Kenji Porter

Head of People and Talent

Cortex

Nov 2025 - Current (1 year)

My mission is to build the absolute best team possible, by hiring and developing amazing talent.

Fractional Head of Talent

Eyebot

Jul 2025 - Nov 2025 (5 months)

As a consultant, I partner with the leadership team to build and scale our People and Talent functions. My focus is on developing strategic initiatives that attract, retain, and grow top-tier talent, ensuring we have the right people and processes in place to achieve our ambitious goals. I'm passionate about creating an exceptional employee experience and fostering a culture of growth and high performance.

Head of Talent and Belonging

Standard AI

Jul 2022 - Apr 2025 (2 years 10 months)

Lead all Talent functions (Acquisition, Management, L&D) as an Executive Team member reporting to the CEO. Drive AI transformation by implementing Generative AI policies, upskilling employees and driving tool adoption to enhance efficiency across departments.

Head of Technical Recruiting

Dataminr

Jan 2021 - Jul 2022 (1 year 7 months)

Owned recruiting globally for all Technology: Engineering, Research/AI and Product organizations. Managed 3 teams of 5 people each (15 total), including recruiters, sourcers and coordinators.

Director, Technical Recruiting

Dataminr

Oct 2019 - Jan 2021 (1 year 4 months)

Manager, Technical Recruiting

Dataminr

May 2018 - Sep 2019 (1 year 5 months)

I'm back home at Dataminr! We're excited to scale our engineering team across the globe.

We're the leading AI platform for real-time event and risk detection. Our product helps people respond faster in crises. We're based in NYC, and have raised over $500 million in funding. Check out our partnership with the United Nations:
https://bit.ly/2M68x3Q

www.dataminr.com/careers

Technical Recruiter

Snap Inc

Aug 2016 - Apr 2018 (1 year 9 months)

I was the first and only tech recruiter in the NY office at Snap Inc. - the parent company of Snapchat. I built out engineering teams in New York, Los Angeles, Seattle, Toronto, and Sydney.

Lead Technical Recruiter

Dataminr Inc

Apr 2014 - Jul 2016 (2 years 4 months)

I was the first in-house recruiter. I helped scale the company and established best practices around interviewing and hiring. I also built and managed a team of recruiters and sourcers.

Engineering Sourcer

Google

Mar 2013 - Mar 2014 (1 year 1 month)

I found amazing software engineers all across North America. I also got very good at Ping Pong.

Technical Recruiter

Bond Street Group LLC

Apr 2012 - Mar 2013 (1 year)

Technical Recruiter

Columbia Technology

Nov 2010 - Apr 2012 (1 year 6 months)

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Behavior Therapist

Pacific Child and Family Associates

Sep 2009 - Oct 2010 (1 year 2 months)

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