English/日本語/中文 Father to three daughters. Executive Coach. Builder of People & Talent teams for startups. Advisor with PeopleTech Partners. Investor. Formerly VP of Recruiting and E-team member at Instacart, Recruiting Director at Uber and Salesforce, and Exec Search for Apple, Michael brings 20 years of experience in the HR and Talent space and has built and managed teams of 50+ people. He is an executive coach, advising CEOs and scaling teams for startups in growth mode funded by top VCs in Silicon Valley and beyond: Khosla, a16z, KPCB, Battery, Sequoia, Accel, Lightspeed, Redpoint, Wing, DFJ, and more. Michael speaks Chinese and Japanese, and lived in Asia for 16 years; he remains active with the startup community in Asia and splits time between San Francisco and Tokyo. He also loves to host BBQ parties at home.