About Us

Daversa Partners is Technology’s go-to specialty firm that builds the executive teams for growth and venture-backed companies. Their global footprint spans 2 continents and 8 offices, giving their high-performance teams visibility into the entirety of the market. Daversa is dedicated to developing meaningful relationships with entrepreneurs, executives, and investors across Consumer and Enterprise businesses.

Daversa Partners believes that the most successful companies achieve major breakthroughs by acquiring extraordinary talent. These people are hard to find and even harder to recruit, they are Material Impact Executives; they only recruit these people. This is what sets them apart…and this is what makes Daversa the search partner of choice.

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Daversa Partners is distinctly different – they embrace growth, learn from mistakes, and dare to make it better. This is why they are the Search Partner of choice. Their leadership team are specialists that think big, reach high, and always deliver. They value grit, integrity, humility – and above all embrace growth.

Daversa Partners is an ambitious, fast paced, multicultural group of headhunters who always puts people first. They are grounded in a strong set of values and take pride in the diversity of their employees.

Solutions And Expertise

Solutions
  • All Solutions
  • Board Services
  • Culture Shaping
  • Data Analy./Mrkt. Intell.
  • Diversity & Inclusion
  • Executive Search
  • Executive Tracker
  • Leadership Develop.
  • Org. Chart Mapping
  • Succession Planning
Industries
  • Advertising/Marketing
  • Aerospace/Defense
  • All Industries
  • Biotechnology
  • Clean Tech./Sustain.
  • Cloud Based
  • Communications
  • Consumer
  • Consumer Products
  • Consumer Services
  • Cybersecurity
  • Data & Analytics
  • Devices
  • Education
  • Energy
  • Engineering & Archit.
  • Financial Services
  • FinTech
  • Global Markets
  • Government
  • Healthcare Services
  • Hedge Funds
  • High Tech
  • Industrial
  • Industrial Products
  • Insurance
  • Internet
  • Investment Banking
  • Investment Mgmt.
  • Life Sci./Healthcare
  • Luxury
  • Machine Learning
  • Media & Entertainment
  • Medical Devices
  • Mobile
  • Payments/Processes
  • Private Equity
  • Professional Services
  • Real Estate
  • Software
  • Sports
  • Supply Chain
  • Technology
  • Transportation
  • Travel, Hosp. & Leisure
  • Utilities
  • Venture Capital
  • Wealth Management
Functions
  • Advertising
  • Board/Governance
  • Business Development
  • C-Level
  • C-Suite
  • CEO/President
  • Communications/PR
  • Customer Service
  • Data/Analytics
  • Development
  • Diversity & Inclusion
  • Finance/Accounting
  • General Management
  • GM/Operations
  • Human Resources
  • Information/Digital
  • Investor Relations
  • Legal/Compliance
  • Manufacturing
  • Marketing & Sales
  • Medical/Clinical
  • Research & Develop.
  • Risk Management
  • Supply Chain

News Briefings

Entering the New Frontier in Executive Recruiting

The last 24 months have changed everything. For businesses. For leaders. For employees. For executive recruiters. Now, as the dust settles, one fact becomes clear: Power has shifted. From organizations to people. From profit to mutual prosperity. From ‘me’ to ‘we.’ According to a recent Korn Ferry report, employees are now starting to ask human

Advancing Black Leadership at the Board and Executive Level 

Black executives have largely not been afforded the same opportunities in tech start-ups and venture capital, according to Daversa Partners. To answer the call, the search firm has established Dreamscape to address the issue by focusing on industry-wide equity and transformation. By working in partnership with CEOs, founders and investors who are committed to making

Dreamscape Finds New Directors for Brex, Robinhood, and AppLovin Corp.

Daversa Partners’ Dreamscape business unit has recently helped to place Thasunda Brown Duckett of TIAA, Dara Treseder of Peloton, and Alyssa Harvey Dawson of Gusto to fill key director roles for Brex, Robinhood and Applovin Corp., respectively. Dreamscape, which was launched in November, is dedicated to advancing black representation on the boards and executive teams

Hunt Scanlon’s Top 10 Recruiting Stories of 2021

For the recruiting industry, 2021 was dominated by the pandemic and search sector consolidation. Mergers and acquisitions, in fact, made for some of our most highly read news stories. But it was also a year when so many world-class search assignments were handed out — and those mandates were answered with some of the best

