For over a decade, my job has been finding the right person for the room. Lately, I've started wondering what happens if I become the person in the room instead.

Recruiting taught me something most people never get close enough to see: talent isn't found sitting fully formed in someone's LinkedIn profile. It's built — in the questions a manager learns to ask, in the story a company learns to tell about itself, in the small, repeatable habits that turn a good recruiter into a great one. I've spent years building that skill quietly, behind the scenes, one hire at a time. Now I want to teach it out loud.

That's the work I'm chasing next: standing in front of rooms instead of just running the systems behind them. Training the trainers. Coaching recruiters who already have the instinct but not yet the language for it. Walking companies through what it actually takes to build a hiring engine that doesn't break under its own growth — the same one I built at Frontend Arts Inc., in real time, with real stakes.

If you've ever watched a TED talk and thought, I have a version of that in me — that's exactly where I am. I don't just want to consult on talent strategy. I want to make the case for it, out loud, on a stage, in a way that sticks. Give me fifteen minutes and a mic, and I'll leave a room thinking differently about how they find, grow, and keep the people who make their company work.

What I can bring to your team or event:

• Workshops on building recruiting pipelines that scale without breaking

• Training sessions for junior recruiters ready to become talent leads

• Talks on employer branding, candidate experience, and what actually moves the needle on time-to-hire

• A perspective shaped by both operating rooms and boardrooms — precision on one side, people on the other

If you're building a training program, planning a conference, or just want someone who can turn a decade of talent strategy into a talk your team won't forget, let's talk.