Mischa Szymanski
About Mischa Szymanski
Mischa Szymanski is the Lead Revenue Recruiter at Flock Safety, with a background in marketing and extensive experience in talent acquisition for GTM and revenue roles at pre-IPO hypergrowth startups.
Title and Current Role
Mischa Szymanski is the Lead Revenue Recruiter at Flock Safety, based in the San Francisco Bay Area. In this role, Szymanski specializes in talent acquisition for go-to-market (GTM) and revenue roles at pre-IPO hypergrowth startups.
Professional Experience at Verkada
Mischa has held multiple roles at Verkada, a security company based in San Francisco. From 2022 to 2024, he was a Sales Leadership Recruiter, focusing on hiring for leadership positions in the sales department. Prior to this, he served as a Sales Talent Sourcer and an Enterprise Sales Recruiting Coordinator in 2021. In these roles, he was responsible for identifying, engaging potential sales candidates, and coordinating recruitment efforts.
Marketing and Communication Roles
Szymanski has extensive experience in marketing and communications. He worked as a Marketing Coordinator at Zenbooth from 2018 to 2021. He was also employed at Half Moon Bay Golf Links as the Director of Communications & Guest Relations in 2017 and as the Marketing and Communications Manager, Navy SEAL Foundation Event Coordinator from 2016 to 2017. These positions involved overseeing communication strategies and coordinating significant events.
Academic Background
Mischa Szymanski earned a Bachelor's degree in Marketing from the University of Arizona, Eller College of Management, where he studied from 2012 to 2016. Additionally, he holds a Full Stack Web Development Certification from freeCodeCamp, where he studied Computer Software Engineering.
Early Career and Management Experience
Early in his career, Szymanski managed Trident Grill in Tucson, Arizona from 2013 to 2016, where he gained managerial experience overseeing operations and staff. He also served as an Honors Consulting Project Manager at the University of Arizona, Eller College of Management, offering consulting services to real-world clients from 2014 to 2016.