Talent Executives

We don’t just fill roles, we help companies build high-performing teams.

We partner closely with company leaders to understand their priorities, culture, and what success looks like for their teams, delivering exceptional candidates who contribute immediately and grow with the organization.

Clients rely on us as an extension of their recruiting arm: trusted, fast-moving, and committed to their long-term success.

Chief Executive Officer

Networking Executives

The right connections. The right opportunities. The right time.

But how do you know where to be and when?

Networking Executives removes the guesswork by curating local, industry-specific events, so professionals spend less time searching and more time connecting.

Founder and President

Capital One

Led a strategic initiative from concept to launch that was recognized as Capital One Auto Finance’s Most Influential Project of the Year, an honor presented by the CEO for its significant impact on the organization.

Delivered results by translating strategy into action, exceeding goals while upholding operational excellence and accountability in a competitive market.

Expanded Capital One’s market share by cultivating and managing high-value relationships with franchised dealerships, driving consistent revenue growth while becoming a trusted partner to clients.

Area Sales Manager

Tapped to support the nationwide launch of Regional Buying Centers (RBCs), a high-impact expansion initiative critical to the company’s growth strategy.

Worked in close partnership with the executive team, traveling to new markets to assess talent needs and align hiring with Capital One’s culture and operational priorities. Led efforts to attract top talent from competitors through targeted market events while overseeing full-cycle recruitment for essential roles in each launch market.

This initiative required precision, speed, and a deep understanding of both the business and local market dynamics, resulting in successful, on-time RBC openings across multiple regions and the seamless integration of high-caliber talent into the organization.

Strategic Talent Acquisition Partner

Thrived in a competitive environment, consistently exceeding goals while earning Chairman & President’s Team honors, ranking in the top 2% nationwide.

Selected to represent the National Sales Team in evaluating and recommending a new CRM platform, enhancing customer relationship management across all divisions.

Consistently drove business growth while building trust-based relationships that supported long-term success.

Led national recruiting operations for Capital One Auto Finance, overseeing high-performing teams in multiple states during a period of significant company growth.

Executed efficient, scalable hiring strategies that reduced cycle times and controlled costs while maintaining a high-quality candidate experience, ensuring leaders had the talent needed to drive results.

Managed talent integration during key acquisitions, aligning workforce strategies with business objectives to support smooth transitions and continued growth.

National Recruiting Manager

Oversaw regional recruiting efforts, partnering with senior leaders to understand hiring needs and build high-performing teams aligned with business goals.

Drove full-cycle recruiting during high-growth periods, building and mentoring a high-performing recruiting team that consistently delivered quality hires while supporting organizational expansion and culture alignment.

Focused on relationship-driven recruiting to attract and retain top talent, supporting the company’s growth and culture.

Regional Recruiting Manager

Business is personal, and great recruiting goes beyond just filling roles.

It’s about understanding people, solving real-world problems, and building lasting relationships.

At Talent Executives, we help companies build exceptional teams through high-impact leadership searches and hard-to-fill niche roles.

As a trusted recruiting partner, we operate as an extension of our clients’ teams, delivering results with speed, clarity, and intention. Our approach is collaborative, transparent, and rooted in trust.

Clients and colleagues often describe our work as:

🔹Trusted partners who help companies hire with confidence
🔹Strategic and straightforward, yet grounded and approachable
🔹A partner who shows up, follows through, and delivers

That same philosophy drives Networking Executives, a curated platform helping professionals find and attend local, industry-specific events. 

It’s built around meaningful conversations, authentic connections, and the belief that showing up matters.

For companies and professionals who value heart, strategy, and results, this is where it all comes together.

Let’s build something great!

Amy Sulgrove

DallasMeetup last night was exactly what this community needed!

No pitches. 
No fluff. 
Just real conversations and introductions.

Carson Gibbons keeps raising the bar. 

Every time he brings this group together, the energy shifts
and the connections stick.

If you were there, you know!

If you weren’t,
follow Networking Executives to stay in the loop. 

We’re tracking what’s worth showing up for!

Because in this business, 
The best opportunities don’t always show up online
They show up in the room. 🤝 

Ashtyn Maxson RJ Baltisberger Grant Karren

 Amy Sulgrove

Hiring Leaders Who Elevate Culture and Performance 🔹 Executive and Leadership Search for Mid-Market and Enterprise Companies 🔹 Relationship-Led Recruiting With Transparent Metrics

Yesterday was one of those mornings that makes you check your phone twice.

7:15am text: SVP Marketing offer accepted.

7:28am email: VP Financial Planning & Analysis offer signed.

Two positions closed.
Before most people had caffeine, we had two offers accepted.

Huge shoutout to our Talent Executives Group team!  Clear expectations, real transparency, and organized communication make all the difference. That’s what gets leadership hires across the finish line.

