Annela Coates

Annela Coates has extensive experience in technical recruitment and talent acquisition. Annela currently works as the Tech Talent Acquisition Lead at Starship Technologies, where they are involved in revolutionizing deliveries with autonomous robots. Prior to this, Annela worked as a Senior Recruiter at Argo AI, where they were part of the global alliance between Ford and VW. Annela also worked as a Senior Technical Recruiter at Autonomous Intelligent Driving GmbH, a subsidiary of AUDI AG that specializes in urban autonomous driving. Annela's earlier experience includes working as a Technical Recruiter at Microsoft and as a Staffing Consultant at Skype, before it was acquired by Microsoft. Annela began their career as a Recruitment Consultant at CVO Recruitment Estonia, where they focused on staffing projects in the sales and marketing field.

Annela Coates completed their education with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Tallinn University in 2006. Annela then pursued a Master's degree in Organisational Behaviour from Tallinn University, which they obtained from 2007 to 2010. In 2008 to 2009, they also studied Organisational Behaviour at the University of Konstanz. Prior to their university studies, they attended Tallinna Vanalinna Hariduskolleegium between 2000 and 2003, but no information about their degree or field of study was provided.