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Talent Talk's Podcasts

How To Build A Career In Tech - Daversa Partners' Keynote at HBS Tech Conference '21

Achievements / Press
Daversa Partners Wins 2023 Public Relations and Marketing Excellence Award
Daversa Partners Earns 2023 Great Place To Work Recertification™
Fortune Media and Great Place To Work Names Daversa Partners to 2023 Fortune Best Workplaces for Millennials List
Daversa Partners Secures No.4 Spot on Fortune’s 2023 Best Workplaces in New York
Daversa Partners Wins 2022 Public Relations and Marketing Excellence Award Presented by Business Intelligence
Daversa Partners Named One of the 2022 Best Workplaces for Women™ by Fortune and Great Place to Work®
C-Suite CV Secure Releases America’s Top 49 Retained Executive Search Firms 2022 Ranking
With Miami signaling as the next big tech hub, Daversa Partners opens Miami office
Fairfield County 40 Under Forty
Forbes – America’s Best Executive Recruiting Firms 2022
Fortune – Best Workplaces for Women 2022
Mining Executive Talent for the Web3 Ecosystem
Great Places to Work
Hunt Scanlon’s Culture Transformation Special Issue
The UK Times – How to Win the War on Talent
Entering the New Frontier in Executive Recruiting
Meet the New Female Powerbrokers in Tech Recruiting
The European Business Review – Refining the Search for Executive Talent in Europe
Top 15 Recruiters Short-Staffed Companies Need to Know
Crain’s 2021 Notable LGBTQ Leaders & Executives
Nine Recruiters Who Can Help You Nab a Job in Fintech at Top Firms like Robinhood, Coinbase, and Square

SpotlightOn
The Art of Executive Shifts: A Conversation with Stash CEO, Liza Landsman
Building an Effective, Valuable, and Diverse Board Practice Part 1: Key Ingredients for Success ft. David Benigson, CEO at Signal AIt
Building an Effective, Valuable, & Diverse Board Practice Part 2: Propelling Diversity in the Boardroom ft. Laura Clayton McDonnell, Board Member
Reshaping the Freight & Supply Chain Industry: Key Takeaways, Future Mitigation and Sustainability ft. Bill Driegert, EVP Head of Trucking at Flexport
Play The Long Game: Building, Scaling, and Leading Successful Sales Teams ft. Industry Vet, Tracey Newell
Midwest Tech Scene Emerges as a Venture Capital Focal Point ft. Sonia Nagar, General Partner at Pritzker Group
How Concierge Medicine is Pushing the Boundaries of Traditional Healthcare with Todd Kimmel, MD & Founder and Daphne Che, Principal at Montage Venture
The Future of Content is Here with Generative AI ft. Dave Rogenmoser, CEO & Co-Founder @ Jasper
Spotlight On: Alex Mertes, Daversa Partners’ Alum
Embracing Change, Taking Calculated Risks, and Disrupting the Mobile Gaming Industry ft. Peter Hill, SVP of Engineering & Chief Product Officer @ Wildlife Studios
The New Era of Compensation: Cryptocurrency & Token Based Awards ft. Michael Beller, Chief Financial Officer @ Aleo
Breaking Bread with Arianna Huffington Part II: How A Global Health Crisis Influenced Our ‘New Normal’
​​Building A Conscious Culture ft. Jennifer Christie, Chief People Officer @ Bolt
Revolutionizing An Antiquated Industry & The Future of Logistics ft. Laura Behrens Wu, Co-founder & CEO of Shippo
Re-defining The Supply Chain With The Help of Hyper Intelligent Robots ft. Sri Solur, CPO @ Berkshire Grey
Innovation Spotlight: The Intersection of Tech, Fashion, and Sustainability ft. Pooja Sethi, SVP and GM of Resale-as-a-Service @ thredUP
The Evolution of “HQ” & Forging Remote Cultures That Are Built To Last ft. Garrett Langley, Co-Founder & CEO of Flock Safety
From Facebook to Wildlife Studios: The Journey of ‘Consumer Growth’ with Robby Andrews — Daversa Partners
Tech’s Biggest Return on Investment: Clean Energy & A Sustainable Future – 6/23/2021
Can You Find Us a Female CTO? – 4/20/2021
From Facebook to Wildlife Studios: The Journey of ‘Consumer Growth’ – 2/26/2021
These Telemedicine CEO’s Have the Headline for “What’s Coming Next” in Healthtech – 7/07/2020
A Watershed Moment for Hiring Executive Talent – 6/25/2020
How Machine Learning is Being Used to Solve Real World Problems – 5/20/2020
Diversity & Inclusion in Technology and the Strategies that Raised the Bar for Diverse Hiring at TaskRabbit – 5/30/2020

