Global Executive Search/Talent Acquisition professional with a broad range of experience at world renowned technology companies and early stage startups across North America, Asia Pacific and Europe.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Principal, Executive Search Venture Success
Mach49
Raleigh
02.2023 - Current
Mach49 partners with global businesses to build their growth engines through venture building, venture investing, strategic partnering, and targeted M&A.
Built Mach49's first executive search function which engages C-level/Co-founder talent for various client's early stage startups.
Provide Board Members and C-suite with talent intelligence and guidance around recruiting and retaining founding leadership talent.
Head of Executive Recruiting, Americas
Crypto.com
Raleigh
03.2022 - 01.2023
Built and lead a global team of 4 to hire Director level roles and up for Crypto.com.
Manage executive search engagements from requisition intake meetings through to candidate engagement and subsequent hire.
Build strategies and processes for talent intelligence/mapping.
Partner cross-functionally with HR leaders and other recruiters to work around organizational design challenges.
Head of Talent
Ultimate.ai
Berlin, Germany
01.2020 - 11.2021
Responsible for building the talent acquisition function from scratch and growing the company 5x in the first 18 months.
Lead a team of 1 technical recruiter and 1 non-technical recruiter in addition to managing external agency relationships.
Leading all hiring initiatives for Ultimate.ai's North American market expansion.
Developed operational metrics in order to track the efficiency of sourcing, hiring and interviewing prospective candidates.
Lead survey initiatives for candidate experience, onboarding experience, and overall employee engagement.
Created assessment tools and rubrics at scale for critical roles.
Act as an advisor to the founders and leadership team on all things recruiting, hiring and people related market expansion topics.
Leadership Talent Acquisition Partner
Google
Mountain View
12.2015 - 01.2020
Google Cloud - APAC (07/19 to 01/2020): partnering w/senior leaders within Google Cloud to execute on leadership searches across Southeast Asia, Australia, India, Japan, Greater China and Korea.
Program Manager, Talent Outreach Programs - APAC (01/19 to 07/19): consulting assignment to help revamp the new grad hiring process for Asia Pacific.
Leadership Talent Acquisition Partner (Executive Search) (12/15 to 01/19): partner with senior level management on high-profile leadership searches, and assist them in determining and fulfilling their talent needs. Identified, engaged, assessed and presented passive leadership talent to senior management clients across Google/Alphabet. (Hyperlink to portfolio of the searches I have completed: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1aizsGipRwTu8k9KSjFI2D2mxDdTcxuEwuKDZR8ePSOk/edit?usp=sharing
North American Technical Recruiter
Google
Mountain View, USA
09.2013 - 09.2014
Scanned and synthesized market data pertaining to the North American software engineering employment market.
Sourced and recruited elite passive software engineering talent through the use of user groups, candidate referrals, networking and creative internet sourcing.
Achieved 12 software engineering hires in 12 months.
Average Google interview process takes 6-8 weeks, with a throughput ratio of less than 2%.
Achievements/Tasks Roles.
Executive Search Associate
Tesla Motors
Palo Alto, USA
06.2012 - 09.2013
Built executive recruiting database from scratch using FileFinder.
Executed executive recruiting research strategy by sourcing LinkedIn, industry conferences, publications and creative web sourcing techniques.
Built standardized pitchdeck materials from a compilation of current news, industry trends, 10K's and 10Q's of competitors financial performance/projections.
Ran the executive recruiting teams's administrative/operations functions to ensure world class service for c-suite candidates.
This included, but was not limited to : factory tours, Bay Area real estate tours and Tesla Model S test drives.
Co-Founder & Head of Corporate Partnerships
Obiz Society
San Luis Obispo
01.2011 - 01.2012
Co-founded a company while in my final year of college at Cal Poly, SLO that sought to help connect students with internship and entry level employment opportunities.
Made many mistakes, learned an incredible amount and while Obiz Society did not become a viable business; it did develop into an on-campus student organization that made it easier for employers and students connect with one another for potential internship and entry level opportunities.
Education
MSc - International Finance
The Berlin School of Economics & Law
Berlin, Germany
10.2014 - 05.2016
Bachelor of Science - International Business
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo
San Luis Obispo, CA
09.2008 - 05.2012
Skills
Market Research
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Timeline
Principal, Executive Search Venture Success
Mach49
02.2023 - Current
Head of Executive Recruiting, Americas
Crypto.com
03.2022 - 01.2023
Head of Talent
Ultimate.ai
01.2020 - 11.2021
Leadership Talent Acquisition Partner
Google
12.2015 - 01.2020
MSc - International Finance
The Berlin School of Economics & Law
10.2014 - 05.2016
North American Technical Recruiter
Google
09.2013 - 09.2014
Executive Search Associate
Tesla Motors
06.2012 - 09.2013
Co-Founder & Head of Corporate Partnerships
Obiz Society
01.2011 - 01.2012
Bachelor of Science - International Business
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo