David FitzGerald

Starboard Recruitment

A trusted partner, helping build high impact teams in the Technology and Mining spaces.

Starboard Recruitment works closely with your company's leadership team & stakeholders to source, recruit and retain the best talent in the industry.

Our focus on recruiting high quality talent, providing top of market candidate experience, and expanding the reach of your employer branding is why our team has been trusted by industry leading companies across North America.

Contact us today to learn more - david@starboardrecruitment.com

Founder & Principal Technical Recruiter

CIM Vancouver

Supporting the growth of our local mining community.

Executive Committee Member

Fuse Advisors

Helping build the talented team at Fuse Advisors as well as supporting the recruitment needs of their clients via Starboard Recruitment.

Fuse Advisors is a project management and advisory firm focused within the resource sector. Fuse is a value-focused consultancy, specializing in due-diligence, strategic planning, economic studies, permitting and construction. Leveraging the teams uniquely diverse experience, Fuse Advisors partners with project owners to manage the delivery of complex, multi-disciplinary projects.

Technical Recruitment Consultant

TikTok

Worked with TikTok's internal recruitment team to help build their talented engineering, SRE and QA teams.

Senior Technical Recruiter | RPO Contract

Coit Group - A Hudson RPO Company

"David is next-generation talent. He is part of a select group of top performers that will build the next batch of iconic software companies. It is clear from all his recommendations that he is revered and respected. I have an immense amount of pride in our partnership and view him as one of the best at his craft." - Joe Belluomini, CEO, COIT Group

- Experienced Senior Technical / Executive Search Recruiter responsible for end-to-end recruitment process building talented leadership, software engineering, and product teams for top tech companies across the US (mainly SF based). Clients have included 6sense, Discord, and TikTok (Senior to VP level roles filled).  

- Skilled at working directly with Founders, C-suite, and SVP level stakeholders. 

- Winner of 2022 Aspire Award based on recruitment performance.

- On top of supporting our clients, I have been an active leader in our internal DEI, Sourcing and Mentoring committees to help constantly improve our recruitment team's processes and ensure we are providing the highest quality service.

Senior Technical Recruiter / Executive Search

Discord

Worked with the Cofounder/CTO + Product Design leadership + internal recruitment team to help build out the Product Design leadership team.

- Over 150 million monthly active users
- $15 billion valuation after most recent $500 million funding round
- 4.2/5 Glassdoor rating (95% CEO approval rating)
- Best Company Outlook 2021 by Comparably

6sense

Worked closely with Cofounders/SVPs to help build out the leadership teams for Product, Engineering and Customer Experience (Manager to VP level roles filled). During this time the company grew from ~500-1200+ staff. 

- 4.9/5 star Glassdoor Rating + #1 CEO on Glassdoor 2021 (SMB)
- Series E / $426 million in funding / $5+ billion valuation 
- 2022 Named leader in multiple G2/Forrester reports
- 2022 Best Places to Work by Glassdoor 
- 2022 Inc. Best Places to Work (4th year in a row)
- 2021 Best Company for Women by Comparably
- 2021 Best Company - Culture / Perks and Benefits / Happiness / Diversity / CEO by Comparably
- 2021 Best Account-Based Advertising Software by G2
- 2021 #1 Highest-Rated Private Cloud-Computing Companies to Work For by Battery Ventures

The 6sense Account Engagement Platform helps B2B organizations achieve predictable revenue growth by putting the power of AI, big data, and machine learning behind every member of the revenue team. 6sense uncovers anonymous buying behavior, prioritizes accounts for sales and marketing, and enables them to engage resistant buying teams with personalized, multi-channel, multi-touch campaigns. 6sense helps revenue teams know everything they need to know about their buyers so they can easily do anything needed to generate more opportunities, increase deal size, get into opportunities sooner, and compete and win more often.

Senior Technical Recruiter / Executive Search | RPO Contract

MatchBox Consulting Group

Experienced Senior Technical Recruiter / Engagement Manager building talented software engineering/leadership teams for top-tier tech companies across North America (Intermediate to C-Suite). 

Headquartered in downtown Vancouver and serving clients nationally, MatchBox is a strategic recruitment and professional services firm that specializes in attracting top talent and delivering comprehensive recruitment solutions in the fields of IT & Technology, Engineering, Construction, and Finance.

