
Silicon Valley’s Talent Agent | Always Be Recruiting
Wall Street Quant Trader turned Startup Recruiter. Focused on helping early-stage startups as they grow, and the inherent challenges that brings. 60+ startups and over a dozen unicorns. 3x Founder as well, with varying degrees of success. - Built a car of my own design from scratch! Sold the company (Prong) after a lot of blood, sweat and gears. - Started an ebike brand (Karmic) to usher in the future of personal mobility. Made lots of Bike Industry Friends! - For my third act (NCM) we are building climate friendly homes of the future for today's modern families. Specialties: Talent Sniping, Organizational Design, Building Teams, Crafting Culture. Founder & Executive Coaching. Helping Founders build the next big thing thoughtfully when it's still very small and new. Services: Full Stack Staffing & Recruiting x Talent Management for Startups - organizational design, headcount budget & planning, talent sourcing, interview process optimization, hiring manager training, offers/negotiation, closing/onboarding. Obsession: Building things, going fast. Curating bicycles for the Quan Collection.
thielfoundation.org
500.co
gazillion.com
ign.com
usequanta.com
deshaw.com
Palo Alto, California, United States
Founding Recruiting Lead
Quanta
• www.linkedin.com/company/usequanta
Aug 2025 - Present
San Francisco, CA
Board Chair
Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition
• www.linkedin.com/company/silicon-valley-bicycle-coalition
Jan 2024 - Present
Silicon Valley, California, United States
Startup Coach
Chompians, Inc.
Jun 2025 - Present
Palo Alto, CA
Principal Recruiter
Hire Haus / Quantum
Jul 2010 - Jun 2025
Palo Alto, CA
Founder
Karmic
Sep 2014 - Aug 2021
Palo Alto, CA
Mentor in Residence
500 Startups
• www.linkedin.com/company/500global
Dec 2010 - May 2014
Mountain View, CA
Mentor, 20 Under 20 Fellowship
The Thiel Foundation
• www.linkedin.com/company/the-thiel-foundation
Mar 2011 - Feb 2014
San Francisco, CA
Founder
Prong Motors
Jan 2009 - Jun 2011
Mountain View, CA
Manager, Broadband Operations
1stUp.com Corporation
Jan 2000 - Dec 2001