Talent Acquisition
Resume:
Kevin O’Kane
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Accomplished talent acquisition professional recognized for his
proven track record of scaling pre-IPO high-growth startups as well as public companies. Venture Capital experience recruiting and driving business results for, both, the firms and their portfolio companies. WORK EXPERIENCE
Andreessen Horowitz, Menlo Park, CA
Principal Recruiter
September 2020 - present
● Recruited internally for the firm across multiple focus areas including Bio & Health, IT, Finance and GTM
● Solely tasked to build out the “Cultural Leadership Fund”
(CLF)
Quizlet, San Francisco, CA
Principal Technical and GTM Recruiter
April 2019 – September 2020
● Instrumental in scaling Quizlet’s Denver office
● Led the design and development of the Quizlet employment brand website page
● Worked closely with executive staff and board members on organizational scaling by carrying diverse requisitions, across multiple business units
Cohesity, San Jose, CA
Global Head of Talent
October 2017 – July 2018
● Hired and managed a team of 12 Talent Acquisition members
● Grew Cohesity from 250 to 600 employees in 8 months, across all functions
● Played a key role in global expansion (EMEA and India)
● Ran and recruited all business unit executive hiring efforts, while a member of executive staff
Sequoia Capital, Menlo Park, CA
Director, Human Capital
May 2017 - October 2017
● Partnered and guided companies within the Sequoia portfolio,
(including Cohesity) with talent acquisition and engagement
● Created and deployed interviewing best practices, org identity and talent engagement alongside founders and leaders within the portfolio
● Recruited Co-founders, VP’s and GTM leaders at all funding rounds
San Francisco Bay Area
Mobile: 408-***-****
Email: **********@*****.***
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NOTABLE MENTIONS
Nutanix IPO 2016(NTNX)
Dynamic Public Speaker
Painter/Artist
Former Teacher and Track
Coach
Nutanix, San Jose, CA
Senior Director of Global Talent Acquisition
September 2016 - April 2017
● Successful IPO / 2016 (NTNX)
● Partnered with the CEO and VP’s of Engineering to develop a plan and strategy for next level talent search Xi (Cloud Solutions)
● Built-out “Career Landing Page” on Corporate website
● Partnered with Exec staff on the acquisitions of PernixData and Calm.io
● Drove all domestic and international leadership recruiting efforts Nutanix, San Jose, CA
Director of Global Talent Acquisition
September 2012- September 2016
● Hired to build out a global talent acquisition team, grew from 2 to 35 members globally
● Achieved 85-100% of quarterly hiring goals for all business units, four years straight
● Grew company from 90 to 2800 employees in less than four years
● Hosted monthly global All Hands Meetings
● Master of Ceremony for Sales Kickoff (SKO)
Google, Mountain View, CA
Senior Technical Recruiter
November 2006 - September 2012
● Conducted full-lifecycle technical recruiting for the Google.com/SRE (Site Reliability Engineering) team
● Ranked in the top 10% of Recruiters in the Google Staffing Organization
● Created an interviewing best practices course tailored specifically to the SRE engineering team
● Contributed course content and instructed classes for the Sourcer Training Program
Google, Mountain View, CA
Technical Sourcer
June 2005 - October 2006
● Pipeline generation of technical candidates for the Google.com/SRE (Site Reliability Engineering) team O’Kane Group, San Jose, CA
Principal, Publisher Representative/Account Executive August 2001 - September 2006
● Sold instructional and classroom reading materials to various levels of schools throughout Northern California
● Hired, trained, and managed a sales team of 7 Account Executives OmniSky Inc, Palo Alto, CA
Contract Technical Recruiter
September 2000 - August 2001
Proqwest, Sunnyvale, CA
Recruiter / Business Development
June 2000 - August 2000
TEACHING
Lincoln High School, SJUSD Art Instructor
August 1996-June 2000
COACHING
Lincoln High School, Head Coach - Track & Field 2004-2005 San Jose State University. Assistant Coach - Cross-country 2001-2003 Los Gatos High School, Head Sprint Coach - Track & Field 2003 Evergreen Valley High School, Head Coach - Track & Field 2002 Lincoln High School, Head Coach - Track & Field, Cross-Country 1993-1999
EDUCATION
National University - San Jose, California, M. Ed. Cross-Cultural Teaching Credential Program
San Jose State University - San Jose, California. BFA, Painting and Sculpture emphasis, (1993-1995)
Chico State University - Chico, California. BFA, Painting and Sculpture emphasis (1990-1993)
● Member of the Track & Field Team
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