New category: State of Talent
The State of Talent: Climate Tech Pt 1 ft. Nishant Mani, Chief Business Officer at Terra.do
State of Talent: Climate Tech
The State of Talent: Cyber Series Pt 2 ft. Reed Werner, Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense
The State of Talent: Marketing ft. Matt Carrington, Marketing Executive
State of Talent: The Evolution of The Chief Security Officer
The State of Talent: Cyber Series Part 1 ft. Roger Hale, Chief Security Officer at Agora
It’s A Good Time To Be A Cybersecurity Company – Especially an Israeli One

To view all of Daversa Partner’s News, Podcasts, and Insights please visit: Daversa Partners | News & Insights.

Dare To Be Legendary Podcast

Climate Code: Uniting Environmental Shifts, Leadership Evolution & Technology ft. Tara Green, Crusoe Energy’s Chief People Officer
Revolutionizing Retail: Unleashing AI and Cutting-Edge Tech Across E-Commerce ft. Julie Bornstein, Founder & CEO of THE YES (acquired by Pinterest)
From Legal Mind to Business Vision ft. Bryan Leach, Founder & CEO of Ibotta, Inc.
The Power of Product Led Growth ft. Francois Dufour, CMO at Decibel (ex Twilio & LinkedIn)
Next Gen Quantum Computing ft. Ariel Braunstein, SVP Product and Marketing at IonQ
Reality Capture to Manage and Analyze the Built World ft. Jeevan Kalanithi, CEO at OpenSpace
Reality Capture to Manage and Analyze the Built World ft. Jeevan Kalanithi, CEO at OpenSpace
Riding the Miami Tech and Talent Wave ft. Keith Rabois, General Partner at Founders Fund
National Security Tech Company, Rebellion Defense, Is Working To Keep The US and Its Allies Ahead Of Its Adversaries ft. Chris Lynch, Co-Founder & CEO
Meet Dutchie, The Technology Platform Powering Cannabis Commerce ft. Ross Lipson, Co-Founder & CEO
Revolutionizing Fertility & Family Building Benefits ft. David Schlanger, Executive Chairman at Progyny
The Business of Building, the Power of People, and Investing in the Future ft. Shahin Farshchi, Partner at Lux Capital
The Future of HealthTech & Functional Medicine ft. Dr Robert Zembroski
The Business of Building, the Power of People, and Investing in the Future ft. Shahin Farshchi, Partner at Lux Capital
Dreamscape: Industry Wide Equity & Building Inclusive Boards featuring Sharah Marwah, Head of Talent at Venrock
Innovation, Empathy, & The Current State of the European Market ft. Maëlle Gavet, CEO of Techstars
Big Data & The Future of Open Source ft. Ion Stoica, Co-Founder of Databricks
Sales Leadership & Customer Identity ft. Susan St. Ledger - OKTA’s President of Worldwide Field Operations
From Goldman Sachs to Cyber Security ft. Heather Bellini, CFO of Deep Instinct
The Art of Storytelling ft. Stephanie Buscemi, CMO of Confluent
The Ultimate Operator with Robinhood’s COO, Gretchen Howard

Partner Insight

Partner Insight by Daversa Partners W/ Gary Constance - From Underdog to Team Alpha
Partner Insight by Daversa Partners W/ Laura Kinder - Being Human & Finding Your Confidence
Partner Insight by Daversa Partners W/ Jamie Sanger - Communicating & Finding Your X-Factor
Partner Insight by Daversa Partners W/ Nicolette Sanise - Prioritizing Mental Health
Partner Insight by Daversa Partners W/ Julie Wrapp - Part I: From College Grad to Partner
Partner Insight by Daversa Partners W/ Christen Morelli - Part I: The Path to Partner & Stay Hungry
Partner Insight by Daversa Partners W/ Christen Morelli - Part II: The Path to Partner & Stay Hungry
Partner Insight by Daversa Partners W/ Geri Allyn - Frontier Tech: Challenging The Possible

Other Podcasts

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Nicolette Hartman On How To Hire The Best Talent For Your Business