Andrew B.

Fractal develops and finances the next generation of vertical SaaS start-ups. Led a 30-person recruiting team that was responsible for finding CEOs and CTOs for our portfolio companies. Launched 80 companies during my tenure.

• Co-founded the talent function alongside the CEO, helping make Fractal one of the fastest-scaling venture studios in the country
• Supported the launch of 80+ vertical SaaS companies in 2 years by recruiting 300+ CEO and CTO candidates into the Entrepreneur-in-Residence program
• Scaled the firm from 2 to 110+ employees across Talent, Research and Portfolio Operations in under two years
• Built and led a 27-person talent team of recruiters, sourcers and talent ops
• Designed the full-cycle recruiting process, recruiting KPIs and dashboards, plus pipeline partnerships with Greenhouse, Interseller, Underdog, Leopard and MBA programs
• Advised portfolio founders as an embedded talent partner on their first recruiting processes and early hires

Joined as company's first Head of People/Talent. Oversaw both recruiting and HR function. Helped scale company from 20 to 420 during my tenure including building our HQ2 in Columbus from scratch as well as our retail/studio presence all across the country.

• Member of the Senior Leadership Team; led a 13-person People org covering Recruiting, HR and Employee Experience
• Scaled headcount from 25 to 420+ in under two years while maintaining quality and culture
• Hired 6 senior executives: CRO, CFO, CMO, VP Marketing, VP Customer Care and VP Government Affairs
• Partnered with the COO to stand up a second HQ in Columbus, OH, scaling it to 150+ employees
• Built distributed retail hiring across 25+ stores nationwide
• Co-designed the company's first career ladders and launched its first formal performance review process

First internal recruiter and Head of Talent. Joined when they were 20 people and helped scale the company to 800 by the time I left.

• First internal recruiter, hired after the $38.5M Series A (Index Ventures and Accel)
• Grew the company from 20 to 800+ employees across New York, Portland and Dublin over 7 years
• Built recruiting from a team of one to 20+ (technical, business, campus, sourcing, coordination and events)
• Strategic hiring partner to the founding executive team, leading quarterly hiring calibration sessions
• Created employer brand campaigns ("Be A Part of It," "NYCommit," "Initial Commit") that stood out in a competitive NYC market
• Implemented Greenhouse and built the recruiting infrastructure (dashboards, offer process, scorecards) that scaled with hypergrowth

Worked in the contingency practice. Helped place software engineers for NYC-based startups.

• Placed VPs and Directors of Engineering, engineers, product managers and business analysts
• Clients included Gilt Groupe, Etsy, Foursquare, TheLadders, Squarespace, Bridgewater Associates and MediaMath