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Matthew J. Wray

Indianapolis

Summary

Seasoned recruitment consultant with over 19 years of experience in full-service recruiting, managing offices in Washington, D.C. and Los Angeles. Expertise in tech recruitment, including staff augmentation for large-scale implementations of MySAP, Oracle, JD Edwards, and Siebel solutions. Proven track record in placing and managing consultants in Pharma, Medical Device, and Biotech sectors. Extended experience consulting with and placing accounting/finance professionals within Public and Corporate sectors from entry-level to C-Suite roles. Currently specializes in Tech, Accounting/Finance, Engineering, Medical Device, Pharmaceutical, and Biotech industries.

Overview

25
25
years of professional experience

Work History

Executive Recruiter-Full Desk

Top Talent, LLC
Fishers
03.2025 - Current
  • Specializing in identifying and placing exceptional candidates who drive success in critical industries. (Technology, Finance/Accounting, Life Sciences, Manufacturing/Engineering) We are experts at sourcing strategic hires and key executives who fit your unique business needs whether it be a short/long term contract or an essential direct hire need. With our industry knowledge and personalized approach, we ensure you find Top Talent with leaders, innovators, and professionals who will elevate your organization and keep you competitive in today's dynamic market.

Director of Talent Acquisition

Profyle Tracker
Indianapolis
10.2022 - 02.2025
  • Focused on corporate hiring needs: (Direct hire/contract/contract to hire) Our mission is to provide the best talent available to our clients at a high quality/speed to market rate. Our passion for our client's success, coupled with our relentless attitude towards recruiting produces dramatic results. While using our vast network and social media tools to allocate the best talent to give the best return on investment, we do not employ traditional 'postings' via job boards, but rather work tirelessly to proactively find the best talent throughout a multifaceted industry base. We thoroughly understand the space that we work in for our clients, and use this knowledge through the selection process to guarantee employer satisfaction.

Sr. Resource Management Specialist

MAETRICS (Now RQM+)
Indianapolis
02.2016 - 01.2021
  • Maetrics is a full service life sciences consulting firm. Founded in 1984, Maetrics has evolved to become a global force supporting a significant number of pharmaceutical, medical device, diagnostic, and biotechnology firms with their most critical enterprise compliance, performance improvement, risk management, and organizational change management initiatives. Our unique business acumen and delivery model has been rewarded by repeated engagements with our client base year after year. Today, with offices throughout the United States and Europe, Maetrics is an acclaimed leader in the life science consulting field. Compliance Agility + Global Acumen. My role was to recruit, place and manage high level consultants on a multitude of Quality/Compliance projects related to the medical device, pharmaceutical, biotechnology and diagnostic space.

Recruiter/Consultant

EGS Consulting, LLC
Indianapolis
03.2013 - 02.2016
  • Currently work as a career consultant for the Accounting/Finance Industry mostly with the Big 4 as well as outside corporations. We help these companies get to the level they want, but most importantly the level they need, with qualified personnel that help them maintain the 'Competitive Edge'. We provide a valuable service to both corporations, as well as individuals looking for upward mobility and strategic career growth. We pride ourselves on our ability to match professionals with outstanding firms, and to get them where they want and need to be.

Academic Representative/Advisor

ITT TECHNICHAL INSTITUTE
Miami
08.2011 - 01.2013
  • Consulted with students and guided them in the right direction as far as where they wanted to go in their post-secondary educational future.

Co-Founder/Consultant

EGS Consulting
Indianapolis
02.2010 - 07.2011
  • Consultant for Life Science Industries, (i.e.) IT/Engineering, Accounting/Finance and Healthcare/Education; Assess staffing needs as needed, while analyzing corporate infrastructure and performing gap analysis when needed to create new positions outside a company's forecast to help with their ROI; Using mostly Professional Networking Sites to acquire Passive candidates, as they are the most valuable; Staffed Executive level positions with the Wolf Group, Argy, Sunguard, and Eli Lilly

Technical Recruiter

DSS Consulting, Inc
Indianapolis
05.2008 - 12.2009
  • Worked as an IT/Engineering Recruiter and supported various account managers and their job requirements on a contract/contract-to-hire/direct hire basis with a primary focus on the Eli Lilly account supporting all open IT requirements; Responsible for staffing the entire Lilly.com project, while they revamped the entire site, and won producer of the month for November of 2009; Staffed Engineering and IT positions for various companies (Accuride, nframe, Midwest ISO, Cummins, Remy International, Vertellus, Healthcare Excel, and Solutions Healthcare)

Account Manager/Recruiter

SPEC Personnel
Silver Spring, MD/Los Angeles
10.2005 - 07.2007
  • Ran a full-service recruiting office that catered to the Construction/Distribution Industries while Marketing, Advertising, and Recruiting for a multitude of clientele (i.e.) Facilitating employee recruitment by posting jobs internally & externally, and creating new hire packages, following up with documentation, while conducting full background screening; Managed 25-50 employees at a time while they were out on jobs on a temp to perm basis.

Load Captain/Material Handler

Federal Express
Indianapolis
04.2000 - 06.2004
  • At Federal Express, my foremost duty was to monitor and regulate the loading and offloading of the company’s freight from multi-million dollar aircraft. Made sure the flights went out safely and securely on time every time. Controlled outbound Airbus A310 aircraft to New York (JFK) as well as supervised the outbound DC-10 aircraft to Phoenix. Helped win Manager of the Year and the prestigious 5 star award for old boss, Kevin Lollar

Education

Ivy Tech State College
Indianapolis, IN

Business Administration and Management

Indiana University - Purdue University of Indiana (IUPUI)
Indianapolis, IN

Skills

  • Negotiation techniques
  • Talent assessment
  • Employee onboarding
  • Candidate sourcing
  • Executive search
  • Market research
  • Client relationship management
  • Cold calling
  • Adaptable recruiting
  • Compensation analysis
  • Public speaking
  • Strategic sourcing
  • Interviewing techniques
  • Client management
  • Global recruitment
  • Executive networking
  • Candidate assessment
  • Offer letters
  • Candidate tracking
  • Passive candidate engagement
  • Cross-functional teamwork
  • Salary negotiation

Affiliations

  • Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Indiana
  • Church Lector and OCIA Sponsor

Timeline

Executive Recruiter-Full Desk

Top Talent, LLC
03.2025 - Current

Director of Talent Acquisition

Profyle Tracker
10.2022 - 02.2025

Sr. Resource Management Specialist

MAETRICS (Now RQM+)
02.2016 - 01.2021

Recruiter/Consultant

EGS Consulting, LLC
03.2013 - 02.2016

Academic Representative/Advisor

ITT TECHNICHAL INSTITUTE
08.2011 - 01.2013

Co-Founder/Consultant

EGS Consulting
02.2010 - 07.2011

Technical Recruiter

DSS Consulting, Inc
05.2008 - 12.2009

Account Manager/Recruiter

SPEC Personnel
10.2005 - 07.2007

Load Captain/Material Handler

Federal Express
04.2000 - 06.2004

Ivy Tech State College

Business Administration and Management

Indiana University - Purdue University of Indiana (IUPUI)
Matthew J. Wray