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Expert Profile

C-Suite Executive | Founder | Advisor

Kasi Riley

Kasi Riley is a Talent and HR Leader with 15 years of dynamic experience leading large teams and scaling companies’ talent strategies across Tech, FinTech, and Retail through her tenure at Block (formerly Square), Stitch Fix, Wells Fargo, and Target. From guiding teams through explosive growth stages to successful IPOs and revolutionizing recruiting strategies at some of the world’s greatest companies, her team’s talent strategies have been pivotal in driving unprecedented business expansion.
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Areas of Expertise

  • Strategic Talent Acquisition for High-Growth Startups – Partner with early-stage companies to design scalable hiring strategies that balance speed with quality, ensuring the right talent is in place to drive business milestones.
  • Executive, Leadership, and Team Vertical Hiring
    Specializing in hiring top-tier executives and leaders, building entire team verticals from the ground up, and designing holistic hiring strategies that align with company growth goals and ensure long-term organizational success.
  • Building and Leading High-Performing Recruiting Teams – Developing nimble and impactful recruiting teams that thrive in fast-paced environments, equipped with the tools and strategies to scale operations seamlessly.
  • Creating Equity-Centered Hiring Practices – Designing and implementing DEI strategies to attract underrepresented talent, ensuring diverse perspectives fuel innovation and team success.
  • Employer Branding to Attract Top Talent – Crafting compelling employer brands that resonate with startup talent, differentiating your company in competitive hiring markets.
  • Optimizing Hiring Processes for Agility and Impact – Introducing frameworks and tools to streamline recruiting operations, reducing time-to-hire while enhancing candidate experience.
  • Driving Results with Data-Driven Recruitment – Implementing metrics and analytics to track recruitment ROI, pipeline health, and time-to-fill, enabling informed decision-making.
  • International Talent Expansion and Market Entry Hiring – Supporting startups in launching in new markets, managing compliance, and building localized recruiting strategies to meet global ambitions.
  • Recruiting Tech Stack and AI Strategy Implementation
    Identifying and integrating advanced recruiting technologies, including AI-powered tools, to optimize sourcing, candidate engagement, and recruiter efficiency.
  • Interview Design and Values-Based Assessments
    Crafting structured, data-driven interview frameworks that integrate company values to evaluate candidates objectively, ensure cultural alignment, and drive long-term success.

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Kasi Riley’s career began in HR at Target, where she led HR operations for new store openings across the Bay Area, fueling her passion for talent acquisition. At Wells Fargo, she set new standards for efficiency by building recruiting programs and analytics. Joining Stitch Fix pre-IPO, she drove talent initiatives, led diversity efforts for 6,000+ employees, crafted international expansion strategies, and launched the employer brand team. At Block, she guided recruiting for emerging businesses and introduced transformative programs like AI recruiting, a talent-sharing initiative, and a flexible recruiting model.

Kasi’s innate ability to activate teams, turn vision into action, and transform ambitious ideas into actionable outcomes has made her an influential figure in the talent acquisition field. She excels in developing best-in-class talent functions, creating high efficiency and mission connected teams, and leveraging analytics to optimize recruiting processes. Her strategic vision and leadership have consistently resulted in high-impact outcomes, making her a key asset to any organization.

A Bay Area native, Kasi’s entrepreneurial spirit and passion for the tech space have been ingrained since birth. Raised in Palo Alto, she was immersed in a culture of innovation and surrounded by some of the world’s leading thought leaders. This early exposure ignited her drive for cutting-edge ideas and always operating with a curious mindset, leading her to vibrant communities in Mountain View and San Francisco before she and her family settled in their permanent home on the beautiful island of Alameda.

“Creating high impact talent strategies that accelerate your business’s growth.”
Kasi Riley
C-Suite Executive | Founder | Advisor
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