Talent Talks

In this episode of Talent Talks, Hunt Scanlon Media host Rob Adams is joined by Jennifer Dunlap, President & CEO at DRi Waterstone Human Capital. With her extensive experience as a senior executive in prestigious nonprofit organizations, Jennifer recognized the need for a dedicated partner to build capacity for organizations that strive to make a lasting impact. Today, we delve into the talent lan...

In this episode of Talent Talks, Hunt Scanlon Media host Rob Adams is joined by Bill Vlaad, CEO at Vlaad & Company. Bill is a reformed investment banker, served time in corporate development and has dabbled as an entrepreneur. In this podcast, Bill delves deep into the transformative role of executive talent in driving value creation within private equity portfolio companies. From aligning leaders...

In this episode of Talent Talks, Hunt Scanlon Media host Rob Adams is joined by Smooch Repovich Rosenberg, Founder and CEO at SmoochUnplugged, LLC. After more than 25 years as a globally recognized executive search consultant, Smooch has her finger on the pulse of global Investor Relations and Corporate Communications functions, and has had tremendous success leveraging human capital strategies to...

(May 08, 2023) In this episode of Talent Talks, Hunt Scanlon Media host Rob Adams is joined by Ruben Moreno, co-founder of Blue Rock Search, to discuss the growth of DEI efforts and the rising presence of the Latinx community. Ruben provides an overview of key facts about Latinx purchasing power, demographics, and Latinx in the workforce and in leadership roles, along with analysis of what these f...

In this episode of Talent Talks, Hunt Scanlon Media host Rob Adams is joined by Derek Lokey, SVP of consulting at Teamalytics, to discuss the new role of leaders in building a strong culture while achieving growth in a work-from-home or work-from-anywhere environment. Drawing on his experience as an executive coach and former NFL player with the Kansas City Chiefs, Derek shares insights from the r...

In this episode of Talent Talks, Hunt Scanlon Media host Rob Adams is joined by Smooch Repovich Rosenberg, Founder and CEO at SmoochUnplugged, LLC. After more than 25 years as a globally recognized executive search consultant, Smooch Repovich Rosenberg has her finger on the pulse of global Investor Relations, Corporate Communications and has had tremendous success leveraging human capital strategi...

In this episode of Talent Talks, Hunt Scanlon Media host Rob Adams is joined by Eric Walczykowski, CEO at Bespoke Partners. As an experienced operator, investor, board member and consultant, Mr. Walczykowski brings a multidimensional perspective on building high impact executive teams that deliver superior results. Over the past decade Bespoke Partners has brought exceptional leaders to private eq...

In this episode of Talent Talk’s, Hunt Scanlon Media host Rob Adams is joined by Chris Beckage, VP of business development at Procom, a leader w/ 25+ years in talent acquisition to discuss the future trends in the IT talent acquisition landscape. Mr. Beckage discusses the current factors motivating top talent to change roles/opportunities, the impact of the pandemic and other macro trends in IT ta...

In this episode of Talent Talk's, Hunt Scanlon Media host Rob Adams is joined by Joseph Blass, CEO of Ezekia, which offers an intuitive CRM and assignment management system for recruiters. Mr. Blass discusses the Ezekia platform and outlines the services his firm provides. He also shares several case studies and some recent success stories. Listen now!

On this episode of Talent Talk's, we are joined by Marion Spears Karr, managing director and head of the healthcare and life sciences practice at Comhar Partners. Mr. Spears Karr has over 30 years of experience in healthcare executive recruiting and talent acquisition. He brings a distinguished set of skills in leading successful recruitment teams that specialize in nursing leadership, C-level, Vi...

On this brand new episode, Hunt Scanlon Media host Rob Adams is joined by Catherine Brown and Leslie M Stokes vice presidents of Vetted Solutions, and Kristan McMahon, president of Robert H. Jackson Center. On this episode, these female leaders share their journeys into leadership roles as well as challenges they faced along the way. They then share their thoughts on advancing women to the C-Suite...

On this brand new episode, Hunt Scanlon Media host Rob Adams is joined by Christen Morelli, partner at Daversa Partners. On this episode, Ms. Morelli discusses recruiting chief financial officers for companies in different stages. Ms. Morelli shares what to look for in a CFO for a company looking to IPO and some of the challenges in placing those leaders. Ms. Morelli also shares how recruiting CFO...

