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Tammy Pham

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VP, Talent at Cantina Labs
📍 San Francisco Bay Area, United States

Tammy Pham is the VP of Talent at Cantina. ai, specializing in scaling early-stage AI startups. She has a proven track record of building recruiting processes from the ground up, notably growing Deepgram from 15 to over 120 employees. Colleagues describe her as thoughtful, effective, and creative. She holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of California, Davis.

Outside of her primary role, Tammy is passionate about fostering inclusive communities within the tech industry. She founded and led the AAPI employee resource group at a previous company and actively engages with peers to discuss ethical AI practices in recruiting. She is also an advisor at Syelo, focusing on the future of talent acquisition.

Unique fact: Tammy has a distinct expertise in joining tech companies in their earliest stages—stealth mode or Series A—and single-handedly building their entire talent function.

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Experience
8 Years
Current Role
VP, Talent
Job Level
Senior
Location
San Francisco Bay Area, United States
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Scaling AI Startups
Her career is defined by joining early-stage AI companies like Deepgram and Sentropy and building their talent functions from scratch to drive rapid growth.
Ethical AI in Recruiting
Actively engages with talent leadership communities to discuss the evolving landscape of ethical AI practices within the talent acquisition field.
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Career

Work history

4-2024
VP, Talent
Cantina Labs
10-2023
Advisor
Syelo
8-2020 - 10-2023
Head of Talent
Deepgram
3-2019 - 8-2020
Founding Recruiter
Sentropy Technologies (acquired by Discord)
10-2017 - 8-2020
Senior Recruitment Consultant
Baja Gilfoil Group (BGG)
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Education
Bachelors of Arts
University of California, Davis
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