# Glen Evans

> Glen Evans is Partner of Core Talent at Greylock Partners, one of Silicon Valley's premier venture capital firms. A veteran recruiter who built Facebook's engineering recruiting team from scratch and served as Slack's first Head of Global Recruiting, Evans now helps Greylock's portfolio companies build world-class teams. He advises founders on hiring strategy, recruiting operations, compensation benchmarks, and talent pipelines - translating the hard-won lessons of hyper-growth into practical playbooks for startups.

- **Role:** Partner, Core Talent at Greylock Partners
- **Organizations:** Greylock Partners, Facebook, Slack, Google, Yahoo
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Bachelor of Science in Managerial Economics, University of California, Davis
- **Known for:** Built Facebook's engineering recruiting team from scratch to a 100-person operation, Led talent integration for Facebook's acquisition of Oculus VR, Served as Slack's first-ever recruiting director during hypergrowth phase

## Career timeline

- **~2000-2007** — Early recruiting roles at Yahoo and Google
- **2009-2016** — Facebook - Director of Engineering Recruiting; built and led engineering recruiting team of 100, led Oculus acquisition talent integration
- **2016-2018** — Slack - Head of Global Recruiting (first recruiting director); grew team from 24 to 60, defined global talent acquisition strategy during hypergrowth
- **2018** — Joined Greylock Partners as Vice President of Core Talent
- **2020** — Promoted to Partner, Core Talent at Greylock Partners
- **2022** — Spoke at TechCrunch Early Stage on hiring strategies in hyper-competitive markets

## Achievements

- Built Facebook's engineering recruiting team from scratch to a 100-person operation
- Led talent integration for Facebook's acquisition of Oculus VR
- Served as Slack's first-ever recruiting director during hypergrowth phase
- Grew Slack's recruiting team from 24 to 60 people
- Promoted to Partner at Greylock Partners, one of Silicon Valley's top VC firms
- Contributing author at TechCrunch on talent strategy
- Speaker at TechCrunch Early Stage conference
- Developed the Core Talent program advising dozens of Greylock portfolio companies

## Latest updates

- **2022-02** — Spoke at TechCrunch Early Stage on strategies for hiring top talent in hyper-competitive markets
- **2020-09** — Promoted to Partner, Core Talent at Greylock Partners
- **2020-05** — Appeared on Kruze Consulting Founders and Friends Podcast discussing why VC funds have recruiting partners

## Links

- Website: https://greylock.com/team/glen-evans/
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/glenevans
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Greylock

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Last updated: 2026-05-09