Brandon Garrett

About Brandon Garrett

Talent Acquisition leader with experience working for numerous Fortune 100 and Fortune 500 companies, as well as successful, cutting-edge start-ups, helping each of them surpass their rapid, aggressive growth and hiring goals.Proven leader with diversified experience in the following industries: Commercial Space, Aerospace and Defense, Oil & Gas, Energy, Information Technology, High-Tech, Telecommunications, Finance Services, and Education.Hands-on experience in various areas, including: Talent Acquisition, Leadership, Compliance and Audit, Internal Talent Management and Retention, University Outreach, Learning and Development, Compensation, Risk Management, Project Controls. Fluent in English and proficient in Italian language.International recruiting experience with the following regions: US, Canada, South America, Western Europe, North and West Africa, Middle East, Southeast Asia, Asia Pacific, Russia and Former Soviet UnionExperienced with recruiting top-notch talent for all engineering fields, as well as Accounting and Finance professionals, Quantitative Researchers, Data Scientists, Sales and Marketing professionals, Business Development professionals, Human Resources professionals, senior management, and C-level executives.Specialties: Building and leading teams, consulting, client interfacing, partnering, building and maintaining relationships, presenting, upward and downward communication, cold-calling, strategic sourcing, name generation, selling, closing, negotiating, onboarding, retention, risk management, scheduling, planning, project management.

Experience

1. President and Founder

   Galaxy Technology Hires Llc

   Jul 2015 — Present

   Providing High Caliber Talent When The Mission Is CriticalGalaxy Technology Hires is an engineering and technology recruitment firm, headquartered in Houston, Texas, with a small team of highly specialized, niche Recruiters and Sourcers. We provide custom solutions to our clients with everything from name generation and sourcing, to research and organizational mapping, to full cycle recruiting. We offer retained search, contingent search, executive search, and recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) services.The firm was founded in order to assist world class, game-changing and forward-thinking companies with their critical hiring needs. These are the professionals that enable cutting edge companies to achieve the impossible, and only a dedicated, multi-tier search effort will ensure landing this high caliber talent. We support various fields and industries with niche recruitment needs, but our specialization lies within engineering and technology, including entry-level to senior experience-level, as well as leadership and executive roles.

Education

• The University of Texas at Austin

  Bachelor of Science - BS, Astronomy and Astrophysics

• The University of Texas at Austin

  B.A., Italian

• The University of Texas at Austin

  B.S., Corporate Communication

Skills

• Benefits Negotiation
• Talent Acquisition
• Hiring
• Talent Management
• Program Management
• Projects
• Strategic Sourcing
• Human Resources
• Systems Engineering
• Process Improvement
• Temporary Placement
• Process Engineering
• Technical Recruiting
• Consulting
• Mechanical Engineering
• Proposal Writing
• Procurement
• Sourcing
• Crm
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Microsoft Word
• Hris
• Negotiation
• Engineering
• Aerospace
• Networking
• Recruiting
• Employee Relations
• Strategic Planning
• Leadership
• Gas
• Interviews
• Project Planning
• Internet Recruiting
• Onboarding
• Contract Recruitment
• Risk Management
• Telecommunications
• Analysis
• Coaching