- Canada's Top Growing Companies list by Globe and Mail for 2021
- The America's Fastest Growing Companies list by Financial Times and Statista for 2021
- The America's Fastest Growing Companies list by Financial Times and Statista for 2020
- Canada's Top Growing Companies list by Globe and Mail for 2020
- Canada’s Top New Growth Companies list by Canadian Business for 2020
- Canada's Top Growing Companies list by Globe and Mail for 2019
- One of the top Information & Communication Technology (ICT) companies in Canada by the annual Branham300 list in 2019
- Canada’s 50 Top New Growth Companies list by Canadian Business and McLean's for 2018

We offer unrivaled expertise with a management team that has many years of experience in the recruitment industry. Our consultants work in specific vertical markets and our passion is building great connections, creating strong opportunities, and delivering that perfect match.

Engagement Manager

Headquartered in downtown Vancouver and serving clients nationally, MatchBox is a strategic recruitment and professional services firm that specializes in attracting top talent and delivering comprehensive recruitment solutions in the fields of IT & Technology, Engineering, Construction, and Finance.

- The America's Fastest Growing Companies list by Financial Times and Statista for 2021
- The America's Fastest Growing Companies list by Financial Times and Statista for 2020
- Canada's Top Growing Companies list by Globe and Mail for 2020
- Canada’s Top New Growth Companies list by Canadian Business for 2020
- Canada's Top Growing Companies list by Globe and Mail for 2019
- One of the top Information & Communication Technology (ICT) companies in Canada by the annual Branham300 list in 2019
- Canada’s 50 Top New Growth Companies list by Canadian Business and McLean's for 2018

We offer unrivaled expertise with a management team that has many years of experience in the recruitment industry. Our consultants work in specific vertical markets and our passion is building great connections, creating strong opportunities, and delivering that perfect match.

Senior Technical Recruiter

Technical Recruiter

TalentPartners.js

TalentPartners.js works closely with executives and investors at hypergrowth startups across the North America & Silicon Valley, and helps build acquisition-ready software engineering & executive teams. 

We partner with the very best startups in North America, many with close ties to San Francisco (products include wearables, augmented & virtual reality, 3D printing, big data & machine learning, fintech/mobile payments & IoT). Our portfolio companies have high profile customers such as Apple, Slack, Twitter, Microsoft, Amazon, Google, Paypal, Netflix, eBay, Pinterest, TED, Mozilla, Tumblr, NBC, Disney, NBA, Yahoo, Salesforce, Yelp, Visa, Walmart, Staples, Target, etc.

Our portfolio companies are mid to late stage, highly funded (Pre-IPO) or recently acquired startups, several with headquarters in Silicon Valley and most backed by Google Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia Capital, Greylock Partners, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Lightspeed Patners, Founders/CEOs of Instagram, Uber, Instagram & Dropbox, Facebook/Apple executives, Jeff Bezos, Jack Dorsey, Richard Branson, Mark Cuban, and other highly in-demand VCs. Our earlier stage portfolio companies have normally passed through world renowned incubators like Y-Combinator or Techstars.

We work with a large & growing network of some of the most accomplished tech executives & intelligent software engineers who aren't necessarily looking for anything new, but rely on us to provide them with tailored recommendations in terms of which companies to invest their limited time into. 

Close contacts in our network often focus on the most in demand and difficult to find areas of the market, including JavaScript & Node.js, Machine Learning & Data Science, Python/Ruby/Big data, iOS/Android, Cloud Infrastructure, Distributed Systems, & UI/UX design.

ExecutivePartners.js

ExecutivePartners.js is an award-winning technology consultancy, and one of North America's executive search leaders in the Pre-IPO & Enterprise spaces.

Many of our portfolio co's have been acquired by companies like Apple Inc. or increased their valuation by tens of millions after working with us — reflecting the results of the hugely valuable executives we secured them.

We're trusted by several of the world's largest organizations, and many of the top Google backed, pre-IPO Silicon Valley HQ'd ventures, to help optimize this process and ensure the right executive joins their team — making them acquisition-ready.

Our executive track record is industry leading, and has resulted in some of the top Silicon Valley based companies describing us as "magicians", with similar recruiting judgement as CTOs. 

The results and ROI we drive through building leading executive teams was recently recognized, as we were awarded the prestigious Top 30 Under 30 Award.

