Art C. — Co-Founder
Builder at heart. Sponge for knowledge. Growth Mindset. Life is short, make every moment count. Skydio Accomplishments - Helped scale team from 100 employees -> 820 employees (Series C -> Series D -> Series E) - 120+ technical hires - Leadership // Wireless // Autonomy // Hardware // Software // EPM // Camera - 71% close rate (beat competing offers from Google, Meta, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, Tesla + many top tier startups like Cruise, Stripe, Waymo, Zipline, etc.) - 3.3 years - the avg. tenure of Skydians I've hired - Partnered closely with CTO & Cofounder // SVP of Software // VP of Hardware // VP of Autonomy // VP of Connectivity // Head of Camera Hardware // VP of Device Platform - Embedded - Lead Recruiter in launching Skydio India and Skydio Finland - Making the RIGHT Hire > A Hire. RockIT Recruiting Accomplishments - Partnered with top VCs to hire their portfolio companies (YC, a16z, Greylock, Sequoia, etc.) - 60+ technical hires (all outbound sourcing) - 66% close rate (all candidates were cold outreach) - 85% retention rate, avg. tenure ~2 years+ (as of 10/2018) - Exceeded every quarterly and annual quota throughout history at RockIT - Exceeded every quarterly team quota upon being a 1st time manager - 8 consecutive quarters as the #1 Top Performer (competed against some of the best recruiters - former colleagues ended up at Nvidia, Airbnb, Meta, Cruise, Pinterest, a16z, Sequoia, Oculus, Anduril, etc. This was a special team!) - Contributed 22% of total company revenue in back to back years - Worked extremely hard, learned a lot, and had a lot of fun
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Technical Recruiter specializing in scaling engineering teams for high-growth startups.
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Experience: 13 yrs 3 mos
Career Highlights
- Scaled Skydio team from 100 to 820 employees.
- Achieved 71% close rate against top tech companies.
- Built Skydio offices in India and Finland.
Work Experience
Startup
Doing stuff (4 mos)
Stealth AI Startup
Talent (2 mos)
Skydio
Principal Technical Recruiter (5 mos)
Talent (1 yr)
Senior Manager, Technical Recruiting (2 yrs 6 mos)
Senior Technical Recruiter (1 yr 8 mos)
RockIT Recruiting (acquired by Ejento)
Head of Talent Intelligence and Sourcing (10 mos)
Executive Recruiter (Engineering | Product) (6 mos)
Technical Recruiting Manager (Robotics) and Executive Recruiter (1 yr)
Principal Technical Recruiter (2 yrs 6 mos)
SendGrid
Senior Technical Recruiter (Embedded Recruiting Through RockIT) (5 mos)
Search Quality Analyst (1 yr 2 mos)
Beyondsoft
Technical Recruiter (1 yr 4 mos)
Education
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) at University of California, Santa Cruz
