** If you are connecting while I do not know you, please send some kind of introduction. I appreciate some context. ** Hiring some fine engineers at Improbable. I blog at http://www.sourcingmonk.com. At Rockstart I mentor the startups on building scalable hiring architectures + finding their technical talent through github, stackoverflow & couchsurfing. I am a recruiting tool advocate and sometimes review them. I speak about building and nurturing great tech/product teams. Besides hiring tech guys & girls, I like to talk about technology in the HR / talent space. You can follow me on Medium -- http://medium.com/@WillemWijnans, check out my Linkedin Posts above or find them at my blog. Sites I like: hackernews, github, stackoverflow, angel.co, quora, crunchbase Tools I like: lever, workable, connectifier, evernote, buffer, aevy, peoplegraph, sidekick. Things I like: running, biking, swimming, travel, public speaking, blogging, reviewing and sharing my knowledge.

Talent & stuff @ Fixing the broken talent world, one simulation at a time. I am heading up hiring for the client-facing engineering roles within Improbable, ranging from Developer Relations to Sales Engineering. Get in touch if you want to help developers, governments and game studios leverage the power of SpatialOS -- a distributed operating system that enables developers to build massive, detailed simulations across thousands of machines in the cloud. From May 2015 to Present (8 months) London, United KingdomMentor @ Achieving hiring bliss for startups, helping them implement latest tools, hacks & tricks regarding their talent need. From February 2015 to Present (11 months) owner @ **since I am currently working full time at Improbable, sourcingmonk just functions merely as a blog** sourcingmonk helps startups on getting good technology talent in, by planting it's system of unconventional hiring right in the heart of the startup. This way the 'talent approach' is embedded in their culture from the start, which will make them hot companies to work for in the end. sourcingmonk is really good in helping you get an architecture for hiring in place, by using the latest tools, tricks and strategies when it comes to hiring the best developers. sourcingmonk approach works best for technology startups and we will not help big corporates, ever. From January 2014 to Present (2 years) Amsterdam Area, NetherlandsI built the technology teams @ I was responsible for building the tech teams for Backbase in Amsterdam but mainly for their foreign offices in London and Atlanta. Besides that I was the gatekeeper of the culture, trained the Backbase recruiters on sourcing, getting them up to speed with latest tools in HR tech and was speaking on conferences here and there while travelling from office to office. Hired over 30 engineers, architects and technical pre-sales guys/girls. From February 2014 to May 2015 (1 year 4 months) Hiring people @ The early days: hiring people for a startup. From August 2010 to December 2013 (3 years 5 months) Amsterdam Area, NetherlandsBackpacking South America @ From March 2009 to July 2009 (5 months) Human Resources Internship @ From September 2007 to July 2008 (11 months)

Cultural Anthropology @ Utrecht University From 2009 to 2010 Bachelor, Human Resources @ Hogeschool van Utrecht From 2004 to 2009 Willem Wijnans is skilled in: Recruiting, Applicant Tracking Systems, Social Media, Talent Management, Employer Branding, Sourcing, Internet Recruiting, Technical Recruiting, Start-ups, Start-up Consulting, Training, Online Marketing