BreakLine is a social venture that helps talented professionals transition into new careers. We combine intensive, skills-based training with mentorship and professional networking. Our candidates are now employed by Anduril, Blend, BMC, C3.ai, Confluent, Evolv, Facebook, Google, Gusto, HOVER, Expanse, LinkedIn, Microsoft, Ontic, Palantir, Palo Alto Networks, Medallia, Proterra, ServiceNow, TIBCO, Turbonomic, many other leading companies.

I used this opportunity to volunteer myself as a life-coach to interested colleagues. This involves mentorship, especially around difficult obstacles that people are facing related to the volatility of the job market. I've really enjoyed "getting into the feels"with individuals to help them unstickoutdated beliefs/behaviors, while offering tools on how one might see things differently.

Middesk's mission is to enable every business to access the products and services they need to grow and thrive. Our Identity product provides accurate, complete information that financial services companies need to make efficient onboarding decisions. Our Agent product makes it easy for employers to file with the state and federal agencies needed to establish their business across the country. Our customers include Shopify, Affirm, Brex, Plaid, Mercury, Divvy, Rippling, Gusto, and others.Based in San Francisco, CA, Middesk is backed by Sequoia Capital, Accel Partners, and Y Combinator.- As first talent hire, initiate the function from scratch including adding an additional four individuals including recruiters, sourcers, and recruiting coordinators whom I scouted personally.- Led the efforts to double the company in size from 50 to 100 employees, while maintaining a focus on interviewer calibration and candidate experience resulting in the hiring of highly-sought-after software talent across technical and non-technical domains.- Coach and mentor not only 4 direct reports, but entire company on best practices as it relates to interview processes, recruitment data, and DEI practices while remaining open to all kinds of feedback and constantly iterating.- Ideated and lead comprehensive interviewer training to 60+ individuals ranging from the executive level to the individual contributor level resulting in increased adherence to interviewing best practices. Measured efficacy via internal survey and saw evidence of improved candidate experience via a previously rolled out candidate survey.- Harnessed cutting-edge ATS software Ashby in order to define, standardize, document, and oversee all recruiting activities. Took a highly customized approach to make the most out of Ashby's advanced data analytics capabilities allowing for regular reporting and progress tracking.- Owned and oversaw talent related budget involving both tools and human capital.

Recently promoted into a dual role on Blend's recruiting team, including people leadership. 1. Managing Blend's world-class sourcing team (growing team of 6), who support recruitment efforts across both Blend's technical and non-technical organizations. This involves centralizing the sourcing function and building a scalable team structure/philosophy focused on generating top of funnel and enabling career growth opportunities for the team.2. Hands-on ownership of Blend's top-level job openings. Work in parallel with our c-suite leaders while conducting full-cycle recruiting activities. Leverage deep sourcing knowledge and resources in order to engage and close the industry's most sought-after talent across the Financial Services and SaaS Technology industries.

Responsible for go-to-market recruiting efforts: enabling teams such as Business Development, Client Operations, Sales, Finance...etc. - Interim team manager to 7 non-technical recruiters (contract and FTE) focused on obstacle unblocking, professional development, feedback delivery, and operational enablement. - Drive hiring decision makers to make decisions with limited information, coach on talent-market and recruiting best-practices- Construct recruiting processes from scratch for fair and candidate-friendly evaluation processes- Shepherd candidates through recruiting process in it's entirety with strong emphasis on positive candidate experienceOther:- Partner with Diversity recruitment organizations such as PathForward, Breakline, including speaking at partner events- Spearhead new-hire on-boarding across the Talent team, training and enabling new team members

Tought back-to-back heated power-vinyasa style classes on Friday evenings.

-Spearhead Talent’s relationship with Medallia’s Professional Services organization as subjectmatter expert/consultant, manager of team, and hands-on recruiter-Develop a training program, execute trainings, mentor, and oversee two recruiters to successfullyhire for North America and APAC regions-Facilitate weekly syncs with senior business leaders and finance to align budget againstrecruitment strategy and set reasonable objectives, while navigating demands and push-back-Consistently deliver 100%+ to individual hiring goals against both niche and volume hiring needs,while managing a variety of stakeholders, and ensuring superb candidate experience-Promote diversity recruiting company-wide by initiating and developing relationships with multipleorganizations such as Breakline and PathForward

Medallia makes software to measure and improve the customer experience in real time. We allow businesses to listen to, understand, and then act on their customers' feedback.What does this mean? Think about the last interaction you had with a business. Was it a good one? Could it have been better? As a customer in this scenario, these questions may seem obvious. But here's the thing — they're not obvious to most businesses. A lot of them don't know whether the interaction you just had was a good one or not, and if they do know, who's held accountable for improving it in the future.Medallia solves this. Our software lets businesses answer these questions — helping them to become companies that their customers love.We've come a long way since being founded in Silicon Valley in 2001. Our product is powering some of the largest and most customer-centric organizations in the world. We're backed by Sequoia Capital, the world's pre-eminent venture capital firm. With offices in Palo Alto, London and Buenos Aires, we've got lots of smart, fun and interesting people working here.In fact, there's only one thing we're really missing:You.So check us out, and if the problems we're tackling sound interesting to you… let's talk!

On-site Recruiter for a leading Staffing Agency at a Custom Printing Production Facility.---------------------------------• Performed high-volume full-cycle recruiting of over 20 candidates per week individually, contributing to over 500 hires total for the team.• Identified, screened, interviewed, and placed these candidates within appropriate departments at the Zazzle manufacturing facility.• Managed contractor issues such as pay discrepancies, attendance documentation, and employee terminations on daily basis.

As a Personal Stylist for J.Crew, I was expected to exceed the demands of this high level in-store sales position. I focused on not only reaching my sales goals but also maintaining an extensive client base of shoppers. Of course, I utilized every bit of my fashion knowledge on a daily basis but also made that extra effort for my most loyal clients.My fashion expertise, loyal client network, and competitive edge made me a very strong stylist. I was constantly recognized for being the highest grossing per-hour sales person in my home store with an average sales of over $1,000 per hour over my four years of employment.

I rang up purchases at the cash register and helped clients with their purchases. I also performed daily opening tasks such as vacuuming and general cleaning.