Sam Wheeler

We’re looking for change makers. Opportunity creators. Bridge builders. Mind openers. Status-quo shakers. Our job is to create a place where people have the freedom to make a positive impact on our world through tech.

Led the recruitment efforts for the German office, whilst assisting in complex executive requirements to the other offices globally. Organisation of MeetUp events, building an open work culture with a strong emphasis on diversity and inclusion within a modern tech startup. Key focuses include sourcing, interviewing, coordination and offer advisory to management.

Led the recruitment efforts for the business, with a core focus on tech hiring and coaching colleagues on active sourcing, interviews and other recruitment responsibilities. Typical roles would include Fullstack Developer, Product Owner, Scrum Master, Agile Coach, DevOps, Growth Manager, Content Editor etc. for a leading provider of multilingual viral quizzes, apps and blogs, published on Facebook, regularly reaching over 250 million users and up to 4 billion page impressions each month.

Adaptavist is the leading global expert in delivering solutions based around the Atlassian stack. Atlassian's largest dedicated partner, home of the incredible ScriptRunner family of plugins, most highly rated Atlassian training partner, provider of top quality managed services for enterprise clients. We've helped thousands of clients integrate, collaborate and improve their businesses, and continue to be the go to choice for the most demanding and complex of enterprises.

DevOps, WinOps, SysOps, WebOps. IaaS, PaaS, Linux, UNIX, Windows, SysAdmin, Ruby, Perl, Python, Shell, Bash, Active Directory, Confluence, Git, Jira, Atlassian, Chef, Puppet, Ansible, SaltStack, Team City, Jenkins, Hudson, Docker, Kubernetes, Mesos, ELK Stack, Octopus Deploy, VMWare, AWS, Azure, Cloud Foundry, Heroku

Senior Recruitment specialist, leading the DevOps environment DevOps, WinOps, SysOps, WebOps. IaaS, PaaS, Linux, UNIX, Windows, SysAdmin, Ruby, Perl, Python, Shell, Bash, Active Directory, Confluence, Git, Jira, Atlassian, Chef, Puppet, Ansible, SaltStack, Team City, Jenkins, Hudson, Docker, Kubernetes, Mesos, ELK Stack, Octopus Deploy, VMWare, AWS, Azure, Cloud Foundry, Heroku

Working with the worlds leading investment banks, systematic hedge funds and tech-driven prop firms, responsible for working with the top echelon of development candidates for demanding fast-paced development opportunities specifically within the Front Office.

Working with top tier investment banks based in Canada and the US, I was responsible for sourcing C#/.Net development professionals for these leading organisations. This entailed working closely with the hiring managers to understand their specific requirements in order to approach and screen suitable candidates, ensuring that they were prepared throughout the process from start to finish.

Built out a portfolio of clients in West Africa, taking ownership for the sales, marketing and delivery of promotional merchandise, specifically in Nigeria and Ghana. Clients would include multi-national oil conglomerates, international banks through to entrepreneurial HNW individuals looking to market the products themselves. Working within a fast-paced environment, responsible for the sales, advice on branding for products along with the production lead and delivery times to client side.

Technical pricing and sales of high-end Air Handling Units (AHU’s) to be used in commercial buildings from small offices to shopping centres and factories. Taking details of the area and use, to calculate the size of fan, filter and ultimately unit that would be required. Promoted to Senior Sales Engineer and have been contacted on occasion about the potential of going back.