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.

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InfoSec Global

As the pioneer and leader in Cryptographic Posture Management solutions, InfoSec Global (https://www.infosecglobal.com/) secures the world's data by helping organizations discover, remediate, and protect their cryptographic assets with agile cryptography.

Chief Revenue Officer

Agency (YC W22)

Advisor

Sports Tech HQ

Advisory Council Member

Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue

ShieldIO, Inc.

Board of Directors

International Olympic Committee – IOC

Commission Member

Intel Corporation

Security is an important segment to Intel, both to meet our customers expectation for technology they can trust and as a business opportunity.  In this role I lead a team of sales professionals responsible for the growth of Intel’s revenue in the security segment through differentiated silicon, software and services.

Vice President, Security Sales

The Intel RISE Technology Initiative (formerly known as the Intel Pandemic Response Initiative) is a $50M+ Intel commitment to use technology to help combat the impact of COVID-19 as well as support our Corporate Social Responsibility (RISE) initiative. The initiative focuses on the deployment of solutions, through partners, primarily in Education, Health and Life Sciences and in the economic recovery of businesses at multiple levels. To date, the program has funded over 250 engagements.

Vice President & General Manager, Intel RISE Technology Initiative

Selected to lead all aspects of the worldwide TOP sponsorship program with the IOC. Our challenge was to build a technology leadership position within the ecosystem, and deliver ROI on Intel’s significant investment in three Olympic and Paralympic Games—Tokyo 2020, Beijing 2022, and Paris 2024.

I led a team in support of revenue-generation enablement, technology roadmap and integration strategy and execution, sales and marketing, media, athlete program, ecosystem, and employee engagement. 

𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐬:

► Led Intel’s strategy, positioning, and execution as a global technology leader at the 2020 Olympic Games, enabling innovation alongside partners to deliver technology with a purpose, and introduce new levels of interaction, connectivity, and data-rich experiences, including:

- An Opening Ceremony with a 1,824 drone light show. 
- The first-ever live virtual reality broadcast, with Intel True VR deployed in a range of sports and venues.
- A first-of-its-kind computer-vision solution, 3D Athlete Tracking (3DAT), utilizing AI to enhance the viewing experience for Olympic fans with near real-time insights and overlay visualizations.
- Innovative smart city applications, utilizing VR to create models of the venues to support operators in the deployment of resources.
- The company’s first-ever virtual esports tournament—Intel World Open.
- A record-breaking first—the ability to live-stream multiple events in 8K over the public internet across four continents.
- Mobileye technology integrated into vehicles to optimize deployment and analyze traffic patterns.

► Drove conversations beyond technology to position Intel as a key member of the IOC ecosystem, offering an athlete mentorship program, and extending advisory services to 19k+ athletes.

Vice President & General Manager, Olympics and Paralympics Program

At the request of Intel’s President, I led the effort to bring together all security assets into a holistic strategy—following Intel's acquisition of McAfee. I facilitated the strategic discussion that led to the integration of all security assets into a new business group—to strengthen Intel’s position as a security provider. Two years or so after the integration, a strategic decision was made to disinvest in McAfee, and I was challenged to assist with its spin-off, as well as rebuild Intel's security portfolio.

I led the team chartered with intellectual property development, technical marketing, ecosystem orchestration and enablement, and product management for our post-McAfee security efforts. I also served as a member of the board of governors of the Digital Transaction Management standard (xDTM) to review and direct capital investments.

𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐬:

► Defined the roadmap and led the development of silicon-based technologies, such as Intel's Software Guard Extensions, and delivered security solutions with ecosystem partners—to support cyber-related workloads including, user/device identity, blockchain, and the use of advanced telemetry in artificial-intelligence-for-security solutions.

► Enabled our security software business (with McAfee) to outpace market growth in four segments in 2014—strengthening Intel’s leadership position, and re-establishing its leadership following the disinvestment of McAfee by launching Threat Detection Technology, Security Essentials, and a partnership with Purdue University (to accelerate the development of cybersecurity talent).

► Informed strategy decisions with key insights acquired in conversations with Intel’s CISO and security industry leaders—meeting regularly with the biggest influencers and targeted buyer persona in security product decisions.

Vice President, Intel Security Group, General Manager Platforms Security Division

Charged with owning the business P&L, I led revenue and profitability growth for Intel’s multibillion-dollar PC solutions (silicon to software) in the commercial segment—defined as small business and large enterprise. My challenge was to identify and capitalize on the small business segment, as well as a highly profitable premium platform, VPro®.

