Redfish Technology

My role encompasses recruiting top-notch candidates for our clients, overseeing multiple recruiting teams, and driving strategic business development initiatives at Redfish Technology. We specialize in recruiting talented professionals within the tech industry, spanning across sales, marketing, engineering, and customer success domains. Collaborating with startups nationwide, we excel in rapidly and effectively building out their teams.

Established in 1996, we pride ourselves on upholding the highest standards of integrity, excellence, and performance in recruitment. Personally, I am deeply passionate about technology and dedicated to attracting the best and brightest talent to contribute to our clients' success.

Specializing in  Edtech, Fintech, AI, Enterprise Software, Ad tech, Big Data, Security, Mobile, SaaS, Wireless, E-Learning, CRM, Marketing Automation, Computer Vision and Networking.

Chief Revenue Officer

As the leader of a dynamic 6-person team, we specialized in sourcing rare talent within the tech sector. 

Recognized as a 2011 top Executive Search Firms of the U.S. by Leading Providers

Managing Director

Executive Recruiter, High Tech Talent Division

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Chaparral Broadcasting 
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•	Sold advertising and marketing plans across 6 radio stations
•	#1 Account Executive in hunting new business and building new territories
•	Consistently in top 5 sales reps across the company
•	Clients included advertising agencies and direct buys from businesses
•	Managed existing accounts, met with clients and prepared marketing campaigns
•	Inserted ad schedules on a daily basis
•	Built an account base from zero
•	Account management of existing clients
•	Managed multiple marketing campaigns and coordinated remote events

Account Executive

CRO @ Redfish Technology || Providing Disruptive Tech Companies w/ Talent || 24k Followers || Forbes Next 1000 || Girl Mom

Forbes 2021 - Next 1000 Honoree


Chief Revenue Officer at Redfish Technology, where I lead with empathy, strategic insight, and a commitment to building strong relationships. 

As Viola Davis once said, "My dreams are bigger than my fears."

Our Work

Helped a new VP of Sales at an Enterprise AI Client hire the first 3 members of his Sales Team: Our team consulted with the VP to identify the profiles he needed, researched and built a list of target companies to source from, then reached out nationwide to over 350 AEs in our network, interviewed/screened over 70, submitted 30 to the VP for review, and he hired 3 - saving 100’s of man-hours in the process.

We've built out sales and engineering teams with the top 30 Edtech startups across the country.

Placed Director of Growth at a Fintech Startup: After hiring the Director of Growth, we were asked if we could help with two PM roles, they were struggling with filling. We did so in about 5 weeks for both a Platform PM and Mobile PM. This led to an introduction to their Design team, where we have helped them hire 3 Sr. Product Designers.

Leah Scarnegi

If you’ve identified a rockstar candidate, chances are others have too. 
 
Imagine this: You’re in need of a Salesperson and find the perfect fit. But your hiring process drags. By the time you’re ready to make an offer, they’re already onboarded somewhere else. A missed opportunity! 
 
Delays in hiring aren’t a sign of being thorough—they’re a risk. The longer your process, the more likely top candidates will slip through your fingers. 
 
To stay competitive: 
 
Streamline resume reviews 
Speed up interview scheduling 
Make offers promptly 
Don’t lose the perfect candidate due to unnecessary delays. Move fast, hire smart, and secure the best talent for your team! 
 
#RecruitmentStrategy #HiringTips #TopTalent #EfficiencyMatters #DontMissOut

Leah Scarnegi 

CRO @ Redfish || Scaling Startups with the Right People || Blaine County Board of Education || Forbes 2021 - Next 1000 Honoree

How to Ask for More Money When Negotiating an Offer

Negotiating an offer can feel uncomfortable—but it doesn’t have to be. One simple shift can make all the difference:

 you’re asking for more, clearly state that you’ll commit if the company meets your request.

Too often candidates say, Can we increase the salary? without signaling that saying yes gets the deal done. This leaves hiring teams unsure whether the ask will actually close the loop—or if they’ll approve the increase only to learn the candidate is still undecided.

Here’s a better approach:

Be specific about what you need
“I’m very excited about the role. If we can adjust the base to $X, I’m ready to sign.”

Show you’re serious.
Linking your ask to a commitment builds trust and reduces risk for the employer.


