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Darren Bakay

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Head of Global Talent Acquisition at Couchbase
📍 New York, New York, United States

Darren Bakay is the Head of Global Talent Acquisition at Couchbase, specializing in building hiring strategies and recruiting A+ talent. A graduate of SUNY New Paltz, he is described by colleagues as dependable, honest, and hard-working.

He is passionate about the candidate interview experience and has a strong background in both agency and corporate recruitment, with experience building entire talent functions from scratch.

Unique fact: As the first talent acquisition hire at Capsule, he grew the company from 65 to 1700 employees.

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Experience
10 Years
Current Role
Head of Global Talent Acquisition
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
New York, New York, United States
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Scaling Talent Functions
He built the entire Talent Acquisition function at Capsule from the ground up, scaling the company from 65 to 1700 employees.
Executive Recruiting
He successfully built an executive recruiting function and hired four Founder & CEO’s within six months at a previous venture studio.
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Career

Work history

12-2022
Head of Global Talent Acquisition
Couchbase
3-2022 - 10-2022
Head of Talent
Cold Start
6-2018 - 2-2022
Head of Talent Acquisition
Capsule
5-2017 - 4-2018
Senior Manager, Head of Recruiting
Zocdoc
7-2016 - 4-2017
Manager, Head of Tech Recruiting
Zocdoc
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Education
Bachelor of Science - BS
SUNY New Paltz
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