Joe Hantos
Executive Search/Global Talent Acquisition
Raleigh,NC
Summary
Global Executive Search/Talent Acquisition professional with a broad range of experience at world renowned technology companies and early stage startups across North America, Asia Pacific and Europe.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Principal, Executive Search Venture Success
Mach49
Raleigh
02.2023 - Current
- Mach49 partners with global businesses to build their growth engines through venture building, venture investing, strategic partnering, and targeted M&A.
- Built Mach49's first executive search function which engages C-level/Co-founder talent for various client's early stage startups.
- Provide Board Members and C-suite with talent intelligence and guidance around recruiting and retaining founding leadership talent.
Head of Executive Recruiting, Americas
Crypto.com
Raleigh
03.2022 - 01.2023
- Built and lead a global team of 4 to hire Director level roles and up for Crypto.com.
- Manage executive search engagements from requisition intake meetings through to candidate engagement and subsequent hire.
- Build strategies and processes for talent intelligence/mapping.
- Partner cross-functionally with HR leaders and other recruiters to work around organizational design challenges.
Head of Talent
Ultimate.ai
Berlin, Germany
01.2020 - 11.2021
- Responsible for building the talent acquisition function from scratch and growing the company 5x in the first 18 months.
- Lead a team of 1 technical recruiter and 1 non-technical recruiter in addition to managing external agency relationships.
- Leading all hiring initiatives for Ultimate.ai's North American market expansion.
- Developed operational metrics in order to track the efficiency of sourcing, hiring and interviewing prospective candidates.
- Lead survey initiatives for candidate experience, onboarding experience, and overall employee engagement.
- Created assessment tools and rubrics at scale for critical roles.
- Act as an advisor to the founders and leadership team on all things recruiting, hiring and people related market expansion topics.
Leadership Talent Acquisition Partner
Google
Mountain View
12.2015 - 01.2020
- Google Cloud - APAC (07/19 to 01/2020): partnering w/senior leaders within Google Cloud to execute on leadership searches across Southeast Asia, Australia, India, Japan, Greater China and Korea.
- Program Manager, Talent Outreach Programs - APAC (01/19 to 07/19): consulting assignment to help revamp the new grad hiring process for Asia Pacific.
- Leadership Talent Acquisition Partner (Executive Search) (12/15 to 01/19): partner with senior level management on high-profile leadership searches, and assist them in determining and fulfilling their talent needs. Identified, engaged, assessed and presented passive leadership talent to senior management clients across Google/Alphabet. (Hyperlink to portfolio of the searches I have completed: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1aizsGipRwTu8k9KSjFI2D2mxDdTcxuEwuKDZR8ePSOk/edit?usp=sharing
North American Technical Recruiter
Google
Mountain View, USA
09.2013 - 09.2014
- Scanned and synthesized market data pertaining to the North American software engineering employment market.
- Sourced and recruited elite passive software engineering talent through the use of user groups, candidate referrals, networking and creative internet sourcing.
- Achieved 12 software engineering hires in 12 months.
- Average Google interview process takes 6-8 weeks, with a throughput ratio of less than 2%.
- Achievements/Tasks Roles.
Executive Search Associate
Tesla Motors
Palo Alto, USA
06.2012 - 09.2013
- Built executive recruiting database from scratch using FileFinder.
- Executed executive recruiting research strategy by sourcing LinkedIn, industry conferences, publications and creative web sourcing techniques.
- Built standardized pitchdeck materials from a compilation of current news, industry trends, 10K's and 10Q's of competitors financial performance/projections.
- Ran the executive recruiting teams's administrative/operations functions to ensure world class service for c-suite candidates.
- This included, but was not limited to : factory tours, Bay Area real estate tours and Tesla Model S test drives.
Co-Founder & Head of Corporate Partnerships
Obiz Society
San Luis Obispo
01.2011 - 01.2012
- Co-founded a company while in my final year of college at Cal Poly, SLO that sought to help connect students with internship and entry level employment opportunities.
- Made many mistakes, learned an incredible amount and while Obiz Society did not become a viable business; it did develop into an on-campus student organization that made it easier for employers and students connect with one another for potential internship and entry level opportunities.
Education
MSc - International Finance
The Berlin School of Economics & Law
Berlin, Germany 10.2014 - 05.2016
Bachelor of Science - International Business
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo
San Luis Obispo, CA 09.2008 - 05.2012
Skills
Market Research
Stakeholder Management
Team Leadership
AssessmentTalent Strategy
Executive Search
Talent Intelligence
Timeline
Principal, Executive Search Venture Success
Mach49
02.2023 - Current
Head of Executive Recruiting, Americas
Crypto.com
03.2022 - 01.2023
Head of Talent
Ultimate.ai
01.2020 - 11.2021
Leadership Talent Acquisition Partner
Google
12.2015 - 01.2020
MSc - International Finance
The Berlin School of Economics & Law
10.2014 - 05.2016
North American Technical Recruiter
Google
09.2013 - 09.2014
Executive Search Associate
Tesla Motors
06.2012 - 09.2013
Co-Founder & Head of Corporate Partnerships
Obiz Society
01.2011 - 01.2012
Bachelor of Science - International Business
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo
09.2008 - 05.2012