About
High-growth environments can compress time, magnify decisions, and expose leadership gaps in an instant. This exclusive Hunt Scanlon Media talent summit will gather more than 250 talent leaders, investors, operators, and executive recruiters who work at the center of this ecosystem – where the right leadership often accelerates scale and the wrong hire creates lasting drag and underperformance.
Agenda
A Special Thanks To Our Premier Sponsor
REGISTRATION & CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
OPENING REMARKS
Rob Adams Moderator – Hunt Scanlon Media
Founder-Led Recruiting: The Engine Behind Scalable Leadership
Avisha Mehra Naganath Operating Partner, Talent – Khosla VenturesAs companies move from seed to growth stage and beyond, the way founders approach hiring can be a decisive advantage—or a major drag on performance. In this fireside chat, Avisha Mehra Naganath, Operating Partner at Khosla Ventures, will unpack why founder-led recruiting consistently builds stronger, more resilient leadership teams across high-growth sectors. She’ll explore how engaging passive candidates, tracking the right hiring metrics, and choosing the right moment to bring in dedicated talent leaders can transform a company’s trajectory. Attendees will leave with a practical, stage-aware playbook for scaling leadership teams in PE- and VC-backed environments.
AUDIENCE Q&A
The Modern Private Equity Talent Landscape
Bianca Moreno Partner – SPMB Jon Landau Partner – SPMBThe private equity talent landscape continues to evolve as firms rethink leadership priorities, organizational structures, and the capabilities required to drive growth and performance across portfolio companies. In this fireside chat, Bianca Moreno and Jon Landau of SPMB will discuss the broader trends shaping modern private equity talent strategy and how expectations around leadership and team building are continuing to shift.
AUDIENCE Q&A
Extended Networking Break
How Technology Has Failed Human Capital — And What Comes Next
Thomas Percy CEO — QneiformOrganizations, their management teams, and investors have long recognized that talent is critical to success—yet despite decades of technological progress, making high-quality hiring decisions often feels more difficult than ever. In this session, Thomas Percy, CEO of Qneiform, will draw on his experience as both an executive search professional and technology founder to examine why the promise of talent technology has fallen short. He will explore whether this challenge is inherently resistant to technology, or if the industry has been building and backing the wrong solutions altogether. Attendees will leave with a clearer perspective on where current tools fall down—and what must change to enable more effective, consistent talent decisions going forward.
AUDIENCE Q&A
Scaling Leadership in High-Growth Ecosystems: From Early Momentum to Enduring Scale
Moderator: Max Woolger VP, Revenue — EzekiaAs organizations move from rapid acceleration to sustained expansion, leadership demands shift quickly and often unpredictably. What works in early growth phases may not hold as complexity increases, capital structures evolve, and operational scale becomes more global and multidimensional. This session will examine how leadership expectations change across technology-driven businesses, private capital-backed platforms, and innovation-led sectors. Panelists will explore how companies assess whether leaders can scale with the business, when to upgrade or supplement talent, and how to strengthen executive benches without sacrificing speed or entrepreneurial edge.
Jenny Kang
Talent Partner
Battery Ventures
John Dahlgren
Head of Talent
SBJ Capital
Girish Mirchandani
Head of Talent
WestBridge Capital
AUDIENCE Q&A
Luncheon Reception
Sponsored by:
Hiring for the Next Stage of Growth
Avetis Antaplyan CEO — HIRECLOUT Meagan Cooper Managing Director, Head of HR — B CapitalScaling a company requires a different caliber of leadership than starting one. As venture-backed companies navigate rapid growth, AI disruption, operational complexity, and investor pressure, the cost of the wrong executive hire has never been higher. In this fireside chat, Avetis Antaplyan, CEO of HIRECLOUT, and Meagan Cooper, Head of HR at B Capital will discuss how founders and investors assess leadership scalability, identify transformational operators, and build executive teams capable of sustaining long-term growth.
AUDIENCE Q&A
Leadership Decisions at Speed: Talent Intelligence in High-Growth Environments
Moderator: Alex Bates CEO – HelloSkyIn compressed growth cycles, leadership decisions carry disproportionate consequences for performance and enterprise value. This session will explore how organizations across high-growth sectors are leveraging data, AI-enabled insights, and structured assessment frameworks to evaluate capability, anticipate scaling risk, and improve executive decision-making. Panelists will examine how talent intelligence is embedded into hiring, succession planning, and team design, as well as how it informs board-level and investment discussions. As growth accelerates, the ability to combine human judgment with disciplined intelligence is becoming a defining competitive advantage.
