Marovi Targets Executive Search’s Evaluation Gap With AI-Driven Platform
October 8, 2026 – Atlanta-GA-based Marovi has shared details of its market momentum and customer experience. Core to Marovi’s success is its proprietary evaluation intelligence engine, which weights every candidate against role-specific requirements and generates scorecard comparisons and curated shortlists before the interviewing process commences.
Executive search has long been a high-stakes, challenge-filled endeavor, where misalignment can cause significant disruption. Ensuring fit and readiness early in the hiring process can help organizations focus their resources on building relationships with qualified candidates. Failing to properly evaluate candidates upfront can lead to costly mistakes that derail business objectives and company culture.
“We spent decades in executive search, and the gap was always the same – companies paying for a search firm’s judgment and relationships and a stack of software that still couldn’t really evaluate anyone,” said Matt Mooney, co-founder of Marovi. “That’s what we built Marovi to solve, and it’s why we think evaluation, not sourcing, is where this category is headed next.”
Marovi’s Evaluation Intelligence engine is built on 40 years of executive search expertise and multi-source data, distilled into a combination of proprietary data model and methodologies that measure candidates against defined criteria that include quality, frequency, relevancy and recency of experience. Marovi makes economic sense by replicating the high-touch traditional executive search firm experience that matters to both enterprise and private equity firms, adding precision at a fixed cost that becomes a reusable asset versus a single expensive engagement.
In addition, Marovi removes bias and replaces “gut instinct” with evidence to improve hiring integrity and accelerate time-to-fill, under pressure. Marovi gives corporate recruiters the polished and meaningful data they need to support the hiring managers making business-critical decisions.
“Marovi is addressing a longstanding legacy problem in talent acquisition with an AI-first approach to executive search, a function that has historically relied on manual research and informal networks,” said Abhinav Shrivastava, senior research manager, talent acquisition and strategy, IDC. “Marovi’s model, which pairs AI-driven candidate evaluations with human expertise, addresses the speed and consistency challenges in executive search that have persisted for decades.”
What Customers Are Saying
“With Marovi, we were able to close an executive search in record time – just 37 days – and even the candidate said it was her fastest search ever,” said Jessica Lee, global officer, talent acquisition & associate development, Marriott International. “Marovi isn’t just another software solution; its platform replicates a search firm’s value in-house by using data-driven evaluations that deliver meaningful comparisons. Work that used to take hours happens dramatically faster with Marovi, and our team has moved from search executors to polished, data-savvy talent advisors adding unprecedented value to our business.”
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“Executive hiring requires a lot of research and a strong understanding of the market,” said Jamie Mezzasalma, vice president, HR group technology, Finastra. “Marovi is simple to use and makes it easier to bring that information together, giving our recruiters and business leaders useful insights as they consider potential candidates.”
millionways Brings a New Behavioral Intelligence Lever to Executive Recruiters
Hunt Scanlon Ventures has completed its investment in millionways, a New York-headquartered company that builds a behavioral intelligence layer of AI for human agent workforces, utilizing a proprietary Large Psychology Model called Thorsten-4. The platform focuses on understanding human signals, motives, and behavior patterns, with applications used across AI governance, executive hiring, talent management, and enterprise environments.
“millionways is a trailblazer in this newly emerging space,” said Scott A. Scanlon, CEO and co-founder of Hunt Scanlon Ventures and a senior advisor to company co-founders Martin Cordsmeier and Max Weidemann. “As investors, we see behavioral intelligence as a new layer of AI infrastructure, giving artificial intelligence a missing layer – the ability to interpret the human dynamics behind communication and decision-making. In our view, organizations that can better understand the convergence of leadership and human behavior patterns will create meaningful competitive advantage in the years ahead. Behavioral intelligence will become central to everyday enterprise decision-making,” he said.
Mr. Scanlon noted that artificial intelligence is already making big inroads and reshaping the human capital sector. “Organizations have embraced AI to automate workflows, improve performance, and generate insights on people. As those capabilities mature, the next phase is poised to move beyond productivity and efficiency toward improving the quality of human judgement,” he said. “Reducing this friction is an essential next step for businesses in general, but a critical one for the human capital ecosystem.”
Erin Cohen, CHRO, Total Safety, said: “Marovi has been an incredible partner to Total Safety and is helping us transform the way we approach talent evaluation and recruiting. One of the greatest benefits has been our ability to combine internal applicants with external market candidates in one comprehensive evaluation process. This gives us confidence that we are considering the best available talent while also ensuring our internal employees have meaningful opportunities for advancement. They have helped us build a more efficient, cost-effective, and thoughtful approach to finding the right talent for our organization.”
Co-Founded by Industry Veterans
Launched last year, Marovi is a talent evaluation intelligence platform for executive hiring. The firm was co-founded by Matt Mooney, Jin Ro, and Vicky Williams.
Backed by four decades in executive search, Mr. Mooney has placed thousands of board, CEO, and C-level leaders across public and private companies. He previously led practices at ON Partners, Russell Reynolds, Korn Ferry, and Ray & Berndtson, and founded his own firm, MPI Eden.
With a background in product, data, and technology, Mr. Ro has held senior roles at ON Partners, PRGX, Seal Software, McKesson, and Accenture. He has a proven track record of merging complex data and latest technology into solutions that solve real problems.
With over 20 years of experience leading brand, commercial, and go-to-market strategy, Ms. Williams has held executive roles at ON Partners, The Weather Channel (IBM), Under Armour, Mizuno, and Active. She brings a proven ability to transform businesses and drive growth.
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Contributed by Scott A. Scanlon, Editor-in-Chief and Dale M. Zupsansky, Executive Editor – Hunt Scanlon Media
