Andres Castañeda Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

At TalentMiners, we empower clients with speed and flexibility to achieve their staffing objectives. Our dynamic recruitment approach seamlessly adjusts hiring capacity to evolving business demands. Companies can easily scale up or down, whether for long-term requirements or finite growth projects. With speed and flexibility as our cornerstone, TalentMiners ensures precise access to top talent.Let's talk talent and growth! DM me to talk shop.

Pasadena, Ca, Us

I had the opportunity to lead a dynamic recruiting team dedicated to securing top-tier diverse talent across tech/engineering, marketing/sales, product, and G&A, driving impactful results for organizational innovation and commercial success in the US, Poland, EMEA, and APAC. In this role, I assumed full ownership of recruitment efforts, orchestrating a seamless process that resulted in the successful hiring of exceptional talent. Collaborating closely with my team and hiring managers, we crafted and executed sourcing strategies, honed candidate development initiatives, and streamlined selection processes across multiple regions, ensuring a precise alignment with organizational goals. This comprehensive approach not only optimized talent acquisition but also fostered a culture of excellence within the hiring teams. Additionally, I partnered with C-Level executives, department leaders, and hiring managers to facilitate the development and execution of robust staffing and reorganization strategies, aligning our efforts with broader organizational objectives. Leveraging standardized, evidence-based assessments and SOPs, my team and I enhanced the recruitment and interview processes to deliver consistently high-quality candidates, driving sustained success and growth for the organization.

Pasadena, Ca, Us

NEXT Trucking, a Sequoia Capital backed logistics startup, is an online trucker-centric marketplace designed to efficiently connect shippers and truckers. Through our intelligent matching capabilities, Next Trucking maximizes productivity and efficiency.Allowing carriers to post real-time and future availabilities as well as preferred routes and rates, Next Trucking connects drivers from small and medium-sized trucking companies with shippers searching for competitive pricing.We are in growth mode and are building up our engineering, product and sales teams.

We specialize in empowering high-growth companies to efficiently attract and hire top-tier talent through a systematic sourcing methodology, meticulous candidate cultivation and assessment, and authentic relationship cultivation. Our emphasis lies in delivering quality over quantity and ensuring the precise alignment of talent with roles at the right moment. With extensive expertise spanning all tiers of sourcing, comprehensive management of recruiting processes, and recruiting leadership, we've helped numerous tech firms scale by strategically building high-performance teams.CLIENTS: OpenX, Connexity, Idealab, Divy.com, Edisun Microgrids, YP, New Matter, Plant Prefab, Tandemapp, UberMedia, Quickly.comINDUSTRIES: Internet (Ad Tech, eCommerce, Search (Web/Mobile), Social Media Networks), 3D Printing, Solar/Green Tech, Robotics, Prefab Home Building SERVICES: Retained Executive Search, RPO - Recruitment Outsourcing, Contract Recruiting

Santa Monica, California, Us

Connexity, Inc. (formerly Shopzilla) is a technology driven marketing solutions company that leverages almost twenty years of ecommerce expertise to enable retailers and brands to understand their consumers better, acquire new customers at a lower cost, and increase sales. For retailers, Connexity offers a range of marketing solutions including search marketing, syndicated product listings, targeted display advertising, and the Bizrate Insights customer feedback program. For marketers and their agencies, Connexity delivers targeted audiences on any device through a programmatic media buying platform.Headquartered in Los Angeles, the company operates sites and business services in the United States, the United Kingdom, France and Germany including Bizrate, Beso, Shopzilla, Retrevo, TaDa, PrixMoinsCher, and SparDeinGeld. Connexity, Inc., formerly Shopzilla, Inc., is owned by Symphony Technology Group (STG).Highlights:• We cater lunch every day with a variety of options• We offer company sponsored Yoga, Zumba and other wellness opportunities.• Our employees serve the community through our Charitable Givings Program.• Our portfolio of sites index over 100 million products from tens of thousands of retailers• We have a global audience of over 40 million unique shoppers each month• Our strong portfolio of online shopping brands include Beso.com, Bizrate and Retrevo.• We have global footprint with a presence in the US, London, Germany, Germany and Canada • Privately owned by Symphony Technology Group.

