Connie Williams

Responsible for all aspects of sourcing and hiring engineering talent for storage technology company. Primary recruitment focus in following areas: signal integrity, ASIC design, design verification, device driver development, firmware development and DVT. Staffing remote design centers in Mountain View and Roseville as well as corporate headquarters in Aliso Viejo, CA. Additional responsibility for WW Sales and Marketing staffing.

Initial role with staffing responsibility of RF/analog/mixed-signal engineers for cellular power amplifier design centers in Santa Rosa, CA, Cedar Rapids, IA, and Woburn, MA. Following restructuring in October 2006, role changed to that of generalist with full HR support to Irvine, CA, design center. Partnered with Operations, Finance, IT and Business Development business unit vice-presidents in all aspects of staffing, employee relations and compensation. Reporting to the HR VP.

Contractor specializing in recruitment of RFIC/analog/mixed-signal design engineers for Central Engineering as well as recruitment of engineering and product line manager openings in the Ethernet Controller business unit. Also filled requirements in manufacturing operations, QA, finance, IT and marketing communications. Virtual Edge applicant tracking system utilized.

Full cycle recruitment of professionals in semiconductor industry. Filled requirements in the cellular/wireless, digital imaging, and personal computing business areas. Sourced and hired engineers in the following specialties: RFIC and systems, mixed-signal/analog, ASIC, embedded software, product applications, sales and marketing, GSM and CDMA protocols, etc. Implemented immigration requirements as related to employment process. Coordinated closure of two UK design centers. Facilitated merger/IPO.

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