Not a bad way to start the day and a solid way to head into the last 8 weeks of 2025!

With budgets being finalized for 2026, if you’re adding to your leadership, we’d love to help!

Huge day over here!
An entire sales organization!

Hired.
Launched.

And in their first full team meeting together yesterday morning.

New faces.
Shared goals.
Real momentum from day one.

This is what happens when hiring and strategy work together.

We don’t just fill roles.
We build transformational teams.

Rooted in relationships.
Built on results.

Our next transformational team starts Monday, with a client of ours in New York!

If you’re planning to build a world-class team in 2026, now’s a good time to talk.

Talent Executives Group  Tona Blount  Melissa Lambert Hopkins Mary Porst

Sharing a phenomenal concept in action, from my good friend of 30 years, David Weitzenfeld.  I’ve had an opportunity to try it out and the ease of the platform is fantastic!  Kudos on the CareerSpawn.com, Dave!

Senior Financial Services Executive | Digital Transformation & Product Innovation | AI, Retirement, & Enterprise Growth Leader | CPA | Lawyer

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Chris Barnes, MBA, CCRMP, CISSP

Wolf's Edge Integrators

I help founder-led companies scale with clarity, alignment, and momentum — without burning out the visionary or losing the team along the way.

At Wolf’s Edge, I serve as a Fractional COO and Integrator, embedding directly into the leadership team to translate big vision into day-to-day execution. From strategic planning and team development to systems and scorecards, I help companies shift from reactive chaos to proactive coordination.

What sets us apart is our human-centered approach: We don’t just build systems — we build leaders who can run them.

🔹 Companies I serve typically range from $5M–$50M in revenue
🔹 Areas of focus include:
• Founder/CEO elevation
• Leadership team alignment
• Rhythm of execution
• Systems design & process clarity
• Strategic offsite facilitation

Clients often say I bring calm to complexity and help them make the business feel “light” again — without losing their edge.

Tools & Frameworks: EOS®, The Leadership Circle Profile™, Working Genius, Management Drives, Immunity to Change™

Fractional Integrator | COO

Spiral Integration

Spiral Integration is my private coaching practice dedicated to helping CEOs and senior leaders evolve themselves as they scale their companies. Through deep 1:1 work, I serve as a strategic thinking partner, blending insight, structure, and reflection to unlock clarity and aligned action.

My approach integrates frameworks like the Leadership Circle Profile, Immunity to Change, Working Genius, and Management Drives — with a focus on turning self-awareness into system-wide impact. Whether navigating complexity, redefining growth, or leading through inflection points, I help leaders bring coherence to their inner and outer work.

If you’re carrying the weight of growth alone, or sensing it’s time for a more integrated path forward, let’s talk.

Founder | Executive Coach & Strategic Thinking Partner

Vistage Worldwide, Inc.

I had the privilege of launching a Vistage Chair practice in Dallas, guiding CEOs and business owners through high-stakes decisions, leadership challenges, and personal transformation. The experience deepened my belief in the power of intentional peer connection and clarified how I’m best wired to serve leaders: through custom-designed ecosystems that integrate coaching, strategy, and operational execution.

While I chose not to continue building the Chair business beyond this chapter, the experience clarified where I create the greatest impact — in more focused, high-leverage engagements. Today, I split my time between Wolf’s Edge, where I serve as a Fractional COO helping companies scale with clarity and alignment, and Spiral Integration, my private practice for executive coaching and leadership development. Vistage gave me a strong foundation in peer advisory work, and I now carry that forward with deeper intentionality.

Chair - CEO Coach/Mentor/Advisor

The Bonadio Group

Transitioned into a new role within FoxPointe Solutions, focusing on information security audits and IT risk assessments for clients in regulated industries.

While this position deepened my technical exposure, it ultimately clarified that my strengths and passion lie in strategic leadership, team development, and operations — not audit delivery.

This realization was a key turning point in my journey toward full-time advisory work, where I now focus on helping founders build aligned, scalable companies through fractional COO work and executive coaching.

SOC 2 Type 2 Audits, PCI Audits, vCISO services, HIPAA Audits, Data Governance

Director - Foxpointe Solutions, a Division of The Bonadio Group

Following the acquisition of Howard LLP, I remained in an executive leadership role at The Bonadio Group to ensure a smooth integration of key departments and client services.

During this transition, I continued leading two of my previous advisory departments, supporting operational continuity and client satisfaction while preparing internal successors to assume leadership.

My focus during this time was on stability, communication, and ensuring clients and staff were supported through the change.

Chief Technology Officer

Howard, LLP (Merged with The Bonadio Group 11/1/23)

As COO of Howard LLP, I led firm-wide strategy and operations during a time of transformation and growth. My role spanned executive leadership, department oversight, and firm integration efforts that positioned the company for its eventual acquisition.

