Jan 2019 – Present · 7 yrs 5 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

• Muttville Senior Dog Rescue's mission is to change the way the world thinks about and treats older dogs worldwide through education, adoption and rescue.
• Muttville has rescued over 6,000 dogs from sure death. We believe in second chances!
• Our programs include work with senior citizens and youth.

Nov 2018 – Present · 7 yrs 7 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

• Helping a number of startups (seed through late stage) on all things hiring. People first focused.

Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 · 0 mo · Palo Alto, CA

May 2017 – Jan 2019 · 1 yr 8 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

• Acquired by Apple - December 2018
• Lighthouse is an AI services company that is bringing the technology of the self-driving car into the home. With use of 3D sensors, machine learning and artificial intelligence, we have created the only interactive assistant that can tell you everything you want to know about your life at home in an instant, from anywhere.
• We are hiring across the board - Deep Learning, Hardware, Ops, Software Engineering. Email me at jay@light.house if you'd like to learn more.

Jan 2016 – Apr 2016 · 3 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

• App Annie is the largest app intelligence platform, delivering powerful market data and insights to help companies succeed in the app economy.
• Our platform combines analytics, market data and the largest community of mobile app professionals, to allow companies to better understand the app market, their app business and the opportunities around them.
• Our products are used by more than 500,000 app professionals - including 94% of the top 100 publishers.

Jul 2015 – Mar 2017 · 1 yr 8 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

• Acquired by Volvo
• Luxe is an on demand valet parking app…BUT we’re more than just a parking service. We want
• to create an experience and service that you can't live without. Our goal is to make your life
• better, whether it be through saving you time and anxiety that would have been spent looking for
• parking or by providing you with unparalleled service. We take the stress out of the city.
• Luxe is currently hiring software engineers (full stack - node.js, AngularJS), iOS and android developers, Data Scientists, Operations, and Product Managers. - email me at jay@luxe.com for more info!
• As the first hire in Talent/HR, I have been personally responsible for building recruiting from the ground up.
• Selected and rolled out various platforms including our ATS and ERP software
• Built processes and training for existing employees
• Doubled the size of the company in under a year

Apr 2015 – Jul 2015 · 3 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

• Shopkick is the ultimate real world shopping companion! It helps consumers get special deals, earn exclusive rewards, and find items of interest in-store at the top major retailers. Over 13 million users are already saving money and enjoying rewards just for showing up at Target, Macy’s, Best Buy, and many more!
• Hired for iOS, Android, Front end, Backend and Full Stack Engineers - mainly python and Java

Apr 2014 – Apr 2015 · 1 yr · San Francisco Bay Area

• Built an online entertainment brand focused heavily around social media. Accumulated well over a million followers across a handful of platforms.
• Accomplishments:
• International licensing deals with 5 major companies
• Web Series with a major television network
• Spokesperson for largest company in our category
• Mobile App
• Featured internationally across major publications and news programs (Good Morning America, Ellen, Daily News, Cosmo etc.)
• Have been fortunate enough to help raise over $250,000 for non-profits across the country

Dec 2013 – May 2014 · 5 mos · Burlingame, CA

• Powered by the Customer Data Platform, TellApart provides an integrated suite of marketing solutions that deliver personalized communications to each shopper through display advertising, Facebook, email, and onsite messaging.
• Currently staffing for Sales and Account Managers

Oct 2012 – Jul 2013 · 9 mos · Sunnyvale, CA

• Hortonworks! is a dynamic startup, created to accelerate the development and adoption of Apache Hadoop. Together with the Apache opensource community, we are making Hadoop more powerful, more robust, and easier to install, manage and use. Building a community through providing support and training for Apache Hadoop.
• Sole recruiter responsible for all SE, SA, Marketing, Sales, and IT. Joined the company when it was under 60 people and with a department of 2 recruiters (including myself) grew Hortonworks to over 230 people in 10 months.

Mar 2012 – Sep 2012 · 6 mos · Sunnyvale, CA

• Proofpoint provides unified email security and data loss prevention solutions for enterprises, universities, government organizations and ISPs to defend against inbound threats such as spam and viruses, prevent leaks of confidential and private information across all protocols, and encrypt sensitive emails. Our continuing growth in the enterprise messaging security market allows us to offer exciting career opportunities for all levels of employees.
• Explore our latest email security and data loss prevention career openings: http://www.proofpoint.com/company/careers.php

Apr 2009 – Jan 2011 · 1 yr 9 mos

• I was the sole recruiter responsible for the staffing of the entire IT Department, Business Intelligence, QA, Cloud Computing and Internal Software Development.
• This required meeting with the hiring managers (C-Level, VP, Directors and Managers) to discuss the position, partner on sourcing and educate them on the market. I was also responsible for sourcing and screening all of the candidates and making sure the pipeline was always full. Once candidates were identified I was also responsible for interviewing every candidate in person and meeting with the interview teams to give feedback and express opinions.
• We were hiring for 10+ of most positions I was recruiting for - Sys Admins, Java Engineers, QA, BizDev etc.

Dec 2008 – Apr 2009 · 4 mos

• All of these companies fall under the parent company Stride and Asscoiates which I worked for from 10/2004-4/2009. I started entry level and worked my way up to managing my own million dollar office with 8 direct reports and an additional 5 indirect. My accomplishments include setting the company record (over 50 offices and 5,000+ employees) for individual accounts generated in a month, team billing, team accounts generated, 100K in billing (individual), and Office accounts generated.

Jan 2008 – Dec 2008 · 11 mos

• Ran a multi million dollar technical recruiting office consisting of 15 employees split over 2 teams. Broke numerous company records over my tenure there including top account generation and billing. Successfully took the worst performing office in the company (out of 26) and drove it to the top 3 overall.

Nov 2004 – Jun 2006 · 1 yr 7 mos

• Lead a team of 5 entry level recruiting associates on all aspects of full life cycle recruiting. This included a combination of daily sales meetings and on the job, real-time training. I also ran a full sales desk billing just under $500K myself.

Jan 2004 – Jan 2008 · 4 yrs

• Computers - Software

Sep 2000 – Jun 2004 · 3 yrs 9 mos

• Perform stand up comedy at various clubs in the Bay Area inlcuding San Jose Improv, Rooster T Feathers and the Purple Onion.
• In Chicago I performed improv at various bars, comedy clubs, and other venues.
• Improvisation, stand up, sketch comedy
• Some venues include: Improv Olympic, The Playground, Improv Kitchen, NorthSide Haven.