RECRUITING ADVISORS - Key Persons

Cynthia Wehrenberg

Job Titles:
  • Avature System Administrator, Configuration and Training
  • Certified Avature Subject Matter Expert
Areas of expertise Avature Administrator and system administration Cynthia Wehrenberg is known for building world class strategic sourcing organizations that drive long-term, proactive talent supply for companies such as AbbVie, SAP, AON and ADP. Her 20 years' expertise also includes building and designing diversity and veterans recruiting programs that enables organizations to attract diverse talent into their applicant pool.

Jim Schnyder - President

Job Titles:
  • President
  • President - Recruiting Advisors, Level 4 Certified Avature Subject Matter Expert
Areas of expertise Level 4 Certified Avature Subject Matter Expert Two time global Sourcing Grandmaster challenge champion, Jim Schnyder, is known for being a subject matter expert and trusted industry figure on recruiting industry best practices, sourcing, recruitment marketing strategies and overall technology. Within the past year, Jim was a keynote speaker at SourceCon and the MC for the Power User Academy and Technical tracks at AvatureUpfront in Madrid and US for user conferences. Known for his strategic sourcing, talent acquisition advisory work as well as being a subject matter expertise on candidate relationship management systems (CRM) and applicant tracking systems (ATS), Jim is sought out for his opinions and recommendations on processes, workflows, campaign development, implementations and technology. With over 25 years of recruiting experience, Jim is the past Sourcing Leader, Diversity Manager and Global Process and Tools Lead for PepsiCo (Pepsi, Frito-Lay, Quaker, Tropicana, Gatorade). During his tenure with PepsiCo, Jim led recruiting for almost every function as well as helped lead projects for PepsiCo's implementation of their Global HR Operating Model, Global Employee Referral Program, Global Internal Transfer System, Global CRM and Global ATS system. Jim has worked on both the agency and corporate side of the staffing business for such companies as Management Recruiters and Perot Systems prior to his 17 years of experience with PepsiCo. Jim is the past DFW-Texas Recruiters' Network "Corporate Recruiter of the Year". He is also a recipient of the following PepsiCo corporate awards - "Inspire Well Being Award", "Eagle Award" for HR Excellence, "All In" Diversity and Inclusion Award and PepsiCo's 2011 "HR Excellence Award". Jim is a native of St. Louis and a graduate of the University of Missouri - Columbia. Jim Schnyder is the 2014 & 2011 SourceCon Grandmaster with over 30 years of success in Talent Acquisition. He is the Founder and Principal Consultant for Recruiting Advisors, a Talent Acquisition focused consulting firm helping Avature clients like EY and Booz Allen with recruiting technology, training, and best practices in sourcing.

John McCall

Job Titles:
  • Certified Avature Subject Matter Expert
  • VP of Consulting Operations Project Management & Avature ATS
Areas of expertise Level 4 Certified Avature Subject Matter Expert

Matt Biester

Job Titles:
  • Certified Avature Subject Matter Expert, Solutions Architect, Partnership Manager
  • HR Technologist
  • VP of Solution Design and Partnerships
Areas of expertise Level 4 Certified Avature Subject Matter Expert Matt Biester is an HR Technologist who specializes in the conceptualization, implementation, and operationalization of technology enabled human resources strategies. His experience includes leading acting as People Systems Architect and managing a Talent Acquisition Solutions team for Twitter, managing both the Enterprise HR Technology Implementation function and talent acquisition digital transformation while at Lockheed Martin, and leading marketing and recruiting for a hypergrowth boutique cybersecurity firm. Matt has extensive experience as a scrum master, product owner, and portfolio manager with implementations spanning across the HR ecosystem in addition to his near decade recruiting but has a passion for the intersection of people, process, and technology in talent acquisition.

Sean Matthews Level

Job Titles:
  • Certified Avature Subject Matter Expert
  • Certified Avature Subject Matter Expert DevOps & Issue Resolution, Avature Configuration and Data Model
Sean Matthews is a Level 4 Certified Avature Subject Matter Expert. He creates ideas and configurations prototypes to be show to clients for eventual optimization into their existing workflows. He is a natural problem solver and quick to diagnose client issues on Avature.

Steve Wade

Job Titles:
  • Certified Avature System Administrator
  • Strategic Consulting, Process Redesign & Avature Implementation Readiness
Areas of expertise Level 3 Certified Avature System Administrator Steve Wade Strategic consulting, process redesign & Avature implementation readiness