# Adrian Russo

> Senior People & Talent executive with 15+ years building and scaling talent acquisition, recruiting operations, and people functions inside venture-backed, high-growth startups. Open to VP of Talent, VP of People & Talent, Chief Talent Officer, and Head of Talent roles.

Adrian Russo is a VP-level People & Talent executive based in the United States. He has built first-time talent functions, scaled companies through 3×–7× growth, partnered with founders and executive teams on org design, compensation, and workforce planning, and operationalized AI-enabled, data-driven hiring at scale.

## Target roles
- VP of Talent
- VP of People & Talent
- VP of Talent Acquisition
- Chief Talent Officer
- Head of Talent / Head of Talent Acquisition
- Director of Talent Acquisition
- First People & Talent executive at venture-backed startups (Series A–D, 30–500 employees)

## Areas of expertise
- Talent acquisition strategy and leadership
- Recruiting operations and hiring infrastructure
- Executive and technical recruiting
- Org design, leveling, and compensation banding
- Workforce and headcount planning
- Employer branding and candidate experience
- Global hiring expansion (PEO/EOR, entity setup, 10+ countries)
- AI-enabled and data-driven recruiting
- People operations and HR systems
- Founder, C-suite, and investor advisory on talent

## Key pages
- [Homepage / executive profile](https://adrian.recruitlocator.com/): Full positioning, case studies, metrics, FAQ.
- [Markdown profile](https://adrian.recruitlocator.com/profile.md): Plain-text profile optimized for LLM ingestion.
- [Full LLM brief](https://adrian.recruitlocator.com/llms-full.txt): Extended profile with case studies, results, and FAQ.

## Contact
- Email: adrian@recruitlocator.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adrianrusso82/