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Seattle, WA, USA

Amanda E.

Talent Partner & Executive Search

I’m a full-cycle recruiter with deep experience in executive search and versatility across Product, Engineering, and more.

Think of me as a blend of scout, huntress, and talent intelligence officer—strategic, instinctive, and deeply passionate about connecting people to missions that truly matter.

I’ve been immersed in the startup world, fortunate to witness an IPO firsthand, which taught me invaluable lessons about building successful businesses and recognizing what great looks like.

With a contrarian spirit, I excel at uncovering bold, nonlinear, and simple ways to deliver value quickly. My experience spans industries including consumer products, hardware, software, AI, robotics, GovTech, drones, climate tech, and supply chain.

I thrive on leading executive searches, placing impactful leaders and individual contributors, and fostering strong, connected communities that drive meaningful outcomes.

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Amanda Roodman Edwards

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Amanda Roodman Edwards

It’s never just about filling roles for me—I’m a trusted talent partner focused on fueling growth by connecting people to the heart of a business. I enjoy creatively identifying and nurturing talent and relationships that deliver meaningful impact.

I’ve been deep in the startup world and lucky enough to experience an IPO, which taught me a ton about what it takes to build a successful business and know what great looks like.

I’ve got a contrarian spirit and a knack for uncovering bold, nonlinear, and simple ways to deliver value quickly by recruiting and making introductions as needed.

My experience spans industries like consumer products, hardware, software, AI, robotics, GovTech, drones, climate tech, and supply chain. I’m passionate about leading executive searches, placing impactful leaders and ICs, and fostering strong, connected communities.

Experience

May 2022 — Sep 2024
BRINC

BRINC

Talent Partner & Head of Executive Recruiting

BRINC Drones is an American developer of technology in the service of public safety. The company builds a connected ecosystem of tools designed to save lives.

  • My role extends well beyond traditional recruiting—I’ve been instrumental in shaping our talent strategy from the ground up. By closely partnering with our first-time Series B founder/CEO and the Board, I successfully helped nearly double the team in under two years. This was achieved through a scrappy and creative approach across Engineering, Go-to-Market, and Manufacturing/Ops.
  • I built out our leadership team without relying on external search firms, owning the process from start to finish. I’m hands-on and balance that with coaching, which earned me the nickname "Talent Therapist." I've got an eye for talent and a knack for people.
  • We also received support from influential names like Index Ventures, Sam Altman, and Peter Thiel along the way.
Jan 2012 — Jun 2022
Sonos, Inc.

Sonos, Inc.

A lot of recruiting, executive search and building

Sonos is a sound experience company making it easier than ever for millions of listeners around the world to play more, hear more, and feel more. Explore opportunities at careers.sonos.com

  • Employee #435, lucky to be part of IPO in 2018
  • Hired in 2012 as one of two initial hires to establish our Executive Search Practice
  • Partnered directly with Founders and Leadership, achieving 50% year-over-year growth.
  • Moved to and started in Santa Barbara, CA, and relocated home to Seattle, WA, to build out a new office.
  • Key Accomplishments Throughout My Tenure -
  • Led full life cycle recruiting and stakeholder management, focusing on sourcing, screening, and closing
  • candidates.
  • Managed searches for positions ranging from Senior Individual Contributor to C-suite executives.
  • Drove the build-out of internal teams within a larger organization.
  • Spearheaded and contributed to critical projects directly for our CEO, including strategic sourcing, DEI
  • initiatives, Women in Leadership, and various events.
  • Served as Team Lead for a global and distributed recruiting team, providing mentorship and guidance.
  • Specialized in recruiting for Hardware, Audio, Software, Embedded Systems, UX/Design, Mechanical
  • Engineering, IT/Security, and Research/PhD roles.
  • Led a global team of Coordinators and Associates, focusing on elevating the candidate experience.
  • Achieved an NPS of 80+, earning a CandE Award for excellence in candidate experience.
Nov 2010 — Dec 2011
Amazon

Amazon

Recruiting Coordinator G&A Team

Amazon is guided by four principles: customer obsession rather than competitor focus, passion for invention, commitment to operational excellence, and long-term thinking. We are driven by the excitement of building technologies, inventing products, and providing services that change lives. We embrace new ways of doing things, make decisions quickly, and are not afraid to fail. We have the scope and capabilities of a large company, and the spirit and heart of a small one.Together, Amazonians research and develop new technologies from Amazon Web Services to Alexa on behalf of our customers: shoppers, sellers, content creators, and developers around the world.Our mission is to be Earth's most customer-centric company. Our actions, goals, projects, programs, and inventions begin and end with the customer top of mind.You'll also hear us say that at Amazon, it's always "Day 1."​ What do we mean? That our approach remains the same as it was on Amazon's very first day - to make smart, fast decisions, stay nimble, invent, and focus on delighting our customers.

Nov 2009 — Nov 2010
Clearwire

Clearwire

Coordinator within HR/Recruiting

The Clearwire 4G mobile broadband network now covers more than 130 million people in the U.S. including 35 of the top 40 U.S. markets. Our WiMAX network represents one of the fastest expansions in history, and our 4G network is highly scalable and backed by a wealth of spectrum. In 2011 Clearwire was one of the fastest growing companies in the wireless industry and today serves 11 million 4G customers. Recent projections estimate that global mobile data traffic will nearly double annually through 2015. Our deep spectrum position enables long-term success in the high tonnage, video-enabled 4G world. Today we’re working to deploy the first wide-channel TDD-LTE 4G network in the U.S. – a network that we believe will have the speed and capacity to outperform anything else in the market.

Sep 2008 — Oct 2009
Insight Global

Insight Global

Account Manager

A leading global staffing company dedicated to empowering people