Alston Chiang

Alston Chiang has a diverse work experience in talent acquisition and recruiting for technology companies. Alston is the founder of Acacia Consulting, where they focus on building hiring strategies and providing talent acquisition consulting for technology companies. Alston also offers services such as embedded recruiting, talent strategy consultation, placement, and interview coaching. Prior to that, Alston worked as a recruiting consultant at Northbeam.

Alston has also worked at Snowflake, where they supported hiring efforts for the Native Apps and Developer Platform for the Toronto Engineering hub. Alston joined Snowflake through the acquisition of Streamlit, where they served as the Head of Talent. At Streamlit, they were responsible for talent acquisition and played a key role in the company's acquisition by Snowflake.

Before their time at Streamlit, Alston worked at Xandr as a Senior Manager and Technical Recruiting Lead, where they recruited senior software engineers, systems engineers, QA engineers, and project managers. Alston also developed a talent branding strategy to increase awareness of Xandr's ad tech capabilities and partnership with Warner Media and AT&T.

Prior to Xandr, Alston worked at WeWork as a Senior Technical Recruiter, where they supported full-cycle recruitment for software engineers, product managers, data scientists, and other tech roles. Alston implemented a scaled hiring strategy for technology and focused on targeting diverse talent pools.

Earlier in their career, Alston had roles at LinkedIn as an Account Manager, where they consulted staffing agencies to optimize LinkedIn Talent Solutions, and at Jobspring Partners as a Practice Manager, Lead Recruiter, and Technical Recruiter.

Overall, Alston Chiang brings valuable expertise and experience in talent acquisition and recruiting for technology companies, with a focus on building effective hiring strategies and delivering top-tier candidate experiences.

Alston Chiang has pursued cognitive psychology at UC Irvine. The specific years of enrollment, completion, or degree attainment are not mentioned.