Kris Minkel
@krisminkel
Senior Talent Acquisition partner specializing in technical hiring, workforce planning, and process optimization.
United StatesWhat I'm looking for
I am a Senior Talent Acquisition professional with 14 years of experience scaling recruiting functions across SaaS, healthcare, and consulting environments. I partner with executives and hiring leaders to design strategic workforce plans and deliver high-volume hiring.
I've led full life-cycle recruiting globally, sourcing and closing technical and business talent across the US, Canada, EMEA, and APAC. I have proven success reducing time-to-fill, improving candidate and hiring manager experience, and implementing AI-augmented sourcing strategies.
Key achievements include closing 30 hires in three months with a 95% acceptance rate, recruiting 100+ technical professionals at Accolade, rebuilding an HRIS team in four months, and contributing to intern-to-hire conversion programs. I manage ATS platforms (Workday, Greenhouse, iCIMS, SmartRecruiters, Bullhorn, Workable) and talent tools like LinkedIn Recruiter and Metaview AI.
I bring strong operational discipline, a collaborative leadership style, and a track record of measurable recruiting improvements. I seek to drive recruiting excellence, coach hiring teams on interview best practices, and deliver talent outcomes that support organizational growth.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Principal Recruitment Partner
Seeq Corporation
Sep 2025 - Jan 2026 (4 months)
Owned global recruiting across US, Canada, EMEA and APAC, closing 30 hires in three months with a >95% acceptance rate and reduced time-to-shortlist by 20% via AI-augmented sourcing.
ACLed North American recruiting for Product, Tech, Finance, Marketing and P&C, placing 100+ technical professionals and driving intern conversions >30% to full-time.
ONFilled four technical roles (DB, TPM, QA, DevOps) within three weeks for OneLogin prior to company acquisition, accelerating time-to-hire for critical engineering roles.
Talent Acquisition Manager
iSoftStone
Feb 2020 - Jul 2021 (1 year 5 months)
Led North America recruiting operations with a team of three, managing hiring for software engineers and PMs and hiring 50+ tech employees in 2020 while improving processes and Glassdoor rating from 3.7 to 4.5.
Senior Technical Recruiter
Bluehawk Consulting
Apr 2019 - Feb 2020 (10 months)
Managed full-cycle recruiting for IT roles, hiring 20 employees in eight months and growing LinkedIn followers by 1,000 through improved social media presence.
EXTechnical Recruiter
Experis
Jan 2019 - Mar 2019 (2 months)
Conducted full-cycle IT recruiting for SDET, BA, PM and DevOps roles in the Pacific Northwest, generating four offers and placing three candidates in the first month.
Recruiting Director
Quardev
Nov 2017 - Dec 2018 (1 year 1 month)
Led recruiting for IT roles and managed a sourcing team of two, contributing to $2M revenue growth year-over-year and improving candidate vetting for managed service projects.
COSenior Technical Recruiter
CompuCom
Nov 2012 - Nov 2017 (5 years)
Sourced and placed IT candidates across high-volume accounts, promoted to Lead Recruiter for top accounts and won Service Excellence awards in 2013 and 2016.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
SCSkagit Valley College
Associate of Arts, Business Management
Grade: 3.68 GPA
Activities and societies: Honor Society; Dean's List
Completed an Associate of Arts in Business Management with a cumulative GPA of 3.68 and recognition on the Dean's List and Honor Society.
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