Keynote Speaker.
Recruitment Expert.
DE&I Champion.
Rhett Lindsey is the founder and CEO of Siimee, a social impact company whose mission is to reduce bias in hiring and transform the way employers connect with job seekers. Prior to launching Siimee, Rhett spent over seven years leading and collaborating with teams at prominent companies including Facebook, Tinder, Microsoft, and The Walt Disney Company, sourcing and hiring talent in the technology and software development sectors. During his time at Tinder, Rhett established and led the tech conglomerate’s first Black History Month series, collaborating with social impact organizations in Los Angeles and surrounding areas. Throughout his time as a recruiter, Rhett continuously dealt with unjust recruitment strategies and certain technologies such as Applicant Tracking Systems, or ATS, that led to bias in the hiring process.
In December 2020, he left the recruiting industry to create Siimee, an organization committed to reforming the hiring process in corporations. Siimee is doing this by increasing awareness of the inherent problems in recruiting and hiring through its series of expert conversations on its media channels and through the Siimee platform -- the first tool that will mitigate the risks of bias from occurring during the initial stages of the recruiting and hiring processes and is completely unlike the ATS systems used by more than 90% of large U.S. corporations.
Lindsey’s story and experiences in recruiting have been nationally featured in media outlets including The Washington Post, CNBC, and CBS News This Morning. He is a graduate of the University of Kentucky and holds a bachelor’s degree in social work.
Lindsey currently resides in Los Angeles, CA.
“Inclusion is the connector between diversity and opportunity”
About Siimee
Siimee (pronounced “see me”) is a social impact company committed to reforming the recruiting and hiring process by reducing the biases that often occur. Founded in December 2020 by Rhett Lindsey, Siimee is raising awareness of the inherent problems in recruiting and hiring through its series of expert conversations on Siimee’s media channels and the Siimee platform -- the first tool that will mitigate the risks of bias from occurring during the initial stages of the recruiting and hiring processes. For more information, visit www.siimee.com.
