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Validated Outcomes

​Blueprints of the Talent OS in Action.

The Challenge: Breaking Through the Mid-Scale Ceiling

 

As Octane entered a phase of hyper-growth, their existing recruiting function had hit a plateau. With a vacancy in talent leadership and an underperforming process, the team was struggling to keep pace with a 4.8x growth trajectory. They didn’t just need more candidates; they needed an executive-level intervention to professionalize the engine.

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The Solution: The Talent OS Intervention

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  • Talent Audit: Identified process bottlenecks, a lengthy time to hire, interview inconsistencies, and a poor candidate experience.

  • System Revamp: Built a custom infrastructure designed for aggressive scaling.

  • Structured Process: Installed a repeatable, quantitative interviewing framework.

  • Team Recovery: Mentored the internal team and hired top-tier recruiting talent.​

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The Outcome:

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  • Successfully scaled from 126 to 600+ employees.

  • Reduced time to hire by 66% to 31 days

  • Increased candidate NPS to 91

  • Left behind a fully operational, high-performing internal talent department.

The Challenge: Protecting Executive Bandwidth

 

Insight M was scaling its commercial and technical teams, requiring elite talent for their mission-critical aerial data platform. The leadership team needed a high-level partner to serve as a "strategic filter"—ensuring only the top 1% reached the final interview stage.

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The Solution:

Strategic Execution & Calibration

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  • Executive Support: Acted as the primary filter for senior-level roles, protecting the CEO and Chairman’s calendars.

  • Pipeline Generation: Sourced and attracted top quality talent

  • Market Calibration: Provided real-time feedback on candidate expectations and niche industry trends.

  • Process Rigor: Deeply vetted candidates on technical performance and cultural alignment.​

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The Outcome:

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  • Streamlined the "time-to-executive" for key commercial hires.

  • Secured high-caliber talent capable of driving growth in a specialized market.

  • Validated by the Chairman for providing the structure necessary for critical hires.

Additional Strategic Engagements

Beyond deep-dive transformations, Adam has provided strategic talent advisory, executive search, and infrastructure design for leaders across the tech landscape.

 

 

AI  Mozilla AI, Fairplay, Inception Point.

 

Exit Success: Zoomin Software (Acquired by Salesforce), Reonomy (Acquired by Altus Group), Routehappy (Acquired by ATPCO), Handshake (Acquired by Shopify), FieldLens (Acquired by WeWork), Moat (Acquired by Oracle)

 

Hyper-Growth Fintech: Octane & ZestFinance.

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