Our client testimonials paint a good picture of the results we drive for leadership teams, as well as ROI: executivepartnersjs.com/testimonials. 

As Angel Investors ― along with previous backgrounds as hiring managers in prominent venture-backed startups & tech entrepreneurs building mobile products, pitching VC's ― we can relate to founders and truly understand some of the toughest challenges and strategic decisions executives face.

Our portfolio consists mostly of Series B-E (pre-IPO) and acquired hypergrowth startups (with close ties to SF) backed by Google/Andreessen/Sequoia & Instagram/Uber Founders, as well as industry leading, publicly traded leaders.

This value proposition has resonated heavily with top passive executive candidates, and those we have hired for our client partners (ranging from C-Suite and VPs, to Sr. Directors and General Managers / Country Head's) have come from some of the greatest startup success stories in the history of North America's tech scene and largest ever acquisitions.

Founder & Principal Technical Recruiter @ Starboard Recruitment | Technology & Mining

Founder and Principal Technical Recruiter at Starboard Recruitment building talented engineering/leadership teams for North America's top tech and mining companies (Senior to Executive level hiring).

Companies supported include: TikTok, Discord, NexGen Energy, Fuse Advisors, VRIFY, 6sense, Electronic Arts, Realtor.com, Arcteryx, Streetlight Data, MacroHealth, FISPAN, Tigera, Cisco Meraki, among many others.

"David is next-generation talent. He is part of a select group of top performers that will build the next batch of iconic software companies. It is clear from all his recommendations that he is revered and respected. I have an immense amount of pride in our partnership and view him as one of the best at his craft." - Joe Belluomini, CEO, COIT Group

"I had a great experience working with David FitzGerald after being laid off due to the COVID-19. David is a fantastic professional, he helped me find the right job for my profile, and he always followed up in all stages of my hiring process." - 5 star review from Senior Golang Engineer placed at Hyper Growth U.S. based start-up in the cloud computing space. 

"David and Daniel were very helpful in helping me find my next opportunity. 10/10 would recommend working with them if you're looking for the next steps in your career!" - 5 star review from Software Engineer placed at Top Tier SaaS start-up. 

"I was working with David for the past few weeks to pursue a new opportunity. It has been a great pleasure working with David as he is very helpful, responsive and transparent. Also, he is very good at matching the candidate's skills and experience to what the hiring company is looking for. Thank you David!" - 5 star review from Senior Golang Engineer placed at emerging gaming company. 

"I've had the pleasure working with both David and Daniel in finding me a fantastic role which matches my skill set and interest to the T. Both David and Daniel were extremely professional and transparent during the entire process. They were super quick in answering questions and communicating back and forth with the client whenever I had any concerns or questions. I highly recommend this duo." - 5 star review from Senior SDET placed at industry leading tech company in the healthcare space solving massive problems in the US market.

Last week I joined Young Mining Professionals Vancouver on their mine tour of Hudbay Minerals Inc.'s Copper Mountain project near Princeton, BC. 

Big thank you to the Copper Mountain team for providing an amazing look at their project and for their kind hospitality. Thank you to YMP for organizing a great experience. 

Following the mine tour, we enjoyed some awesome BBQ at The Copper Pit and a couple wine tastings the next day at Clos du Soleil Winery and Corcelettes Estate Winery. On both days we enjoyed grabbing amazing baked goods from Thomasina's (Highly recommend!). 

Definitely an experience I recommend to folks. Don't miss it next year! 

#mining

Founder & Principal | Starboard Recruitment | Technology & Mining

Happy Canadian Thanksgiving to you all. :)

Taking a quick moment to jump on here and say a huge THANK YOU!

Life is no 'walk in the park', growing a business is never easy, all relationships take hard work, and the world is seeing plenty of turmoil.

Today we take a pause and truly embrace why we are lucky and what we can be grateful for. 

Wishing you and yours the very very best. 💫

[Video clip is a brief moment while visiting the interior a couple days ago with YMP (Young Mining Professionals) after an amazing mine tour the prior day. Thanks to the group for organizing.]

Nintex

At Nintex, we are transforming the way people work, everywhere.

Nintex is the global standard for process intelligence and automation. Today more than 10,000 public and private sector organizations across 90 countries turn to the Nintex Process Platform to accelerate progress on their digital transformation journeys by quickly and easily managing, automating and optimizing business processes.