David Chie
Founder & CEO
Maple Drive Executive Search
Tiffany Chandra
Head of Talent
Sapphire Ventures
Elyssa Pedote
Talent Director
Greycroft
AUDIENCE Q&A
Cybersecurity Leadership in Private Equity: The Expanding Role of the CISO
Matt Comyns President – Artico Search Adrian Peters Managing Director, Chief Information Security Officer – Vista Equity PartnersAs artificial intelligence rapidly transforms how organizations operate, cybersecurity has become an increasingly critical priority for private equity firms and their portfolio companies. In this session, Matt Comyns, President of Artico Search, and Adrian Peters, Chief Information Security Officer at Vista Equity Partners, will discuss how the rise of AI is reshaping cybersecurity strategies, risk management priorities, and leadership requirements across private equity-backed businesses. The conversation will explore how firms are balancing innovation, operational resilience, and governance while navigating a rapidly evolving threat landscape, as well as the changing role of the CISO in helping organizations scale securely. Attendees will gain insight into the leadership capabilities, organizational structures, and talent strategies needed to protect and grow businesses in an increasingly AI-driven world.
AUDIENCE Q&A
Cocktail Reception
Sponsored by:
High-growth environments can compress time, magnify decisions, and expose leadership gaps in an instant. This exclusive Hunt Scanlon Media talent summit will gather more than 250 talent leaders, investors, operators, and executive recruiters who work at the center of this ecosystem – where the right leadership often accelerates scale and the wrong hire creates lasting drag and underperformance.
Thought leadership experts from across the talent spectrum will examine how leadership is being built for high-growth organizations operating across PE and VC-backed platforms and technology-driven high growth businesses. As growth demands intensify, the focus is now shifting from credentials to capability, from experience to adaptability, and from static roles to leaders who can evolve as fast as the business environments in which they are working.
“Scaling Growth Through Transformative Talent” will bring together leading investors, talent executives, operators, and executive search professionals from across the venture capital, private equity, and high-growth technology ecosystems, including: Matt Comyns, President – Artico Search; Meagan Cooper, Managing Director, Head of HR – B Capital; Jenny Kang, Talent Partner – Battery Ventures; Max Woolger, VP, Revenue – Ezekia; Elyssa Pedote, Talent Director – Greycroft; Alex Bates, CEO – HelloSky; Avetis Antaplyan, CEO – HIRECLOUT; Avisha Mehra Naganath, Operating Partner, Talent – Khosla Ventures; David Chie, Founder & CEO – Maple Drive Executive Search; Thomas Percy, CEO – Qneiform; Tiffany Chandra, Head of Talent – Sapphire Ventures; John Dahlgren, Head of Talent – SBJ Capital; Bianca Moreno, Partner – SPMB; Jon Landau, Partner – SPMB; Adrian Peters, Managing Director & Chief Information Security Officer – Vista Equity Partners; Girish Mirchandani, Head of Talent – WestBridge Capital.
Join an exclusive network of private equity & venture capital leaders, operating partners, chief talent officers, and executive recruiters in San Francisco on October 28, 2026, at The Marker Hotel. The day will include thought-provoking presentations, interactive discussions, and dedicated networking opportunities, including a continental breakfast, coffee breaks, a hosted luncheon reception, and cocktail reception.
(Cancellation notice: any passes canceled within 90 days of each conference will not be refunded. Sponsorships non-refundable.)
Speakers
Avetis Antaplyan, Founder & CEO – HIRECLOUT
Avetis Antaplyan is the Founder & CEO of HIRECLOUT, a global Technology & GTM Recruiting and Consulting firm trusted by high-growth companies – and the Private Equity and Venture Capital firms that back them – to scale leadership teams and critical talent with speed and precision. An award-winning entrepreneur, investor, and thought leader, Avetis and his team at HIRECLOUT have helped build executive and technical teams for some of the most successful companies in the world. He is also the host of the globally ranked podcast The Tech Leader’s Playbook, where he interviews top executives, investors, and innovators on scaling companies and driving lasting impact.