Key contributions included:
🔹 Oversaw multiple departments across advisory and internal operations
🔹 Introduced Lean Six Sigma firm-wide — a game-changing move that significantly improved efficiency, accountability, and cross-functional communication
🔹 Played a key leadership role in merger planning and integration execution
🔹 Mentored emerging leaders and helped scale service delivery infrastructure

This role cemented my belief that operational clarity and leadership development go hand in hand — a philosophy I continue to apply in my current advisory and COO work.

Chief Operating Officer

Howard LLP (Merged with The Bonadio Group 11/1/23)

As CIO of Howard LLP, I led the firm’s technology strategy and infrastructure through a period of digital transformation and external service expansion.

In addition to supporting our internal operations, our IT team also provided technology services to external clients — requiring us to deliver at a higher standard of responsiveness, reliability, and innovation.

Under my leadership, the firm experienced zero technology downtime during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic — a direct result of years of proactive investment in systems, automation, and cloud-based tools.

A pivotal insight emerged during our first Lean Six Sigma project: we didn’t need more technology — we needed to use what we had more effectively. That realization changed how I viewed operational excellence and became the foundation for how I now approach systems, process, and leadership.

This role was a springboard into executive operations, first as Director of Operations and then ultimately as Chief Operating Officer.

Chief Information Officer

Howard, LLP

Oversee HR, administrative, IT, Accounting Services, and marketing teams, focusing on restructuring departments, recruiting and hiring new talent, and enhancing operational excellence. Ideate new service line ideas, such as Lean Six Sigma training and coaching. 
•	Leveraged project management skills combined with IT expertise to transform tax processes; 
        selected vendor to educate team on Lean Six Sigma methodology to streamline repetitive 
        compliance work and increase efficiency, resulting in 3 certified professionals. 
•	Selected to transform accounting services to reduce costs and increase client value; analyzed 
        processes and technologies to create new foundation.

Director of Operations & Strategic Services

Promoted to lead team of 2 in IT activities, including virtualization, infrastructure upgrades, and disaster recovery. Provided internal education that cultivated mindset changes across organization, changing perception of IT department from cost center to revenue-generating operational partner. 
•	Grew client base from 1 to 25 monthly recurring clients; shifted how recurring revenue was utilized 
        to improve margins by meeting minimum license requirements and selling to clients in order to 
        control internal costs. 
•	Initiated and expanded business partnerships, increasing billable hours by 149% since beginning of 
        tenure with average of 13.5% year-over-year growth.

Director Of Information Technology

Challenged low-budget mentality across organization, replacing outdated systems and repairing broken systems to transform IT function. Drove continuous improvements across program development, operational resolution, situational analysis, and technical assessment functions. 
•	Achieved many successes throughout transformation, including active response time to within 2 
        hours, client cost decrease by 35–50%, growth from 7% to 18%, and 99% uptime.

Network Administrator and Desktop Support

Toluna USA Formerly Common Knowledge Research Services

Common Knowledge Research Services provided sample, survey and custom panel building services to marketing research companies in the United States and global community. 
My role included designing the system architecture, hardware selection, software procurement, configuring and installing systems, as well as project management and process improvement
I took an interdisciplinary approach to making sure technical needs were translated into logical, step-by-step processes—in effect, producing efficient and effective results. This involved collaborating with the project manager and the engineering team and taking the lead to translate between the two. 
•	Network Administration, Desktop and Server Support
•	Network Installation/Expansion 
•	Email Administration (MDaemon)
•	SQL Server Installation/Configuration
•	Network Engineering/Troubleshooting 
•	Backup Administration
•	Project Management 
•	Windows 2000 to 2003 Domain Migration
•	Security Analysis 
•	Data Recovery

Systems Engineer

The Computer Wizard

Offered to work for free, so I could continue to learn. I started receiving a paycheck 2 weeks in as a contributor. Custom server/computer builds. Support for residential and SMB networks. Virus/Spyware removal. Data recovery. Computer repair.

Field Service Technician

Technology & Operations Executive | Integrator | High-Performing Team Building & Leadership | Strategic Planning | Cybersecurity

𝐈 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 — 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬.

Some are founders. Others are execs, advisors, or creatives.
They’re at a threshold — something’s shifting.
And they don’t want to go through it on autopilot.

𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, I help leaders do the kind of work no algorithm can touch.
The deep, honest kind.
That reconnects you to who you are — and who you're becoming.
That helps you lead with clarity, conviction, and soul.

𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐖𝐨𝐥𝐟’𝐬 𝐄𝐝𝐠𝐞, I partner with CEOs to turn complexity into coordinated movement.
We build systems that work without losing the soul of what they’re building.
Structure and strategy meet presence and humanity. That's the integration.

If you're growing fast and carrying a lot...
but sense there's a better way to lead, live, and move forward — let's talk.

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