About Us


The RHINO Recruiting team has a great deal of experience in the software development and IT industry, having worked in many prestigious and well-known IT companies, such as Yahoo!, Overture, Goto.com, IBM, Critical Path, Micromuse, Computer Associates, Unisys, Candle Corporation, Teradata / AT&T, Form & Substance Inc., CACI Inc., Retix, Amber solutions and Motion Pictures of America and Locus.

Our insider knowledge of the industry and experience at the senior management level positions we have held give us a unique insight into the needs of a hiring manager. We look forward to partnering with you in fulfilling your hiring needs.

Angela Connell - ( CEO )
[ Angela at RhinoRecruiting.com ]
Angela Connell has a BS degree in Computer Science. She has held various positions in the software industry as a software developer and QA Engineer. She moved into management early on in her career and has managed software development, QA and System Administration organizations. Angela started her technical recruiting career thirteen years ago. She is very familiar with the challenges in hiring the best candidates both as a recruiter and a hiring manager. She is also well aware of the importance of dealing with a knowledgeable and professional recruiter. Angela has a proven track record and her commitment to both clients and candidates is a testimony of her success. She has worked for reputable companies such as Unisys, Computer Associates, Teradata/AT&T, Candle Corporation, PeopleWare Technical Resources and eMemories.com, an eCompanies venture.

Dermot Connell - ( CTO )
[ Dermot at RhinoRecruiting.com ]
Dermot Connell has a BS Degree in Computer Science from University College Dublin, Ireland. He has had a distinguished technology career having first started out as a software developer in the field of operating systems development. Over a 15 year period Dermot progressed through technology management ranks to the executive ranks. He has managed a variety of technology teams across the full lifecycle of software product development. His development experience ranges from operating systems to packaged software and the Web. His experiences across these domains have allowed him to develop a detailed understanding of the technologies being used by our clients and the profile and characteristics of the key people needed in order to enable our client’s success. He has held positions with a number of companies including Peerless Systems, Goto.com (now Yahoo Search Marketing) and IBM.

Soraya Haroonian (Sr. Technical Recruiter)
[ Soraya at RhinoRecruiting.com ]
Soraya Haroonian has a BS degree in Computer Science from N.J.I.T.  She has had a great technology career as a software engineer, software developer, Sr. quality assurance engineer as well as Sr. Internet specialist.  She has held various consulting jobs before joining Rhino-recruiting and has worked for reputable companies such as Form & Substance Inc., CACI Inc., Retix, Amber solutions and Motion Pictures of America.  Soraya is compassionate and exceptionally competent and has had great success in finding perfect candidates for Rhino Recruiting clients.



Karen Barber (Sr. Technical Recruiter)
[ Karen at RhinoRecruiting.com ]
Karen has almost 20 years of experience as a recruiter in the sphere of web based technology. Prior to joining Rhino Recruiting, she worked in staffing and recruiting for digital agencies, Guidance Solutions and Aydus Consulting. She also has experience working for a technical recruiting company, Technical Connections. These positions, combined with her 10 year career as a Programmer and Technical Project Manager at Hughes Aircraft Company, help her better understand the design and development life cycle and the roles technical people play at work. These insights have proven to be extremely useful when identifying talented Technology candidates.

Karen earned her degree in Mathematics/Computer Science from the University of California, Los Angeles. She is a Venice, CA native and lives there with her family.