Negotiation isn’t about being demanding—it’s about alignment. When you make it clear that meeting your request = you’ll accept the offer, you streamline the process and strengthen your position.

#joboffers #jobsearch

Want Faster, Smoother Hiring? Fix the Intake Meeting.

When I talk about an *intake meeting*, I mean something very specific:

The kickoff call between the recruiter and the hiring manager where the search is defined, aligned, and set up for success.

It’s not a casual chat.
It’s not a repeat of the job description.
It’s the strategic planning session that determines whether the search will run smoothly or fall apart later.

But here’s the issue:

Only a portion of intake meetings actually cover BOTH the decision flow and the criteria — and that’s where delays, misalignment, and lost candidates begin.

Here’s what should happen in an intake meeting:

1. Decision Flow

This is where you map out:

* Who interviews
* In what order
* What each interviewer is responsible for assessing
* Who makes the final call
* How fast decisions can be made

Without this, you end up with last-minute panel changes, inconsistent feedback, and stalled candidates.

2. Offer Criteria

This includes:

* Salary range
* Equity/bonus structure
* Approval process
* Timeline to extend an offer
* Where the team has flexibility (or not)

If this isn’t aligned upfront, you hit friction at the finish line — or lose candidates to faster teams.

www.redfishtech.com

#hiring #recruiting #hiringtips

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The Resume Format That Actually Helps Gets Engineers Hired (Part 3)

Your skills section is giving you away.

Every engineer lists Python, React, Docker, AWS.
But the strongest resumes do something different:

✅ 1. Keep Skills Tight & Honest

Only list tech you can talk about for 30 minutes without sweating.
A tight list reads senior.
A bloated list reads desperate.

✅ 2. Show How You Used the Tech

This is the real differentiator.

Instead of a laundry list, your experience should show application:

"Deployed LLM pipelines using LangChain + Ollama on GPU instances"

“Built distributed ransomware detection using Kafka + PostgreSQL + Spring Boot”

“Architected CI/CD for Airflow + PostgreSQL using Jenkins & Docker”

Your stack isn’t just what you know — it’s how you apply it.

#resumetips #engineering #resume

Hiring Managers: How to Spot a Quality Recruiter

Not all recruiters are created equal — and the right one will save you time, elevate your hiring bar, and protect your brand.

Here’s how to screen for quality:

✅ They ask smart, detailed questions in the intake.
If they’re not digging into decision flow, offer criteria, success metrics, and deal-breakers, they’re not setting you up for a smooth search.

✅ They push back (professionally).
A great recruiter won’t just take orders — they’ll challenge unclear requirements and help you refine what you actually need.

✅ They communicate consistently and transparently.
No guessing games. No disappearing. They set expectations and hold everyone accountable — including you.

✅ They present fewer candidates, but better ones.
Quality recruiters curate, not spam. Every candidate should feel intentional.

If a recruiter does these four things, you’re in good hands. If not... keep looking.

www.redfishtech.com

#hiring #recruiting #hiringmanager

The Resume Format That Actually Gets Engineers Hired (Part 5 — Final)
This is how you get read in 6 seconds.

✅ 1. Make It Scannable

Hiring managers skim — they don’t read.
Your resume should use:

consistent formatting

short bullets

white space

bolded roles/companies

no colors, text boxes, or templates that break ATS

Clear beats clever. Every time.

✅ 2. Keep It to One Page (Unless You’re Highly Senior)

Under 15 years experience? One page is perfect.
Over 15 years or deep research/architecture work? Two pages is totally fine.

✅ 3. Show Seniority Through Ownership

Seniority isn’t years — it’s impact.
The strongest resumes highlight:

Systems you designed

Pipelines you architected

Teams you mentored

Migrations you owned

Scale, performance, reliability, security

Ownership > job title. Always.

#resumes #engineering

The Resume Format That Helps Gets Engineers Hired (Part 1)

What every engineer should fix today.

If you want a recruiter or hiring manager to read your resume — start with the basics that almost everyone gets wrong:

✅ 1. 𝙺𝚎𝚎𝚙 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙷𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚛 𝚂𝚒𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚎

No paragraphs. No summaries. No mission statements.
Just:

Name

Email

Location (or “Remote”)

LinkedIn

GitHub

Portfolio (optional but 🔥)

Clean. Scannable. Professional.

