Taylor Kientzel
About Taylor Kientzel
Taylor Kientzel is a Senior Recruiter with extensive experience in technical recruitment across various companies, including rideOS, Zendesk, and Lyft. Currently employed at Focal Systems since March 2023, Kientzel focuses on automating and optimizing retail to address global challenges.
Current Role at Focal Systems
Taylor Kientzel serves as a Senior Recruiter at Focal Systems, a position held since March 2023. In this role, Kientzel focuses on sourcing and recruiting talent to support the company's mission of automating and optimizing brick and mortar retail. The goal is to address global challenges, including lowering the cost of living and reducing food waste.
Previous Experience at rideOS
Kientzel has extensive experience at rideOS, which was acquired by Gopuff. Initially, Kientzel worked as a Technical Recruiter from 2019 to 2020 for 11 months. Following this, Kientzel advanced to Senior Technical Recruiter from 2020 to 2021 for one year, and later served as Lead Technical Recruiter from 2021 to 2022 for another year. This progression highlights Kientzel's growth and expertise in technical recruitment within the technology sector.
Recruitment Background
Before joining rideOS, Kientzel worked at Zendesk as a Technical Recruiter from 2018 to 2019 for one year in San Francisco. Additionally, Kientzel served as a Technical Recruiting Coordinator at Lyft from 2017 to 2018 for nine months in the San Francisco Bay Area. Kientzel also has experience in recruiting and operations in sports, having worked at the University of California, Davis for two years from 2015 to 2017.
Education and Academic Background
Kientzel studied at the University of California, Berkeley, where a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree in Sociology was achieved from 2010 to 2015. Prior to this, Kientzel attended Santa Cruz High School from 2006 to 2010. This educational background provides a foundation for Kientzel's career in recruitment and operations.