Hiring & Talent Strategy Consultant
Helping Founders Navigate Who To Hire • When To Hire • Build The Right Team
Backed by experience building High-Impact Teams at
Microsoft • GitHub • NTT Data
Backed by experience building High-Impact Teams at
Microsoft • GitHub • NTT Data
Founders scaling from 10–100 employees
If hiring decisions are starting to impact your growth, this is for you.
→ Founders of growing companies (10–100 employees)
→ Scaling teams without a clear hiring roadmap
→ Unsure what role to hire next
→ Deciding between leadership vs high-impact execution
→ Feeling the pressure of getting hiring decisions right
→ Want to build the right team not just fill roles
This is built on real hiring decisions not theory.
Most Founders and Small Business Leaders don’t struggle to find candidates they struggle to decide what they actually need.
→ What role to hire next
“Do I need a Head of Sales… or someone who can actually close deals?”
→ Leader vs high-impact IC
“Do I need someone to build the function... or just execute right now?”
→ Where the right talent actually sits
“Are we even looking in the right companies or profiles?”
→ How hiring connects to growth
“Will this hire drive revenue, product, or delivery—or just add cost?”
Hiring problems don’t begin with sourcing the wrong candidates.
They begin when hiring decisions are made without a clear roadmap, role clarity, or alignment to growth.
Designing Customized Hiring Frameworks and Team Structures so Founders can make the right hiring decisions at the right stage.

Clarify who to hire and when...
Define your next critical hire before recruiting begins so you’re not guessing between leadership and execution.
“Do we need a Head of Sales… or someone who can actually close deals right now?”

Attract talent before you need it
Build a Founder and Company Presence that draws in the right candidates and creates visibility with your customers.
“Why aren’t the right candidates finding us—or responding when we reach out?”

As hiring becomes more complex, structure matters.
CCG work alongside Founders to guide hiring decisions, define roles, and support execution for critical hires ensuring each hire aligns with your next stage of growth.
• Hiring roadmap and sequencing
• Role definition and s
As hiring becomes more complex, structure matters.
CCG work alongside Founders to guide hiring decisions, define roles, and support execution for critical hires ensuring each hire aligns with your next stage of growth.
• Hiring roadmap and sequencing
• Role definition and success profiles
• Talent market insight and targeting strategy
• Interview structure and evaluation frameworks
• Hiring decision support
• Select recruiting support for critical roles
→ Hiring roadmap and sequencing
“What should we hire first—and what can wait?”
→ Role definition and alignment
“Are we aligned internally on what this hire should actually do?”
→ Talent market mapping
“Where does the right talent actually exist and are we looking in the right places?”
→ Targeted recruiting support
How do we identify and engage the right candidates through targeted sourcing and market insight—not volume
A structured, strategic approach to hiring that improves decision quality and supports scalable growth.
→ Starts after a job description is written
→ Focused on filling roles quickly
→ Relies on volume and outreach
→ Limited visibility into the talent market
→ Success = placement
→ Starts with hiring strategy and clarity
→ Roles defined before search begins
→ Talent market mapped before outreach
→ Focused, high-signal candidate targeting
→ Success = better decisions and stronger teams

I’ve spent my career helping Founders and Leaders build teams that support real growth not just fill roles.
Across enterprise organizations and early-stage startups, I’ve seen how structured hiring decisions separate companies that scale intentionally from those that stall.
I don’t approach hiring as a transaction.
I work alongside Founders and Leaders to design the right team before hiring begins, aligning roles, timing, and expectations to support growth.

Microsoft • GitHub • Ford • GM • NTT Data • Boston Children’s Hospital • Series A Startups
• Built and supported hiring for 100+ roles across Microsoft’s Cloud & Sales teams
• Delivered 12 principal-level Product & Engineering hires in a 4-month GitHub hiring sprint
• Built hiring strategies that saved $1M+ in external recruiting costs (DXC)
• Supported 46 Sales & Customer Success hires in
12 months (Microsoft)
• Built GitHub’s AI sourcing enablement library
“Steve consistently delivers high-level talent strategies that create real operational impact. For startups and mid-sized companies looking to build teams, scale thoughtfully, and align hiring with business priorities, he brings both strategic clarity and execution discipline.”
“Steve helped us clarify the profile and structural fit for two key software engineering hires we had struggled to define. The difference wasn’t just sourcing — it was alignment to how the team needed to function.”
“Building a technical financial crimes sales team required a precise understanding of role expectations and market fit. Steve brought structure and focus to the process, enabling us to assemble a high-impact commercial team.”
Hiring Strategy Intensive
→ Define who to hire and when
→ Align the role to your business
→ Build a clear plan before recruiting
Hiring Support (Hourly)
→ $200/hour
→ Billed weekly based on usage
→ Use time where you need it most across sourcing, market mapping, and hiring decisions
Targeted Hiring Consultant For Strategic Role(s)
→ Strategy + execution for one high-impact role
→ Define, target, and hire the right person
→ Structured engagement from start to finish
A focused 60-minute session to help you structure your next hires and avoid costly hiring mistakes.
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