On this brand new episode, Hunt Scanlon host Rob Adams is joined by Jim Zaniello, president of Vetted Solutions and James Pogue, president of JP Enterprises. On this episode, Mr. Zaniello and Dr. Pogue discuss diversity, equity and inclusion and the impact it has had on the workforce and workplace. The two leaders also discuss the importance of having an inclusive culture and some of the challenge...

In this brand new episode, Hunt Scanlon host Rob Adams is joined by Peg Newman, partner and founder of SRA Newman Group. On this episode, Ms. Newman touches on a number of trends currently impacting the workplace and workforce; she examines the importance of establishing strong culture and DE+I initiatives and discusses the impact SRA Newman has had on their client organizations initiatives. Liste...

In this brand new episode of ‘Talent Talks,’ Rob Adams is joined by Frank Cumella, partner at Daversa Partners. As an integral leader within the firm’s New York practice, Mr. Cumella builds senior management teams for high growth, early and mid-stage enterprise software and consumer internet companies as well as influential public technology businesses. In this episode, Mr. Cumella discusses the c...

In this brand new episode of 'Talent Talks,' Rob Adams is joined by Bennie Fowler, vice president of business development at Z3Talent. Mr. Fowler is a former wide receiver from the National Football League who has recently transitioned to a role in executive recruiting. In this episode, Mr. Fowler shares how his experiences in the NFL set him up for success in a business focused on talent and lead...

In this brand new episode of 'Talent Talks,' Rob Adams is joined by Samantha Pernice, director at Daversa Partners. Ms. Pernice has played a critical role in building out the VP and C-level management teams for some of the most disruptive consumer and enterprise companies of our time. On this episode, Ms. Pernice discusses placing senior leaders in the cleantech and sustainability sector. Ms. Pern...

In this brand new episode of 'Talent Talks,' Rob Adams is joined by Joe Suliman, managing director of Daversa Partners. Mr. Suliman works closely with Founders, CEOs and Boards to execute on critical executive leadership searches for the fastest growing companies in the technology sector. In this episode, Mr. Suliman discusses the crypto and web3 revolution and how it is impacting the war for tale...

In this brand new episode of 'Talent Talks,' Rob Adams is joined by Charlotte Clark, director, and Megan Daversa, associate director, at Daversa Partners. These highly-sought-after executive recruiters will discuss the role of chief people officer and how the position has evolved as a rising confluence of human resource matters have impacted the workplace . These two leaders will also discuss the...

In this brand new episode of Talent Talks', we are excited to be joined by Marion Spears Karr, managing director and head of the healthcare and life sciences practice at Comhar Partners. In this episode, Mr. Spears Karr shares how quality leadership teams have been taxed over the last few years. He then discusses the transition to the new generation of leaders and shares how these new leaders will...

In this brand new episode of ‘Talent Talks,’ Rob Adams is joined by Chris Guiney, a partner at CarterBaldwin Executive Search. Here, Mr. Guiney discusses the topic of culture and its impact on organizations. He also examines how the culture of private equity firms differs from non-profit organizations and then closes by discussing the future impact of culture and DE+I initiatives. Listen Now!

In this brand new episode of ‘Talent Talks,’ Hunt Scanlon Media host, Rob Adams, is joined by John Gilmore, co-founder and managing partner and Brittney McDonough, managing director of BarkerGilmore. In this episode, Mr. Gilmore and Ms. McDonough share their experiences in recruiting for the past year, including how diversity has impacted recruiting and predictions for 2022. They also share what i...

In this brand new episode of ‘Talent Talks,’ Hunt Scanlon Media host, Rob Adams, is joined by Matthew Greenberg, principal of Beecher Reagan Advisors. In this episode, Mr. Greenberg shares his executive search experiences with regards to using data and technology in the hiring process. Mr. Greenberg also discusses whether data driven hiring has been more or less impactful and provides his suggesti...

In this brand new episode of ‘Talent Talks,’ Hunt Scanlon Media host, Rob Adams, is joined by Steve Hochberg, CEO of Caliber Associates, a San Diego-based life sciences executive search specialist. In this episode, Mr. Hochberg shares the latest trends in the life sciences sector for both clients and candidates. He then dives deeper into the impact that remote hiring, and the new hybrid workforce...

In this brand new episode of ‘Talent Talks,’ Hunt Scanlon Media host, Rob Adams, is joined by Ruben Moreno, founder and HR & Higher Education Practice Leader at Blue Rock Search.  In this episode, Mr. Moreno joins us to share his expertise on diversity, equity and inclusion and how initiatives have impacted executive search. Mr. Moreno also specifically looks at barriers for CHROs and Chief Divers...