Charles Delano

About Charles Delano

I have been a Sourcer for various start-up companies and agencies for nearly 15 years. It has ranged from fintech startups to boutique agencies to radiopharmaceutical companies. Now, add up-and-coming AI company to the mix as I currently work at Groq, which builds AI ASICs called Language Processing Units (LPU). Can\'t wait to see what unfolds at Groq.

Experience

1. Talent Intelligence Researcher

   Groq

   Oct 2025 — Present · San Jose, CA, US

   Sourcing for top tier candidates for our open reqs, including Datacenter Network Engineer, Backbone Network Engineer, and other GTM and R&D reqs- Employing GEM, Linkedin Recruiter, X-Ray, ChatGPT, Claude.ai and Groq Recruiting Assistant to aide in the searches- Creating pipelines from other similar AI companies in sourcing future talent, with Google TPU as one such project- Assembling ad hoc market research comparing our goals vs similar AI companies like Cerebras, SambaNova and OpenAI

Education

• San José State University

  Bachelor's, Liberal Studies

  2004 — 2006

• San José State University

  Master's Degree, Library Science

  2007 — 2009

Skills

• Strategic Sourcing
• Sourcing
• Research
• Outlook
• Internet Recruiting
• Taleo
• Management
• Social Networking
• Customer Service
• Recruiting
• Talent Acquisition
• Interviews
• Human Resources
• Technical Recruiting
• Leadership
• Employee Relations
• Time Management
• Applicant Tracking Systems
• Microsoft Word
• Team Leadership
• Writing
• Cold Calling
• Training
• Powerpoint
• Microsoft Excel