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Nathan Sanders (1971-present) is an American NCAA basketball player, entrepreneur, a technical recruiter, and a loving father of two. Most known for his founding of Bridgenex, a Silicon Valley based staffing firm, he currently functions as both its president and lead technical recruiting trainer. Professional experience consists of IT management, recruiter training and full cycle technical recruitment. While Nathan spends most of his time running his private company, he enjoys playing basketball and spending time with his family, friends, and pets.

=Childhood and education= Sanders was born in 1971 in Arlington, Texas. His childhood consisted of various moves, spending his early years throughout Humboldt County. Graduating from Chico High School in Chico, California, he went on to play basketball at De Anza College in Cupertino, California. After achieving an associate degree in communication over at De Anza College, Sanders continued his education at the University of California, Davis. At this level, he carried on his basketball career and graduated with a bachelor's degree in communication and a minor in business.

=Professional Career= Starting in 1997, Sanders worked as an IT manager for Summit Funding in Gold River, California, a financial lending industry. His work here consisted of developing the corporate website, installing new hardware and software applications, completing project outlines and projects, managing company databases, and various other technological tasks.

In early 2000, Sanders transitioned to a recruiter position for AGI Inc. in San Jose, California. He developed a recruitment strategy for hard-to-fill positions. While employed here, he worked on job orders for Network Appliance, Snap Appliance, and Luxn.

Months later in the late 2000, Sanders moved on to LSI Logic, also in San Jose, CA. He worked as a technical recruiter on contract for this semi-conductor industry. Here, he provided full recruiting through sourcing, screening, interviewing, and closing candidates. He worked directly with the hiring managers and closely with HR managers, immigration, compensation, college relations, contingent work force management, and relocation.

In August of 2001, Sanders began work for Cadence Design Systems in Milpitas, California. He was also a technical recruiter here and functioned similarly to his previous jobs in his employment history. After working here for two full years, he returned to LSI Logic as a technical recruiter.

For about two years, starting in March of 2005, Sanders worked as a virtual technical recruiter for a semiconductor industry known as Agere Systems.

Most notably, Sanders founded his own private company Bridgenex.