021
RECRUITING SOLUTIONS FOR HIGH GROWTH STARTUPS
WHO WE ARE
021 Partners is a team of seasoned hiring leaders and talent partners with over 30 years of collective experience in the tech industry. Our journey started together at Google, where we focused on scaling teams at a massive level across engineering, systems, and leadership. Seeking more hands-on involvement with high-growth companies, we set out to tackle strategic hiring in the fast-paced startup ecosystem.
Our backgrounds span leading recruiting efforts at some of the world’s most innovative tech companies, including Palantir, Meta/Facebook, Compass, Lyft, Brex, and AppLovin. With deep expertise in growth-stage growth, we’ve helped founders and leaders build teams from the ground up, operationalize their organizations, and navigate the critical stages from 0 to 1. We bring a proven track record of building high-performing teams and driving growth.
WHAT WE DO
SEARCH
​Our team has over 30 years of combined technical hiring experience, making us experts at finding the perfect candidate for that hard to fill role. We’ll partner with your team to figure out the exact profile to target.
NEGOTIATION
​We collaborate with founders and leadership teams to implement best-in-class hiring practices, scalable processes, and tools to drive sustainable company growth at all levels of scale.
OPERATIONS
We advise executive teams on all things Talent Acquisition in order to optimally align company mission with key growth initiatives
LEADERSHIP
​Our team has hired hundreds of enginees, and we offer expert tactical advice on how to close candidates quickly and effectively, including ones with aggressive competing offers.
OUR TEAM
LUONG HOANG | CO-FOUNDER
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With over 15 years of experience in talent acquisition and leadership, Luong has been hyper focused on scaling companies from early-stage to IPO and beyond. As a seasoned advisor, recruiting consultant, and talent leader, he's passionate about partnering with founders and teams to build high-performing organizations.
DEREK ST ONGE | CO-FOUNDER
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From creating the first Technical Sourcing Training Program at Facebook, to building out the talent function from scratch at Asana, Derek has a wealth of experience hiring engineers at some of the world's most selective technology companies. After working at all levels of scale, he recognizes that smart, efficient process is the key to hiring the best engineers fast.
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