Türkiye
Ex-Google and Cisco, with deep experience in scaling remote-first companies. 20+ years in global talent acquisition for high-growth tech, eCommerce, and YC-backed startups. Proven track record of placing 55+ professionals in 18 months, maintaining a 13-day average time-to-fill and a 9.2 candidate NPS. Expertise in building and leading recruiting functions, from C-level executive search to mentoring junior teams. Lomonosov Moscow State University, 'A' grade (4.68/5.0). Native Russian, English (C1), Turkish (B2). [email protected] tg: bl_diamond
Technologically advanced digital bank in Uzbekistan and a FinTech company.
AI-powered EComTech and e-commerce brand. Seed-stage startup. Top 1% of Amazon sellers. GMV from 0 to $25M+ with 88% MOM growth. • Scaled the company from 10 to 70 employees in 18 months, building the core Engineering, Marketing, Sales, and Design teams for a seed-stage AI startup. • Architectured the company's first structured hiring process, cutting time-to-fill to 13 days while achieving a 9.2 candidate NPS. • Placed foundational hires including Lead Engineers and Product Launch Managers that directly supported the company’s growth to $25M+ GMV. • Developed a multi-channel sourcing process (LinkedIn Recruiter, niche platforms) that generated a pipeline of passive candidates for hard-to-fill tech and marketing roles. • Run the full recruitment cycle for up to 12 roles at a time. • Maintained offer acceptance rate at ~87% and 90-day retention rate at ~88%.
Biggest in the World No-code talent marketplace, acquired by Toptal in 2023. • Hired key leadership roles for the internal team of a seed-stage startup, including the Head of Growth and Head of Sales, who were instrumental in the company's successful acquisition by Toptal. • Mentored a team of 4-6 sourcing interns, developing their skills in talent identification and outreach. • Built the supply-side of the talent marketplace by onboarding over 7,500 no-code developers to the talent marketplace and vetting and qualifying over 700 no-code developers, establishing the quality standard that attracted enterprise clients.
• Led a team of 5 international sourcers placing Software and Data Engineers and SREs into YC-backed startups (US) and major EU tech companies (Check24, AutoScout), as well as roles in iGaming. • Achieved a 95% offer acceptance rate by implementing a candidate-centric process focused on transparency and speed.
Recruited the core technical team of 6 (iOS, Android, Backend) for a YC-backed social app, enabling the launch of their flagship product.