Alex Bates, Chief Executive Officer – HelloSky
Alex spent the last decade bringing artificial intelligence and knowledge management to the forefront of the industrial market. As an undergraduate he authored 5 peer-reviewed publications, performing DARPA-funded research in neural networks, as well as research in memory and computational diagnostics.
Next, he jumped into the private sector, applying analytics on some of the world’s largest data warehouses at Teradata, a pioneer in big data technology. Alex was co-founder and CTO at Mtell, whose machine learning platform is used to monitor global fleets of industrial assets, effectively creating a distributed immune system to protect equipment and personnel. Mtell was acquired in 2016 by AspenTech (NASDAQ: AZPN), the global leader in process optimization software. In the two years following the acquisition of Mtell, AspenTech more than doubled its market cap, adding $4 billion of shareholder value. In June 2018, Barron’s highlighted AspenTech as one of the top three AI investments outside of FAANG (Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix, Google).
Alex is the lead inventor on three issued patents in machine learning & equipment taxonomies and received degrees in Mathematics and Computer Science, with a concentration in Neuroscience. His bestselling book, “Augmented Mind,” explores how the combination of AI with human intelligence — Augmented Intelligence — has revolutionary potential, and he is passionate about unlocking human capital to solve the world’s biggest problems.
Tiffany Chandra, VP, Head of Talent Network – Sapphire Ventures
As Vice President & Head of Talent Network, Tiff is responsible for cultivating and connecting Executive GTM networks for Sapphire’s portfolio companies, while simultaneously creating the tools and frameworks necessary for helping founders effectively scale and produce desired outcomes.
Prior to joining Sapphire Ventures, Tiff was an Employee Experience Program Manager in the office of the CEO at MuleSoft, a Salesforce company. There, she spent 5+ years focused on bringing in key GTM hires, as well as successfully designing, launching and managing people programs on a global scale.
Tiff is a California-native having grown up in the Los Angeles area, graduating from the University of California, Santa Barbara and living in the San Francisco Bay Area four years prior to returning. She spent the last few years of her professional career living in New York City but is excited to be back in San Francisco.
David Chie, Founder – Maple Drive Executive Search
David Chie is the founder of Maple Drive Executive Search and the owner of Palo Alto Staffing, a legacy Silicon Valley search firm that has recruited for much of Sand Hill Road for 45 years. Maple Drive runs retained executive searches for venture and private equity firms, family offices, and the operating companies they back. Palo Alto Staffing places the executive support layer underneath: chiefs of staff, executive assistants, and operations talent across the same client base.
Over the past two years, David has built an AI-native operating model inside both firms, including a proprietary knowledge graph of 8,000+ family-office and asset-management organizations, custom research agents, and a search workflow architected around the assumption that AI handles the mapping and humans run the relationships. The work informs how he thinks about where AI is and is not changing executive search.
Matt Comyns, President & Co-Founder – Artico Search
A pioneer in the development of the cybersecurity recruiting industry, Matt co-founded Artico Search with Mercedes Chatfield-Taylor to lead the team helping companies protect against cyberwarfare. He built the original cybersecurity search practices at two global firms — Russell Reynolds and Caldwell Partners — nailing more than 300 executive-level searches in a hyper-competitive market by serving as a trusted advisor for Chief Information Security Officers. Matt developed his vast network as founding CEO and sales executive at tech and media companies in New York, San Francisco and Beijing.
Meagan Cooper, Managing Director, Head of HR – B Capital
As a seasoned leader in human resources and talent acquisition, Meagan Cooper brings over 20 years of experience driving impactful strategies that align with organizational objectives and foster a culture of excellence. Currently serving as the Vice President of US HR and Global Recruiting, she is dedicated to shaping the future of the workforce through innovative recruitment methodologies and comprehensive HR initiatives.
Meagan’s journey in HR has been marked by a relentless pursuit of excellence, consistently leveraging data-driven insights to optimize recruitment processes, enhance employee engagement, and cultivate a diverse and inclusive workplace environment. With a deep understanding of both the US market landscape and global talent dynamics, she is adept at navigating complexities to attract, develop, and retain top-tier talent that drives business success.
