Patrick Edwin Yamamoto

Overview

8 years in people and talent, the last 1 at Dovetail Logistics, where I lead the people ops team. Cut time-to-hire from 50 days to 23. Hired 192 engineers in a year with a 88% offer-accept rate. Most at home with policy and HR operations. Into vintage synthesizers.

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Experience

1. People Operations Manager

   Dec 2025 - Present
   Dovetail Logistics · 10 mo · Full-time · San Jose, CA
   • Ran manager training for 300 first-time leads.
   • Hired 134 engineers in a year with a 84% offer-accept rate.
2. HR Business Partner

   Jan 2024 - Dec 2025
   Nvidia · 1 yr 11 mo · Full-time · San Jose, CA
   • Ran manager training for 252 first-time leads.
3. Recruiter

   Jan 2021 - Jan 2024
   American Express · 3 yr · Full-time · San Jose, CA
   • Cut time-to-hire from 78 days to 27.
   • Built the leveling and comp framework for 1342 people.
4. Recruiter

   Jun 2019 - Jan 2021
   VMware · 1 yr 7 mo · Full-time · San Jose, CA
   • Cut time-to-hire from 50 days to 24.
5. Recruiter

   Oct 2018 - Jun 2019
   Microsoft · 8 mo · Full-time · San Jose, CA
   • Cut time-to-hire from 60 days to 30.
   • Built the leveling and comp framework for 1379 people.

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Education

1. University of Pennsylvania

   BS, Psychology
   2014 - 2018