George Sleiman
Brentwood,CA
Summary
AI Technical Recruiter with 18 years of extensive expertise in global talent recruitment and sourcing, supporting engineering, product, design, security, AI & ML from interns to principal level architects and executive search. Demonstrated success in developing and leading recruitment functions, optimizing processes, and achieving aggressive hiring and diversity goals. Power user of AI tools, Juicebox, Ashby, Greenhouse, Lever, GEM ATS, analytics, and sequencing, creating and driving innovative global sourcing strategies, and an expert at process optimization, with a track record of significantly improving hiring efficiency and candidate quality.
Overview
28
28
years of professional experience
Work History
Lead Technical Recruiter (Engineering/Product/Design/Leadership)
Supio
San Francisco Bay Area
09.2025 - Current
- Partnered with founders and hiring teams to optimize recruitment processes across the company.
- Sole full cycle recruiter for product design, product management, AI related roles, and all engineering roles in Seattle and San Francisco.
- Contributed to establishing the new San Francisco office and presence while managing headcount and prioritization.
- Developed sourcing strategies and improved candidate experience through effective use of ATS and data reporting.
Founding Recruiter
TollBit
New York, United States
02.2025 - 03.2026
- Partnered with visionary leaders to shape the future of content monetization in the AI era.
- Primary full cycle recruiter supporting all Partnership, Marketing, CS, and Product roles.
- Built and optimized the entire recruiting process, ensuring a scalable approach to talent acquisition.
- Implemented an Applicant Tracking System to enhance hiring workflows and candidate experience.
- Advised the founding team on talent strategy and organizational design to foster a high-performing culture.
Founding Recruiter
Arcade.dev
San Francisco, CA
08.2025 - 02.2026
- Partnered with the founding team to recruit across engineering, GTM, marketing, and product roles.
- Successfully doubled the company size in under six months through strategic hiring.
- Developed comprehensive recruiting processes and built out the Ashby instance for streamlined operations.
- Created a compensation philosophy and owned all sourcing strategies to attract top talent.
Founding Recruiter
Udio
New York, United States
08.2024 - 10.2025
- Partnered directly with founders David Ding and Andrew Sanchez to lead hiring for Machine Learning Engineers, ML Researchers, Product Engineers, Product Designers, and Product Managers at all levels - including successfully hiring the Head of Product in the first month, the majority of Product Designers and Engineers, and the entire ML research and engineering team.
- Hired 30 highly specialized team members in 8 months (90% based in New York) during the transition from seed stage (17 employees) to Series A - each with niche audio domain expertise, significantly increasing the challenge and selectivity of hires.
- Collaborated closely with a16z partners to identify, map, and engage top-tier ML research talent in alignment with company vision and tech strategy.
- Built the recruiting function from the ground up in the absence of existing infrastructure by implementing Greenhouse ATS, creating all job descriptions, launching LinkedIn job posts and Entelo sourcing workflows, developing the company careers page, and defining the interview process and best practices.
- Established and promoted the talent brand, training the full team on recruitment tools and processes to ensure consistency and operational rigor.
- Reported directly to Andrew Sanchez, driving the operational discipline that supported multiple successful product launches, numerous feature enhancements, and LLM model optimizations post-hiring.
- Advising and scaling an AI startup while marrying my passion for music and drumming!
Principal Recruiter
OpenGov Inc.
San Francisco, California, United States
05.2022 - 08.2024
- Manage full-cycle recruitment globally across Engineering, GTM, and Leadership roles - from sourcing to offer acceptance - reporting directly to SVP of Talent, Frank Han.
- Designed and implemented all operational documentation and process re-architecture to prepare the company for acquisition and rapid scale. Deliverables included intake forms, SLA frameworks for recruiters, coordinators, and hiring managers, recruiter talk tracks, Google Drive organizational structure, and reference guides.
- Consistently exceeded hiring targets (goal: 4/month; achieved: 6-8/month), sourcing and hiring 73 employees to date without agency support.
- Owned creation, optimization, and publication of all job descriptions, collaborating with HR and hiring managers to ensure accuracy and market alignment.
- Innovated the use of video job descriptions featuring hiring managers and leaders to showcase roles, culture, and leadership style - boosting candidate response rates by 58% and reducing time-to-fill by 42%.
- Hiring sources breakdown: 82% direct sourced, 10% employee referrals, 8% inbound applicants.
- Built AI & Machine Learning teams from the ground up - successfully hiring 32 engineers, scientists, and researchers.
