I am building a talent network of human resource and talent acquisition professionals for our portfolio of companies. If you are interested in being a part of the network and hearing about opportunities at various start-ups please feel free to contact me at eric@a16z.comAndreessen Horowitz (known as "a16z") is a venture capital firm in Silicon Valley, California, that backs bold entrepreneurs building the future through technology. We are stage agnostic: We invest in seed to late-stage technology companies, across the consumer, enterprise, games, bio+healthcare, crypto, and fintech spaces. a16z has $33.3B in assets under management across multiple funds, including the $2.9B Bio funds, the $7.6B Crypto funds, and the Cultural Leadership Fund.

Providing staffing support for Blue Coat's IT organization. Actively recruiting for Project Managers (Oracle EBS & Siebel CRM), Oracle Developers (Oracle Manufacturing & Order-to-Cash), Sr. Manager, IT - Customer Support, Sr. Network Administrator, and Audio/Video Helpdesk

Supporting Marketing Operations and Corporate Strategy. Actively recruiting for Director of Customer Insight & Predictive, Director of Public Relations, Manager - Statistical Modeling, Product Managers, and Web Analytics

Responsible for developing and driving the recruiting strategy to address the worldwide talent acquisition needs at all levels of the company. Daily interface with the senior leadership team across all functions (Engineering, Sales, Finance, Global Services, HR and IT). Managed all aspects of worldwide staffing including Professional Staffing, HR Staffing Systems, Contingent workforce, Immigration, and University Relations.

I’m responsible for the building and execution of an effective diversity recruitment strategy for engineering and non-engineering professionals for Apple Computer, Inc.

Supported multiple teams across the studio addressing their art hiring needs such as: UI Artists, Environment Artists, Character Artists, Animators, Lighters, Technical Artists, and Art Directors.

Responsible for providing leadership, direction and strategy for a staffing team of 13 supporting Cisco Systems IT organization. Provide coaching and mentorship to recruiters, sourcers, and employment coordinators on handling the following issues: Client management, candidate management, priority setting, expectation setting, development of consulting skills, sourcing, offer negotiation, and process improvements.•Interfaced at all levels of the IT organization, CIO, VP’s, Directors and line Managers.•Established an effective remote sourcing/recruiting model.•Present quarterly operations reviews detailing hiring metrics.•Developed staffing strategy which entails resource allocation.•Assimilation of new IT managers to the staffing process.•Developed an offer guideline toolkit for hiring managers to utilize when leveling candidates and to ensure offer consistency.