John D.

CEO

San Francisco, California, United States31 yrs 1 mo experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Led talent acquisition strategies for high-growth companies.
Transformed recruiting teams into modern organizations.
Chaired national conferences and spoke at industry events.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS Talent Acquisition Leader with extensive experience in executive recruiting and team transformation.

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Enterprise SoftwareBusiness IntelligenceStrategyProfessional ServicesStart-upsConsultingCloud ComputingCRMRecruitingData WarehousingAnalyticsBusiness StrategyBusiness AnalysisExecutive SearchSales

Experience

31 yrs 1 mo

Total Experience

3 yrs 10 mos

Average Tenure

5 yrs 1 mo

Current Experience

Confluent

2 roles

Global Head of Executive & Strategic Search

Promoted

Sep 2025 – Present · 9 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

Principal Executive Recruiter

May 2021 – Sep 2025 · 4 yrs 4 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

I manage engineering and go-to-market leadership & executive searches

Blackline

Executive Recruiter

Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 · 1 yr · San Francisco Bay Area

Previous client that wanted to take me on full time to lead executive recruiting

Rjr partners

Principal Recruiter

Jan 2016 – Jan 2019 · 3 yrs · San Francisco Bay Area

Boutique search firm servicing Bay Area SaaS companies that I joined to focus on the development of my individual contributor abilities. Top performer each year.

Anaplan

Global Head of Talent Acquisition

Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 · 1 yr · San Francisco Bay Area

Lead headcount growth from 400 to 600+
Lead talent strategy & research to open engineering office in a new geographic area
Major improvements across all hiring metrics

Microstrategy

Vice President Talent Acquisition

Jan 2010 – Jan 2014 · 4 yrs · Washington D.C. Metro Area

Lead headcount growth from 2,200 to 3,500 employees
Hands-on at every level including people operations & executive recruitment
Transformed recruiting team to a modern, motivated Talent Acquisition organization
Responsible for capacity planning, hiring & coaching
Lead recruitment strategy for mobile identity authentication subsidiary, Usher (www.usher.com)

Agave : uxc (a csc company)

Founder & CEO

Jan 2002 – Jan 2009 · 7 yrs · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Data Warehouse Consulting company & the region's premier Business Objects reseller
Chaired the National Business Intelligence Conference and public speaker at many other events
Successful acquisition by public company