In her role, Meagan is committed to fostering strong partnerships across departments, collaborating closely with senior leadership to understand business needs and deliver strategic HR solutions that propel growth and performance. Whether it’s implementing cutting-edge technologies to streamline recruitment workflows or spearheading initiatives to nurture employee development and well-being, she thrives on the opportunity to make a meaningful impact at every level of the organization
John Dahlgren, Head of Talent – SBJ Capital
John Dahlgren joined SBJ in 2022 as Vice President of Talent, bringing over 13 years of experience in executive recruitment, human capital planning and private equity. John collaborates with SBJ’s investment teams, partner company executives and executive recruiters to develop and execute customized recruiting plans for strategic hires.
Prior to joining SBJ, John served as EVP of Talent at Tide Rock Holdings, an investment firm focused on lower middle-market buyouts of founder-led businesses. John managed the talent function across a portfolio of 11 companies in services, healthcare and manufacturing. Prior to joining Tide Rock, John was a Principal with Bespoke Partners, a retained executive search firm dedicated to partnering with leading private equity firms to recruit talent at every stage of the investment lifecycle, from growth equity to buyout. Before Bespoke Partners, John was the Director of Private Equity Executive Search at Manta Resources.
John graduated with a BA from Ball State University, double majoring in Entrepreneurship and Human Resources Management.
Jenny Kang, Talent Partner – Battery Ventures
Jenny Kang leads the talent practice serving venture/growth companies in the Battery portfolio. She selectively executes some high-level searches for portfolio companies and manages a preferred group of retained and contingent search firms, as well as referring executive-level candidates to portfolio companies for open roles. More broadly, she serves as a resource on talent and company-culture best practices, including team building, compensation, negotiation, referencing and employee on-boarding.
Prior to Battery Jenny was the head of executive go-to-market recruiting at Sequoia Capital. There, she supported key executive searches and offered counsel on searches related to functions including sales, marketing, customer success, sales/business operations and business development. She also helped manage and advise on searches for critical internal hires, including the CMO and head of investor operations; she also organized and hosted community-building events for the firm. Before joining Sequoia, Jenny was a senior associate in Spencer Stuart’s technology, media and telecommunications search practice. In that role, she identified and developed candidates for senior-level executive searches at companies ranging from early-stage startups to large public enterprises, with an industry focus on enterprise technology (hardware, software and SaaS), security, telecommunications, e-commerce, digital media and entertainment.
Before starting her career in executive search, Jenny was a defense attorney, running her own private practice and working as a contract attorney for other law offices. She represented individuals charged in state and federal court with misdemeanors and felonies through all stages of their respective cases, including trial.
Jon Landau, Partner – SPMB
Jon is a Partner at SPMB, founder of the firm’s Colorado office, and a seasoned executive recruiter and global talent acquisition leader with 20+ years of experience in the industry. He and his team recruit CEOs and all functional reports to the CEO for PE-backed growth companies across the country, with a particular focus on high-growth Tech hubs beyond Silicon Valley, including Boulder, Denver, Salt Lake City, Austin, Seattle, and beyond.
Jon’s primary areas of focus include placing CEOs, as well as Go to Market (CRO, CMO, Customer Success) and Product Development (CTO, CPO) leadership. His breadth of cross-functional recruiting expertise has provided him with a reputation for being a long-term, trusted partner with the proven capability to build out comprehensive executive teams for his clients over time. As his clients evolve and mature, Jon has placed complimentary, and successfully later-stage, leadership to support his clients’ growth, in many cases building out entire leadership teams for the same client.
Jon has been working in executive search for almost a decade. Prior to joining SPMB, he was the Global Recruitment leader for two of Colorado’s top technology companies, Webroot (acquired) and Rally Software (IPO, acquired). The bulk of Jon’s professional career blends recruitment strategy development and execution for high-growth technology companies, focused on driving scale and leadership transformations globally.
Jon holds a BA degree from Franklin & Marshall College and an MS in Petroleum Geology from the University of Colorado at Boulder.
Avisha Mehra Naganath, Operating Partner, Talent – Khosla Ventures
Avisha is an Operating Partner, Talent at Khosla Ventures, a $20 billion venture capital firm in Silicon Valley with investments in companies like Square, Stripe, OpenAI, DoorDash, Glean, Instacart, GitLab, Affirm, Faire, RingCentral, Impossible Foods, Opendoor, and 400 others.
She works directly with founding teams and executive leadership across Khosla’s portfolio to build and shape high-impact executive teams and boards. Avisha oversees executive & board recruiting at Khosla Ventures and has led searches, placing multiple leaders in key operational roles and independent board seats. She also launched and runs the KV board directors’ program, designed to connect outstanding, diverse talent with board opportunities across the portfolio.
