I work with high growth, engineering-driven companies that want to improve and scale their recruiting.

Head of Asia Recruiting @ Building a world-class service, brand and team in Asia. ABOUT UBER * Uber is a technology company. We make a smartphone app that provides users with an on-demand, private car service to take them safely and smoothly to where they need to go, in over 25 major cities around the world -- at the push of a button. * Revenues have grown more than 10-fold in just the past year, and they’ve accelerated with the launch of Uber in seven new cities over the past two months. * On another level, Uber is about applying mobile technology, data-driven decision making, and world-class operations teams to solve a massive, offline problem: urban transport. * We're building a new fabric for urban logistics that is redefining the way people experience and get around a city. And we're just getting started. UBER IN ASIA Following success in America and Europe, Uber launched in Sydney in November last year, in Melbourne this past January, and in Singapore in February. This is a unique opportunity to be an early employee in one of Silicon Valley's highest-growth startups, while shaping a nascent brand in Asia. Our founding teams in Asia will have all the fun, and do all the building, of a true startup; but will also be backed with significant resources - engineering, capital, investors, expertise, etc. - to help us grow a big business here. From February 2013 to Present (2 years 11 months) SingaporeFounder @ Recruiting is a complex, layered problem; like any big problem, it's best solved with thought and effort from an entire team. The service I provide then involves working with founders, hiring managers and employees on: - Creating the messaging needed to source the right candidates: what do you do, and why would people want to work for you? What's unique about your team, and exciting about your technology? How do you work, and what do you care about? - Identifying which roles need to be hired, and prioritizing recruiting around those roles. - Defining an efficient, repeatable interview process that's focused on making the right, quality hires, quickly. - Designing a world-class candidate experience that reflects what it's like to work for your company, and that turns candidates into advocates for you. - Teaching teams to interview and evaluate candidates, and to make fast, consistent, accurate hiring decisions. I'd love to connect then with founders or entrepreneurs for whom: - Great people, and having them on your team, are a near-obsession. - Hiring is a huge priority - if not the biggest one - in your company right now. - You need to hire yesterday, and also want to hire well. Thoughtfully and at scale, rather than incrementally. From March 2012 to Present (3 years 10 months) San Francisco Bay AreaHead of Apac Staffing @ From 2013 to 2015 (2 years) Head of Apac Staffing @ From 2013 to 2015 (2 years) HR & Recruiting @ From August 2011 to March 2012 (8 months) San Francisco Bay AreaDirector of Talent @ Current Greylock investments include Facebook, LinkedIn, Pandora, Groupon, Palo Alto Networks, Zipcar, and other Internet software startups. Provided recruiting, HR, and compensation support and expertise to Greylock’s portfolio of up and coming startups, including Airbnb, Cloudera, Shopkick, TellApart, and One Kings Lane. Defined and implemented a talent strategy for Greylock to source and introduce high-quality engineering resumes for its portfolio companies, while providing them with the training and expertise startups need to become self-sufficient at hiring. Designed and ran social and professional programs targeted at engineering talent, and emerging entrepreneurs. From November 2009 to August 2011 (1 year 10 months) Senior Human Resources Manager @ Supported the HR needs of a rapidly-evolving, 700-employee, global sales organization. Worked with managers and employees to address day-to-day compensation, benefits, employee relations, organizational design, performance management, and talent management issues. Ran compensation projects which impacted the broader 7,000-person sales org at Google. From July 2008 to November 2009 (1 year 5 months) Lead Recruiter, Greater China Staffing Team @ Based in Beijing, managed a staffing team of seven recruiters, and led recruiting efforts for all non-engineering functions -- advertising operations, sales, finance, marketing, etc. -- for openings across Greater China. From July 2007 to July 2008 (1 year 1 month) Lead Recruiter, International Staffing @ From the US, hired, trained, managed and allocated a hybrid team of nine Beijing and US-based recruiters, recruiting coordinators, and sourcers, to meet the hiring targets of multiple Greater China-based client teams. From November 2006 to July 2007 (9 months) Recruiter, International Staffing @ Individually hired over 60 employees for Google’s advertising operations teams in Beijing, at individual contributor, manager, and director levels. Hired Greater China’s VP of Sales, and its Head of Advertising Operations. From August 2005 to October 2006 (1 year 3 months) HR & Finance Manager @ From 2003 to 2004 (1 year) Recruiting Manager @ From 1999 to 2002 (3 years) Marketing Manager @ From 1998 to 1999 (1 year)

Brown University From 1994 to 1998 Aki Taha is skilled in: Start-ups, Talent Acquisition, Recruiting, College Recruiting, Technical Recruiting, Talent Management, Sourcing, Onboarding, Employee Relations, Human Resources, University Relations, Employer Branding