Roles and levels
The roles and levels I work on.
I work with senior professionals and executives, from director through C-suite. AI and deep-tech hiring is a strength of mine. It is one part of the practice, and I fill professional roles of every kind.
- Senior professionals
- Executives
- Director through C-suite
- Engineering
- Product
- Go-to-market
- Operations
- People
- Finance
Most of the companies that engage me are startups and growth-stage companies. Larger companies come to me for director-level and specialist searches.
I was the second recruiter Elon interviewed and selected at Tesla, when the company had about 250 employees. I was one of the first 100 people at Neuralink, where I built the talent function from zero, and I joined Outdoorsy very early. I have also worked at Google and Teladoc Health.
- Outdoorsy
This is my employment history. None of these companies is a client. Logos belong to their owners.
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RikRik Avalos, Austin, Texas
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