Bio

Scott has 10 +years of recruitment experience specifically with senior level software developers, CIO’s, CTO’s architects and DBA’s. He's managed and produced in a Top 5 office of an IT staffing and Consulting division of a global Fortune 500 strategic staffing company (100+ offices). While assisting and training recruiters around the United States, he was chosen as one of twelve recruiters nationwide to develop policies and procedures for recruitment and retention in an information technology market. Scott was also recognized as one of the Top Fifteen individual producers worldwide for the same global Fortune 500 staffing firm. He escaped the Fortune 500 company in 2004 to assist in opening an office for Vaco and has been a Partner since joining in 2004.  Scott holds a B.A. from Henderson State University.

Scott is a published blogger of his own site, www.TheAntiPimp.com, and contributes on a regular basis to FistfulOfTalent.com, ERE.net, HumanResourcesIQ.com and RecruitingBlogs.com.  He's also been recognized by NashMash.com as one of the most influential "Twitterers" in Nashville, TN.  You can follow him at twitter.com/sgordon70

He's an active member in just about every technical user group in Nashville.  Below is a partial and ever changing list.

• Project Management Institute
• AITP (Association of Information Technology Professionals)
• Nashville .NET Users Group
• SQL Server User Group
• Nashville Technology Council
• Nashville Flex Users Group
• Nashville Oracle Users Group
• Nashville Cold Fusion Users Group

How Scott defines Freedom - "Freedom in the workplace to me means freedom to create and grow as a professional.  I'm a strong believer that "standing on the necks" of your employees breeds massive contempt.  Liberty to learn, create and grow without mammoth layers of unnecessary management can only breed success.  Vaco has maintained that culture..even with our huge growth...that's Freedom."

How Scott enjoys spending free time - "Spending time with my incredible wife, loving on my animals (2 dogs/2 cats), mountain biking, rabidly following the Chicago Cubs (this is the year..really), chasing technology and trying to be the good little boy that my phenomenal parents raised me to be".