I led a team in support of marketing, product management, architecture, engineering, systems validation, and operations. 

𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐬:

► Devised a value proposition centered on four vectors—performance, employee productivity, and management, driving double-digit revenue and volume growth for the vPro platform and Small Business Advantage suite—building and nurturing trusted advisor relationships with our key customers.

► Streamlined the organizational structure to align with the technology roadmap and channels, optimizing opportunities to integrate features and technologies into value propositions for customers and partners.

Vice President, Architecture Group, General Manager, Business Client Platform Division

Enterprise solution sales is Intel’s sales force to the Forbes’ Global 2000. My challenge was to accelerate the deployment of Intel-based technologies in targeted accounts through a combination of technology consulting and project collaboration. 

𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐬:

► Led the development of a new sales motion, aligned to the IT services ecosystem to deliver Intel technology value at scale, delivering $1B+ of indirect revenue and 900+ deployments of technology in 2009.

Vice-President & Worldwide General Manager, Enterprise Solution Sales

Intel Solution Services evolved into Intel’s worldwide professional services organization. My challenge was to start-up and launch the professional services/consulting capabilities—designing technologies into customer solutions across three practice areas—data center design, end-user solutions, and enterprise architecture.

In addition to building the organizational capabilities and aligning with corporate strategy, under my leadership, this team delivered $1B+ in impact to Intel’s core business over a six-year period.

Vice President & Worldwide General Manager, Intel Solution Services

Led and managed Intel’s Worldwide Application Engineering Group to support ISVs in the optimization of application stacks across desktop and server platforms. I played an important leadership role in developing the software developer ecosystem that drove the availability of applications for across Intel's product portfolio.

Director, Developer Relations Division

Led marketing efforts for this newly created division to enable Intel’s entry into the communications market. I owned the definition of platforms, and development of channels for both hardware and software products targeted at ISPs, and ecosystem management.

Director, Product & Strategic Marketing, Communications & Internet Server Division

Led the development of marketing programs to drive growth of Intel-based solutions in Internet infrastructure and establish an industry presence to deliver Intel messaging to Internet solutions customers.

Director, Marketing, Enterprise Server Group, Internet Program

Led the development of a software value-add strategy for Intel’s most strategic hardware technologies and led the marketing and selling motions to OEMs software products and third-party software firms.

Software Marketing Manager

Armorblox

Sports Innovation Lab

Fluid Fan Executive Network

Digital Transaction Management Standard (xDTM)

Board of Governors

Cloud Solutions & Services ▪ Cybersecurity ▪ Professional Services

Rallying teams around a common vision and mission to reach for an inspirational ‘North Star’ has been the key to my 20+-year career in the high-tech industry. The beauty of this industry is that it's provided me the opportunity to be in a constant state of learning—taking on new challenges, building new relationships, and delivering results—earning me a series of growth opportunities through diverse leadership roles at Intel. 

Whether challenged to lead a global TOP sponsorship program with the International Olympic Committee (IOC), start-up and lead new businesses or strategic initiatives, and/or ignite revenue and profit growth—I have developed the strategies and tactics that increased value as measured by revenue, profitability, and competitiveness.

Highlights of my achievements include:

► Led Intel’s position as a technology leader, delivering the most innovative Olympics in history, Tokyo 2020, defining and executing three value vectors—business impact, technology leadership, and partner engagement.

► Selected by Intel's leadership to build a technology program to support its corporate CSR initiative, establishing its Pandemic Response Technology Initiative, and leading a $50M investment to deploy solutions in education, health and life sciences, and economic recovery.

► Led the strategic consolidation and integration of Intel’s security assets— strengthening its leadership position by developing and delivering eight major security solutions.

► Established and led Intel’s global professional services organization to deliver $1B in impact to its core business over a seven-year period.

► Identified and capitalized on market and roadmap opportunities to drive double-digit CAGR growth for Intel’s VPro® platform—in a challenging PC market. 

While these accomplishments are reflective of my entire career, equally important is my leadership and collaboration with my alma mater, Purdue University. I have served and serve on advisory councils with the School of Industrial Engineering, and College of Engineering. In 2020, I was honored with a Distinguished Engineer Award for my achievements—which included the creation of a certificate program for cybersecurity education.

If you are seeking a strong and decisive business leader to drive value and deliver results, let’s connect.

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