 21-day screen-to-offer avg, and 100% NPS score.
● Developed and facilitated company-wide training (e.g. Inclusive Hiring, Feedback, Microaggressions, etc.).
● Partnered with C-Suite, execs and hiring managers for headcount planning, talent searches, staffing needs.
● Led the employer brand content strategy (e.g. social media, events, etc.) to support recruiting efforts.
● Partnered with Human Resources (HR) and Finance on internal communications, compensation, etc.
● Led data analysis and reporting of market, candidate, employee trends/insights (e.g. comp, benchmarks, etc.).
Manager of Recruitment and Inclusio​n, San Francisco, CA July 2018​ - Jan. 2019​
● Managed recruiters and sourcer, who reached a 90% closing rate, 24-day screen-to-offer avg, and 100% NPS score.
● Designed and led the recruiting strategy and operations to scale Abstract, a remote-first SaaS company.
● Partnered with executives and all internal clients (e.g. Engineering, Sales, G&A) to conduct talent searches.
● Led data analysis and reporting of market, candidate, employee trends/insights (e.g. comp, benchmarks, etc.).
Braven​, ​Recruiting and Program Director​, San Jose, CA July 2015​ - July 2018​
● Led team and recruitment of a tech-enabled startup that scaled from 25 to 200 underrepresented Fellows per cycle.
● Recruited, trained and managed 7 employees to operate a university internship-formatted program at San Jose State.
● Recruited for and managed programs at Facebook, Google, and LinkedIn sites to build tech sector experience.
● Recruited, trained, and managed ~70 tech professionals to lead Design Thinking challenges, workshops, ERG events.
● Launched Facebook’s coding interview boot camp to increase underrepresented talent in the tech sector.
● Served as Human Resources thought partner on employee retention, training, onboarding, and evaluation.
KIPP DC​, ​Recruiter and Internship Program Manage​r, Washington, DC Nov. 2013​ - June 2015​
● Facilitated full lifecycle recruiting process for a university internship program reaching 100 Black and Latinx interns.
● Partnered with Accenture and clients to conduct technical/non-technical talent selection, performance evaluation, etc.
● Redesigned and facilitated Accenture’s career development curriculum to help +400 job seekers land placements.
Nickelodeon/Viacom​, ​Program Manager, Public Affairs and Viewer Services​, New York, NY June 2007​ - July 2012​
● Led program management of global social impact initiatives reaching 1.2MM daily consumers and viewer relations.
● Built and managed 20+ external partnerships for social impact programs under Diversity&Inclusion/Public Affairs EVP.
● Responsible for training and supervising the internship program of 15.
● Served on the Employee Resource Group Taskforce to scale globally and co-chaired award-winning Latinx ERG.
SKILLS
ATS: ​Greenhouse, Lever, Salesforce;​ Sourcing: ​TopFunnel, Entelo, Gem, LinkedIn Recruiter, Handshake; Github.com;
Project Tools: ​Asana, Confluence, JIRA; ​LANGUAGES:​ Spanish; ​Web: ​Wordpress.com; ​LMS​: Canvas