San Francisco, California, United States
I've spent 25 years building the foundational teams at some of Silicon Valley's most iconic companies. First recruiter at Twitter, Square, and Coursera, early recruiter at LinkedIn — all four companies went on to become unicorns and IPO'd. Executive recruiter at Google and the White House US Digital Service. Investor in Rippling, Razorpay, Dover, and several YC startups. My sweet spot is the zero-to-one moment — when a company needs its first 25 to 100 people and every single hire defines the culture, the product, and the trajectory. I've done this enough times to know that the difference between a good early team and a great one isn't a job posting. It's knowing where the best passive talent lives, how to earn their trust, and how to close them. What sets me apart is candidate experience. Every person who goes through a process I run — whether they get the offer or not — walks away feeling respected. That's not just the right thing to do. It's how you build a company's reputation before it's famous. I work as an embedded operator. No layers, no hand-offs. You get me. Currently focused on executive and technical recruiting for high-growth technology companies, with deep expertise in engineering, product, and C-suite hiring. I also advise founders on early team building strategy — diagnosing bottlenecks in their current recruiting approach, building scalable hiring systems, and aligning talent strategy to revenue goals. If you're building something important and need someone who has done this before — I'd love to connect. [email protected]
Founded and led an executive search and technical recruiting firm for 24+ years. Built foundational teams at Google, LinkedIn, Twitter, Square and Coursera — all became unicorns and IPO'd. Specialized in engineering, product and C-suite placements for high-growth technology companies. Cross-border leadership search across US and India including Google, Flipkart, Housing.com and Compass.
Early investor in Rippling — the workforce management and HR platform founded by Parker Conrad. One of the fastest growing SaaS companies in Silicon Valley history, now valued at over $13 billion.
Early investor in Razorpay, India's leading full-stack financial solutions company. Met the founders early over lunch at my home and backed them based on conviction in their vision and character.
Portfolio includes Rippling, Razorpay, Dover and Explo (acquired by Omni) — high growth technology companies across fintech, HR tech, recruitment orchestration and analytics.
Embedded executive recruiter working closely with CTO Joseph Sirosh on critical engineering searches. All SVP level candidates were personally interviewed by CPO Greg Hart and Founder & CEO Robert Reffkin — resulting in close working relationships with both. Later brought into the product organization by Greg Hart to support Compass India product hiring. Made 4 hires including 1 VP of Mobile, 2 Senior Directors and 1 IC in engineering. Greg Hart, now CEO of Coursera, noted he had never seen this level of candidate experience focus in his career.