Calen Astorga

Global Talent Acquisition leader with 10+ years of experience building recruiting strategies, developing teams, and creating scalable hiring processes for growing organizations.

Career experience spans staffing, government contracting, Microsoft, managed services, and global technology environments—supporting technical, corporate, leadership, and business-critical hiring across multiple markets.

Currently leading global Talent Acquisition strategy and operations, partnering with executives and hiring leaders to strengthen processes, improve accountability, develop recruiting teams, and build the infrastructure needed to support continued growth.

Passionate about exploring how emerging technology, including AI, can thoughtfully modernize Talent Acquisition without losing the human connection at the center of hiring.

Known for bringing urgency, clarity, honesty, and personality to the hiring process. Strongly committed to candidate experience and trusted relationships, while remaining equally focused on business impact, measurable results, and continuous improvement.

Great Talent Acquisition is about more than filling positions. It requires understanding the business, challenging what is not working, anticipating future needs, and building a talent function prepared for what comes next.