Jan 2025 – Present · 1 yr 3 mos · New York, New York, United States

• Founding Head of Talent & People building foundational teams. Seed->Series A.
• Owning all Talent, Recruiting, People, & HR functions: 0->1
• Hiring across Engineering, Product, Design, Marketing, G&A, Exec, etc.
• Managing People & Ops: onboarding, offboarding, payroll, benefits, performance reviews, finance, culture/org development, immigration, equity grants, conducting technical screens (yes, I really do), etc.
• Autopilot is a next-gen trading app and registered investment advisor (RIA) that makes professional-style investing accessible to everyone. Users can autopilot the portfolios of politicians, public figures, and top investors, or create and launch their own fund for others to follow. Built for transparency and ease of use, Autopilot reimagines how people invest, manage, and grow their money.
• Backed by Craft Ventures (Airbnb, Slack, Tesla), Nomad Ventures (Intro, Bezel), Balaji Ventures (Perplexity), Next Fund (7Signal), and TTV Capital (Bill, SmartAsset).
• Hiring in NYC (Manhatten):
• Software Engineer - Backend
• Software Engineer - Frontend
• Data Engineer
• Product Designer
• iOS Engineer
• Creative Director
• Content Creator
• BizOps
• and many more in the pipeline...

Aug 2024 – Present · 1 yr 8 mos

• Partner & Strategic Advisor: Venture capital firm composed of the world’s greatest talent executives investing in next generation technology companies (pre-seed to seed stage startups).
• Talent advising, connecting great people, deal sourcing, and investing in startups.
• Disclaimer: Syelo is independent of my work at Autopilot, Gitroll, and not affiliated with either companies.

Oct 2023 – Jan 2025 · 1 yr 3 mos · Los Angeles, California, United States

• Led Full Life Cycle hiring for TikTok Shop: startup product & organization - $66b+ GMV integrated E-Commerce product launched September 2023 in the US.
• 0->1 talent strategies, talent mapping, SLAs/SOPs, and recruiting/interview processes.
• Worked global operating hours and did global stakeholder management across US, UK, and China.
• Roles: Strategist, Data Scientist, Product Managers, & Engineering.

Jan 2020 – May 2023 · 3 yrs 4 mos · Los Angeles, California, United States

• Sr. Sourcer -> Sourcing Manager
• Lead and managed a team of amazing senior technical recruiters + IC responsibilities.
• Promoted several reports and converted a STE to FTE.
• Partnered with hiring managers to effectively scale.
• Developed people, interviews processes, sourcing strategies, talent mapping, etc.
• Roles: CoreSwe (Product, Full-Stack, Backend, & Infra), AI/ML, and Specialist (Embedded, Firmware, & Gameplay).
• Organizations scaled: Facebook Reality Labs (AR/VR+/Wearables/Metaverse).
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• Ranked top 1% of technical sourcers with the most offers from 2020-2022.
• Recognized for one of the fastest promotions from IC3 -> IC5 -> Manager in 2.3> years.
• Received consecutive Exceeds Expectations and Greatly Exceeds Expectations ratings.
• Served as the main recruiting POC for multiple specialist pipelines: compiler, systems specialist, performance, privacy, security, identity, dev infrastructure, and concept engineering.
• Roles: CoreSwe (Product, Full-Stack, Backend, & Infra), AI/ML, and Specialist (Compiler, Pytorch, OS Frameworks, Embedded, Firmware, Security, & Privacy).
• Organizations scaled: Product, Infrastructure, Ads, Search, Messenger, Marketplace, Newsfeed, Compiler, Facebook Reality Labs (AR/VR+/Wearables/Metaverse).

Mar 2017 – Dec 2019 · 2 yrs 9 mos · Los Angeles, California, United States

• Full Life Cycle Recruiter -> Recruiting Manager
• Client account management + full desk recruiting.
• Clients: Tech, Startup, Software, Aerospace, Defense, Medical Device, & Manufacturing.
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• Ranked as the #1 recruiter out of 500+ recruiters in the West Region in 2018.
• Generated $800K in net revenue in the second year at the company.
• Fastest new recruiter to achieve Presidents Club status, cumulative annual revenue growth.
• Received the Teammate of the Year Award in 2018 and the Patriot Award, nominated by over 40
• employees for embodying the guiding principles.
• Tech Roles (main focus): Software, Hardware, Embedded, Firmware, Security, Mechanical, Design, Process, Manufacturing, Electrical, Civil, and Control.
• XFN non-tech roles: Marketing, Sales, Customer Service, Finance, and Operations.

Aug 2016 – Mar 2017 · 7 mos · Los Angeles, California, United States

• Door-to-door sales & recruiting account managers/executives.
• Achieved a nationwide rank of #4 by securing 14 sales within a three-day period.