As an Executive Recruiter, Mike brings twenty years of experience in the staffing and technology startup industry. His passions lie in executive recruitment, Talent Acquisition leadership, and Co-founding an HR tech SaaS solution. He’s had Executive Recruiting and TA Leadership roles at high-growth startups in series A to series D funding rounds, two of which were “Unicorns” ($1B in valuation). As the leader, he has also been responsible for recruiting executives for Fintech, Security, Martech, and Web 3 Blockchain Gaming companies.
Mike’s recruiting focus has been primarily in Marketing, HR, Finance, Product Marketing, Demand Generation, Product Management, and SaaS sales roles. As a fractional leader, Mike is a forward-thinking, creative leader who brings years of making mistakes, iterating, and finding solutions to fast-growing organizations. He has extensive experience creating and driving a Global Talent Acquisition strategy in early, mid, and late-stage startups while navigating the inherent ambiguity within those organizations. Skilled in developing roadmaps, establishing talent strategies, and implementing recruiting initiatives, policies, and practices to attract diverse, high-performing talent. Embrace diversity and inclusion and ensure it is embedded in all employee development and recruiting activities. Proven ability to take initiative, use consultative skills, and build strong, productive relationships. Possess senior-level communication skills, including a passion for data and insights to tell a story, take people on a journey, and influence at all levels.
Mike lives in the northwest side of Chicago, is married to a talented actor and artistic director, and has two kids, two cats, and one fish. For fun, Mike has been improvising in Chicago for over twenty years and performed at the Playground Theater with his longtime improv team, “Mustang Repair”.
International partnership focused on Executive Search & Team Builds in Global Consultancies.
Building and hiring the right leaders and teams, and deploying the right talent are what make a business thrive.
At Pretium, our focus has been on ensuring the right commercial talent is deployed into a mix of Private Equity backed Portfolio Firms and Strategy Consultancies. Creating the right balance between individuals in a new team has been core to our success.
We are often engaged at a very early stage, crafting and building what the exact role looks like, where it sits in the organisation, and so on.
AI-powered interview assessment platform for uncovering the best technical talent in hours vs. days. Our seamless behavioral and technical assessments save teams valuable time while significantly shortening hiring cycles. Our approach:
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Customization: Unique assessments for every company and role, including coding and behavioral multilayered questions.
Superior Candidate Experience: Interactive interview environment with follow-up questions and video.
P3 Media Works is the creative video agency helping organizations share their ‘Why’ with the world. The ‘Why’ of any organization can be found within the fabric of its culture. We exist to create videos that capture the essence of an organization’s attitudes and beliefs, so their candidates, employees, customers and followers can experience what it’s like to work for them and do business with them.
Vendi helps mid-market companies unlock clarity in chaos.
We analyze how people, systems, and AI actually interact, then simulate better ways to work. Our platform surfaces hidden inefficiencies, overlaps, and risks across the tech stack, and models smarter workflows that align to real business goals.
Vendi is your orchestration layer for the future of work, bridging the gap between strategy and execution with hands-on, AI-assisted collaboration.
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