Mar 2024 – Sep 2025 · 1 yr 6 mos · Berkeley, California, United States · Remote

• Drives strategic sourcing initiatives to identify and attract top quantitative/ML researchers. I identify candidates' research backgrounds and academic contributions, focusing on those with expertise in machine learning, deep learning, and statistical modeling, to build a pipeline of talent aligned with Voleon's innovative financial modeling and strategy development.
• Research at Voleon is pushing the boundaries of predictive modeling and quantitative research. This team is dedicated to tackling complex prediction problems, leveraging cutting-edge machine learning and data science techniques to generate impactful insights. If this kind of work excites you, let's connect!

May 2023 – Mar 2024 · 10 mos · Palo Alto, California, United States

• Silicon for Dojo, AP, & Tesla Bot. Led strategic sourcing efforts for AI Hardware, Silicon, and Robotics roles within the Dojo, Autopilot (AP), and Tesla Bot teams. Identified and engaged top talent in these cutting-edge fields, building a pipeline of experts to advance Tesla's innovations in AI and robotics.

Sep 2022 – Apr 2023 · 7 mos

• Re-charge. Every 5-6 years, I take significant time off to pursue personal goals.
• Travel
• Home Projects
• Working on business ideas
• Reading...lots of.

Jul 2022 – Sep 2022 · 2 mos

• Working on all things urgent. Identified and engaged top-tier candidates with expertise in software development and executive leadership, building a robust pipeline of talent to drive Chainalysis's growth and innovation in blockchain analysis and cybersecurity

Jul 2020 – Jul 2022 · 2 yrs

• Facebook Display & Optics for FRL (Research) (Current project)
• Optics optics optics ......
• Facebook Infra for Foundation and Connectivity & for Product & Platforms.
• Sourcing/Pipeline development for hardware solution related to general computing, machine learning training, prediction and video acceleration.

Jul 2017 – Jul 2020 · 3 yrs

• Responsible for driving sourcing strategy and pipeline across ar/vr hardware
• Sourced and engaged candidates with backgrounds in Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Electrical & Mechanical engineering, Audio, Camera, Tracking, Deep Learning, Robotics, Embedded/Firmware, Silicon (pre-silicon), data engineer, technical program managers.
• Mentor/train recruiters/sourcers for sourcing best practices & career growth
• Closely partner with key stakeholders (managers, directors and engineers) to guide and continually improve interview/hiring process and continuous build out of candidate pipelines.
• Drove/supported early stage hiring for Silicon (35 - 100+)
• Scaling engineering teams.

Apr 2017 – Jul 2017 · 3 mos · Seattle, Washington, United States

• Short term contract, recruiting for SWE Managers.

Nov 2016 – Apr 2017 · 5 mos · South East Asia

• Every 5-6 years I take significant time off to pursue personal goals.
• Back Packing through South East Asia:
• Cambodia
• Laos
• Thailand
• Malaysia
• Maldives

Mar 2016 – Oct 2016 · 7 mos · Greater Seattle Area · On-site

• Production Engineering is a hybrid team coders, system engineers and system admin embedded in EVERY single one of Facebook's product. They work and solve large and scalable challenging problems related to backend architecture, platform design, solve critical issues and fix things.

Apr 2014 – Feb 2016 · 1 yr 10 mos

• I recruit for PrimeAir and Platform. Want to build drones? Or do you want to have a direct hand in making our website fast, reliable and efficient? Either way I support two of the most exciting and highly rated teams within Amazon and we're growing. Come make history with us!
• Pipeline candidate generation includes hardware and software engineer (electrical, mechanical, firmware/embedded, rf/antenna, platform systems, pilots and "fungible SWE's".)
• Support early stage hiring for PrimeAir (15-80+).

Mar 2012 – Apr 2014 · 2 yrs 1 mo

• Recruit for engineers within the hardware and software space. Support pipeline generation for Product Design (mechanical engineers), Hardware Engineer (electrical engineers/board designers), PCB, RF, Antenna, Display, Firmware, Audio, firmware, sustaining, test and leadership roles.

Sep 2011 – Mar 2012 · 6 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

• Part of DELL's Talent and Acquisition team. Supported the RNA Network acquisition focused on engaging candidates with strong Linux background within the cloud, storage and virtualization space.
• Strong focus on identifying software engineers with C/C++, Windows, Linux and storage experience

Jun 2010 – Sep 2011 · 1 yr 3 mos · Mountain View, Ca

• Talent sourcing for Site Reliability Engineers.
• Focused on identifying and engaging software engineers through complex internet research, blogs/forums/online communities, professional networking and etc.,
• Focused on identifying candidates with backgrounds in Unix/Linux, Java/C++, Python, PERL, Shell and open source technologies.