Paria Rajai
CEO, ModelExpand - Building internal recruiting engines that scale
- Role
- Founder CEO at Modelexpand
- Location
- San Francisco, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Paria Rajai
I’m fortunate to lead ModelExpand alongside some of the best Talent Acquisition leaders in the world. Our team brings deep experience guiding companies through hypergrowth, building the infrastructure needed to scale with clarity, speed, and confidence.Impact & Recognition- Advise high-growth, innovative organizations including Chime, Blue Origin, and Lucasfilm—on evolving their hiring practices, recruiter enablement, and talent infrastructure- Lead initiatives that improve quality of hire, reduce time to fill, improve diversity and representation, and elevate recruiting teams into strategic business drivers-Selected for the U.S. State Department’s TechWomen program and the UN Advisory Group on Anti-Racism and Anti-Discrimination- Work featured in Harvard Business Review, Culture Amp, and Forbes
Experience
Founder CEO
Jan 2018 — Present
I lead an incredible team of seasoned Talent Acquisition leaders who help clients build high-performing recruiting engines—shortening time-to-fill, cutting reliance on agencies, and increasing hiring velocity.We partner with our clients on capacity planning, ATS RFP and setup, interview design, sourcing and lead generation support, executive recruiting placements, international expansion, data dashboards, and other core factors needed for hiring at scale.We’ve supported teams at world-class organizations like Chime, Blue Origin, Lucasfilm, Amazon, and Coinbase, as well as rising startups, to put the right people, processes, and tools in place. Whether companies are growing quickly or optimizing for efficiency, we help them evolve their recruiting function to meet the next stage of their business.
Education
Hackbright Academy
Intro to Programming, Computer Programming
2015 — 2015
Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
Language, Culture, and Economics
Skills
- Leadership
- Entrepreneurship
- Online Marketing
- Branding & Identity
- Business Development
- Digital Marketing
- Strategic Partnerships
- Social Media Strategist
- Social Media
- International Development
- Google Analytics
- Management
- Corporate Social Responsibility
- Cause Marketing
- Marketing
- Strategy
- Nonprofits
- Social Networking
- Social Media Marketing
- Fundraising
- Human Rights
- Business Strategy
- Wordpress
- Online Communications
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