Vetted Recruiters

“People/organizational leader with hands-on experience managing global teams (India, Mexico, UK, Canada) and partnering with product/design/analytics leadership on org design, workforce planning, and restructuring. Drove measurable outcomes including engagement improvement (67% to 82%), reduced role ambiguity (15%), and faster hiring (25%) while scaling cross-functional product and analytics organizations.”

Mark Nies

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Director-level Talent Acquisition leader specializing in recruiting operations for hypergrowth companies

Florham Park, NJ10y exp

“Talent acquisition leader with deep executive search and recruiting operations experience, including leading teams up to 35 during Teladoc Health’s Livongo acquisition integration. Recently completed a fractional consulting engagement hiring C-suite/VP/SVP leaders and partnering directly with CEO/CFO/founders on strategic decisions. Known for driving measurable process improvements—e.g., building a workforce plan/budget that moved offer approvals from 40% to 100% in 30 days.”

Rory Catinella

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Director-level Talent Acquisition & Recruiting Leader specializing in scaling high-growth hiring

Southlake, TX15y exp

“Senior staffing/recruiting operations leader with large-scale, high-volume experience across Amazon and Integrity Staffing, known for building rigorous operating cadences, analytics, and documentation that materially improve productivity and rankings. Also led SaaS-enabled workforce solutions operations at Indeed Flex, implementing strategic account planning that cut high-risk churn by 77% while managing multi-market teams.”

“Early hire at FullCycle who owned high-trust fund operations initiatives spanning tax (K-1) process redesign, investor communications, and executive support. Known for building scalable systems (including an executive communication framework adopted as a team best practice) and for driving complex logistics like getting a team to Davos while keeping core fund operations running.”

“VP of HR with 5 years in a design/manufacturing organization, leading full-cycle recruiting and training across engineering, design, IT, production, and operations. Has driven major org initiatives including employee value mapping, org development tied to revenue targets, and transitions to new PEO/payroll, healthcare, and 401(k) providers, using a structured RASCI-based project approach. Experienced managing distributed contractors across Canada, Jamaica, and the Philippines with clear core/flex-hour policies to handle time zones.”

“Recruiting Operations leader with experience scaling talent functions at Scout Motors, Caribou, Peloton, and Willis Towers Watson—owning dashboards, headcount/forecasting, ATS optimization, and event-based hiring workflows. Implemented Lightcast and SeekOut to uncover niche automotive technical talent beyond LinkedIn, and redesigned onsite hiring event interview processes by department, driving strong candidate feedback (4.7/5).”

“Recruiting Operations/Talent Ops leader who owns end-to-end TA process, tech stack, and vendors, with experience managing both small direct teams and 20+ person matrix groups. Led complex compliance-focused workflow redesigns (including consent and candidate-to-req linking with 97% completion in 24 hours) and served as TA project manager for a PeopleSoft-to-Workday HCM transition while keeping the ATS running, aligning US/Canada process differences through security and routing.”

“Full-desk recruiter who has owned urgent, high-bar senior consulting searches (e.g., senior process safety consultant) requiring both deep technical screening and client-facing soft-skill evaluation. Operates with a structured cadence and uses pipeline analytics (time-in-stage, drop-off, time-to-fill) to manage throughput, drive hiring manager accountability, and close candidates through offer and onboarding.”

“Executive recruiter with ownership of full-desk VP-level sales searches in healthcare technology/SaaS at IKS Health. Demonstrates a structured, research-driven approach to market mapping, competitor sourcing, candidate slate presentation, and offer negotiation for high-value roles in the $200K base / $400K-$500K OTE range.”

“Talent acquisition leader who has managed recruiting orgs of up to 25 direct reports and can also jump in hands-on for SLT/ELT executive searches. Built end-to-end recruiting operations from a blank slate at Lumos (SOPs, KPIs, rubrics, ATS workflows) to enable rapid scaling, and partnered with ELT/Finance on a global contractor/freelancer platform rollout with cost, compliance, and worker-classification risk considerations.”

Daniel Riskey

Screened

Director-level Talent Acquisition leader specializing in pathway programs and high-volume hiring

20y exp

“Talent Acquisition/Recruiting Operations leader with experience across aviation, technology, corporate/finance, and education. Led a 12-person TA org and drove major operational transformations, including a Southwest Airlines pilot pipeline program cutting time-to-cockpit from ~10 years to ~4 and forecasting 400–600 pilots annually at peak. Recently served as primary TA stakeholder for an iCIMS-to-ADP RM ATS migration, simplifying workflows and reducing recruiter administrative work by ~70%.”