Grace Coquiaex-Cognizant
Strategic Talent Acquisition Team Lead (Strategic, Technology, Leadership roles/USA | born/bred in the SF Bay Area| dedicated, single mom to 6 adults | avid chihuahua lover | food bank volunteer| popcorn addict
- Role
- Senior Strategic Talent Acquisition Lead - Executive Recruiting Team at UST
- Location
- San Francisco, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Grace Coquiaex-Cognizant
Well-respected, highly skilled, passionate & empathetic senior-level IT/technology talent acquisition expert & trusted recruiting advisor who brings 35+ years of technical recruiting expertise and loves engaging with her candidates! For the past 16 years, has focused in the IT consulting space, working on executive, strategic & leadership roles for global companies such as UST, Wipro, Cognizant Technology Solutions, Slalom Consulting, EMC/Dell, IBM Global. Brings pro-active networking, sourcing, identification & successful closing skills of high-level, technology candidates within a variety of IT domains to support clients in industry vertical spaces such as banking & financial services, insurance, retail, semiconductor, telecom, healthcare, biopharmaceutical, life sciences, manufacturing & logistics, high-tech. Collaboratively partners with hiring leaders to understand hiring objectives & requirements in order to create effective sourcing strategies to identify best-of-breed top talent. Grace’s list of network contacts in the IT space is extensive. Prior to service companies, held recruiting roles within the semiconductor and networking industries.*Deep IT technology solutioning expertise in: Infrastructure (End user compute, networking, data centers, storage, servers, transitions & transformations, digital transformation, cybersecurity, virtualization); IoT, ServiceNow, robotics, AI, SaaS, PaaS, application development & modernization, systems integration, cloud (AWS/Amazon/Google Platforms), Managed Services, quality assurance/test data management and related product technology knowledge. Experienced in Infra Services, App Dev & Modernization, Cloud, Quality Assurance & Engrng, AI, RPA, ML, automation.*BS Degree in HR Administration (minor in Industrial Psychology) from San Jose State University, San Jose, CA*worked for prestigious companies such as Cognizant Technology Solutions, Wipro, Slalom Consulting, EMC/Dell, IBM Global Services, Sun Microsystems, Lam Research, Manpower Prof Services, Credence Corporation, Novellus, Solectron.*Managed recruiting teams of up to 7 technical recruiters, in both corporate and within an agency environment.*Managed a Corporate Staffing Organization for a publicly-traded global semiconductor product company, overseeing all FT & contingent hiring.*\"Corporate\" disciplines focused on: Semiconductor Engineering, Information Technology, Finance/Accounting, Mfg Operations, Supply Chain/Purchasing, Product/Program Management, Customer Service, Materials, Logistics.
Experience
Senior Strategic Talent Acquisition Lead - Executive Recruiting Team
Oct 2021 — Present · US
JOIN US! I am looking forward to networking, partnering with and hiring \"best of breed\" talent! Interested? Contact me at: g••••••••@UST.com. As part of the Executive Recruiting Leadership Team, I support executive, leadership & strategic roles within the Cloud, Infra, Sales, Data Services, AI/ML,Gen/AI, Agentic AI, Product & Platform Engineering, SMART Ops, Digital Office, Healthproof, Legacy Modernization, Innovation, QEA (Testing, Automation), Evolve Practices in the areas of solutions and enterprise architecture and sales/channels/GTM/alliances, client partnership, seeking candidates with technology backgrounds in managed svcs, RPA, AI, ML, digital transformation, automation, product management, analytics, big data, cloud, infrastructure, data sciences, UX/UI, creative design, Metaverse, mainframe, legacy modernization, among others.UST is a leading digital technology solutions company that provides advanced computing and digital services to large private and public enterprises around the world. Its clients include Fortune 500 companies in banking and financial services, insurance, healthcare, retail, manufacturing, shipping, technology, semi-conductor and telecom. UST believes in building long term, strategic business partnerships through client-centric global engagement models that combine local experts and resources with the cost, scale, and quality advantages of global operations.
Education
San José State University
BS, Business Administration - concentration in Human Resources, minor in Industrial Psychology
Foothill College
Associate of Arts (AA), Business Administration and Management, General
Mountain View High School
High School Diploma
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