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Talent PartnerNooksApr 2026 - Current (7 months)We're building the human-AI interface for sales reps of the future.
Modern sales teams like Hubspot, Rippling, Toast, Miro & Intercom multiply their pipeline and offload their busywork to Nooks AI so they can focus on higher value selling.- Head of Recruiting - Rokt Brain & Rokt Product DevelopmentRoktJul 2025 - Mar 2026 (9 months)
- Director of Recruiting - Aftersell by RoktRoktFeb 2025 - Aug 2025 (7 months)Leading Global Talent Acquisition strategy, process, and execution for all Engineering, Product, GtM, and G&A for our Accelerator, Builder, Customer Success, and BD roles, including Executive Hiring.
Partnering and driving AI strategic initiatives, technology adoption, TA DEI initiatives, and University Recruiting - Principal Technical Recruiter & Head of Talent SourcingRoktJan 2024 - Mar 2025 (1 year 3 months)Rokt is hiring!
Rokt is the global leader in e-commerce technology, helping companies seize the full potential of every transaction moment to grow revenue and acquire new customers at scale.
Live Nation, Groupon, Staples, Lands' End, GoDaddy, Vistaprint and HelloFresh are among the more than 2,500 leading global businesses and advertisers that are using Rokt's solutions to drive more value through every transaction by offering highly relevant messages to their customers at the moment they are most likely to convert.
Founded in Australia, the company now operates in 14 countries across North America, Europe and the Asia-Pacific region with the largest office now in New York City. - Director of Technical Talent Acquisition (AMER)| Talent PipelinesStripeOct 2021 - Nov 2023 (2 years 2 months)
- Head of Talent SourcingCruiseFeb 2020 - Oct 2021 (1 year 9 months)We’re Cruise, a self-driving car service designed for the cities we love.
We are building the world’s most advanced self-driving vehicles to safely connect people to the places, things, and experiences they care about. We believe self-driving cars will help save lives, reimagine cities, redefine time in transit, and restore freedom of movement for many.
Backed by some of the world’s most respected companies like General Motors, SoftBank, Honda, and T. Rowe Price, we operate as a fast-moving startup with deep financial resources. Their backing for our technology demonstrates their confidence in our progress, team, and vision and makes us one of the leading autonomous vehicle organizations in the industry. Our partnershi - Talent Acquisition Manager - Global Engineering LeadershipIndeedcomSep 2019 - Jan 2020 (5 months)Focused on hiring Engineering Leadership positions across the US and partnering with APAC and EMEA
- Technical Talent Acquisition ManagerIndeedcomMar 2019 - Jan 2020 (11 months)Filled a broad spectrum of roles across Engineering, Site Reliability, Product, and Data Science. Partnering with organization leadership on D&I, salary transparency, candidate experience, and data integrity, while ensuring continued growth in one of the most competitive talent markets in the US.
Helping define and scale career-pathing for Global Talent Acquisition across all business units.
Leading improvement of data collection and reporting integration within Tech TA in the hope of scaling to global business units. Working to connect internal employee success data with top-funnel talent acquisition metrics and provide scalable solutions to improve candidate and hiring experience. - Manager, Technical Talent Recruiting & PeopleRealSelfOct 2018 - Feb 2019 (5 months)Managing People business partnerships for the technical vertical (Engineering, Product/Design, and Analytics/BI/Data Science). Leading an HR Business Partner and Recruiting Coordinator in the full life-cycle of People-team partnerships with all technical orgs.
- Sr Recruiting Lead - Tech VerticalRealSelfDec 2017 - Sep 2018 (10 months)
- Sr Technical RecruiterRealSelfJul 2017 - Nov 2017 (5 months)Working with our VP of People, CTO, and Director of Employee Experience to create a University Recruiting program for new grads and interns for the Engineering, as well as the Revenue & Analytics orgs.
Partnering with Data Science and Analytics to develop dashboards for candidate targeting and heat-maps across the U.S. that factor in the delta between job availability and available talent, combined with nearness of a highly ranked technical university and - Technical & Product/Design RecruiterRealSelfJan 2016 - Jun 2017 (1 year 6 months)As the Technical and Product/Design recruiter for RealSelf's Team People, I work directly with hiring managers in the Engineering and Product organizations within RealSelf on full life-cycle recruiting. We develop hiring plans, execute outreach strategies, and implement internal programs (i.e. referral programs, etc.), along with managing contracts and working directly with our c-suite to ensure that RealSelf is making concerted growth in the right areas, and creating future pipelines for headcount. Whether that's doing university outreach for DevOps and UI/Full Stack roles or setting up onsite meetups for UX Designers and iOS Mobile Developers, we do it all and strive to bring a collaborative and forward-thinking method to to the madness
- RecruiterRealSelfAug 2015 - Dec 2015 (5 months)I am responsible for full life-cycle sourcing and recruiting for all positions, including Full Stack, front-end, UX/UI, Visual Design, business development, data science, mobile, engineering, DevOps, QA/SDET, Platform/Software Development, project/program/product management, sales opportunities, as well as community engagement through my love of bar trivia and karaoke --I am also a fan of random capitalization of words and use of both n and m-dashes, which drives my Content Editor girlfriend completely bananas. Anyways, it's an awesome startup company that is developing some of the most innovative technology in the community-driven space. The people are smart, engaged and happy to be here! Come join the fun!
