Sep 2024 – May 2025 · 8 mos · Oakland, California, United States

• Responsible for:
• ◦ Global Onboarding
• ◦ Employer & Talent Brand (EVP)
• ◦ Inclusion Strategy
• ◦ Culture Programs (employee surveys, recognition & rewards, events)

Apr 2023 – Sep 2024 · 1 yr 5 mos · Oakland, California, United States

• I lead a team focussed on employee engagement & global culture programs, in addition to our workplace experience and facilities teams.
• Direct Reports (6):
• Culture & Inclusion (2)
• Workplace Experience (2)
• Internal Comms & Knowledge Management (1)
• Surveys, People Strategy, Employer Brand (1)

Aug 2021 – Apr 2023 · 1 yr 8 mos · Oakland, California, United States

• I lead Marqeta’s Recruiting and Sourcing teams focussed on Engineering, Product, Go-To-Market and G&A hiring, globally.
• Team Size: 2 Recruiting Managers, 15 Full Lifecycle Recruiters

Oct 2018 – Aug 2021 · 2 yrs 10 mos

• Team Size: 1 Associate Lead, 16 Full Lifecycle Recruiters
• Focus: Latinx+ & Women Hiring in Tech
• Coverage: Americas

Sep 2017 – Oct 2018 · 1 yr 1 mo

• Team Size: 10 Technical Recruiters
• Focus: Software Engineering, Data Science & Product Manager hiring for the Ads & Commerce Organization
• Coverage: Global

Sep 2014 – Sep 2017 · 3 yrs

• Team Size: 2 Associate Leads, 15 Sourcers
• Focus: Engineering Leadership, Site Reliability Engineering, Software Engineering, Product Management
• Coverage: North America
• Selected to own the ground-up design of the a new engineering leadership sourcing team. Drove all hiring efforts, on-boarding/training and process design. Responsible for all senior client and partner management. Developed a resourcing plan, productivity reporting and forecasting models.
• Scaled the initial proof of concept into a 17-person distributed sourcing team across 4 US sites. Provided complete client coverage and was responsible for all pipeline delivery (Online, Referred, Sourced). Worked with HRBPs and Staffing Leads across the org to assemble a working group of embedded leadership Recruiters across every technical PA (Product Area). Spearheaded a global req consolidation effort to optimize screening resources and productivity. Led the design, facilitation and management of Google's first dedicated leadership Hiring Committee.

Sep 2013 – Sep 2014 · 1 yr

• Profile Focus: Technical Program Managers
• Product Area Focus: Site Reliability Engineering
• Coverage: North America
• [Hiring Metrics:]
• 2014 (Q3): 160% of hiring target
• 2014 (Q2): 140% of hiring target
• 2014 (Q1): 100% of hiring target
• 2013 (Q4): 100% of hiring target

Oct 2012 – Sep 2013 · 11 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

• The Pacific Firm is a boutique executive search firm in the Bay Area. We specialize in Director/Manager to C-level placements for clients across all industries (technology, retail, consumer products and financial services). We provide our clients with a long-term extension of their internal staffing departments in conjunction with a wide array of supplementary consulting services.
• I ran a full desk, managing end-to-end delivery of our retained service offerings. This included business development, client intake/management, talent mapping, passive sourcing, offer negotiation, closing and onboarding.

Sep 2009 – Oct 2012 · 3 yrs 1 mo · San Francisco, CA

• Gen110 is a Renewable Energy company focused on providing customers with a cost-effective, alternative way to purchase residential electricity. Our customers enjoy the benefits of solar energy without the high up-front cost of panel procurement, installation and maintenance.
• As the company's 4th employee and first Recruiter, I designed Gen110's nation-wide talent acquisition strategy from the ground up. Upon building a recruiting model to source and recruit top sales talent from around the country, I drove all recruiting and on-boarding efforts for all of the company's 8 regional sales offices. I hired and managed an 8-person recruiting team that grew the company to 100+ employees before acquisition.
• Responsibilities:
• Selected and managed company ATS, 3rd party recruiting tools and vendors
• Developed content and layout for all internal/external job descriptions
• Sourced candidates (passive and active)
• Conducted phone and in-person interviews
• Facilitated all hiring debriefs
• Drove all offer letter negotiations, on-boarding and training
• Spearheaded all university recruiting (11+ schools/colleges)
• Designed a recruiting playbook, central processes and best practices

Oct 2007 – Feb 2009 · 1 yr 4 mos · Milpitas, CA

• Coyote Creek is a privately-held Silicon Valley consulting firm specializing in large scale IT environments. Our core practice revolved around Microsoft Exchange, Sharepoint, VMWare and managed services for enterprise clients.
• Duties included account management, business development. technical recruiting and project management.

Sep 2006 – Jun 2007 · 9 mos · Stanford, CA

Jul 2005 – Sep 2006 · 1 yr 2 mos · Stanford, CA