Talent Acquisition leader with 10 years of experience guiding high-growth companies through critical hiring and organizational scaling. Strong track record of identifying exceptional talent across diverse verticals, building recruiting systems that scale, and influencing culture and team design from early-stage through maturity. Committed to enabling sustainable growth and contributing strategic recruiting expertise to a dynamic, mission-driven organization.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Founding Recruiter
Savvy Wealth (Series B Startup)
05.2025 - Current
Founded and scaled the recruiting function from zero, establishing the company’s talent acquisition strategy, processes, and infrastructure during a period of hypergrowth.
Partnered with the CEO and executives to define workforce planning, organizational design, and leadership hiring; critical to Series B expansion.
Built and led the company’s first recruiting framework; implementing Ashby, structured interview design, candidate experience programs, and data-driven dashboards, reducing time-to-hire and improving quality-of-hire.
Led senior and mission-critical searches and consistently closed high-caliber talent across technical and business roles.
Produced foundational documentation, playbooks, and systems to support future People and Talent expansion.
Strengthened organizational effectiveness by advising executives on team design, compensation models, and headcount priorities.
Developed recruiting dashboards that provided executives with clear insight into hiring needs and organizational design.
Championed a culture of hiring excellence by coaching executives and managers on talent strategy, structured interviewing, and inclusive hiring practices.
Head of Talent Acquisition
Zealthy (Seed Stage Startup)
12.2023 - 05.2025
First and sole full-time recruiter and employee #5 for a hypergrowth startup in the telemedicine industry.
Developed and implemented recruitment strategies from 0-1 aligned with growth objectives by working directly with the CEO & other leadership to understand hiring needs and providing strategic recruitment insights.
Established and built out our hiring processes, interview protocols, and onboarding procedures by actively sourcing top talent through various channels and solely managing the end-to-end recruitment process.
Spearheaded candidate onboarding, streamlining the process to ensure a seamless transition for new hires while providing training and resources to ensure their quick integration into the company culture and workflow.
Manage 3 contract recruiters to ensure efficiency within the recruiting department who hire 10+ contractors on a weekly basis.
Senior Talent Acquisition Partner
Capital Rx (Series E Startup)
09.2022 - 10.2023
Collaborated with Hiring Managers across various departments (both on the technical and business side) to discuss departmental staffing requirements.
Managed internal ATS to ensure data integrity and compliance with federal regulations, including OFCCP compliance.
Designed and implemented a structured process that focused on reducing bias in recruitment and increasing the diversity of our workforce.
Managed 2 Talent Acquisition specialists to ensure efficiency within the People operations department during a period of growth.
Drove innovative sourcing and pipelining strategies to attract a diverse pool of qualified candidates, to find and engage the best talent in the market for current and long-term pipelining needs.
Conducted weekly touch-point and after-hire follow-ups with Hiring Managers and teams to determine the effectiveness of the pipeline, quality of candidates, and other outreach and recruiting efforts.
Senior Technical Talent Acquisition Recruiter
InterQuest Group (Agency)
04.2019 - 09.2022
Managed full life-cycle recruiting for Software Engineers, Product/Project Managers, UX/UI Designers, and other technical roles at varying levels of experience.
2021 Top Delivery Consultant Winner for InterQuest US.
Developed and executed fully comprehensive sourcing plans, analyzing requirements to determine target profile needs and matches.
Managed and trained 3 new hires, teaching them best practices on recruiting, using our internal ATS, and guiding them through their candidates’ process.
Interviewed candidates combining various methods including structured interviews, technical assessments, and behavioral questions.
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