Prior to joining Khosla Ventures, Avisha worked at Korn Ferry, a leading organizational strategy and consulting firm. She earned her bachelor’s degree from Stanford University, where she was deeply engaged in student community life.
Girish Mirchandani, Head of Talent – WestBridge Capital
Girish Mirchandani is Head of Talent at WestBridge Capital and is based out of Silicon Valley. He loves working internally with our stakeholders as well as with our portfolio companies to attract and retain exceptional talent. Girish is truly passionate about putting together winning teams that go on to create magic. SaaS, Infrastructure, Consumer Technology, and eCommerce innovations pique his interest.
Before joining the firm, he formerly led internal executive recruiting for Pure Storage, a public data storage company. Prior to Pure, Girish spent most of his career at top tier executive search firms scouting talent for private equity and venture capital-backed enterprise and consumer technology companies. He also helped start RentPayment.com (now Yapstone), a mobile payment company. He took his first step in the financial services space with a stint at Northwestern Mutual.
Girish holds an undergraduate degree in marketing from Miami University and a master’s degree in business administration from Pepperdine University.
Bianca Moreno, Partner – SPMB
Bianca is a Partner at SPMB and a founder of the firm’s New York-based office with a focus on identifying top tier talent up and down the eastern seaboard as well as across North America’s emerging tech hubs. Bianca partners exclusively with market-changing growth equity and private equity-backed software and technology-enabled services companies to place C-level and EVP/SVP-level executives cross-functionally across North America. She and her team have successfully recruited CEOs and all functional areas reporting to the CEO.
Stumbling into executive recruiting by way of Human Capital focused management consulting with Deloitte Consulting LLP and Booz Allen Hamilton, Bianca’s career has always been centered on talent and how to best build company success as well as drive value creation via human capital.
Elyssa Pedote, Talent Director – Greycroft
Elyssa joined Greycroft in 2022 and is based in San Francisco. She oversees internal recruiting for Greycroft and executive talent support for Greycroft portfolio companies.
Prior to Greycroft, Elyssa led talent acquisition and development at Generate Capital, where she helped double the size of the organization and designed development paths for employees.
Before Generate, Elyssa was a member of the Human Capital team at SoftBank, where she supported global portfolio companies across sectors through executive talent strategy. Elyssa started her career at the executive search firm Heidrick & Struggles, where she partnered with companies across fintech, consumer finance, and technology sectors focusing on CEO, Board, COO, General Manager, and other Technology leadership positions.
Elyssa holds a BA in Healthcare Markets and Finance and was a captain of the Division I Women’s Swim Team at the University of Pennsylvania.
Thomas Percy, CEO – Qneiform
Thomas is the Founder and CEO of Qneiform. Prior to establishing the firm in 2022, he spent seven years in executive search focused on mandates for special situations and credit hedge funds.
A competitive athlete, he has won numerous endurance and multi-sport events, including the Budapest Half Marathon. In a previous life Thomas was a concert violinist, and has been featured on British radio and television as a soloist and chamber musician.
Max Woolger, VP, Revenue – Ezekia
Max is VP Revenue for Ezekia. Having spent 12+ years in executive search running BD, Data and CRM for the founders of 3 global search firms, using a range of CRMs, he is well placed to advise and assist prospective clients as they make their CRM choice. His experience in executive search firms has also helped him lead Ezekia’s in-house deployments with executive talent teams at corporates and PE/VC firms. Prior to joining Ezekia, he spent 3 years in a B2B relationship technology business selling in to search firms, law firms, consultancies, insurance brokers and underwriters so he has an in-depth understanding of relationship selling and the technologies needed to support it, across sector.
Sponsors
Premier Sponsor
Qneiform is the leading source of human capital data and analytics for the finance industry. In an era where capital is commoditised, understanding the talent landscape is more critical than ever, whether building teams, or determining allocations.
Qneiform provides the most comprehensive talent data and insights available across private equity and credit, hedge funds, real assets, investment banking, and commodities. The platform is used by funds collectively advising over $1tn in AuM, leading investment banks, and the best financial recruitment firms, to understand human capital with the same precision they understand capital and gain an edge in talent acquisition and performance.
For more information, visit qneiform.com.
