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Popular Event 
With Kelli Presto (Head of Talent Acquisition, Speak), Maryann Kongovi (SVP People, PayJoy), Yvette Kamperin (VP Talent, Liftoff Mobile), Marielle Smith (Head of People Ops, Material Security), Misha Kestler (Meter), Max Gardner (Kodex).
Venue, To Be Announced, San Francisco
Jan 08 (Thu) , 2026 @ 06:00 PM
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We're hosting a low-key happy hour hang in San Francisco for Talent & People Leaders across the broader Leopard network

When: Jan 8, 2025 from 6-9 PM

Where: Yerba Buena Bar in SOMA

Food: Open Bar & Appetizers from Raavi (Samosas, Kebabs & Naan) covered by Leopard

Who is invited? Vetted People & Talent Leaders (including teams of 1 at startups) who believe in inclusivity in tech. Our private people/talent Slack community has 350+ members & includes leaders from Hugging Face, Distyl, Noom, Drivemode, Goalbook, Anrok & VC talent teams.

We're expecting 100 RSVPs, here are few leaders who RSVPd so far & are Leopard People/Talent leader slack members:

Kelli Presto, Head of Talent Acquisition at Speak (OpenAI-backed Language-Learning AI Startup, $100M ARR)

Maryann Kongovi, SVP of People at PayJoy (Pre-IPO Fintech startup with 1500 employees, $360M in funding)

Yvette Kamperin, VP of Talent at Liftoff Mobile (Private Equity owned Mobile Marketing Platform, 700 employees, $400 Million investment from BlackRock)

Marielle Smith, Head of People Operations, Material Security (Security startup, $162M in funding, $1B valuation)

Misha Kestler, Technical Recruiting Leader at Meter (Sam Altman-backed Infrastructure startup, $315 million in funding)

Max Gardner, Founding Recruiter at Kodex, Agentic AI Govtech Compliance Startup, Series B, used by 1500 Government Agencies)

About Leopard.FYI: We run a professional job search network & Slack community for senior+ women & non-binary software engineers (and allies!). We also partner with startups & growing tech companies to to help them quickly hire senior engineers from our diverse candidate pool.

Founded in 2021, we have been profitable since early on, making hundreds of hires & hosting events in SF, NYC, Boston, LA & more. We're a team of 20 across New York, San Francisco, Arizona, France/Brazil, & the Philippines.

Hiring engineers & struggling to build a slightly more diverse funnel? Leopard employer partnerships might be worth exploring! We've placed candidates at startups like LTK, Abridge, Weights & Biases, not to mention tons of early stage startups building our their early teams. We're best at:

Roles: Backend, Full Stack, Frontend, Infrastructure, DevOps, Machine Learning, Data Engineering, AI/LLM, Solutions Engineers, Product Managers
Engineers with experience in: Startup Experience, Scaling Experience, Modern Tech Stacks, 01 Builds, Hypergrowth, Early-Stage or Founding Roles

We also are always looking for companies who want to host our IRL candidate meetups in SF, NY, Washington DC, Seattle, Boston, LA & more! We bring 25-100 senior/staff/leadership engineers (women/nb) from our community to your office & help your team get the best fits into your hiring pipeline .


For more info about partnerships or hosting Leopard community events, just grab time with Leopard's CEO Lexi any time!: https://calendly.com/lexilewtan/30min (or email her lexi@leopard.FYI)
 
 
 
 
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