GTM Recruiter

•	Hired as the 1st ever dedicated Sales Recruiter at 6sense, managing diverse positions across Go-to-Market (Sales, Growth, Marketing, & Product Marketing). 
•	Managed full-cycle (Source to close) recruitment across North America, hiring over 100 professionals, and scaled the company's hyper growth from 350 to 1,300+ employees in under 2 years.
•	Led the development and rollout of the 6sense Employee Referral Program and delivered Talent Recruitment updates and metrics in monthly Company All-Hands meetings.
•	Served as a trusted advisor and partner to C-level executives, Global Sales, VP Sales, and Sales Management.
•  GTM Hiring Focus: Enterprise, Strategic, Commercial & Growth Account Executives + Sales Leadership, and VP Product Marketing & Product Marketing Managers.


- 4.8 star Glassdoor Rating + #1 CEO on Glassdoor 2021 (SMB)
- Glassdoor Best places to work 2022
- Series E/ Total $426 million in funding / $5.2 billion valuation
- 2022 Inc. Best Places to Work (4th year in a row)
- Battery Ventures rated #1 for best Cloud Computing Companies to work for
- 2021 & 2022 Best Company for Perks & Benefits, Happiness, Culture, Women, Diversity & Best CEO, by Comparably

6sense Revenue AI™ reimagines the way revenue teams create, manage and convert pipeline into revenue.

Senior Sales Recruiter

Adaptive Business Group

•	Full-cycle Senior Recruiter & New Business Consultant specialized in sales & marketing roles within the SaaS technology space, effectively sourcing talent and driving business growth across MarTech, FinTech, AdTech, Analytics, Big Data, AI, B2B & eCommerce domains.
•	Partnered with VP level executives and Sales Leaders throughout the entire candidate screening, interview coordination, negotiation, and offer process.
•	FY2020 Hit 109% of quota | #5 Consultant globally | #2 Consultant in the US | #1 Consultant on the SD team.  
•	Q1 2020: 131% -billed $80k | Q4 2020: 166% - billed $70k & secured 10+ client contracts signed. 
•	Received the honor of traveling to London HQ, Berlin & NYC offices as a recognition of exceeding annual quota.

Senior Recruitment Consultant

•	Earned two promotions in 11 months and became the fastest Recruitment Consultant to achieve a Senior-level promotion in company history.

Recruitment Consultant

Adaptive Business Group is a Global Recruitment and Executive Search agency focused on interconnecting high-growth technology and service industries.

Recruitment Executive

The Creative Group

•	Recruited and placed Creative and Marketing Professionals, earning the “Rookie of the Quarter” Award in the process. 
•	Utilized a variety of diverse sourcing methods including leveraging an Internal Candidate Browsing tool, organizing Career Fairs, Job Boards, social media, and networking events.
•	Guided candidates through rigorous selection and vetting processes, conducting comprehensive interviews, and adeptly communicating industry standards and client expectations.

The Creative Group specializes in placing highly skilled interactive, design, marketing, advertising and public relations professionals with a variety of firms. Our passion is connecting skilled creative talent with the best projects and contract-to-hire and full-time jobs.

Senior Creative Recruiter

Havas Edge

•	Oversaw and grew $10M+ in TV media spend spanning across multiple clients.
•	Drove client’s accounts to ensure growth and positive ROI through strategic relationship management.
•	Streamlined campaign management by integrating internal departments, including Data Operations, Programmatic, Connected TV, Linear TV, Accounting, Analytics, and Traffic teams. 
•	 Partnered with media buying team to ensure client strategies were successfully executed. 
•	 Provided specific campaign analysis to clients with appropriate strategic planning based on results. 
•	 Created multiple successful business development presentations for prospective clients.

Account Executive

• Effectively worked on a daily basis with clients providing accurate detailed campaign reporting.
• Provided high-level customer service to maintain and enhance brand reputation.
• Monitored client invoicing, accounting, and payments.

