Lisa Dong
About Lisa Dong
Lisa Dong is the Principal Technical Recruiter at Sandia National Laboratories, specializing in recruiting for Systems Engineering and related fields.
Current Position at Sandia National Laboratories
Lisa Dong currently serves as the Principal Technical Recruiter at Sandia National Laboratories. She has held this position since 2022, focusing her efforts in the San Francisco Bay Area. In this role, she recruits both early career and experienced professionals in Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and Systems Administration. She supports the Systems Engineering departments tasked with maintaining and upgrading the nation's strategic nuclear stockpile, and works with high-security Special Programs on classified projects supporting the warfighter. She also holds an active DoE L security clearance.
Past Roles at Sandia National Laboratories
Before becoming the Principal Technical Recruiter, Lisa Dong held several other recruitment roles at Sandia National Laboratories. From 2020 to 2022, she worked as a Sr. Technical Recruiter. Prior to that, she served as a Technical Recruiter from 2019 to 2020. Across these various positions, Lisa built extensive experience in recruiting talent for highly specialized technical roles, developing a deep understanding of the recruitment needs within the defense and engineering sectors.
Experience at Oxford Global Resources
Lisa Dong worked as a Technical Recruiter at Oxford Global Resources from 2017 to 2019. During her tenure, she was responsible for sourcing and recruiting skilled professionals, supporting the company’s commitment to providing highly qualified technical talent to their clients. This role further enhanced her expertise in technical recruitment and allowed her to develop strong networks within the industry.
Early Career Roles in Recruitment and Operations
Lisa Dong has a diverse background that includes roles in recruitment and operations. She spent a short period in 2017 as an In-House Recruiter (Contract) at ThirdLove in the San Francisco Bay Area, and earlier, she was the Sr. Manager of Customer Experience at ThirdLove from 2016 to 2017. Her career in operations management began at Shutterfly Inc. as the Operations Manager for the West Coast Office of BorrowLenses.com from 2009 to 2016. Before that, she worked as an Operations Specialist at BorrowLenses from 2008 to 2009, and as a Sales Associate and Lab Technician at Ritz Camera & Image from 2002 to 2007.
Educational Background
Lisa Dong holds a BA in Art with a dual emphasis in Photography and Painting from San Francisco State University, where she studied from 2005 to 2007. Prior to this, she attended Skyline College, achieving a degree in General Studies, which she completed in three years from 2002 to 2005. This educational foundation has provided her with a well-rounded perspective that she has applied throughout her career.