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Zinzi Blackbeard

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Sr. Talent Acquisition Partner at CoreWeave
📍 San Francisco Bay Area, United States

Zinzi Blackbeard is a Senior Talent Acquisition Partner at CoreWeave, an AI Hyperscaler. With a background from the University of Oregon, she has extensive experience scaling prominent tech companies like Salesforce and Slack. Colleagues frequently describe her as strategic, proactive, transparent, and a dedicated professional with a human-centric approach.

She is passionate about building strong systems and fostering positive work environments, having previously won an award for embracing company culture. Zinzi actively supports initiatives focused on diversity and representation in the workplace, believing that empathy and teamwork are essential for creating successful talent organizations.

Unique fact: While at Slack, Zinzi launched the companys first-ever internal practice dedicated to recruiting for the recruiting team.

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Experience
15 Years
Current Role
Sr. Talent Acquisition Partner
Location
San Francisco Bay Area, United States
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AI Infrastructure
Currently works as a talent partner at CoreWeave, which she describes as the "Essential Cloud for AI™, " placing her at the forefront of AI innovation.
Scaling Talent
Her career is focused on helping tech companies like Salesforce, Slack, and CoreWeave scale intelligently by acquiring exceptional talent and building robust systems.
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Career

Work history

11-2025
Sr. Talent Acquisition Partner
CoreWeave
10-2021 - 11-2025
Principal Talent Partner
Salesforce
3-2020 - 10-2021
Sr. Recruiter II (acquired by Salesforce)
Slack
10-2018 - 3-2020
Sr. Recruiter
Slack
4-2015 - 10-2018
Head of Talent Acquisition
Drawbridge (acquired by LinkedIn)
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Education
Bachelors of Science
University of Oregon, Lundquist College of Business
Human Resources Management and Leadership
UC Berkeley Extension
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