About
Gana Rajasegaran joined SignalFire in 2026 as Director of Technical Talent, working with portfolio companies on technical talent acquisition across Engineering, ML/AI, Design, and Product. He previously spent about four and a half years at Atlassian as a Lead Technical Recruiter, building engineering and machine learning teams across the US, India, Europe, and Australia, and earlier helped grow Lyft's autonomous vehicle division in Palo Alto. Earlier in his career he recruited for startups in biotechnology, medical devices, SaMD, and digital health with US search firms.
Experience
- SignalFireDirector of Technical Talentcurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco, CA
- VC PlatformMembercurrent2026 — present
- HIGHER CommunityMembercurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- AtlassianSenior Technical Sourcer + Recruiter, Core Engineering & Specialized Tech2023 — 2026San Francisco, CA
- AtlassianTechnical Sourcing Recruiter, Core Engineering2021 — 2023San Francisco, California, United States
- Randstad USATechnical Recruiting Manager at Lyft (Left to Join Atlassian)2021San Francisco, CA
- LyftTechnical Recruiter (Program Manager via Randstad)2021San Francisco, CA
- Eliassen GroupAccount Executive, Life Sciences Recruitment (Left to Join Lyft)2020 — 2021California, United States
- Real StaffingTechnical Recruiter (360 Desk - Sales + Recruiting)2019 — 2020San Francisco, California
- Real StaffingAssociate Technical Recruiter2018 — 2019San Francisco, California
- Tradesmen InternationalTerritory Sales Representative (360 Desk - Sales + Recruiting)2017 — 2018Alameda, CA
Skills & more
Karat1LinkedIn Recruiter1Microsoft Excel2Microsoft PowerPoint3Microsoft Word2Trello1Jira Software1Computer Hardware1Talent Aquisition14Recruiting15Technical Recruitment5Executive Search
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Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB)Contract RecruitmentLever Recruiting SoftwareEngineeringTalent AnalyticsInternet RecruitingPassive Candidate GenerationTechnical RecruitingTraining & DevelopmentTalent PipeliningTalent MiningSourcingLanguages English · Spanish · Tamil
- Start Your Talent Insights Journey Assessment — LinkedIn
- Become a Tech Recruiter — LinkedIn
- Tech Recruiting Foundations: 4 Recruiting for the IT Department — LinkedIn
- Tech Recruiting Foundations: 5 Waterfall, Agile, and DevOps for Recruiters — LinkedIn
- Tech Recruiting Foundations: 3 Recruiting Software Developers — LinkedIn
- Tech Recruiting Foundations: 1 Introduction — LinkedIn
- Tech Recruiting Foundations: 2 Understanding Hardware and Operating Systems — LinkedIn
- Professional in Human Resources (PHR) — HRCI
- AMFPT Personal Trainer Certification — AMFPT
From Gana's professional profile.
Colleagues at SignalFire
Aayush Sharma
Senior Associate at SignalFire
Alex Hooshmand
Co-founder ZaiNar & Bluekai at SignalFire
Andrew Reid
Investor at Lead Edge Capital
Andrew Reid
Director, GTM Recruiting at SignalFire
Asher Bantock
Head of Research at SignalFire
Audrey Salomez
Contrôleur financier at 123Venture
Ben Davenport
Venture Partner at Blockchain Capital
Bobby Lent
Managing Partner at Hillsven & Co-founder of Ariba at SignalFire
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Gana Rajasegaran?
- Gana Rajasegaran joined SignalFire in 2026 as Director of Technical Talent, working with portfolio companies on technical talent acquisition across Engineering, ML/AI, Design, and Product. He previously spent about four and a half years at Atlassian as a Lead Technical Recruiter, building engineering and machine learning teams across the US, India, Europe, and Australia, and earlier helped grow Lyft's autonomous vehicle division in Palo Alto. Earlier in his career he recruited for startups in biotechnology, medical devices, SaMD, and digital health with US search firms.
- Where does Gana Rajasegaran work?
- Gana Rajasegaran is Director, Technical Talent at SignalFire.
- Where did Gana Rajasegaran go to school?
- Gana Rajasegaran studied at California State University Maritime Academy (Bachelor of Science (BS), Global Studies and Maritime Affairs); California State University Maritime Academy (Minor In Law, International Relations and National Security Studies); University of California, Davis (Master of Business Administration - MBA).
Same school
Also attended California State University Maritime Academy1
Also attended University of California, Davis156
Charles CallSLP & Venture Partner at Cottonwood Technology FundDavid PhuController at Felicis VenturesTeresa ChanChief Financial Officer at Felicis VenturesMike ZakInvestor at CRV (Charles River Ventures)Bryan EglanDirector of Business Development at Menlo VenturesScott MaxwellInvestor at OpenView Venture Partners
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Shared employers
Also worked at VC Platform68
Amira OujiVice President of Platform & Portfolio Success, Rise of the Rest at RevolutionDaniela LiebischerHead of Finance at Burda Principal InvestmentsEva KurzweilMarketing & Communications Lead at Burda Principal InvestmentsMadeline PopeSenior Associate, Platform & Marketing at March Capital PartnersAJ NyboMarketing Coordinator at March Capital PartnersAnne-Sophie GauvinCommunications & Office Manager at Luge Capital
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Also worked at Atlassian69
Mike Cannon-BrookesCo-founder & CEO of AtlassianScott FarquharCo-founder of AtlassianAsanka JayasuriyaPortfolio Support at 8VCScott RubinVenture Partner at Lux CapitalBala SathiamurthyInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Kevin EganInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)
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