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Los Altos, Ca, Us

Specializing in implementation of end-to-end Talent Acquisition function, organizational planning and hiring for startups. Generating and managing the pipeline for your key roles, and compressing your time-to-hire.Pipeline Development• Identify key positions, headcount and hiring prioritization• Define target talent and design sourcing plan• Implement Diversity & Inclusion hiring strategies• Build, scale and manage University Recruiting programs• Foster relationships with Women in Technology, LGBTQ, BIPOC and other diversity-focused organizations• Set repeatable metrics-based review of candidate quality• Shorten time-to-hire through use of best practices and robust internal processes• Implement adaptive recruiting model that can be throttled or expanded based on market conditions & prioritiesTalent Brand inception and curation• Design and construct company Careers pages• Establish and curate online presence (Careers Page, Linked In, Glassdoor, Indeed, Comparably, other social media)• Define Core Values & Company Mission statements• Ensure consistent messaging across all social platforms and company materials• Extend Social Presence: Influence writing of engineering blogs, recommend executive speaking engagements and event attendancePlatform Selection and Management• Applicant Tracking System (ATS) recommendation, review, selection and negotiation• Glassdoor negotiation and page management• Linked In page creation and curation• ATS/Careers page integrationRecruiting Process development and training• Implementation of Interview processes, goals and behaviors best practices• Interviewer and Manager training• Job Posting design and management• Compensation and benefits planning based on market and competitive analysesTalent Acquisition Team planning, hiring and training• Define plan and timeline to scale internal recruiting team• Hire and train Recruiting Coordinators, Recruiters, Sourcers and Head of Talent

Los Altos, Ca, Us

The Right Resource is a staffing firm servicing a wide range of Bay Area & national clients. Founded with the goal of helping early-stage startups fill critical roles quickly, TRR quickly grew to serve companies in all stages, from launch through Fortune 100. Specializing in senior/lead engineers, managers, directors, VP- and C-level candidates across Enterprise, Consumer, SaaS and IoT, our mission is to help companies become fully staffed with the right people while adhering to the highest standards of customer service. As the Founder & Principal leading the team, my responsibilities include:• Building & maintaining relationships with founders and executives at early-stage companies to help plan and execute recruiting & hiring strategies• Assisting clients in building robust internal talent acquisition teams• Maintaining & servicing Preferred Vendor relationships with Fortune 100 and other established, public companies• Authoring and managing corporate business strategy while concurrently acting as lead point of contact for all client relationships• Hiring & managing internal Account Managers & Technical Recruiters; leading & mentoring employeesAccomplishments:• Guided company through 15 years of positive growth, maintaining a balance of 80% startup clientele and 20% large-company clientele• Developed & Managed long-term key accounts, many of whom have been clients for 10+ years• Managed top-performing sales force. Responsible for all hiring & training of employees• Generated $2,000,000 in revenues in first year, starting from scratch, during post-dotcom technology industry recession.

A success-based accelerator and funding vehicle for early stage technology startups

Sunnyvale, Ca, Us

As Head of Recruiting for Clover, I was tasked with establishing and curating Clover’s talent brand, hiring and managing a distributed recruiting team and working with Clover leadership to craft the long-term strategies that allowed Clover to grow from 80 to more 500 employees in only 2.5 years. Since 2017, Clover has gained widespread recognition in the marketplace as an employment destination, having successfully added nearly 400 Engineering, Product and Operations employees across 4 US & 2 international locations.About Clover:Clover is the operating system for small business. We design & manufacture beautiful hardware and software for payments and point-of-sale, built on our open platform that enables innovation in the physical world of commerce.We’ve shipped over 1,000,000 devices, our gross payment processing volume is larger than nearly all payment startups you’ve heard of, and we've helped more than 300 apps get traction in the challenging SMB space through our independent developer network.

Oakland, California, Us

As VP Talent at thredUP, my mission was to build superb engineering, marketing, product & recruiting teams, develop and champion an extraordinary company culture, and build a respected and enduring talent brand.About thredUP:thredUP, based in San Francisco, is the leading online shop for buying and selling like-new women’s and kids’ clothing. thredUP was founded in 2009 and has raised more than $50 million in funding from top-tier VCs Highland Capital Partners, Redpoint Ventures, Trinity Ventures and Upfront Ventures.Accomplishments:• Worked with executive team to develop headcount & budget plans to match company’s 300% YoY growth rate• As a team of one in 2015, performed all aspects of sourcing, recruiting, scheduling, managing interviews, creating & managing offers, closing and onboarding candidates• Grew company from 48 FTE to 121 FTE in 18 months, with involvement & input on every hire• Sourced & hired critical Executive-level talent (VP Customer Success, VP Corporate Controller, VP Merchandising)• Hired to a level that resulted in a stable 40-person eCommerce Engineering, Operations Engineering and Data Science team• Hired across the board in both Engineering (Operations & eCommerce) and G&A (Marketing, Finance, Product, Creative)• Mentored new managers on how to assess candidates, interview effectively, and manage offer, hiring and onboarding processes.• Hired staff to augment high-volume recruiting efforts at 4 national Distribution Center facilities. Each facility runs 2 daily shifts, and together account for 600+ employees• Sourced & hired junior-level Sourcers & Recruiters to support Engineering & G&A

On-site recruiter for Caw Networks, makers of a breakthrough network testing device, through their rapid growth startup period. Helped Caw grow their engineering team from 20 to 80, up to & beyond their acquisition by Spirent Communications in 2001.

PSW3 was a specialty staffing & project outsourcing organization dedicated to Financial markets. Managed key projects for Visa.

Senior Account Manager in the contract staffing industry. Sold & managed $10M in services annually from 1997 - 2000. Promoted to Branch Manager in 1999. Managed 6 salesperson/recruiter teams as well as daily operations. Responsible for $30M in annual revenue.

Junior Recruiter and Junior Account Manager for contract technical placement. Supported Senior Account Managers and sourced new business for the company. Also served as intern during the summer of 1993.

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