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StartWire™ is powered by a team of recruiting industry veterans, job search experts, world-class technologists, and forward thinking investors all unified by a simple mission: to radically improve job search. So far, so good.

Brian
Brian Garfield

Brian likes to make things tick. He has 15 years of executive level operations experience in organizations both large & small, a B.S. degree in Biomedical Engineering from Western New England College and is a graduate of the Tuck Executive Program at the Amos Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. Brian enjoys punishing himself on his mountain bike and teaching young kids to ski fast.

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Chandlee Bryan

Chandlee is a certified career coach and resume writer who has worked as a college Career Services director, a recruiter, and with rocket scientists. She earned an M.Ed. in Counseling from the University of Virginia and enjoys listening to – and telling – stories in her spare time. Chandlee shares her expert career insights weekly on the StartWire blog.

Chris
Chris Forman
Founder

Chris likes to drink coffee, cook, putt around on his tractor, and build cool web applications. Before founding StartWire, he went to computer camp when he was 14, graduated from Colby College a few years later, and went on to be the CEO of AIRS, & CDO of the RightThing. He likes to talk about business, recruiting, & technology and has done so at more than 300 conferences and web events.

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Dzmitry Nikitsin

Dzmitry graduated from the Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics, Computer Systems and Networks department. He has more than 3 years of experience in software development, using different programming languages, platforms and methodologies. During his studies he earned recognition as a winner of the Republic Olympiad in 2004-5 and 2005-6 and a winner of the ACM Quarterfinal in 2007. He also participated in the KPI-Open in Kiev. In his free time Dzmitry enjoys skiing, swimming, time at the gym and chess.

Ian
Ian Roughley

Ian is a technologist, author, & speaker. With a B.E. in Computer Systems Engineering from the University of Queensland, Australia, and worked on Apache open source projects — his pragmatic, results-driven approach is ready to take on any challenge. An extreme programmer at work, Ian is an extreme traveler, rock climber, and technical diver off-hours.

Nicole
Nicole Padilla

Nicole is fascinated by understanding people. At Boston College she double majored in History and Economics, building an understanding of what people have done and why they have done it. She entered the internet marketing world right out of college and has been driving site traffic ever since. Offline Nicole enjoys making and eating delicious foods. She is especially partial to French food and French fries.

Raksha
Raksha Sharma

Raksha previously worked in relationship management for a commercial bank in Nepal. She has an MBA from Kathmandu University School of Management and a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Studies from St. Xavier’s College in Nepal. Raksha enjoys solving problems, hiking, and reading her way through the NY Times Best Seller list for American fiction.

Samantha
Samantha Swett

Samantha recently graduated from the University of New Hampshire with a BA in studio arts. She plans to further her education and pursue work in graphic design while painting on the side. In her spare time she enjoys reading philosophical books on life, drawing, and spending time outside with family, friends and her dogs.

Ryan
Ryan L'Italien

Ryan is a full stack, open source software developer that recently switched from Microsoft technologies. Easy going and high energy, he's always up for a challenge. Ryan is a black belt in karate, Eagle Scout, has hiked all 48 of NH's 4,000' mountains and is an avid road cyclist.

Tim
Tim McKegney
Founder

Tim likes to go fast and win. He’s been recruiting people, solving problems, and building businesses for the last 20 years. As a EVP at AIRS, he was the driving force behind recruiting solutions that were used by 50,000+ recruiters at 70% of the Fortune 500. When not driving the tractor at his farm, Tim can be found trying to avoid trouble racing the fastest sailboats he can find.

Tyler
Tyler Dewdney

Tyler enjoys the thrill of competition. He is an avid golfer who would play every day if he could. After graduating with a degree in Economics from Bates College, Tyler's future plans include pursuing a Master's in Business Administration.

Investors

StartWire is backed by Baird Venture Partners as well as a syndicate of private, recruiting industry investors that include Terry Terhark, Steve Pogorzelski, Sue Marks, Tim McKegney, & Chris Forman.

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Baird Venture Partners, the U.S.-based venture capital fund of Baird Private Equity, makes venture capital investments in early and expansion stage business services and life sciences companies. Baird Venture Partners leverages its in-depth sector knowledge, experienced investment team and network of relationships to serve as a value-added partner for its portfolio companies. Baird Private Equity, the global private equity group of Robert W. Baird & Co. (Baird), makes venture capital, growth equity and buyout investments in smaller, high potential companies in the United States through Baird Venture Partners and Baird Capital Partners, in China through Baird Capital Partners Asia, and in Europe through Baird Capital Partners Europe. Baird Private Equity has a global team of investment and operations professionals across the United States, Europe and Asia, including a team of operating professionals in Asia. Baird Private Equity and its affiliates have raised and managed over $2.8 billion in capital and invested in more than 250 companies since the 1980s. For more information, please visit bairdventurepartners.com.

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