Pasadena, Ca, Us

UberMedia is the world’s leading independent developer of feature-rich social media products that make it easy to publish, consume and engage, no matter who you are. UberMedia’s growing portfolio includes market-leading Twitter applications UberSocial, Echofon and the groundbreaking Chime.in Interest Network.UberMedia was founded in early 2010 as TweetUp (later PostUp) by Internet entrepreneur, Bill Gross, in an effort to provide Twitter users with a way to find the world’s best Tweeters on topics of particular interest and at the same time enable Tweeters to grow their following among relevant users.Later that year, the company began to acquire leading Twitter apps on BlackBerry, iPhone, and Android in order to provide a broader platform for innovation in user experiences. Since then, UberMedia has developed and implemented new products and features such as LivePreview, UberChannels, DealBox and custom themes for partners.In late 2011, UberMedia launched Chime.in, an online and mobile network organized around interests. Chime.in enables people to join and build dynamic communities around topics, while easily creating, finding and engaging with relevant rich-media content.UberMedia is an Idealab company. Idealab - a technology incubator has launched dozens of successful companies including GoTo.com (now known as Overture Services) the leading pay for performance search engine which was sold to Yahoo in 2003. Idealab is based in Pasadena, CA.

Pasadena, Ca, Us

Leading the strategic and tactical staffing efforts for Idealab and its in-house portfolio companies.Bill Gross started Idealab in 1996 to create and operate pioneering technology companies. The structure of Idealab has allowed us to test many ideas at once and turn the best of them into companies, attracting the human and financial capital necessary to bring them to market.Many of these companies were among the first to introduce new business ideas to the market. CitySearch, now a part of IAC, established the category of local online community directories. eToys demonstrated the tremendous potential for online consumer retail and became one of the most recognized brands during the early days of e-commerce. Overture Services, which began life as GoTo.com, was the first company to introduce the concept of paid search — the business model that powers the multibillion-dollar online search market.Idealab continues to explore a range of technology frontiers. New models for improving the search experience are at the core of several companies currently growing inside of Idealab. Moving beyond the Internet, we have spawned companies with breakthrough technologies in robotics, renewable energy and automotive design and production among others. Idealab also continues to partner with leading venture capital firms and other strategic investors to provide the resources to maximize the potential of these companies.In addition to capital, Idealab provides a full range of resources to infuse start-ups with the support they need to rapidly introduce innovative products and services. Resources include office space and the accompanying office services, development and technology, product and graphic design, marketing, financial advice, human resources, competitive research, legal, accounting and business development support and services. In addition, Idealab provides advice on strategy, branding and corporate structure.

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Connery Consulting partners with clients by successfully implementing scalable human resources and recruitment policies and practices. Our solutions enable companies to attract, hire and retain top-tier talent and position themselves for further growth and success. Our client list includes: Twitter, Facebook, Dropbox, Shopzilla, Tada, GoPro, Inkling, Hearsay Labs, Yola, Salesforce Foundation, Replicon, Airbnb, Bump, Cloudworks, PowerReviews, ZendeskBased out of San Francisco, Connery Consulting has become the premier HR/Recruiting Services firm in the Bay partnering with some of the hottest startups. With that success in mind, we are expanding our services to include Los Angeles. We are looking to work with companies that are in the cutting edge of their market and are in need of assistance in growing their businesses through innovative and talented individuals. If you are a entrepreneurial spirited individual in marketing or engineering or a company looking to expand your organization, feel free to reach out to me. It would be a pleasure to connect with you.

Pasadena, Ca, Us

I specialize in technology recruiting for early stage companies in highly competitive industries such as, robotics, software (shrink wrapped & Web), internet search engine technology, network hardware / telecom, semiconductor and alternate energy.