Adam Fisher
Talent Acquisition Director
Summary
Outgoing & energetic Talent Acquisition leader, with experience of both In-House & Agency environments. Extensive experience of the IT Vendor landscape across APJ & EMEA.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Director Talent Acquisition GTM - Asia Pacific
ServiceNow
01.2023 - 02.2025
- Led 16 person TA team across Singapore/Australia/India & South Korea including 2 managers, reporting into Worldwide Vice President of GTM Talent Acquisition
- Part of extended APAC business leadership team
- Hiring 100+ people per qtr across sales, pre-sales, services, marketing and corporate functions
- Successfully hit finance headcount target qtr over qtr
- Revamped interview playbook for APAC standardizing process ensuring consistency across all roles and regions
- Increased diverse representation by ensuring diversity on all interview slates and all panels
- Time to fill metric reduced qtr
- Over qtr
Senior Manager Talent Acquisition Asia Pacific & Japan
Palo Alto Networks
02.2014 - 12.2022
- First TA hire on the ground in region, built team to 50+ across APJ including building new engineering team in India
- Grew business from less than 100 people to 1200+
- Responsible for all hiring across JAPAC theater including R&D center in Bangalore
- Created new structure for TA team to best support the business
- Oversaw 100+ hires across APJ each QTR
- Personally responsible for all leadership hiring across the theatre
- Work closely with Finance & Sales Ops to ensure accurate forecasting & headcount planning
- Reporting directly to the VP Talent Acquistion in HQ and part of global Talent Acquisition Leadership team
- Established consistent structure in overall recruitment process
- Drove interview training across the region
- Inclusion & Diversity project lead for APJ
- Reduced agency spend in Japan by 60%
IT Recruitment Manager
Spring Professional
01.2010 - 02.2014
- I was employee number 6 on the ground in APAC, and was responsible for starting and developing the vendor market across APAC
- On arrival Spring had no presence with any of the major vendors and were unknown in this space
- My goal was to establish a presence, sign up clients and compete for market share against better known competitors
- Closed first 360 deal within 3 weeks of arrival
- Closed largest deal in Spring's history in Asia for $60,000
- Established Spring as a leading brand in the market
- Transformed Spring from a traditional banking IT recruitment agency to a predominantly technology vendor focused organization
- Placed candidates in Hong Kong, China, India, Australia Indonesia (1st time for Spring)
- Won major clients such as Citrix Systems, CA Technologies, Akamai, EMC etc
Senior Consultant EMEA
Emerald Technology
06.2007 - 12.2009
- Company Overview: Emerald Technology is a specialist search firm focused on the recruitment of senior level sales and technical professionals into the IT and Telco markets covering Europe, Middle East, Africa and North America
- Winning and developing clients in the networking & software arena across EMEA
- Broke into major software and telecommunications companies across EMEA
- Placed VP of Marketing for startup Optical Company in the USA
- Top performer in regard to revenue generation in my team during end of year 2007
- Helped build out teams across EMEA for software companies in BI & Data Warehousing space
- Hiring in nontraditional countries such as Turkey, Russia & Brazil
- Emerald Technology is a specialist search firm focused on the recruitment of senior level sales and technical professionals into the IT and Telco markets covering Europe, Middle East, Africa and North America
Personal Trainer
Self Employed & Virgin Active
07.2004 - 06.2007
- Personal Fitness trainer, working in London & Marbella Spain
Education
GNVQ - Leisure and Tourism
Heart of England College
01.1998 - 07.2002
Skills
18 years recruiting experience for US Tech vendors
15 years' experience in Asia Pacific & Japan
Experience of working in hyper-growth companies and exceeding challenging headcount targets
Mixed Martial Arts
12 years training in Brazilian Jiujitsu
6 years in Muay Thai
Timeline
Director Talent Acquisition GTM - Asia Pacific
ServiceNow
01.2023 - 02.2025
Senior Manager Talent Acquisition Asia Pacific & Japan
Palo Alto Networks
02.2014 - 12.2022
IT Recruitment Manager
Spring Professional
01.2010 - 02.2014
Senior Consultant EMEA
Emerald Technology
06.2007 - 12.2009
Personal Trainer
Self Employed & Virgin Active
07.2004 - 06.2007
GNVQ - Leisure and Tourism
Heart of England College
01.1998 - 07.2002