Jul 2025 – Present · 8 mos · San Francisco Bay Area · On-site

• Co-Founder focused on building an advanced AI recruiting software platform using smart algorithms to help founders in AI, Crypto, and Quant Trading to identify top technical/quant research talent with efficiency.

Feb 2025 – Present · 1 yr 1 mo · San Francisco Bay Area

• Spearheading retained search initiatives in AI, Crypto, and High Frequency Trading sectors, connecting top talent with innovative companies.
• Developing strategic partnerships with startups to enhance recruitment processes and candidate engagement.
• edgesearch.ai

Oct 2022 – Feb 2025 · 2 yrs 4 mos · Chicago, Illinois, United States

• Led the recruitment strategy for US Equities Trading and Cumberland, focusing on high-frequency trading roles.
• Spearheaded the establishment of a new AI Research Lab in Silicon Valley, enhancing trading capabilities across asset classes.
• Played a key role in the spin-off of The Compute Exchange (TCEX) and Silicon Data, driving innovation in the Compute space.

Mar 2022 – Sep 2022 · 6 mos · New York City Metropolitan Area

• Spearheaded the recruitment of top-tier engineers and quant researchers for institutional crypto trading teams.
• Developed targeted recruitment strategies that enhanced the talent pool and improved team performance.
• Collaborated closely with leadership to align hiring goals with company objectives, resulting in a 30% reduction in time-to-hire.
• Navigated the complexities of the crypto landscape, ensuring the firm attracted the best talent in a competitive market.

Nov 2020 – Mar 2022 · 1 yr 4 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

• The Executive recruiting team at Coinbase is a small and highly focused internal executive search team. My focus was Director, Senior Director and VP searches across the firm with an additional focus on hiring Principal Engineers, Distinguished Engineers and Coinbase Fellows across all product engineering teams in the US, EMEA, India, and Singapore. I was an L7 (Senior Principal Recruiter) on a 350 person global recruiting team.
• Highlights:
• VP of Engineering (Head of Infrastructure)
• VP of Engineering (Head of Institutional)
• Senior Director of Engineering (Head of AI)
• Senior Director of Engineering (Head of Risk)
• Senior Director of Engineering (Head of SRE)
• Distinguished Engineer (Crypto)
• Principal Engineer (Infrastructure)
• Principal Engineer (Retail)
• Principal Engineer (Crypto)
• Director of Engineering (Head of Cloud)
• Director of Engineering (Head of EMEA)
• Director of Engineering (Head of Developer Productivity)
• Director of Engineering, India
• Director (Head of Institutional Trading)
• Director (Head of Institutional Sales)
• Senior Director (Head of Crypto Prime Brokerage)
• Founded in June of 2012, Coinbase is a digital currency wallet and platform where merchants and consumers can transact with new digital currencies like bitcoin, ethereum, and litecoin. Our vision is to bring more innovation, efficiency, and equality of opportunity to the world by building an open financial system. Our first step on that journey is making digital currency accessible and approachable for everyone. Two principles guide our efforts. First, be the most trusted company in our domain. Second, create user-focused products that are easier and more intuitive to use.

Feb 2020 – Nov 2020 · 9 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

• Spearheaded recruitment efforts for Senior Machine Learning Applied Scientists and Senior Software Engineers across multiple locations including Palo Alto, Seattle, NYC, and Toronto.
• Collaborated with hiring managers to define role requirements and streamline the interview process, enhancing candidate experience.
• Contributed to the rapid growth of Amazon's advertising business, recognized as the fastest-growing segment in the company.

Mar 2018 – May 2020 · 2 yrs 2 mos · New York City Metropolitan Area

• Assisted the founders in identifying senior engineers for Institutional Crypto Trading

Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 · 2 yrs · Greater New York City Area

• Partnered with C-level executives to establish global teams across major financial hubs.
• Developed the firm's inaugural campus recruiting program targeting top-tier PhD candidates.
• Launched a successful internship initiative, enhancing talent acquisition for quantitative roles.
• Focused on recruiting Quantitative Portfolio Managers, Researchers, ML Scientists, and Software Engineers.

Feb 2014 – May 2017 · 3 yrs 3 mos · Greater New York City Area

• Spearheaded recruitment efforts for High Frequency Trading and Quantitative Market Making, collaborating closely with C-suite executives.
• Developed and executed targeted search strategies to build high-performing global teams across multiple locations.
• Successfully filled critical leadership roles in Software Engineering, Quantitative Research, and Trading, enhancing organizational capabilities.
• Left KCG Holdings, Inc. due to a merger with Virtu Financial, having significantly contributed to the firm's talent acquisition strategy.

Mar 2005 – Feb 2014 · 8 yrs 11 mos · Greater New York City Area

• Spearheaded business development and recruiting initiatives in the global quantitative trading sector.
• Collaborated with high-frequency prop trading firms and quantitative hedge funds to close hundreds of deals.
• Successfully matched top talent in quantitative research, software engineering, and machine learning with leading firms.
• Transitioned to KCG, one of the largest clients, leveraging extensive industry connections and expertise.

Sep 2003 – Mar 2005 · 1 yr 6 mos · Greater New York City Area

• Led recruitment efforts for Engineering and Quant Research roles within Prop Quantitative Trading, collaborating with senior leaders.
• Developed targeted sourcing strategies to attract top talent in Equities and Fixed Income sectors, enhancing team capabilities.
• Successfully filled critical positions, reducing time-to-hire by 40% and improving overall team performance.

Jul 1998 – Sep 2003 · 5 yrs 2 mos · Greater New York City Area

• I worked on-site at various Investment Banks and Tech Start-ups

Jan 1997 – Jan 1998 · 1 yr