#resumetips #resume #engineering

The Resume Format That Actually Helps Engineers Hired (Part 2)

This is the difference between forgettable and unforgettable.

Most engineers write bullet points that look like:
❌ “Worked on APIs”
❌ “Responsible for front-end performance”

These aren’t helping you.

✅ Instead: Use This Formula

Strong verb → what you built → the tech you used → measurable impact

Examples from real placed candidates:
✔ Optimized API endpoints to handle 20,000+ TPS with 175ms latency
✔ Built peak detection algorithms with >99.9% accuracy
✔ Processed millions of assets in under 10 seconds

Numbers = credibility.
Impact = seniority.
Specificity = interviews.

#resumetips #engineering #resume

The Resume Format That Actually Helps Gets Engineers Hired (Part 4)
Your projects section can elevate you... or expose you.

Strong projects follow the exact same structure as your work experience:

- What you built
- The technologies you used
- The outcome or impact

Examples from real placed candidates:
✔ Built a cloud encryption app in Rust + Tauri used for managing S3/Google Drive files
✔ Developed a course planner using a custom topological sort algorithm
✔ Built a video-search CV tool using OpenCV + PyTorch + SAM

Projects should prove engineering judgment — not just that you completed assignments.

#resume #engineering #resumeformat

Social Ignition

Using YouTube to build personal brands and generate leads for clients.

🎥 YouTube channel (Jamie Owers): 4.7k Subscribers - Teaching you to build businesses on YouTube
⭐Another 11 monetized YouTube channels: Varying from 1.5k to 108k subscribers - There's not enough time to go through all of them

Owner

If you’re a business owner who’s tired of constantly chasing after clients and would much prefer to have clients coming directly to you, then you’re in the right place! 🤝

More and more savvy business owners are turning to YouTube, and for good reason. It's not just a platform; it's a powerhouse for brand awareness, trust-building, and cost-effective client acquisition. And the best part? The right content keeps working for you, non-stop, 24/7, 365 days a year.

But let's be real – setting up a successful YouTube presence isn't a walk in the park. That's where we come in.

So, here's how we work with our clients...

✅ Step 1: We collaborate with you to craft a custom YouTube strategy tailored to your business goals.

✅ Step 2: We meticulously plan your video content, ensuring every upload is primed for success from the moment it goes live.

✅ Step 3: We provide you with everything you need – from guides and tutorials to equipment lists – to make recording a breeze. With just 1-2 hours of recording each week, you'll be on your way to dominating the platform.

✅ Step 4: We take care of the heavy lifting – post-production, publishing, channel management – so you can focus on what you do best: running your business.

No more cookie-cutter content created by faceless agencies. With us, you and your team are in the driver's seat, creating content that drives real results and revenue.

And here's the kicker: I'm not just pitching you a dream. We’ve grown channels from 0 to 100k+ subscribers. We have the plaques to prove it.

Say goodbye to the grind and hello to a smarter way of doing business with YouTube lead generation. Let's make your success story the next big hit.

Jamie Owers

Just had my best week ever on LinkedIn.

Hypothetically… at what point does someone create a course about it?

Asking for a friend.

I help 6/7-figure B2B founders fill their pipeline with qualified inbound leads through YouTube content

After 4 years of grinding, I finally earned a 100k plaque.

And when it arrived, it was broken. But it wasn’t the only thing…

I had one mission:
Grow faceless YouTube channels from zero.

The process was simple:
Start a YouTube channel.
Chase ad revenue.
Repeat.

I successfully did it 10 times.
But when I crossed 100k subscribers on my first channel, it felt lifeless.

I’d publish a video:
→ It would rack up views.
→ A few weeks later, it was “old news”.
→ And I was back on the treadmill.

I paid myself. I paid my team. I reinvested in more channels.
But deep down, it didn’t feel meaningful.

It was just volume.
More uploads. More views. More of the same.

So when that 100k plaque finally turned up cracked, I took it as a sign.

I remember looking at it and thinking:
“If this is what ‘winning’ looks like… maybe I’m playing the wrong game.”

That's when I quit running faceless YouTube channels.

I stopped obsessing over views for the sake of views.
I shifted my focus into building a personal brand instead, helping others build channels that actually support a business, a mission, a life.

The broken plaque was the turning point for me.

