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Ian Kollmar

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Talent Lead at Railway
📍 Los Angeles, California, United States

Ian Kollmar is a talent acquisition leader with over 13 years of experience scaling teams at high-growth startups like Railway, Opendoor, and Lyft. He specializes in building robust recruiting strategies for technical organizations. Colleagues describe him as passionate, knowledgeable, and bringing positive energy to his teams. He holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Pittsburgh.

Outside of his professional life, Ian is an avid climber. His public profile highlights that he is a big fan of this challenging activity, and he also emphasizes an interest in making new friends.

He was once entrusted by a founder to double a startups entire team from 5 to 13 people in a single quarter.

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Experience
11 Years
Current Role
Talent Lead
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Los Angeles, California, United States
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Startup Scaling
Has a proven track record of helping hyper-growth companies like Lyft, Opendoor, and Railway rapidly scale their engineering, product, and data teams.
Technical Recruiting
Specializes in full-cycle technical recruiting and has built entire recruiting functions from the ground up to support massive organizational growth.
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Career

Work history

3-2023
Talent Lead
Railway
7-2022
Founder
Tropico Talent
12-2020 - 2-2022
Director, Technical Recruiting
Opendoor
8-2014 - 1-2020
Technical Recruiting Manager
Lyft
8-2013 - 8-2014
Technical Recruiter - Software Engineering (iOS + Android)
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Education
2007 - 2011
Bachelor of Arts
University of Pittsburgh
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