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Kirsten Henningsgard

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Recruiting at Harmonic
📍 San Francisco, California, United States

Kirsten Henningsgard is a talent professional at Harmonic, focusing on technical recruiting for teams in advanced AI and scientific computing. Her career includes roles at Meta, Oculus VR, and LinkedIn, with a background in hardware recruiting. She is a graduate of Santa Clara University.

She appears to be a people-centric individual who deeply values her colleagues and a positive team culture. She has fondly recalled building teams and enjoying camaraderie with coworkers, such as singing along to cover bands after recruiting events.

Unique fact: While working in a talent role, she is a credited contributor on technical AI research papers alongside engineers and scientists.

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Experience
9 Years
Current Role
Recruiting
Location
San Francisco, California, United States
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AI in Research
Recruits for a team competing with OpenAI and DeepMind, and is a contributor on academic papers about AI and computational language.
Technical Recruiting
Focuses on intentionally scaling highly technical teams and has a background in specialized hardware recruiting from her time at Oculus VR.
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Career

Work history

10-2024
Recruiting
Harmonic
8-2022 - 10-2024
Technical Recruiting Manager
Meta
6-2021 - 8-2022
Technical Recruiting Lead
Meta
5-2017 - 10-2024
Technical Recruiter
Oculus VR
7-2016 - 5-2017
Technical Recruiter
LinkedIn
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Education
2012 - 2016
Bachelor's Degree
Santa Clara University
Social presence
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