I’m still grateful for the grind. 
It gave me skills, proof, and options.

But I’m even more grateful for the moment I realised it was time to change the game.

Curious, have you ever chased a big milestone, hit it, and felt… ‘wait, this isn’t it’?

I uploaded 500 videos in 500 days.

All of them were complete failures.

In that time, I grew from 3K to 5K subs.
Not bad…
But far from explosive.

At the exact same time, I watched others start and overtake me. 

So I made a decision:
Quality over quantity.

I slowed down.
Posted once a week.
But every video was intentional.
Refined.
Built from data.

And suddenly, everything changed.

→ I started gaining 100+ subs per day
→ Ended 2020 with 30K+ subs
→ Launched a second channel and hit 9K there too

Here’s the part most people don’t get:

I couldn’t have started with bangers.

I needed to post those 500 videos.
To find my voice.
To see what flopped.
To collect data.
To figure out what “good” even looked like.

People say,
“You should’ve focused on quality from the start.”

But you can’t shortcut mastery.
You have to post sh*t content first.
So you know how to stop making it.

Those 500 uploads?
They were my training ground.

They taught me what worked.
What didn’t.
And how to earn my breakout moment.

→ Stop over-optimizing.
→ Start uploading.
→ Let volume teach you what quality really means.

I help business owners generate qualified leads through YouTube | I’ll handle the channel, you focus on closing.

I never planned to start a YouTube agency.
 
I just wanted to be a YouTuber.
 
I started YouTube when I was 14 and instantly became addicted.
 
I wasn't good. My first channel took a year just to get 600 subs.
But I couldn’t stop.
 
By 2018, my channel finally took off.
By 2019, I was accepted into the YouTube Partner Program.
And in 2020, things exploded.
 
I went from chasing views to managing momentum.
 
But there was a problem:
I needed help to scale.
 
So I did what most creators do.
I hired freelancers: editors, designers, writers, and voiceover artists.
 
And I quickly realized…
 
Most people claiming to be “YouTube experts” had no clue how to actually grow a channel.
 
They’d plug in VidIQ, do keyword research, follow checklists…
But they didn’t understand audience psychology, packaging, or retention strategy.
 
The second I brought them in, my views dipped.
Hard.
 
So I tested agencies. Spoke to contractors.
Same story, cookie-cutter strategies that didn’t reflect real creator experience.
 
So I went all in.
 
I built my own team. For my own channels.
 
I hired:
→ Scriptwriters
→ Strategists
→ Video editors
→ Thumbnail designers
→ Voice artists
→ Even actors
 
We grew to 10 channels in 3 years.
 
And that’s when it happened:
 
People started asking,
“Can your team help me with my channel?”
 
They didn’t want a guru.
They didn’t want a course.
They wanted what I was already doing.
 
Social Ignition wasn’t born from a business plan.
 
It started with a problem I had to solve for myself, and turned out to be the exact problem everyone else was facing too.
 
P.S. This is the earliest photo I have of myself livestreaming, from when I was playing FUT 17 for a YouTube video. All before I knew YouTube would completely change my life.

If I had to start making money from YouTube again, I'd do this...

It's actually easier than you think.

I used to rely 100% on ad revenue.
11 channels. 100M+ views. 3000+ videos.
It worked, until it didn’t.

Here’s what I’ve learned after working with countless clients and building personal brands from scratch:

You don’t need millions of views to make money.
But you do need a system.

Here’s the 3-part playbook I’d follow (and now use for clients):

1. Build a real funnel.
Not just a Calendly link.
→ Create a simple landing page.
→ Offer a lead magnet (PDF, mini-course, SOP).
→ Capture name + email → Tag by source (YouTube) → Add to CRM + Newsletter.

2. Choose your YouTube content strategy based on your goal:
→ For Leads: Start with SEO videos (searchable tutorials based on audience pain points).
→ For Reach: Use Behavior content (high-appeal, homepage-worthy ideas with killer packaging).
→ For Trust: Share Community content (case studies, client results, behind the scenes).

3. Embed your CTA strategically.
→ Mention your lead magnet 30% into the video, not at the end.
→ Add pinned comments, descriptions, channel links, and even QR codes if your audience watches on TV.

This is how you generate leads from YouTube WITHOUT going viral.

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