Amanda E.

Experience

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  BRINC

  Talent Partner & Head of Executive Recruiting

  May 2022 - Sep 2024

  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.
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  Sonos, Inc.

  A lot of recruiting, executive search and building

  Jan 2012 - Jun 2022

  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.
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  Amazon

  Recruiting Coordinator G&A Team

  Nov 2010 - Dec 2011

  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.

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  Clearwire

  Coordinator within HR/Recruiting

  Nov 2009 - Nov 2010

  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.

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  Insight Global

  Account Manager

  Sep 2008 - Oct 2009

  A leading global staffing company dedicated to empowering people