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

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EOS Worldwide

Leadership Team Member, DFW EOS Implementer Community

As a Professional EOS Implementer, I help entrepreneurs and leadership teams get better at three things by following the Entrepreneurial Operating System® process and tools to strengthen the Six Key Components™ of your business:

• Vision—getting everyone in your organization 100% on the same page with where you’re going, and how you plan to get there
• Traction®—instilling focus, discipline, and accountability throughout the company so that everyone executes on that vision—every day
• Health—helping your leaders become a more cohesive, functional, healthy leadership team

Professional EOS Implementer®

Brain Storm Shelter Restaurants, LLC

Special Advisor to Founder & President

Co-Owner

Head of HR, Auto Finance Executive Team

HR Business Partner, Capital One Auto Finance

Head of Internal Communications, Capital One Auto Finance

Masters Degree, Claremont Graduate University

Executive Coaching & Leadership Development Program Manager

“Health, Money, Love and the Time to enjoy them.”  ~ A toast I learned in 9th grade Spanish class.

You likely started your own business expecting to have more time to enjoy the health, money and love in your life. Does it seem like it’s doing the opposite, with less time for what matters?

I discovered EOS when my $25 million restaurant business started struggling with declining same-store sales. Eight years into the business, I was working harder than ever before and frustrated that nothing we did reversed the downward trend.

EOS helped me see that we didn’t have a brand problem, we had an ‘us’ problem - the leadership team was holding the business back. Through EOS, I learned how to get the right people focused on the most important things, all of us working better together to create the outcomes we wanted all along. 

The result of our implementation? Record-setting company EBITDA with year-over-year sales climbing every quarter, and I took a real, uninterrupted vacation.

I want to help you not just say that toast - but live it.

I am the right coach if you want someone who:
- Delivers tough love. I’ll be kind, but I’ll tell you what you need to hear.
- Understands creative business owners who often feel misunderstood.
- Helps you navigate the challenging relationship between a founder and the second in command.
- Injects fun into our work - the impact is serious, but we don’t have to be.
- Holds herself and others to a high accountability standard
- Wants you to love your business again

The additional skills and experience I bring to an EOS Implementation: 
- Specialty in Business to Consumer and women-owned companies
- Ran my business on EOS in the Integrator seat
- Leadership role for the Dallas/Fort Worth Implementer community   
- Graduate of both the EOS Visionary & Integrator Masterclass
- Experience in multi-unit, franchising, funding and exits
- Former Executive at a Fortune 500 company

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