About

Jessica Stielau is founder and CEO of The Sourcery. Putting her scientific background to perfect use, Jessica has been obsessed with improving recruitment work since she first joined the firm that preceded The Sourcery. Less than a year later, under her leadership and guidance, The Sourcery discovered its sweet spot: helping startups hire. The Sourcery’s team has now doubled while helping more than 250 companies hire hundreds of top candidates, many of whom have become hiring managers themselves.

Jessica graduated Magna Cum Laude from Colby College with a B.A in English and Environmental Policy, and she earned her M.S. in Climate Change and Marine Ecology from the University of Washington.

Vaghar Haghiri is The Sourcery’s VP of Operations. As The Sourcery continues to grow rapidly, Vaghar is laser-focused on the organization’s scalability. To help The Sourcery attain, and ultimately surpass their goals, Vaghar relies on his 10+ years’ experience in various fast-paced environments, including CID Management, Athens Managed Care, and Gateway Learning Group, all of which have grown to well over 300 employees in less than three years’ time.

Vaghar earned a B.S. in Computer Engineering with a minor in Mathematics from San Jose State University. He was born and raised in the East Bay.

Katie Harkins is the VP of Sales for The Sourcery. Katie started her career with stints in the hospitality and tourism industries until she joined Yelp.com, pre-IPO, in 2009. For nearly eight years, she grew and scaled the company by educating thousands of sales representatives around the globe on the inner workings of Yelp. With a sharp eye for top candidates, Katie now helps companies hire talent, and streamlines their recruiting processes internally and externally.

Katie holds a B.A. in Business Communication from San Diego State University, where she dominated the lacrosse field as captain of the women’s lacrosse team. Katie is a Bay Area native.

Cameron Joyce Gibson, Director of Operations, manages Recruiting Services at The Sourcery. Her onboarding and development programs ensure a consistent, high-quality client experience and have quickly helped grow The Sourcery. Before joining the company, Cameron recruited top candidates for Genentech, analyzed marketing operations at Zendesk, and managed recruiting and business development operations at The Sage Group, a Bay Area staffing agency.

Cameron received a B.A. in Global Studies, Socioeconomics and Politics from the University of California, Santa Barbara, where, rumor has it, her intramural volleyball skills were legendary.

Jamie Ceglarz is the Director of Growth, where he leads the sales, partnerships, and business development efforts at The Sourcery. Jamie forges relationships and helps build and grow the channels that drive new clients to the company. Extremely familiar in this arena, Jamie began his career at the nation’s biggest contingent recruitment firm MitchelLake, and moved on to larger onsite and enterprise-sized talent augmentation engagements. He relies on his experience across various staffing solutions to assist growth-stage companies on how best to structure their recruitment endeavors.

Jamie earned his B.S. in Personal Finance and Spanish from San Diego State University. He was born and raised in the North Bay’s San Rafael, where he currently resides.

Ryan Miller, Director of Accounts, leads the recruiting department and heads up client satisfaction efforts at The Sourcery. Through his onboarding and development programs, Ryan has helped double growth for The Sourcery, all the while maintaining an exemplary client experience. Prior to joining The Sourcery, Ryan was the Managing Partner of Higher, a recruiting firm. He also acted as Director of Recruiting for several clients, including Kabam’s Phoenix Age Studio, and was Head of Operations for Mark Gentry Partners.

Ryan received a B.A. in Cognitive Sciences from the University of California, Berkeley, where his interest in anthropological experiences was born.