- Led transformation of the Talent Acquisition function into a data-driven operation: extracted recruiting data from Lever into Domo, established key hiring metrics, delivered weekly reports and narrative insights to leadership.
- Streamlined interview processes by consolidating 20+ interview stages into 8 across the company, enabling consistent reporting and improved candidate experience.
- Trained and mentored recruiters on Lever optimization, advanced LinkedIn sourcing, Boolean search strategies, leveraging AI for recruitment, and maximizing the efficiency of the TA tech stack.
- Facilitated weekly collaborative sourcing sessions with hiring managers and recruiters to refine pipelines and alignment.
Global Director of Talent Acquisition / Principal Recruitment
TripActions
Palo Alto, California, United States
01.2020 - 05.2022
- Joined as the first recruiter for R&D during the pandemic, partnering with Co-Founder Ilan to scale engineering for Liquid, a Travel and Fintech product, before being promoted to Head of Recruiting, growing the team to 35 globally.
- Built Israeli, UK, and Netherlands R&D teams from scratch in just 3 months, delivering rapid global talent deployment.
- Reported directly to Co-Founder Ilan and the CFO.
- Founded and scaled the first AI/ML team, successfully hiring 58 researchers, scientists, and engineers.
- Revitalized global Talent Acquisition by rebuilding engineering, product, UX, security, IT, and data teams, boosting engineering hires by 30% during pandemic constraints.
- Directed global hiring processes, reducing time-to-hire by 20% and improving cross-functional collaboration by 15%.
- Mentored 35+ talent acquisition professionals, including 6 Senior Managers, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and operational excellence.
- Established and led global sourcing using Gem sequences and analytics, increasing candidate response rates by 40%.
- Spearheaded a Glassdoor reputation improvement initiative, increasing positive reviews and enhancing employer brand visibility.
Lead Technical Recruiter
Looker
Santa Cruz, California, United States
05.2017 - 12.2020
- Founding and sole technical recruiter/sourcer for Looker, managing end-to-end hiring across Engineering, Product, Design, and Security functions.
- Personally sourced and hired nearly 300 professionals across EPD&S through referrals, targeted sourcing, social media campaigns, university recruitment, SOBO campaigns, and Lever/Entelo - including 62 hires from Hired.com alone.
- Delivered weekly funnel metric reports to all supported hiring managers, ensuring real-time visibility and alignment.
- Trained hiring managers on interview best practices, Lever ATS, and LinkedIn Recruiter sourcing techniques.
- Partnered with Finance and HRBPs in weekly headcount reconciliation meetings to ensure hiring progress matched business goals.
- Re-architected the entire recruiting process and elevated the candidate interview experience, serving as primary lead for all DEI recruiting initiatives.
- Designed and launched Looker's sourcing practice/program from the ground up, enabling the company to meet aggressive hiring and diversity goals.
- Contributed to company growth leading to Google Cloud's acquisition of Looker, and remained for an additional year as a Google FTC to accelerate vesting and manage a smooth transition.
Lead Technical Recruiter
Coursera
Mountain View, California, United States
03.2016 - 05.2017
- Spearheaded technical recruitment initiatives, establishing a scalable and efficient talent acquisition foundation across Engineering, Product, and Design (EPD).
- Joined as the sole technical recruiter and promoted to Lead Recruiter, ultimately managing a team of five recruiters and two sourcers.
- Directed hiring of 127 professionals across EPD, with 70% sourced, 20% inbound, and 10% referrals, meeting aggressive growth targets.
- Led recruitment for new graduate and intern programs, owning strategy and execution end-to-end.
- Reduced time-to-hire by 48% through process improvements, data-driven strategies, and innovative pipelines.
- Developed new recruitment processes that increased productivity and efficiency across all EPD hiring.
- Oversaw and reported all recruiting metrics, pipeline performance, and progress updates to leadership and business teams.
- Led recruitment for the company's newest offering, Coursera for Business, from launch to scaling.
- Doubled the size of the AI/ML, Product, Design, and Engineering organizations, working closely with Andrew Ng to establish Coursera's AI teams.
Founding Recruiter
DocuSign, Inc.
San Francisco Bay Area
11.2012 - 11.2015
- Joined when we were 300 employees and saw massive growth throughout my tenor there. Started as the first recruiter and built out the function while recruiting for all disciplines full time.
Senior Technical Recruiter
LinkedIn
San Francisco Bay Area
02.2009 - 11.2012
- Everything Technical Recruiting, oh and I am the founding drummer for the Linkedin Band 'Next Play'.
