Meet the Team

Darla is Gray Scalable's Principal Tech Recruiting Consultant and West Coast Team Lead. She brings extensive experience building sourcing pipelines, hiring, developing process and internal tools and shaping employer brand strategy across Engineering, Product and Executive Search. She is a veteran Talent Acquisition professional with 15+ years of experience helping high growth tech companies scale.

Eric is a Recruiting Associate on the West Coast Team. He joined Gray Scalable in February 2018 and has been an integral part of tech, business, and executive searches - working with vast array of clients ranging from Series A startups to midsize tech companies. Eric holds a master’s degree in Higher Education Management from USC and previously worked in education and non-profit spaces.

Paulina is a Recruiter on Gray Scalable’s West Coast Team, working on searches with clients ranging from Series A startups to midsize and post-IPO companies. She joined Gray Scalable in April 2019 after working as an in-house Technical Recruiter at LA based tech company Honey. She has filled engineering roles across the stack, in addition to specialized Data Engineering and DevOps roles. 

As a Gray Scalable HR Consultant based in Los Angeles, CA, Mallory provides embedded support to clients by helping them to build and scale their HR practices, providing training, and recruiting People leadership. Mallory has a history of hands-on experience from her roles at high growth startups, including Rent the Runway, Head of People at 1stdibs, and Head of HR at Hudson BLVD Group and Yext.

Aja leads Gray Scalable's Human Resource Services team, where she specializes in building HR functions, from strategy and organizational planning to program and policy development, as well as team building. Aja also specializes in HR and Talent searches for our Executive Search practice. Before joining Gray Scalable, she held leadership roles in HR for Razorfish, Patch and Rent the Runway.

Meg partners with clients to build and scale their people teams and practices; specializing in custom training programs, development frameworks, and manager support, for companies like Meetup, pymetrics, MM.LaFleur, Vimeo, Thinx, Olo, WeWork, The Trevor Project and more! Before joining Gray Scalable, Meg was an HR partner for tech and media companies like XO Group Inc and NBCUniversal.

Chris spent his career partnering with startup leaders to design, implement, and scale their People-first practices as they navigate growth. He held HR leadership positions at Stash and Curalate, and is no stranger to being the “first HR hire” at startups. At Gray Scalable, Chris partners with companies like Slice, mParticle, A24, and more to build and scale their people teams and HR practices.

Lucia has 15 years of HR experience, and has worked within the nonprofit sector and held leadership roles at Paperless Post and LimeWire. She takes an inclusion-first approach and while at Gray Scalable has helped orgs like DonorsChoose, Glitch, and This American Life build and hone their HR practices. She’s passionate about clear communication, lean HR functions, and creating a more just world.

Lauren comes from a background in advertising and digital marketing and is no stranger to wearing countless hats during the beginning stages of a startup. She currently hires engineering requisitions across individual contributor and leadership levels, building teams for leading companies including Etsy, Reddit, Skillshare, Understood.org, Elias Sports Bureau, Chartbeat, and Crisis Text Line.

At Gray Scalable, Kelly partners with engineering teams supporting their growth plans by hiring across executive and individual contributor requisitions. She works with a variety of clients including Leaflink, Skillshare, Olo, Nautilus Labs, Chartbeat and more. Kelly joined Gray Scalable with a background in tech recruiting with experience building teams for companies from pre-Series A to post-IPO.

At Gray Scalable, Bec built out the sourcing function and specialized in challenging tech hires. She designed and implemented much of the company’s recruiting process, tracking tools and platforms, and mentored a generation of recruiting talent. While she is no longer a Gray Scalable employee, she continues to consult, provide trainings, and attend all of the company’s client cocktail events.

As a Recruiting Team Lead, Amy helps scale organizations through embedded consulting and the implementation of long-lasting recruiting programs and platforms. Prior to joining Gray Scalable, Amy worked at Google, launching new offices across for engineering, research, new grad and sales teams. Amy also previously led international recruiting teams at Merck, Groupon and Blue Apron.

Nekala is a Recruiting Associate with a passion for creativity, innovation, and diversity. After spending time working in entertainment, she combined her HR experience and tech background to pursue a recruiting career. Nekala enjoys spending time working on DEI efforts to advocate for underrepresented communities in tech, and she relaxes by writing screenplays, skating, and obsessing over home decor.

Molly has helped build teams for companies across multiple industries including health tech, gaming, publishing and financial services. In the last few years she has specialized in DevOps, SRE and Cloud Infrastructure recruitment, all while navigating the ever changing tech landscape. When Molly isn't talking tech, you can find her wandering Brooklyn with Smiley, her rescue dachshund mix.

Blessing is a proven leader with a background as an educator and education management recruiter. She's built effective teams that led to development in both campus culture and student achievement. As a recruiter for Teach For America, she improved the recruitment and retention of diverse educators by 275%. At Gray Scalable, Blessing helps to build and manage candidate pipelines and experiences.

Natalie spent several years honing her talent acquisition skills in tech-focused recruitment agencies before taking on a role as eBay's first Technical Recruiter in NYC. She went on to tackle the startup world, leading company-wide recruitment strategy, program design and execution at Offerpop, LiveIntent and Haven Life. In her spare time, Natalie sings opera, rock climbs and spoils her dog.