May 2025 – Nov 2025 · 6 mos · San Francisco Bay Area · Remote

• Your startup's all-in-one recruiting solution. Hire fast with our on-demand Recruiting Partners + Free ATS.

Apr 2025 – Mar 2026 · 11 mos · Oakland, California, United States · Remote

• bootstrapped startup in recruiting tech, code name: Project AVNGR
• July - Present: Development (Github, V0, Vercel)
• April - July: Research and Prototyping (Replit, Vercel, V0, Notion)

Jan 2025 – Present · 1 yr 3 mos

• I partner with early stage startups to hire foundational teams.
• My personal tech stack consists of Pin (sourcing and talent insights), Notion (ATS and Job Postings), Loom (async meetings), Superhuman (email optimization), Slack (internal comms), Claude (market research and prompt engineering), and Calendly (candidate scheduling).

Nov 2024 – Present · 1 yr 5 mos

• Stories for the jobseeker. Talent Roadmap interviews tech professionals and captures real hiring stories, advice, and FUBARs from across the industry 🙃
• Recent guests come from Software Engineering, Recruiting, and Product Marketing.

Feb 2023 – Present · 3 yrs 2 mos

• January of 2023, I left my job as a Recruiting Manager. Spent some time to think about what I wanted to contribute to the industry.
• And ended up writing the jobseeker playbook to share with the world. It was downloaded over 300 times in its first month.
• People reached out for 1:1 coaching. So, I said yes. 30+ clients coached (mostly software engineers) in less than a year.

Dec 2024 – Apr 2025 · 4 mos · San Francisco Bay Area · Hybrid

• Sourcing and Hiring Backend, MLE, Infra Engineers to scale the world's first model router.
• DMs are open for Engineering, Partnerships, Sales, and Chief of Staff in the AI-LLM space.

Sep 2024 – Nov 2024 · 2 mos · San Francisco Bay Area · Remote

• Connecting with and helping hire Software Engineers for AI Startups - Data, Full Stack, Backend, Frontend
• More to come...

Jul 2022 – Jan 2023 · 6 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

• Talent Acquisition strategy, operations, retention and iteration through "Recruiting as a Product" methodology.
• Supported by a team of 3 Recruiters and 2 Recruiting Coordinators as we help scale workflows and holistic candidate experiences in partnership with all organizations across Commure - Engineering, Product, Design, Finance, Sales, Partnerships, Marketing, Legal, People, Operations, and Executive.

Mar 2021 – Jul 2022 · 1 yr 4 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

• Supporting the Engineering teams for North America - Frontend, Backend, Full Stack, Security, Cloud Infrastructure, and Engineering Leadership! 💙 🙏🏽 🏥
• Responsible for co-creating from scratch our scalable Recruiting Process, Operations, and Infrastructure for seamless candidate experience, partnering with Engineering Managers, and driving strategy through data insights.

Feb 2020 – Mar 2021 · 1 yr 1 mo

• Full Cycle Recruiter for Product Management, Engineering, Security & Product Design.
• Secondary responsibilities in helping to shape recruiting strategy and infrastructure by leading a group initiative for identifying process gaps and improving upon them.
• Some examples include: Greenhouse automation and forms, designing a Debrief Dashboard, redesigning a Team Recruiting Dashboard, Recruiting Backlog/Dashboard for Hiring Managers, and experimentation with JIRA's Kanban function for Bi-Weekly syncs.

Oct 2018 – Feb 2020 · 1 yr 4 mos

• Full Lifecycle Recruiter for:
• Software Engineering (Video & Ads, CMS) & Engineering Management
• Senior (+) Product Management (Payments, Subscriptions, Video & Ads, Data) | Tech. Program Managers
• Motion Graphics | Content Protection | User Research | Copywriting | Post - Production
• Graphic Design | Product Design | Web Development & Design
• VP/SVP Exec Roles (Marketing, Consumer Products, Business Affairs, Content, Development)

Jun 2017 – Oct 2018 · 1 yr 4 mos

• Full Life Cycle Recruiter responsible for roles in:
• Data Engineering | Data Science
• Motion Graphics | Content Protection | User Research | Creative Services
• Product Management (Senior Level +)
• Check out our open positions at http://www.ellation.com/jobs/

Aug 2018 – Feb 2021 · 2 yrs 6 mos

• Helping Veterans navigate their career path after transitioning out of the Armed Forces. I typically assist in sharing interview tips and resources for folks interested in Tech.
• Please find me on Veterati and I'll be happy to schedule a conversation. Cheers!

Jan 2017 – May 2017 · 4 mos · Oakland, California

• Enrolled in the Interdisciplinary Computer Science program and completed courses in Discrete Mathematics and JAVA (partial).

Nov 2015 – Jan 2017 · 1 yr 2 mos · San Ramon, CA

• Sourcer & Recruiter for SWE's, Net Sec/Infrastructure, Mobile, PM's, and Salesforce Cloud.
• Fully understand the various business terms pertaining to offers and negotiations: Equity, RSU’s, Seed/Angel/VC funding, Stock Options, and Valuations.

Aug 2015 – Nov 2015 · 3 mos · Oakland CA

• Sourcer & Recruiter for Drupal & PHP Developers, Marketing Managers, Web Application Developers, Advertising, AP/AR, and Human Resource Professionals.

Oct 2013 – Jul 2015 · 1 yr 9 mos · Oakland, California

• Responsible for clean channels of bandwidth from local servers to customer's homes.
• Troubleshoot and/or install cable splicing, aerial terminals, and inside home wiring.
• Focused on safety, quality of work, efficiencey, job completion, and overall customer satisfaction.

Nov 2006 – May 2010 · 3 yrs 6 mos · Ft. Bliss, TX

• Trained and prepared over 6,000 reserve soldiers and airmen for overseas duty and combat in areas of operation to include: Guantanamo Bay, Iraq, and Afghanistan.
• Served as Primary and Secondary Instructor for multiple tasks and subjects specific to the training unit's goals and battle plan.

Sep 2005 – Sep 2006 · 1 yr · Kuwait Naval Base, Kuwait

• Under guidance in a team of 5, repaired 4 inoperable Army Vessels to fully functional capabilities within six months of arriving to Camp Patriot, Kuwait.
• Saved the Army over $200,000 by conducting repair and maintenance on marine diesel engines, ballast tanks, sewage piping, and systems to include: heating and air conditioning, potable water, fuel, and electrical. Utilized outside resources to complete mission in the allotted time requested.

Sep 2004 – Dec 2004 · 3 mos

• Served as Platoon Guide (Leadership Role) for 8 weeks leading a class of thirty watercraft engineers-in-training. Conducted daily room inspections, work accountability, and physical fitness growth.
• Successfully completed and helped other soldiers complete the course through group study sessions, time management, and team building exercises.

Jul 2004 – Sep 2004 · 2 mos

• Served as Platoon Guide (Leadership Role) for 7 weeks leading sixty Soldiers-In-Training through Drill and Ceremony (Marching and Cadence), Time Management (Barracks Maintenance and Professional Development), and Field Training Exercises.
• Maintained a working relationship as liaison to my platoon by receiving and executing all orders and missions from Platoon Drill Sergeants (Staff Sergeant, E-6) and Senior Drill Sergeants (Sergeant First Class, E-7) while holding the rank of Private, E-1.
• Graduated in the top 5% of my class and received the Company "High Flyer" award and
• "Outstanding Soldier of the Cycle Award" for E Company 2/60th INF REGT.