Senior Technical Recruiter
Robert Half Technology
San Jose, California
11.2006 - 02.2009
- Successfully managed my own book of business during an economic recession essentially sourcing my own clients and job orders, negotiated contracts, then sourced and closed candidates for over 35 clients in the bay area and was able to double Robert Half Technical's revenue in my first year.
- Promoted to a leadership role in 2007 in parallel to my primary duty as a full cycle recruiter, and hired, trained and mentored a team of 4 technical recruiters and was still able to maintain my performance ranking as being the top 10 performing recruiters worldwide for Robert Half International.
Senior Technical Program Manager
Opsource inc - Acquired by Dimension Data in 2011
Santa Clara
01.2005 - 10.2006
- Main POC for ISV's who are wanting to host in the SAAS arena- Gathered requirements, procured hardware, setup staging environment, and got them to go live- Full Cycle.
- Turned up 30 accounts, and was the main rep for 15 clients like BMC, Blue Martini, Etology, Amp'd Mobile, MS, Firepond etc.
- Lead and directed project teams Globally ' Follow the Sun Model'.
- Managed expectations in regards to day-to-day execution of projects and changes including resource management.
- Maintained a best practice project management methodology that promotes: communication, organization, role clarity, and risk mitigation.
- Created and assessed project plans and objectives and executing as needed to stay within cost, quality, and time limits.
- Procured hardware from vendors for each client in excess of 1.5 million US dollars.
- Provided timely and appropriate project status and communication to customers, stakeholders and management.
- Interfaced with the customer, internal team members, third party vendors and contractors to facilitate a successful engagement.
- Identified opportunities to renew/up-sell services and communicate to sales and management.
- Identified areas for efficiency and improvement of service delivery and developing/implementing plans to achieve such improvements.
- Interview potential candidates for open positions within the Operations department.
- Participating in sales initiatives as a representative of Operations able to describe the full product offering, detail the company's areas of expertise, define scope appropriate to the existing business model, and discuss methodology of the operation for successful product delivery.
- Identifying customers/engagements that are outside of the operating model and proposing solutions to increase company efficiency and profitability.
IT Manager / Sr. Systems Administrator 'Video Engineering Department'
Apple Computer's
Cupertino, CA
01.1998 - 01.2005
- Implemented and maintained multi-platform servers, labs, backups and projects including OSX Server, NT Server, Win 2003 Server.
- Designed, organized, and maintained the I- movie quality assurance lab.
- Setup/maintained file sharing for Multi platform environment with proper share points / privileges.
- Setup images for all PC's and Mac's in the QA Lab, and deployed images to machines via OSX Server, and Ghost for the PC's.
- Helped plan, supervised and followed-up on strategic projects (network upgrades, Server installations).
- Created and administered Apple OSX Server accounts, controlled access (ACLs), and troubleshooting.
- Part of a Top Tier Team of three individuals who supported internal employees at apple campus with Hardware and Software issues / upgrades / implementations.
- Participated in the OSX migration roll out at Apple Campus.
- Certified in Laptop / and Desktop repairs for Apple.
Skills
- Full Life Cycle Recruiting
- Recruitment-to-Recruitment
- Technical Leadership
- Recruitment process improvement
- Recruiter training and mentoring
- Recruitment analytics
- Job posting optimization
- Technical recruiting expertise
- Candidate pipeline management
- Data-driven decision making
- Recruitment event planning
- Offer negotiations
- Client relationship management
Timeline
Lead Technical Recruiter (Engineering/Product/Design/Leadership)
Supio
09.2025 - Current
Founding Recruiter
Arcade.dev
08.2025 - 02.2026
Founding Recruiter
TollBit
02.2025 - 03.2026
Founding Recruiter
Udio
08.2024 - 10.2025
Principal Recruiter
OpenGov Inc.
05.2022 - 08.2024
Global Director of Talent Acquisition / Principal Recruitment
TripActions
01.2020 - 05.2022
Lead Technical Recruiter
Looker
05.2017 - 12.2020
Lead Technical Recruiter
Coursera
03.2016 - 05.2017
Founding Recruiter
DocuSign, Inc.
11.2012 - 11.2015
Senior Technical Recruiter
LinkedIn
02.2009 - 11.2012
Senior Technical Recruiter
Robert Half Technology
11.2006 - 02.2009
Senior Technical Program Manager
Opsource inc - Acquired by Dimension Data in 2011
01.2005 - 10.2006
IT Manager / Sr. Systems Administrator 'Video Engineering Department'
Apple Computer's
01.1998 - 01.2005
Personal Information
Title: AI/ML Technical recruiter/sourcer and professional drummer