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Providing strategic recruitment and consulting services to VC-backed Seed to Series B start-ups.Examples of Roles Filled:- Seed, AI: Founding ML/AI Engineer (NLP)- Series D, Fintech: Frontend Engineer - Series D, Fintech: Sr. Frontend Engineer- Series D, Fintech: Sr. Frontend Engineer

Seed stage VC backing the most Audacious Founders building B2B SaaSSupporting Audacious Ventures' portfolio of founders and helping them assemble their foundational engineering teams! Primarily working on Founding and niche engineering roles for Seed to Series B companies.I was hired to build out Audacious Venture's Engineering Talent program and recruitment offering from 0-1. Examples of Roles Filled: - Pre-Seed, AI: Founding Frontend Engineer - Pre-Seed, AI: Founding Fullstack Engineer - Seed, Devtool: Founding Frontend Engineer - Seed, EdTech: Fullstack Engineer (#3)- Series B, AI: Lead, Backend Storage Engineer- Series B, AI: ML Engineer- Series B, SAAS Authentication: Backend Engineer- Series B, SAAS Authentication: Fullstack EngineerNakul Mandan (Founder/Partner @ Audacious) on the The Peel Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joE_rxa3MjQ

First Associate, Technical Sourcer to be promoted at Datadog. Roles aligned to: Backend Generalist/Fullstack EngineersDistributed Systems EngineersLearning more about Data Engineering and Data Science roles/profiles.

Became the first Associate Sourcer at Datadog. Officially moving to a full-time Sourcing function after 3 months of a hybrid role. Roles aligned to: Backend Generalist/Fullstack EngineersDistributed Systems Engineers• Continued to gain technical depth and knowledge base around distributed systems engineering and DS profiles along with general engineering and Datadog team specific expertise. • Performing Linkedin InMail/email outreaches • Performing initial recruiter screens of candidates, feedback calls, and moving candidates through the first half of the engineering recruiting process. • Record keeping of candidate details, notes, and follow-up reminders• Trained new members of the tech Sourcing organization (higher level peers, team lead, and manager) on Datadog sourcing/recruiting best practices, workflow, and tools.• Hosted/performed learning sessions, presentations, and office hours in relation to sourcing workflow and the inter-woven usage of Linkedin Recruiter + Eightfold + Greenhouse at Datadog.• Designed/architected, organized, and published a Confluence resource library housing material, tools, and documentation in regards to the tech Sourcing organization. The project was managed by the team lead and other sourcers contributed to the gathering of materials.

Sourcing:• Sourced, screened, and interviewed TC candidates (3 offer extends/2 hires from sourcing).• 3 months into TC2 role, took initiative to seek training/learnings in regards to technical sourcing.• Started side sourcing projects to support recruiters in developing pipelines and candidate outreach• Roles sourced for: Frontend, Product Design, Recruiting Coordinator.• 1 Offer Extend during unofficial training phase. • 9 months into TC2 role (last 3 months), performed a half coordination half sourcer role.• Received official training from Recruiting Managers and experienced Sourcer on sourcing function, workflow, and candidate/team profiles.• Roles sourced for: Backend, Fullstack, and Distributed Systems engineering.• Used Boolean strings on Linkedin Recruiter and Google X-Ray Search to source candidates.• Performed email/InMail outreaches and initial screenings of engineering candidates. • 1 Offer Extend + Hire during official dual-role phase.Coordination:• Continued the aforementioned duties listed under Technical Coordinator.• Trained new TCs on tech recruiting workflows and tools (Greenhouse, Airtable, Goodtime, etc.). • Mentored more junior TCs, performing weekly/bi-weekly 1-1s. • Performed individual and group training sessions for new TCs, recruiters, and sourcers regarding best practices, tools, and TC processes.• Contributed to the building of an Interviewer handbook with other TCs, specifically working on the Product Design and Frontend Engineering portions.• Consulted TC leadership and Recruiting Operations in the procurement and implementation of the GoodTime tool.

At Datadog the Technical Coordinator (TC) is a Recruiting Coordinator aligned to the Engineering organization. Roles aligned to: Engineering - Backend, Frontend, Full-stackProduct DesignEngineering LeadershipEngineering R4R • Scheduled Zoom interviews/meetings for North America engineering using Greenhouse and GoodTime• Was the sole TC supporting Product Design and Frontend roles.• Was the sole TC for R4R & Engineering Leadership role for a quarter each. • Coordinated technical take home grading between candidates and graders• Generated and amended Offer Letters for entry to executive level US and CAN candidates.• Leveraged Airtable, Greenhouse, and Google Sheets to keep/audit interviewer & candidate data.• Drafted and implemented improvements to email/communication templates for the TC team.• Partnered with other TCs to carry out the engineering interviewer training program.• Defined and amended the Product Design interview training program and established qualifiers in collaboration with the Head of PD and PD Managers

Supported coordination for the Executive Search Team, while simultaneously maintaining the duties of Recruiting Coordination Specialist.• Expanded collaboration with executive assistants and executive recruiting leaders. • Generated and handled briefing documents prior to interviews. • Handled confidential candidate information and interview logistics.• Conducted recruiting coordinator candidate interviews and gave feedback in debrief meetings resulting in hires.

