I help companies build great teams. Strengths: Riding bikes, drinking coffee...usually at the same time I do not accept connection requests from people I don't know, if you would like to connect directly, please email me at oliver@lab8ventures.com

Building @ Shhh From January 2015 to Present (1 year) Owner @ Helping startups build amazing teams From 2012 to Present (3 years) Director, Recruiting @ I managed Recruiting stuff @Twitter and helped grow the company from under 50 to over 500 people in less than 2 years. From July 2009 to June 2011 (2 years) Director, People @ 23andMe, Time Magazine's 2008 Invention of the Year, launched in November of 2007 and is a startup developing tools and producing content to help people make sense of their genetic information. I owned Recruiting and HR. From March 2007 to June 2009 (2 years 4 months) Manager, Talent Acquisition @ Managed recruiting for Gap Inc.'s online division, Gap Inc. Direct (Gap.com, OldNavy.com, BananaRepublic.com, and Piperlime). Responsible for talent acquisition strategy/process, as well as day-to-day recruiting across all functions. From June 2004 to February 2007 (2 years 9 months) Manager, Consultant Services @ M Squared is the nation's premier value-added 'broker' of independent consultants. Responsible for working with Management Consultants, connecting them with interim Management roles, including CFO, CEO, VP Finance, VP Marketing, as well as deliverable driven, project based consulting assignments across multiple functions/industries. From January 2003 to June 2004 (1 year 6 months) Recruiter @ Worked as a recruiter for several organizations including full time roles with Onesoft (a small ecommerce company where I managed corporate recruiting) TEKsystems (a division of Aerotek), and several contract/consulting roles. From September 1997 to January 2003 (5 years 5 months)

BA, Psychology @ Georgetown University From 1993 to 1997 Oliver Ryan is skilled in: Drinking coffee, Getting endorsed, Recruiting, Talent Acquisition, Interviews, Applicant Tracking Systems, Cycling, Coffee, Technical Recruiting