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STARTUP ADVISOR

RAISED IN HAWAI'I

STUDENT OF LIFE

WORKS IN SAN FRANCISCO

 

ALOHA!

I'M AURORA.





WHAT I DO

AFTER MORE THAN A DECADE OF WORKING IN TECHNOLOGY IN SAN FRANCISCO, AURORA
DISCOVERED SHE HAD A PASSION FOR BUILDING STARTUPS, WORKING WITH TEAMS TO
DEVELOP CREATIVE SOLUTIONS TO CHALLENGES, AND EMPOWERING OTHERS TO DO GREAT
WORK. AS A RECRUITER AND LEADER, SHE GREW AIRBNB FROM 50 TO 900 AND COINBASE
FROM 7 TO 700. PRIOR TO AIRBNB SHE WORKED IN HR AT SALESFORCE AND ENGINEERING
RECRUITING AT GOOGLE.

 

SHE SPECIALIZES IN EARLY-MID SIZE (5-700 EMPLOYEES) HYPER-GROWTH STARTUPS AND
NOW WORKS AS AN INDEPENDENT ADVISOR WORKING WITH A16Z CRYPTO AS WELL AS OTHER
STARTUPS BOTH IN AND OUTSIDE OF THE WEB3 SPACE. SHE HELPS COMPANIES WITH BOTH
THEIR HIRING AND HR STRATEGIES. WHAT'S TOP OF MIND FOR HER? DEVELOPING STRONG
RECRUITING STRATEGIES, TOP-NOTCH CANDIDATE EXPERIENCE, ENABLING FOUNDERS TO
BUILD THEIR TEAMS, DRIVING DIVERSITY, THINKING THROUGH HEALTHY ORGANIZATION
STRUCTURE AS WELL AS LIGHTWEIGHT HR STRUCTURE, AND BUILDING A HEALTHY CULTURE.
SHE SPENDS HER FREE TIME READING, SURFING & SNOWBOARDING, TRAVELING, AND
ADVENTURING WITH HER FAMILY.





EXPERIENCE

COMPANIES WHERE I'VE BEEN FORTUNATE TO LEARN AND GROW.

POLYCHAIN CAPITAL

MAY 2019 - MAY 2021

Leading recruiting strategy for the portfolio as the Head of Recruiting.

COINBASE

JANUARY 2014-JANUARY 2019

Joined at 7 employees, grew it to 900. Built out Engineering, Compliance, G&A,
Customer Support. Took over as Director in 2016, scaled recruiting team from 0
to 55 over 7 offices in 4 countries.

AIRBNB

JUNE 2011-JANUARY 2014

Joined at 50 employees, grew it to 900. Built out Engineering, G&A, led
recruiting for international expansion to 10 offices in 9 countries, led the
design recruiting team.

GOOGLE

OCTOBER 2010-JUNE 2011

Transitioned from HR to Recruiting as a Technical Recruiter for Software
Engineering.

SALESFORCE

JUNE 2007-OCTOBER 2010

HRIS Administrator and Generalist.




DIRECTORIAL WORK

A SELECTION OF PROJECTS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO ME:

"MY BLOG"

Thoughts on hiring and scaling tech startups.

"CIRCLE THE SCHOOLS"

Building a partnership with the SF Ed Fund




EDUCATION



UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA (UCSB)

BACHELOR OF ARTS (B.A.) 2002-2006

Global Studies, French, Phi Beta Kappa




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