Luncheon Sponsor
HIRECLOUT is an award-winning global Technology & GTM Recruiting and Consulting firm that helps high-growth companies, and the Private Equity and Venture Capital firms that back them – scale with precision. We deliver top-tier executives, technical talent, and go-to-market leaders for SaaS, AI, Fintech, HealthTech, and digital transformation initiatives. We specialize in Talent Growth Engineering, ensuring the right people are in the right seats to accelerate value creation, drive exits, and sustain competitive advantage.
For more information, visit hireclout.com.
Breakfast Sponsor
SPMB is the premier executive search firm serving the technology market and one of the largest independent retained search firms in the country. We specialize in recruiting C-Level Executives and Board Members to disruptive, growth-oriented startups, building out the leadership teams at the most innovative companies in the tech space. SPMB also partners with large multinationals across all categories—media, consumer, financial services, healthcare, renewables—on their path to digital transformation. We bring the knowledge of a large, global firm and combine it with the personalized service and attention of a boutique to connect top executive talent to the best and fastest growing innovators across the country.
For more information, visit spmb.com.
Cocktail Reception Sponsor
Artico Search is the first truly AI-driven executive search firm, delivering the people to build, scale and protect your business to maximize shareholder value. Founded in 2021, Artico’s team matches the world’s best talent with venture capital and growth equity funds and their portfolio companies. Artico is an elite team of leadership search experts who have led global practices with the largest search firms, as well as boutiques. This expertise coupled with world class AI, allows Artico to be the best partner to its clients and candidates. Artico is hands on and relentlessly focused on excellence, which in turn has generated billions in shareholder value to their clients and their investors.
For more information, visit www.articosearch.com.
Gold Sponsors
Ezekia is a modern CRM and ATS platform built specifically for executive search firms and in-house executive search teams. The platform supports business development, assignment delivery, candidate and relationship management, reporting, and client collaboration in one integrated system.
Ezekia is fully cloud-based, ISO 27001 certified, and built for performance, security, and reliability. It also incorporates embedded AI capabilities to help search professionals work more efficiently. Migration to Ezekia is quick and straightforward, with unlimited support and training included.
For more information, visit www.ezekia.io
Maple Drive offers a tailored executive search experience built exclusively for investors and operators.
The firm was founded in Silicon Valley by David Chie, working exclusively with the founders of category-defining technology companies, investors and the many of the most successful family offices in the world.
Maple Drive specializes in retained searches for venture and private equity firms, family offices, and the operating companies they back. Every engagement draws on a network of leaders — cultivated over several decades — and a research practice that pairs human judgment with proprietary intelligence.
Built on the highest of standards, Maple Drive’s platform has fine-tuned the executive search experience in partnership with the world’s top investors and founders.
The team has proudly worked inside and alongside the institutions Maple Drive now serves.
Maple Drive represents Chief Executives, CFOs, COOs, CTOs, General Counsel, Investment Partners, Operating Partners, and Chiefs of Staff who’ve built, scaled, and capitalized the firms and companies that matter. We tell candidates the truth about a role, the principal, and the work.
Discreet by default. Precise by design.
For more information, visit mapledrive.com.
Lanyard Sponsor
The Cluen Corporation is a global leader in software solutions built specifically for executive search and talent-driven organizations. Trusted by top retained search firms, Cluen’s flagship platform: Encore Max, empowers consultants to manage relationships, track candidate progress, and drive business development, all in one seamless system. What sets Cluen apart is its deep industry insight: the software is designed from input from thousands of search professionals. Whether you’re working on C-level searches or building long-term client pipelines, Cluen helps you stay ahead with intuitive workflows, powerful reporting tools, and bulletproof data security. With global support teams and decades of experience, Cluen ensures your firm can scale efficiently while maintaining the high-touch service your clients expect. In a fast-moving market where connections are everything, Cluen gives you the edge to source smarter, move faster, and win more business. Join the firms already shaping the future of executive search — powered by Cluen.
For more information, visit cluen.com.
Featured Tech Sponsor
HelloSky is the first AI powered platform designed to deliver the power of human capital intelligence. HelloSky combines behavioral analytics, sector mapping, and relationship intelligence to equip companies to successfully navigate talent shortages and optimize their workforce.
For more information, visit www.hellosky.ai.
Talent Intelligence Sponsor
Founded by former partners at leading global management consulting firms, HSiQ has accumulated decades of experience in networking and information gathering. Together, the firm delivers the highest quality execution combined with a high touch approach.