Roles aligned to:Engineering Leadership (Executive) - San Francisco (March 2020- April 2020)Post Sales - New York, Toronto, and Chicago (February 2020- May 2020)Pre-Sales - New York, Toronto, and Chicago (February 2020- March 2021)Post Sales - Vancouver and San Francisco (September 2020-March 2021)University Recruiting - USA (October 2020-March 2021)• Engaged in sourcing, interviewing, and debriefing on new Recruiting Coordinator (RC) candidates.• Trained newly hired RCs in use of ATS (Greenhouse), scheduling software (Goodtime), scheduling workflow, and contract generation (Docusign). • Presented cross functional playbooks to internal partners how to effectively partner with the RC team.• Trained in Sourcing (search boolean string strategy on Linkedin Recruiter, evaluating candidate profiles, getting acquainted to the roles/departments, and shadowing recruiter screens/post roundtables).• Training to take on Executive Recruiting RC function (more confidentiality and briefing documents). • Participated in a diversity pipeline generation sourcing project for sales recruiting.• Continued duties under the previous title of Recruiting Coordinator.

Roles aligned to:Product, Design, and Engineering - New York and Toronto (March 2019- Sept 2019)Post Sales - New York, Toronto, and Chicago (March 2019- February 2020)Pre-Sales - New York, Toronto, and Chicago (Aug 2019- February 2020)• Owned the scheduling of phone, Zoom, and onsite interviews for all Sales and Engineering roles sitting in New York.• Coordinated the sending, grading, and submission of coding exercises for NYC engineering candidates.• Provided quality candidate experience from first point of contact (email) all the way to onsite greets, breaks, and walkouts for interviews and meetings.• Booked candidate and new hire travel accommodations through TripActions system. • Drafted and edited Offer Letters for Ireland, Canada, and US. • Supported recruiters in different time zones, and coordinated interviews for HMs, recruiters, and candidates across EMEA, North America, and APAC.• Audited employee data from Workday and Greenhouse leveraging Excel/Google sheets. • Project managed a month long revamp (format) and update (data) of engineering interview spreadsheet to improve tracking interviewer training and interview load balancing. Assigning tasks to 4 other RCs in collaboration with recruiters, the Chief of Staff to the CTO, and Engineering HMs. Presented final product in training sessions.• Created a NYC Sales interview tracker spreadsheet in response to feedback from HMs on interview burn out and scheduling painpoints.• Created and provided a training on the Greenhouse ATS for incoming RCs.

Recruiting Operations Team Support • Assist the Recruiting team by scheduling candidate interviews through Google Calendar and Greenhouse ATS for Engineering, Product, Marketing, Sales and Operations teams.• Book candidate travel arrangements for flight and hotels via TripActions system.• Shadowed Recruiting Manager on candidate phone interviews to understand rolerequirements, interview processes and team structures.• Discuss candidate profiles with Recruiting Managers to gauge fit, level of experienceand skill set.• Exposure to Linkedin Recruiter to learn basic sourcing techniques through the use offilters and boolean strings.Venues (Product & Data) Intern• Harmonized Foursquare venues (data) to real world locations through research and manual curations. • Increased location accuracy/coverage in Foursquare’s database pipeline by cleaning data chains.• Supported the engineering team in improving internal machine learning tools through evaluation andprototype testings.• Audited and organized Foursquare venue data upon the requests of business partners and clientsseeking location-based data for research, analysis, and business purposes.• Provided customer/user service through internal ticketing software.

• Provided customer service at the point of sale and guest interaction during the brewing process.• Prepared and served drinks to cafe’s quality standards in a fast paced, high pressure environment. • Contributed to the overall work flow of the cafe through restocking, inventory management, maintaining cleanliness, and balancing the cash drawer in collaboration with other baristas.• Provided expertise, explanation, and recommendations to customers about drinks, merchandise, andcoffee beans.

An international design association based in Seoul, South Korea, that holds conferences and publishes works. I have remotely freelanced for this association.•Edited content written by professors and designers for pamphlets and books distributed at a design conference and events held in Seoul, South Korea. •Ran spell and grammar checks, and assisted in sentence structure, word choice, and translation.

During my senior year at NYU I began to dream, plan, and save for a solo vision backpacking trip to provide myself space to really meditate on my past and future as I entered what others termed "the real world". In the lead up to the trip I reached out to my social/professional/academic/religious network to raise funds and gain advice from peers and those who have gone before me. I also worked extra hours at my part-time job, sold photography prints, and performed photoshoots in addition to the donations. •Garnered invaluable socio-cultural and personal experiences that have shaped my perspective/attitude.•Expanded my creative bandwidth by creating written and photographic content.•Freelanced as a content editor for KSBDA. •Networked with creatives and strangers abroad. •Learned to excel in constantly changing settings through times of uncertainty and instability.

•Assisted in daily office duties (filing, copying, scanning, mailing) often involving the handling of confidential information.•Performed online research and updated electronic contact lists, Excel sheets, and faculty schedule. •Supported supervisors in executing events such as graduation ceremonies, dental symposiums, and tests.

State museum of ethnography and culture. Known as the Museum Five Continents in English. Working with the Education, Social Media, and Collections department as the museums inaugural intern for an international program that started after my term was over.•performed research of educational departments of other museums and programs in Europe and America•created content for the museum's social media pages: Facebook, Instagram, TripAdvisor•handled and logged ancient/fragile artifacts in the collections department, requiring much care and attention to detail •performed historical research in the museum's library

•Performed administrative duties using Google documents and Excel spread sheets- updating directories, data storing, event planning, and ministry logistics. •Taught small groups and bible studies working with middle school students, integrating myself into their lives. •Collaborated with pastors and other interns to plan and execute annual retreats and conferences for 250 to 300 students.

A national museum sponsored by the Korean government to educate citizens and visitors in the history of Korea through its military lineage. •Led tours of the museum for foreign guests ranging from casual visitors/tourists, war veterans, active U.S. troops on duty in Korea, international professors, and political figures in both groups and one-on-one settings. •Collaborated with employers, government programs, and other docents to perform guest relation services. Some of these experiences include setting up and assisting at events, ceremonies, and tours.