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Angela Bertolini (she/her)

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Head of Talent Acquisition at Lightmatter
📍 Newport Beach, California, United States

Angela Bertolini is the Sr. Director of Talent Acquisition at Lightmatter, leveraging over 17 years of leadership experience from startups to Fortune 500 tech companies. She specializes in building and developing recruitment teams. Described by colleagues as a passionate, innovative, and empathetic leader, she holds a BA from Sao Francisco University in Brazil.

Originally from Brazil, Angela is passionate about fostering global partnerships and is consistently inspired by change. Her journey included moving to the U. S. and learning English as a second language, which has informed her empathetic and globally-minded approach to connecting with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures.

Angela was once ranked the #1 Recruiter in the world, based on the LinkedIn Recruiter Index (LRI).

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Current Role
Head of Talent Acquisition
Location
Newport Beach, California, United States
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Deep Tech Recruiting
She leads talent acquisition for Lightmatter, a photonic AI computing company, and has spoken publicly about the unique challenges of recruiting highly specialized technical talent.
Recruiter Development
She has a track record of building talent acquisition teams from scratch and pioneered an in-house recruiter development program at a previous company.
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Career

Work history

8-2021
Head of Talent Acquisition
Lightmatter
3-2019 - 8-2021
Sr. Manager, Talent Acquisition
Ingram Micro
6-2017 - 3-2019
Senior Tech Recruiter
Ingram Micro
4-2014 - 6-2017
Senior Talent Acquisition and Partner
MIND Research Institute
2-2008 - 3-2014
Recruiting Manager
adaQuest Inc
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Education
1994 - 1999
BA
Sao Francisco University- Brazil
2000 - 2001
English as Second Language
South Seattle Community College
1990 - 1994
Degree
E EPSG Casper Libero
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