Stuart is not a typical technical recruiter, with over 25-years of engineering and management experience in eCommerce and software development (Internet, Application Services, Compilers, and Interactive TV) working for such companies as Plaxo, H-P, SGI, and WebMD.  Stuart has a 13-year track record of working with technology companies to help bootstrap their staffing needs. Stuart’s specialty is start-up acceleration. The reason you will want to hire Stuart is for quality, not for volume. Stuart received his B.A. in Statistical Sociology from the University of California at Berkeley and an MBA from Santa Clara University. Stuart lives with his daughter who currently is away at college. Stuart enjoys music, digital photography, hiking and biking.

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Endorsements

“I have known Stuart for several years (in the capacity as an engineering peer as well as a recruiter who helped build our crack team at my current company). Stuart has been fabulous, always. With his engineering background and experience as well as having been an Engineering head who has led highly qualified engineering teams in the past, he has a unique insight into what companies need, whether they be start-ups or established companies. Stuart, it has been a pleasure and I hope we can continue to work with you in the future...I will always know where to go when we need help with recruiting..”  - Naveen Saxena, VP of Engineering, Soruka

“Stuart is a highly technical senior recruiter. It was very good working with him. He is very patient, always encouraging and strives hard to find a good match. I would recommend him to anyone looking for a software engineering opportunity.” - Srikanth Nagandla, Software Engineer at CoreMetrics.

“In one of the toughest recruiting environments in many years (beginning of '06), Stuart was able to source and bring on board a large number of highly talented individuals to Plaxo at a time when we needed them the most. He developed a number of innovative ways to find people (particularly, engineers with unique skills), and Stuart's personal touch kept candidates engaged and excited through a lengthy and highly involved recruiting process.” - Ben Golub, CEO, Plaxo.

“Stuart is an excellent recruiter. He worked at Plaxo first as a contract recruiter and then as an in-house recruiter. He fully understands the startup culture and startup constraints. He did a fantastic job recruiting A+ people to Plaxo, for both technical and business roles.” Peter Lester, VP of Marketing, Plaxo

“Stuart helped build the core business and engineering team for Plaxo. Most importantly, he delivered a consistent string of great candidates and met his hiring targets. He also happens to be a great person and a pleasure to be around. I recommend him highly.”  Tod Sacerdoti, CEO & Founder of BrightRoll.

 “Stuart and I have known each other since the glory days at SGI, where he was a Director of Engineering. We hired Stuart early at Plaxo to help build out our engineering and product teams. He came up to speed quickly and became a part of our little family in no time. He led a very successful recruiting effort at Plaxo that resulted in some of the best engineers that I have ever worked with. Stuart always maintained a great, positive working style and added a unique calm to our energetic office. He helped us build an extremely successful and disciplined hiring process that we constantly evolved and improved upon. Besides his natural startup culture, Stuart's experience as an engineer and engineering manager enabled him to perform excellent technical screening and fitness evaluation before the interview. His engineering work experience makes him uniquely qualified to recruit great engineers. Stuart also brings very strong ethics and character to the job. His personal style and holistic view of the candidates made a great difference at Plaxo.” - Rikk Carey, CEO/Founder, Cloudplay

 “Stuart, on behalf of a startup, recruited me out of my previous position. He made initial contact, could explain at a technical level the startup, and could describe both the position and the work environment well. He made sure to keep in contact throughout the process, and he provided advice and consul. He acted as much on behalf of the company as on my behalf. I wouldn't hesitate to solicit his services for future hires or when job seeking myself.” Joe Hasbani, Principal Software Engineer for an Early Stage Startup, February 16, 2010

“Stuart is a dynamic recruiter with a thorough understanding of the requirements of the companies he represents. As a candidate, I was most impressed with his undivided attention to my requirements and transparency in his interactions. His coaching and professional advice helped me find a great position. I would highly recommend Stuart to candidates looking for the best positions/companies and to companies looking for talented individuals.” - Rohit Sonak, Software Engineer, Jive SBS, November 26, 2009

“Recruiters often get a bad reputation for acting too much like "sales agents", for not being thorough. Stuart is none of that. Stuart is what I'd call the Last Honest Recruiter. If Stuart is representing a company with an opening you like, you will get a very reasonable agent with detailed attention to your requirements and the commitment to help their client get the best option. Stuart is very transparent in his dealings and treats his clients with his respect, which is something I valued highly in his style.” - Greg Silin, Software Engineer, Jive SBS, November 24, 2009; hired Stuart as a Recruiter in 2007 and hired Stuart again in 2009.

“I worked with Stuart on several engineering positions as a job seeker. He has an engineering background, so it is easy to talk to him about technical matters, and he puts in the legwork to sell a candidate and a company. As I walked through the door for interviews, I felt I was treated well due to Stuart's advanced word. He is always looking for the right match, and is one of the few technical recruiters who has a sense of what this means.” - David Kellogg, Sr. Software Engineer, Wink.

“Stuart did an amazing job with both technical and creative recruiting for our team, highly recommend!” -Max Skibinsky, CEO/Founder, Hive7

 “Stuart has done outstanding technical recruiting work for us. His deep technical expertise and engineering management experience gave him a unique edge in finding strong candidates. I strongly recommend Stuart for your technical recruiting needs. Huge thumbs up!” - Ernest Lam, VP of Engineering, Teracent