Mike Kabongo
Technical Recruiting Expert | Driving Growth through Strategic Talent Partnerships
9 yrs experience · Massachusetts, USA · <10 hrs/week
About
Analysis leading to ideation fitting for practice and practical application are the approach Mike takes when walking the path of pragmatic problem solving. He is internally motivated, a good sounding board, mentor, troubleshooter, and organizer of events, working as a full-cycle technical recruiter.\n\nMike has experience hiring for a wide range of roles including Embedded Software, Enterprise Software, Mechanical Engineers, Technical Project Managers, Technical Sales, Quality Assurance/Test Engineers, Regulatory Compliance, Data Scientists, Data Engineers, Accounting, IT, Administrative & Business Operations roles and more. Industries of interest include robotics, aerospace, medical devices, gaming, and ecological impact. He thrives in fast-paced environments and collaborates with cross-functional teams to align talent strategy with business goals.
Skills
Experience
- Senior Recruiter · Context Labs BV2025-05-01 – 2025-10-01
The same duties as before with more successful hires, three years of people being promoted, and insight into the organization and market. Nurtured a more than two year streak of not needing to use external agencies for technical talent across all teams.
- Recruiter · Context Labs BV2022-04-01 – 2025-05-01
Full-cycle recruiting for the worlds foremost decarbonization as a service organization. Technical and non-technical roles include, UI, Backend, Data Scientists, Data Engineers, Sales individual contributors and leaders, accounting, security, IT, UX and more. I've also put time and effort into developing toolchain for recruiting and creating hiring policy, SOP, and training. Locations of focus: Cambridge, MA, Houston TX, and the Netherlands.
- Senior Technical Recruiter - Sourcing for Google · IntelliPro2021-09-01 – 2022-04-01
Assigned to the payments and commerce group at Google hiring mostly very senior individual contributors and people managers for software engineering and technical leadership positions.
- Recruiting Sourcer (Contract) · Google2021-09-01 – 2022-04-01
As a Technical Sourcer at Google I sought out Level 6 & 7 Software Engineer, Software Management, & Program Management candidates, and introduced them to the Google process, begin the job matching process, and seek to make the team more talented, more skilled, and more like the best of the world with every candidate.
- Talent Acquisition Specialist · Capgemini Engineering2020-04-01 – 2021-06-01
Capgemini purchased the Altran Group in April of 2020, and integration hit my level in February of 2021. Continuation of previous duties with greater interface with other parts of the 270k person company, including recruiting for legal and other engineering groups.
- Talent Acquisition Specialist · Altran2017-09-01 – 2021-06-01
Talent Acquisition Specialist at Altran Using the top platforms for talent discovery, employee referrals, and campus recruiting I help staff Altran with the best talent. Began training our new Talent Acquisition Coordinator on 6/3/19 Today’s complex interconnected world demands companies to conceptualize and deliver cutting-edge products and solutions to market faster than ever before. Altran, a global product development partner, collaborates with companies to address the business and technical challenges inherent in developing and supporting complex connected systems. For over three decades, leading companies and emerging startups in some of the most highly regulated and rapidly evolving industries have relied on Altran to inspire innovation, accelerate time to market, improve predictability, and maximize return on product investment. Altran provides a full complement of technology consulting, software and product development expertise, and engineering services to our client partners in the Aerospace, Automotive, Energy, Industry and Electronics, and Medical and Life Sciences industries. In North America, Altran is based in Burlington, Massachusetts, with additional offices in Atlanta, Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, Silicon Valley and Southern California. For more information, visit Altran.com.
- Regional Account Manager · Cogent Communications2016-08-01 – 2017-08-01
Covering the six New England States, New York, New Jersey, Maryland, and Pennsylvania I assist organizations of all sizes in acquiring dedicated internet access, remote data storage, utility computing and more. My job boiled down to making smart people look better to their teams, and aiding whole businesses in doing business and not worrying about service. Have other providers given you cold feet about change? Ask me, I'll show you our SLA.
- Technical Recruiter · Oxford International2015-01-01 – 2016-05-01
I helped talented people find contract work in Software and Hardware positions across the US and Canada.
- Principal · Allied Technical Staffing03-01-2026
Boutique, black owned recruiting firm with a wealth of technical recruiting experience, and a drive to see their clients win the war for talent.
Education
- Salem State UniversityPsychology/History double major
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