In today’s competitive landscape, success hinges on attracting, nurturing, and retaining top talent while seamlessly integrating people, processes, and technologies for a decisive edge. For C-suite leadership seeking faster, deeper, more reliable coverage, we are a transformative catalyst in talent management strategy, with exclusive and rapid access to primary intelligence and insight overlaying human capital so that organizational decision making can proceed with certitude and confidence.
HSiQ is strategically positioned to guide our clients on the toughest issues surrounding human capital, technology, investments, and strategy. The firm supports you through shifting product trends, market volatility, and complex regulations. The firm’s capabilities extend well beyond talent solutions. They provide real-time intelligence across all facets of your business including advisory on lift-outs and portfolio-company acquisitions while forensically analyzing both established and non-traditional players. As the market evolves, HSiQ helps ensure every facet of your culture and competitive edge is fully understood and leveraged for success.
For more information, visit hsiqtalentintelligence.com.
Exhibitor Sponsors
Recruiterflow is an end-to-end AI-first ecosystem to run and scale your executive search business. Recruiterflow comes equipped with ATS, CRM, Sequencing, data enrichment, marketing automation and a host of AI agents.
You can check them out on Recruiterflow.com and request a demo to see how they can help you get an edge in your executive search business.
Nick Workman is the founder of ES Leaders, a global executive search firm focused exclusively on the executive search and leadership consulting sectors.
Over more than three decades, he has built a strong reputation as a trusted advisor to CEOs and senior leadership teams across search and advisory firms worldwide. His work centres on supporting growth through strategic hiring and acquisitions. He believes that hiring exceptional talent is only the starting point. Long-term success depends on how that talent is assessed, selected, and integrated, which are core elements of the ES Leaders offering and areas in which he is deeply committed.
Supported by a highly experienced research and execution team with deep expertise across global executive search and leadership advisory markets, ES Leaders has delivered assignments in 37 countries and completed 10 M&A engagements.
The firm’s exclusive partnership with the AESC, as its sole Partner and Advisor in its 65-year history, reflects a consistent commitment to quality, professionalism, and long-term client service.
Findem is an AI talent platform powering talent decisions and acquisition outcomes for more than 800 venture and private equity firms. For funds, talent decisions compound. The right CFO, GM, or operator changes the trajectory of a portfolio company. Getting it wrong slows everything down.
Findem helps you find leaders inside your network and beyond it. Surface relationship intelligence across the people already connected to their portfolio: founders, operators, advisors, and LPs. Then, extend the search into the broader market using expert-labelled 3D data and Success Signals to find candidates who would never appear through title, keyword and simple Boolean filters alone. Shortlists built using Findem start with warm paths. They extend to evidence-backed candidates outside the network. And they narrow faster because they’re built on context, not guesswork.
For more information, visit findem.ai/guides
Networking Sponsors
DSG Global is one of the top 10 retained executive search firms in North America. It has nine offices across the U.S. – in Philadelphia, Atlanta, Chicago, Cleveland, Southern California, Miami, New York, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C. and global capabilities in 37 countries as the exclusive U.S. partner of Alto Partners. DSG Global delivers leadership talent to its clients using a highly collaborative approach to each search assignment, viewing each one through a broad lens. This allows its consultants to consider all issues – including generational, cultural, ethnic, industry, gender and functional – to bring organizations fresh, high-potential candidates.
For more information, visit dsgco.com.
Cancellation Policy
(Cancellation notice: any passes canceled within 60 days of each conference will not be refunded. Sponsorships non-refundable.)
Register
Thank you for your interest in attending our upcoming conference, “Scaling Growth Through Transformative Talent,” to be held on October 28, 2026, at The Marker Hotel in San Francisco. The full-day event will begin at 8:00am with continental breakfast, a luncheon reception, a cocktail reception, and a full day of thought-provoking presentations, fireside chats, and panel discussions featuring some of the most influential leaders in venture capital, private equity, executive search, and talent management.
Hunt Scanlon Media is convening more than 250 investors, operating partners, chief talent officers, HR leaders, founders, and executive recruiters to examine how organizations are building the leadership teams required to scale in today’s fast-moving growth environments. Join us as we explore how firms are assessing leadership potential, strengthening executive benches, leveraging talent intelligence, and making high-stakes hiring decisions that drive long-term growth, innovation, and enterprise value.
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