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

Chaparral Broadcasting

Chaparral Broadcasting 
Kech 95.3, KSKI 103.7, KYZK 107.5, KMTN 96.9, KSGT 1340 AM, KJAX 93.3, KZJH 95.3
 
•	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

The best way to screen a Product Manager (and why most teams get it wrong)

Most PM interviews over-index on frameworks and buzzwords.

If you want to screen a great Product Manager, focus on how they think under real constraints, not how well they recite theory.

Here’s what works.

1.) Start with a real problem, not a hypothetical
Ask them to walk through a product they’ve actually owned:
What was broken?
Why did it matter to the business?
What did you choose not to build — and why?
Strong PMs talk in tradeoffs. Weak ones talk in features.

2.) Pressure-test decision making
Don’t ask “what would you do?”

Ask:
What data did you trust?
What data did you ignore?
Where were you wrong?
The best PMs are comfortable admitting mistakes — and can explain what they learned without blaming engineering, design, or leadership.

3.) Look for signal in communication, not polish
Great PMs can explain complex decisions:
Simply
Clearly
Without jargon
If they can’t crisply articulate why something mattered, they probably weren’t the one driving it.

5)  Validate execution, not just strategy
Vision is cheap. Shipping is not.

Ask:
How long did it take to get to production?
What slowed you down?
How did you unblock the team?
Strong PMs obsess over momentum.

#productmanagement #hiring #interviewing

Leah Scarnegi 

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

Wrapping up 2025 at Redfish Technology 

This year was about prioritizing focus over volume—and building real partnerships, not transactions.

- Strong YoY growth
- Higher acceptance rates + repeat clients
- Faster time-to-fill on more complex, senior roles

But what mattered most?
 
Doing the work the right way—better discovery, tighter alignment, and a truly human approach to hiring.

Grateful for the clients who trusted us, the candidates who partnered with us, and the team that showed up every day.

Onward!


#2025InReview #RecruitingDoneRight #TechHiring #HumanCenteredHiring #RedfishTechnology

The strongest AI initiatives I see are tightly aligned with a company’s long-term vision, not siloed experiments chasing the latest breakthrough. They’re designed to:

- reinforce core business objectives
- create durable competitive advantage
- and scale responsibly across teams, data, and infrastructure

This kind of work requires strategic oversight, not just technical excellence. 

Someone who can sit at the intersection of product, data, engineering, and the executive team — translating AI capability into business impact.

AI leadership at this level isn’t about shipping fast demos. It’s about making bets that still matter three, five, ten years from now.

www.redfishtech.com

#AI #hiring #strategy #startups

Open article: IT & Tech Recruiters and Executive Search | Redfish Technology by redfishtech.com

IT & Tech Recruiters and Executive Search | Redfish Technology

Redfish’s real differentiator isn’t speed — it’s judgement.

The data backs it up:

• Discovery excellence shows up again and again as a leading indicator of successful outcomes.
• Clients respond to market insight, not just resumes in their inbox.
• Our content, workshops, and POV compound trust long before a search even kicks off.

In a market obsessed with velocity, judgement is what actually scales.

#redfishtechnology #recruiting #hiring

Imagine Learning

Imagine Learning empowers educators to inspire breakthrough moments in every student’s unique learning journey #EmpowerPotential

Core Curriculum Advisor (National Sales Consultant)

The intention of this program is for members of the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) to provide a one-on-one mentorship experience to “High potential” employees, while also creating an opportunity to develop new connections, encourage sharing ideas and perspectives, and furthering DEI initiatives.

Senior Leadership Team Mentoring Program Mentee

Our mission is to leverage our Diversity to inform a foundation of Equity, creating an environment of Inclusion; fostering a workplace that celebrates lived experiences and ignites opportunities for our employees, products, services, and learners.

DEI Council Member | Communications Subcommittee 

Think Together

Think Together is a non-profit organization partnering with schools to change the odds. We equip students with the tools they need to succeed; and we equip schools with solutions that transform teaching and learning from the boardroom to the classroom

Manager, Quality Assurance (Expanded Learning Coaching)

Coursemojo

Coursemojo (ed tech start-up) provides schools and districts with high-quality online courses that combine the flexibility of asynchronous learning (learning that can happen at anytime) with the interactivity of synchronous, small-group learning (learning that happens live at a scheduled time via videoconference)

Inaugural Director, K-12 Academic Operations (Tutoring and TA)

UMass Global

For over 65 years, UMass Global has been changing the lives of adult learners through education. Our 80+ online degrees and certificates blend seamlessly into busy lives.

Director, Academic (Tutoring) Operations Program

School of Extended Education: As a recognized leader in practice-based education, we are dedicated to serving the needs of today’s evolving workforce by providing cutting-edge programs for both individuals and organizations.

Educational (Corporate) Trainer, Consultant, and Mentor

Certificate of Contributions: LGBTQIA+ Leadership Liaison, Immigrant and Migrant Leadership Liaison, Staff Leadership Liaison

DEI Leadership Liaison 

California State University, Long Beach

For nearly 75 years, Cal State Long Beach has championed personal transformation and professional triumph. That's why "Go Beach" is much more than a catchphrase to — it's CSULB’s spark to empower and embolden our students and our community. The Beach enriches students' lives through globally informed, high-impact educational experiences with superior teaching, research, creative activity and action for the public good.

Teacher Trainer and English Instructor 

California State Polytechnic University-Pomona

Cal Poly Pomona is among the best public universities in the West and is nationally ranked for helping students achieve economic success. As an inclusive polytechnic university, CPP cultivates success through experiential learning, discovery and innovation.

University Lecturer (Adjunct Professor)

Research Assistant 

University Writing Tutor

Agent Relations Coordinator

Real English Teachers

Lead Teacher and Teacher Trainer (Abroad)

As a National Sales Consultant, I provide high-quality presentations and trainings of our CORE tech products and curricula. I use data-driven strategies and best practices to ensure that our partnerships meet the highest standards of quality, effectiveness, and equity, and that they align with our mission and vision.

I have 10+ years of experience in educational and professional leadership, with a focus on people management, organizational culture, and DEI (diversity, equity, inclusivity) initiatives. I hold a Doctor of Education (EdD) degree in Organizational Leadership from UMass Global, which I have leveraged in my roles as an ed tech director of academic operations and as a non-profit leader. A focus of mine is to develop training, coaching, and mentoring for staff, faculty, and students. I am passionate about serving in roles where the mission drives the work, and where I can leverage my skills and expertise to make a positive difference.

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