- Lead Design Recruiter- UX, Web/FED, Interaction, Mobile, and Visual DesignAquentMay 2015 - Aug 2015 (4 months)Specializing in recruiting top creative talent for UX/IxD/VisD for the goods and services team.
-Focusing on recruiting leading HCDE/HCI/Graphic Design/Web Design talent and expanding outreach.
-Expanding Seattle, SFO/Bay Area, and Silicon Valley footprint, focusing on design, front-end, web, and full-stack for eCommerce/goods & services.
-Driving Mobile Product team recruitment for West Coast clients (Alaska Airlines, Expedia, eBay/PayPal, etc.) - RecruiterAquentMay 2014 - Aug 2015 (1 year 4 months)As a Recruiter for Aquent's Consumer Goods and Services team, I'm proud to represent top creative talent in Marketing Management, Project/Program Management, Site Merchandising, Buyer, and Vendor Management; production and graphic design; UX/UI and interactive design.
• Develop and implement innovative recruiting strategies for attracting and sourcing high quality candidates for retail and CPG companies including Amazon, Starbucks, Nordstrom, Microsoft, Expedia, and REI
• Expand talent pool through creative sourcing techniques including social media, referral generation, networking, direct sourcing, and Boolean search string creation
• Participate in marketing events, user groups, and creative industry meet-up groups to build - Technical Account Manager for Amazon Disc on DemandAmazonApr 2012 - Apr 2014 (2 years 1 month)- Management of vendor account submissions for US, UK, Germany, and Japan (Sony, Universal, Fox, Travel Channel, AMC, National Geographic, Paley Center, WeTV, Uncork'd Entertainment, Gaiam Vivendi) for Enterprise Disc on Demand from ingestion of metadata artwork and content, until the title goes live and is available on Amazon.com. This includes management of vendor communication, delivery scheduling, internal quality-checking, and verification of royalty information.
- Trouble-shooting content, data, and artwork fixes initiated through customer complaints or internal trouble-tickets.
- Work with Vendor Managers to define Levels of Servi - Catalog Specialist for Disc on DemandAmazonApr 2012 - Oct 2012 (7 months)- Detailed analysis of large quantities of digital content using proprietary tools / user interface.
- Artwork verification of CD & DVD submissions through the Create Space website using the MAP website. Also, responsible for receiving and tracking Independent films and music and submitting them for cataloging.
- Updating and consolidating Enterprise music & video databases using Jira II and other similar workflow-tracking software.
- Checked metadata for titles and their associated video footage to determine whether content was family friendly or contained possibly objectionable content, which was a launch-blocker for the release of Instant Video on X-Box 360 in May, 2012.
- Worked on creation of SOP's and mana - Real Estate AgentWindermere Real EstateMay 2004 - Apr 2009 (5 years)Responsible for setting and achieving business goals for each listing/sale transaction as well as for larger-scale projects involving multiple transactions with the same party.
Interfaced with and developed contacts in local chamber of commerce, the local real estate blogging community, news outlets and neighborhood associations during the marketing cycle of each listing transaction in order to identify new business leads and tailor a marketing strategy for each client depending upon their target audience.
Responsible for the development of a comprehensive strategic marketing and communications plan for each listing transaction as well as larger scale developments such as the Wards Cove Floating Homes project in the Eastlake neig - LRowing CoachLake Union CrewJan 2002 - Jan 2004 (2 years 1 month)
- DLitigation ClerkData Analysis and Technology GroupOct 2000 - Apr 2004 (3 years 7 months)Created digital organizational structures for access to count documentation and filings.
Developed Access databases for document-tracking and storage for continual use before, during and after trial.
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- BA, Poli/Sci 2002; focus on International Relations and Comparative PoliticsYale UniversityJan 1996 - Jan 2000 (4 years 1 month)4 year member of the Heavyweight Crew, and Political Science/International Studies geek, with a large course-load in Cultural and Social Anthropology
- Bachelor of Arts (B.A, Political Science and GovernmentYale UniversityJan 1996 - Jan 2000 (4 years 1 month)