Stuart Liroff

VP of Talent Acquistion in Kailua Kona, HI

Stuart Liroff

VP of Talent Acquistion in Kailua Kona, HI

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I am VP of Talent at Academia.edu.

I joined Academia because we are a mission driven company, accelerating the rate at which new knowledge is discovered.

I'm not a typical recruiter, with over 25-years' of hands-on software engineering and management, and over 20-years' of technical recruiting.

In my recruiting career, I've helped to build, at very early stage:

Silicon Graphics (Public), WebMD (IPO), Plaxo (Acq), Pure Storage (IPO), Teracent (acq by Goog), Mint (acq by Intuit), Jive (IPO), Zendesk (IPO), AppDynamics (Acq by Cisco), Splunk (IPO), Marketo (IPO), Weatherbill (Acq), Metromile, Upthere, Platfora, Snowflake, OpsClarity (Acq), Klout (RIP), Bloomreach, Yummly (Acq), Bracket (RIP), InstartLogic, SumoLogic, Academia.edu, GetInsured, and others.

  • Work
    • Academia.edu
  • Education
    • University of California, Berkeley
Testimonials
Most recruiters I've worked with seem to have to trade off between quality and volume, but Stuart delivered a consistent stream of high-quality, senior engineering candidates at the pace he promised. I don't know how he does it, but he has a remarkable ability to suss out whether a candidate will be a good fit very early in the process, making engineering phone screens feel almost pro forma.
David Judd, Software Engineer, Oakland, CA
Recruiters often get a bad reputation for acting too much like "sales agents", for not being thorough. Stuart is none of that. Stuart is what I'd call the Last Honest Recruiter. If Stuart is representing a company with an opening you like, you will get a very reasonable agent with detailed attention to your requirements and the commitment to help their client get the best option. Stuart is very transparent in his dealings and treats his clients with his respect, which is something I valued hi
Greg Silin, Engineering at Tally
Stuart helped build the core business and engineering team for Plaxo. Most importantly, he delivered a consistent string of great candidates and met his hiring targets. He also happens to be a great person and a pleasure to be around. I recommend him highly.
Tod Sacerdoti, Entrepreneur, father, investor
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