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12 years placing engineers into high-growth startups. Increasingly curious about where hiring signal breaks down - and what you do instead.
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Working with founders and CTOs at early-stage companies to make hires that change the trajectory of their business. Helping leadership understand what they actually need before the search starts, then finding the people who deliver it.
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Retained search for Software and AI Engineers at pre-seed to Series A - close enough to the business to know what good looks like for them before a brief is written Hiring on the signals AI can't fake - work in the wild, decisions under pressure Sourcing through network trust - reaching engineers who aren't looking but will listen Helped grow a network of 1,000+ CTOs and engineering leaders across Australia's startup ecosystem - community-led BD, market intelligence and access to people who don't need to look
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The Onset
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Led specialist recruitment across Software Engineering and Digital. Senior, principal-level and hard-to-fill roles. The ones where getting it right changes how a company grows.
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Focused on high-impact technical hires where the right person directly enabled product and engineering progress 100% success rate on retained projects - every search completed, every placement still in role at handover Partnered with founders and CTOs to shape hiring strategy, not just execute it Founded Tech Leaders Collective Sydney: ~250 CTOs and senior technologists, a network that made every search better
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ISL Talent
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Eight years building deep expertise in technical hiring across the UK. From rookie to leading a team, placing senior engineers into companies where those hires mattered. Founded the London Tech Collective because I wanted to know what was happening on the ground in the world of tech. It was a network that made each search better.
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Senior and principal-level engineering hires for high-growth technology businesses - roles where the decision affected the direction of the company Built and led a team of 11 consultants, focused on quality of placement over volume Founded London Tech Collective: events connecting engineering leaders and the startups that needed them Supported the scaling journeys of numerous venture-backed businesses through key technical hires
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Mabey Hire
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Structural refurbishment and temporary works engineering. Built a foundation in analytical thinking, problem solving and stakeholder management that still shows up in how I approach hiring.
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A functional prototype built to test an idea: that real hiring signal lives below the gameable surface. Put yourself in the recruiter's chair and try to find it.
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A functional prototype for periodised training. Built because I was losing context copying workout plans into ChatGPT. Solves the problem, still use it daily.
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Internal BD tool surfacing Australian startups showing forward hiring signals before roles are posted. Internal usage.
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Built technology leadership communities spanning 1,200+ CTOs, engineering leaders and startup founders across Australia and the UK Promoted to Associate Director within 7 months at The Onset 100% completion rate across all retained search assignments Built and led an 11-person recruitment team Established trusted relationships with founders and CTOs across venture-backed technology companies
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Founded and ran leadership communities connecting CTOs, engineering leaders and startup founders across two cities. Events, workshops, knowledge-sharing - built to make hiring better for everyone in the room.
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Topics: startup hiring, scaling teams with limited resources, leadership collaboration in high-growth environments.
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Technical Recruitment · Retained Search · Founder & CTO Advisory · Engineering Leadership Hiring · AI & Software Engineering Talent · Community Building · Startup Ecosystems · Business Development · Team Leadership · AI-Powered Product Development
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JON HOLLAND
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nDeva
The Onset
ISL Talent -- UK
Mabey Hire -- UK
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