kevin@nextpower.ioI am passionate about building and scaling companies with a focus on innovation, growth, and sustainability. With strong interest & investment in Green-tech, Peopletech, Climate-tech, and Sustainability. I’ve been trusted by top venture firms such as NEA, Google Ventures, Sequoia, and Norwest to help drive growth and execution across a range of industries.I specialize in building foundational teams in Sales, People, Engineering, and Executive leadership, having scaled employee growth at leading companies like Meta, Pandora, Reddit, and Udemy. My expertise lies in developing People strategies for companies ranging from Series A to IPO, with a proven track record of executing on growth strategy while maintaining a strong focus on culture and process.As the founder of a human capital consulting firm, I successfully built the business from the ground up, acquired services, and developed a recognized brand that thrives today. I am now seeking to partner with executive teams to shape and implement growth strategies that drive sustainable, scalable success.
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CeoNextpower Jul 2014 - PresentSan Francisco, Ca, UsNextPower is a full service Human Capital firm ready to support every stage of your team’s evolution. Our consultants have deep experience in all aspects of the employee journey, from deveolping employee growth strategy, to People Management to Off Boarding services. We drive success throughout your business’s lifecycle from first hire to after exit. -
Practice DirectorKinkor Consulting Mar 2014 - PresentSan Carlos, Ca, UsKinkor Consulting, a NextPower company, is a different kind of talent partner, with embedded recruiting solution supporting high-growth companies and startups in the technology sector and beyond. Our approach is empathetic, thoughtful, strategic with determination for executional excellence. We partner with our clients to focus on Talent Function Optimization (TFO) and execute this plan via our network of top recruiting professionals or training the existing staff. Ultimately we strive for our clients to meet their business objectives and derive great satisfaction from their success. -
Equity AdvisorPeopletech Partners Jan 2017 - PresentSan Francisco, California, UsPeopleTech Partners is the leading community for Emerging HR Technology and knowledge share for People experts in the Tech space. As a member of due diligence committee, I play a role in selecting portfolio companies as well as advise startups on their product. http://peopletechpartners.com/ -
Founding MemberPeopletech Talent Jan 2023 - PresentSan Francisco Bay Area, UsPeopletech Talent focuses on growth companies that are looking for access to top tier talent professionals for the purpose of product advisement and business development opportunities. As a Founding Member, I facilitate and drive selection of growth companies and the collective groups knowledge sharing. -
Vice President Of Talent Acquisition & People OperationsBrightedge Feb 2012 - Jan 2015Foster City, Ca, UsBuild Talent Acquisition & People strategy as well as Executive Recruiting (CFO & Sales) for a company that scaled from 30 employees to 300. During my tenure, I worked with executives to align on hiring & talent management versus business need. Initiatives:Collaborated with cross functional stakeholders on employer brand, effective interviewing strategies, metrics based decisions and honing success profiles based on employee performance.Built Total Rewards and Employee Experience program to retain our top performers.Expanded on University Recruiting efforts to represent 30% of our hiring. Worked with executives to build training programs for university hires.Spearheaded and drove Executive HiringResults:7x Revenue Growth10x Employee Growth8x University Hiring growth across both sales and engineering. Hiring rate dropped from 5 interviews to a hire down to 3 to 1 Recruiting costs dropped by 50% due to process and execution internally -
Senior Director Of Talent AcquisitionPandora Jan 2011 - Feb 2012Oakland, Ca, UsHired to build out hiring function from Headcount Planning through Onboarding as well as Executive Recruiting (CPO)Initiatives: Partner with executives to identify talent gaps, build interviewing process, advise on compensation, establish onboarding procedure and train staff on processSelect and implement Tools for Headcount, HRIS, Compensation, ATS and SourcingMaintain and establish communication between departments to drive work productivity and efficienciesAcquire Talent to build out the 2.0 version of Pandora in mobile, desktop and adsResults:Hit milestones to IPO2x Employee Growth (300 to 600) Redesigned Recruiting function to increase monthly hires from 5 to 30+Managed to hire the recruiting team out of a job! -
Senior Recruiting Consultant (Contractor)Facebook Jan 2010 - Dec 2010Led fixed term project (1 Year) to scale Recruiting & People Function. Equally led executive searches in the People function.Initiatives:Build out sourcing strategy for Recruiting for Recruiters (R4R)Hire for Business Partner & People Leadership as well as Recruiting personnel Results:Collaborated with Recruiting Project Team to scale Recruiting team from 80 to 160 in 5 monthsHired Senior Leaders into HR Business Partner and People Leadership -
Director Talent Acquisition & People OperationsSeiler Llp Dec 2007 - Dec 2009Redwood City, Ca, UsHired to redesign & manage recruiting function (Experienced & University), lead Talent Management for Professional Services personnel and hire at Executive level (Partners)Initiatives:Talent Mapping for experience professional services personnel across our ecosystem, ranging from SMB to Enterprise level firmsCompensation Leveling to adhere to top talent market for both experience and university hiresDrive Talent deployment during busy seasonsResults:100% efficiency from staffing levels to business performanceHired staff that have moved into partner roles with the firm2x hiring success rate for University Recruiting75% Cost of Hire by moving Recruiting function in-house vs agency dependent. -
Senior Manager, Talent Acquisition & PeopleCsaa Dec 2004 - Dec 2007Walnut Creek, Ca, UsHired to lead Recruiting and HR Business Partner initiativesInitiatives:Managed the recruitment team for their Sales & Marketing organizationDeveloped sourcing strategies across many business lines (both tech and non-tech) to build pipeline for organizationAdvised leaders and hiring managers on compensation and candidate market opportunities for various marketsCollaborated with Insurance Leadership on headcount planningResults:Reduced open Sales headcount from a rotating 30 openings to less than 5Developed a community in each market to drop Day To Hire from 120 days to 45.
Kevin Kinkor Education Details
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Menlo CollegeManagement And Operations -
Palos Verdes Peninsula High SchoolNone
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Kevin Kinkor attended Menlo College, Palos Verdes Peninsula High School.
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