Account Coordinator

Omni La Costa Resort & Spa

•	Maximized revenue by improving guest loyalty for returning guests and generating new business. 
•	Employed high energy, enthusiastic attitude and commitment to customer experience in fast paced environment.
•	Product educated and trained to build clientele/ ensure repeat customers through positive relations.
•	2014-Service Champion Award/Recognized for quality/upbeat service and commitment
•	2014-Recipient of Medallia Award for Outstanding Guest Service

Lead Server

North County Lifeline

Intern

Senior Recruiter | GTM Senior Talent Aquisition | Sales Recruiter

Hello! My name is Melissa Bair! 

Senior Recruiter | Talent Acquisition Specialist | GTM Sales Recruiter | Recruiting Storyteller

I have 6 years of experience in full-cycle recruitment as a Senior Recruiter & Talent Acquisition Partner within the SaaS GTM Space. I specialize in building robust, diverse talent pipelines, brand-worthy candidate experiences, along with strategic stakeholder management.

Go-to-Market Hiring Focus: Sales, Growth, Marketing, Customer Success, Sales Engineering & Product Marketing. 

Areas of Expertise: 
B2B, SaaS, Go-to-Market (GTM), RevTech, MarTech, AdTech, Predictive/AI, Big Data, Marketing, Sales, Account Engagement, Sourcing, Closing, Negotiation, Stakeholder management, Problem solving, Headcount tracking, Reporting & Metrics. 

Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) & tools: 
LinkedIn Recruiter, Greenhouse, Lever, Gem, Slack, Bullhorn, Lattice, Workable, ZoomInfo, Bamboo, Indeed, MS Suite & Google Suite.

Melissa Bair

💫 Nothing beats being in person with your team, my teams annual Cresta offsite proved it once again!

Our team came together in our beautiful new SF office (during Tech Week!) to reflect on Q3 wins, align on our Q4 roadmap, and build momentum for what’s ahead.

What I love about Cresta is how we truly #staylean and #jumpin! Our TA + HR team is small but mighty, and always driving impact across the business.
After a little over a year here, I’m still just as motivated by our mission to lead the AI Agent for CX market. Meeting new hires face-to-face and connecting with the incredible leaders I partner with reminds me why I love what I do.

Remote work offers flexibility — but connection fuels culture ❤️ And this team? We’re ready for what’s next. 💥

Beyond grateful for my team Dawn Mclaren Sushanto Calatur Sylvia Zhang Christina C. Cella Cristi Neacsu Abbey Kanesmith Khushi Shah Alyse Tognotti Haley Baumann 🫶🏼 

🚀 We’re hiring across GTM in the US, APAC & EMEA — let’s connect!

🚀 We’re hiring a Sales Enablement Manager at Cresta!!! 

Help our Enterprise & Strategic Sales teams reach new levels of performance. This role will shape how we onboard, coach, and empower our sellers — driving impact across some of the world’s top brands.

🌟 Why join us:
 • Shape onboarding, ramp acceleration, and sales process excellence for enterprise and Strategic deals
 • Collaborate cross-functionally and embed coaching into daily workflows
 • Join a mission to transform customer conversations into competitive advantage with AI — born out of the Stanford AI Lab and backed by a16z, Greylock, and Sequoia

🎯 What we’re looking for:
 • 5+ years in sales, enablement, or SaaS in a fast-paced environment
 • Strong understanding of enterprise & strategic sales motions (bonus if you’ve carried a number yourself!)
 • Someone who values impact, learning, and growth

You’ll be partnering closely with our GTM Enablement leader, Mason Bradbury, who’s passionate about elevating how we enable our sales org to win.

If you’re passionate about building programs that help sales teams thrive — and want to be part of a fast-moving AI company — I’d love to connect.

Open article: Sales Enablement Manager, Enterprise & Strategic by job-boards.greenhouse.io

Sales Enablement Manager, Enterprise & Strategic

If you're working with AI agents and don’t have automated testing in place, you’re leaving your customer experience at risk.

Join Cresta's upcoming webinar on Wednesday, October 22 (11 AM PT / 2 PM ET) to learn how automated testing can catch issues early, speed up deployment, and help you scale AI safely and confidently.

What you’ll walk away with:
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Team Cresta is heading to Orlando for ICMI Contact Center Expo 2025! Find us at Booth 512 from October 27-30 💥

Plus, don’t miss our speaking session featuring Guitar Center:
🎙️ From Evolution to Revolution: Guitar Center’s Journey to AI-Powered Transformation
🗓️ Tuesday, Oct. 28 at 5:10 PM
📍 Solution Spotlight Theater

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