Founder & Talent Partner at BrightSpaces Talent (2024-11 – Present)
Boutique consultancy — technical recruiting, talent strategy, and AI evaluation for mission-driven startups and scaling companies
- Operating as fractional Talent Partner for multiple clients simultaneously, owning full-cycle recruiting and advising on hiring strategy and employer branding.
- Sourced and placed Staff Engineer at Astral (startup; now acquired by OpenAI) — closing a foundational technical role that accelerated the company's product roadmap.
- Led fractional engagement with Green Dot, filling 13 senior engineering roles in under two months — scope expanded mid-engagement due to consistent delivery and partnership quality.
- Advised CEO of construction firm on talent attraction strategy; delivered against hiring targets within 30 days — demonstrating ability to provide grounded, practical guidance across industries.
- Built credibility in niche markets (DentalXChange, fintech, deep tech) under aggressive timelines, generating repeat business and referral revenue.
- Leveraged AI-driven sourcing (Juicebox, Claude.ai) to reduce manual search effort by 10+ hours per role, scaling capacity across simultaneous client engagements.
Talent Partner, Engineering at Welty Energy (2026-02 – 2026-06)
Power distribution, substations & transmission — grid modernization infrastructure
- Owned full-cycle recruitment for hard-to-fill roles across Engineering infrastructure, enabling grid modernization by securing critical talent that drives project delivery and revenue impact.
- Closed 10 senior-level roles (engineering, project management, estimating) within 90 days — restoring execution capacity after a 2-year hiring gap.
- Lead bi-weekly executive talent strategy sessions, delivering market intelligence and directly influencing revenue-driving workforce decisions with C-suite stakeholders.
- Selected for the Business Development Committee; partner with Head of Client Partnerships to drive relationship-based sales and expand key accounts.
- Conduct niche market mapping using Claude.ai; use Notion.ai to maintain pipeline hygiene and leadership accountability throughout the hiring lifecycle.
Global Talent Business Partner at Rocket Travel by Agoda (2022-09 – 2024-10)
Luxury white-label travel platform — U.S. & Europe technical and GTM hiring
- Hired 75+ employees across 10 cross-functional departments, aligning talent acquisition with broader business goals and growth plans.
- Achieved 95% offer acceptance rate through expert negotiation and deep candidate and stakeholder advisory.
- Drove $700K+ in cost savings by optimizing recruiting operations and vendor strategy.
- Led employer branding initiatives that increased qualified applicants by 25%, strengthening market positioning.
- Founded and led the Tech Ladies Employee Resource Group, building internal community for women in technical roles and expanding the pipeline of diverse engineering and product candidates.
- Created and launched a Culture Ambassador Program, equipping employees to represent the brand authentically at every candidate touchpoint — improving candidate experience scores.
Talent Partner — First TA Hire at Paro.ai (2021-05 – 2022-09)
Series B
- Appointed as first Talent Partner; built the recruiting function from scratch and scaled technical teams from 5 to 40+ across AI, Product, Design, and Engineering — without agency support.
- Designed and launched a white-glove onboarding experience for technical teams, building structured integration programs that accelerated ramp time and improved early-tenure retention.
- Partnered directly with CTO and executive leadership to define hiring strategy; one key hire has since been promoted to CTO.
- Architected and implemented the company's first ATS (Workable) with AI-enhanced sourcing — building data-driven recruiting infrastructure and operational standards from scratch.
- Built and launched a bespoke Engineering & Data Science Internship program, creating a structured pipeline to develop early-career technical talent and reduce reliance on senior-only hiring.
Lead Recruiter at Sunrise Futures LLC (2019-01 – 2021-05)
- Promoted to lead all Technology & Quantitative Trading recruitment; specialized in PhD-level Quantitative Researchers, Engineers, and Technical Leadership.
- Built and deployed a company-wide interview training program from scratch — creating structured evaluation rubrics and frameworks that drove an 18% increase in offer acceptance rate by equipping hiring managers to assess candidates more accurately.
- Transformed campus recruiting by building strategic university partnerships, generating a 15% increase in qualified candidates.
Recruitment Coordinator at Scion (2018-01 – 2019-01)
- Coordinated full-cycle recruitment for a student housing property management organization, supporting 90 properties.
Recruitment Consultant at Huxley (2016-05 – 2017-09)
- Direct-hire consultant for C++ engineers and risk/middle-office roles in financial services.
- Broke into a major banking client; became a dedicated resource — increasing company revenue by $100K.
- Achieved record billing quarter of $300K via 7 client placements in a single month.
