
Melisa Koutz Fich is a Recruiting Leader who has spent the last decade of her career learning at Google, growing Airbnb from ~500 to 5k+ and scaling Robinhood from ~100 to 4K+ - helping both Airbnb and Robinhood go from pre-IPO to a publicly traded company on the NASDAQ. She holds extensive experience in technical and nontechnical recruiting inclusive of Executive and Board hiring. Melisa advises several early stage start ups as they scale their companies from Seed to Series D - specializing in scaling leadership, engineering, GTM and IPO readiness teams from the ground up. More to share on her next chapter as a Co-Founder soon.
mercury.com
firstround.com
ycombinator.com
stanford.edu
robinhood.com
goo.gle
coitgroup.com
airbnb.com
lasparks.com
Denver Metropolitan Area
Co-Founder
Stealth Mode
• www.linkedin.com/company/stealthmode14
Dec 2024 - Present
Denver, Colorado, United States
Committee Volunteer
Stanford FLAN (First-Generation and/or Low-Income Alumni Network)
• www.linkedin.com/company/stanfordflan
Apr 2020 - Present
Stanford, California, United States
Head of Talent Acquisition
Mercury
• www.linkedin.com/company/mercuryhq
Mar 2024 - Sep 2024
United States
Recruiting & People Advisor
Y Combinator
• www.linkedin.com/company/y-combinator
Jan 2021 - Jan 2024
Denver, Colorado, United States
Director of Talent Acquisition
Robinhood
• www.linkedin.com/company/robinhood
Jan 2023 - Aug 2023
Denver, Colorado, United States
Senior Recruiting Leader
Robinhood
• www.linkedin.com/company/robinhood
Apr 2018 - Aug 2023
San Francisco Bay Area
Graduate Student
Stanford University
• www.linkedin.com/company/stanford-university
Jan 2011 - Jun 2012