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Sarah Haskell

Sarah Haskell

LA / NYC / SF

Summary

Experienced and hands-on builder Head of People/Talent functions from scratch in fast-growth tech startups. Energetic and enthusiastic connector of people with vast network in startups - saaS, tech, media/advertising.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience

Work History

Consulting / Fractional Head of People

Adtech/Martech Startups
04.2024 - Current
  • Providing fractional "Head of People" / consulting support to startups in the adtech/martech space while traveling abroad.

SVP of Talent

Aki Technologies (acquired by Inmar Intelligence)
09.2017 - 12.2023
  • Joined when Company was 30 people and built the Talent Function (both Talent Acquisition and HR ) as the first Executive hired by the Founders.
  • Sourced and hired every employee for the first two years before hiring a team (recruiters and HR) and remained the Lead Recruiter for all key hires thereafter across offices in SF, NYC, Chicago, LA, and Mexico City.
  • Oversaw all core HR, partnering with Sequoia One to handle day to day administration.
  • Handled all onboarding and offboarding, personnel issues, and ensured legal compliance.
  • Established performance management, coaching, and training best practices and programs for management and leadership team.
  • Ensured successful acquisition of another adtech company, Eyeview, onboarding 35 employees and ensuring they were integrated into our team and culture.
  • Stayed on board 2 years post-acquisition by Inmar Intelligence, ensuring full integration into the much larger company, before deciding to take a career sabbatical.

Global Talent Partner

90 Seconds
12.2016 - 09.2017
  • Hired initially to build out the U.S. Team, ensuring national compliance for the company's operations, and handling any personnel or legal issues that arose on U.S. Team.
  • Partnered with all our regions (San Francisco, New York, Singapore, Auckland, Sydney, & London) on talent acquisition, performance management, and all things people related.
  • Led the company's recruiting efforts, working on all our key roles across our offices myself while managing a small team.

Interim Head of Talent

Credible
10.2016 - 12.2016
  • Helped Credible out on a consulting/temp basis while soul-searching and exploring what my next career move would be. 

Vice President of Talent

MitchelLake Group
09.2015 - 09.2016
  • RPO/Onsite Recruitment and Executive Search for VC-funded Tech Startups in the Bay Area.
  • Managed recruiters (mostly tech) on site with all our clients (hyper-growth tech startups).
  • Created and conducted training sessions to our client's management and leadership teams and implemented effective hiring processes for each company/startup.
  • Strategically managed the client relationships, ensuring overall satisfaction with hiring output and how well onsite recruiters were integrated into their team.
  • Personally handled the recruitment for executive / high priority roles myself.
  • Clients included: Mulesoft, CloudPassage, Fundbox, Skout, Captricity, & Homesuite.

Director of HR and Recruiting

Livefyre (acquired by Adobe)
01.2012 - 09.2015
  • Joined the Martech SaaS startup as the 26th employee and built the Talent Function (recruiting and HR) from the ground up, doubling the size the company year over year for four years. 
  • When I started as an IC, spent 80% of my time doing full cycle recruiting (mostly tech) and 20% overseeing core HR. As the company grew, I hired a team of recruiters under me and my role became more strategic with my time being focused on managing my recruiting team and handling higher level HR.

Senior Recruiter

SunEdison
05.2011 - 01.2012
  • Full cycle recruiting (both tech and non-tech) for all of the company's open roles as the sole recruiter in my time there. 

Recruiter

SolarCity (acquired by Tesla)
11.2009 - 05.2011
  • Responsible for all of the company's G&A and engineering hiring (everything except construction and field employees).
  • Built the onboarding and training programs the company used for several years even after I left, leading the onboarding sessions for groups of 10-20 new hires almost every week.

Human Resources Consultant

Koff and Associates, Inc.
11.2009 - 05.2011
  • HR Consulting focused on the public sector; my clients were police & fire departments, city & county HR Departments.
  • Compensation, Classification, & Salary Surveys; Policy & Handbook Development; Executive Search.
  • Performance Management Planning; HR Audit & Process Design. 

Education

M.S. - Industrial and Organizational Psychology

San Francisco State University
12-2007

B.A. - Psychology

U.C. Santa Barbara
12-2004

Timeline

Consulting / Fractional Head of People

Adtech/Martech Startups
04.2024 - Current

SVP of Talent

Aki Technologies (acquired by Inmar Intelligence)
09.2017 - 12.2023

Global Talent Partner

90 Seconds
12.2016 - 09.2017

Interim Head of Talent

Credible
10.2016 - 12.2016

Vice President of Talent

MitchelLake Group
09.2015 - 09.2016

Director of HR and Recruiting

Livefyre (acquired by Adobe)
01.2012 - 09.2015

Senior Recruiter

SunEdison
05.2011 - 01.2012

Recruiter

SolarCity (acquired by Tesla)
11.2009 - 05.2011

Human Resources Consultant

Koff and Associates, Inc.
11.2009 - 05.2011

M.S. - Industrial and Organizational Psychology

San Francisco State University

B.A. - Psychology

U.C. Santa Barbara

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