Michael Zukauskas

Michael Zukauskas is a seasoned technology recruiting professional with a rich background in corporate and agency recruitment, boasting over 15 years of industry experience.

He has been a key member of successful startups such as MessageOne, Bazaarvoice, and WP Engine, playing integral roles in hyper growth phases, team building from inception, acquisitions, and IPOs.

With a passion for assembling high-performance R&D teams comprising top tier engineers, product managers, and leaders, Michael has spearheaded the growth of 3 R&D teams from as small as 10 members to over 200 globally distributed team members at WP Engine, Bazaarvoice, and MessageOne.

His expertise spans various areas in full-cycle recruiting, including executive search, large-scale distributed systems, artificial intelligence, enterprise software, SaaS, cloud computing, big data analytics, mobile technologies, social commerce, NLP, hosting, security, eCommerce, and more.

Michael holds a BA degree from Texas Tech University and has held key roles such as Executive Recruiting Partner at Twilio Inc., Principal Recruiter, Director of Recruiting, and Senior Recruiter at WP Engine, among others, showcasing his diverse and extensive career in the recruitment field.