Austin Luca

Austin Luca has a strong background in talent acquisition and recruitment. Austin currently serves as the Head of Talent Acquisition at Cyngn, where they are responsible for recruitment strategy and operations. Under their leadership, the company has grown its team by over 250% in 2022, from 35 to 90 employees. Austin is heavily involved in sourcing, interviewing, negotiating, and closing candidates. Austin has also contributed to improving the company's employer brand, with a 43% increase in positive public sentiment and a 78% increase in positive sentiment from candidates after the interview process.

Prior to their role at Cyngn, Austin was the Founder of Captivate, starting in August 2021. Before that, they served as the Head of Recruitment at Bear Robotics, Inc. from November 2020 to December 2021. During their time at Bear Robotics, Austin established the company's first recruiting program and played a key role in tripling the US team size from 40 to 120 employees.

Austin's earlier experience includes working as a Technical Recruiter at EngTal - Engineering Talent from November 2018 to October 2020, and as a Sales Representative - Datacenter at CDW from May 2017 to November 2018.

Austin Luca attended Aurora University and obtained a Bachelor's degree in Psychology.