Atlanta HQ · National Reach · Built for Innovative Teams

Precision talent
for data-centric
teams.

A boutique recruiting practice built for depth, not volume. We work at the intersection of data, software engineering, AI, and leadership. We find people most firms can't. Faster and smarter, with AI amplifying every step.

Relationships.
Reach.
Rigor.
Results.
30+
Years Technical
Recruiting
50+
Active Markets
Across the US
ICCxO
From Sr Technologists
to C-Level
PE/VC+
Executive Search for
PE and Venture-Backed Teams
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Our Practice

Built for the complexity
of innovative teams.

inspHIRE is a boutique talent practice, purpose-built for organizations where data and engineering aren't just functions, they're the product.

We're based in Atlanta with genuine national reach. Active relationships across major tech hubs, emerging markets, and access to passive candidates that don't show up in job boards. Austin. NYC. Bay Area. Seattle. If the right person is there, we know how to find them.

Our clients range from AI-native startups to Fortune 100 enterprises and hyperscale data center operators. We've helped build teams that landed inside Big Tech following acquisitions. We've placed leaders who transformed companies. Every engagement is different. The rigor isn't.

01

Retained & Contingency Search

Senior, Staff and Founding Technologists to Executive. We run the search with the focus it deserves. One of a handful, never one of fifty.

02

PE-Backed Executive Search

Portfolio company buildouts. CxO, VP, and Director-level talent sourced for speed and durability.

03

Contract Consulting & Specialized Staff Augmentation

Flexible coverage for active projects. Staffed with practitioners who can hit the ground running.

04

Talent Advisory

Market mapping, comp benchmarking, and org design input. We share what we know. It's more useful than a pitch deck.

We run an
AI-powered
practice.

AI doesn't replace the human judgment that makes great recruiting. It removes every obstacle standing between us and it, giving us more reach, better signal, and faster results for clients. The boutique feel stays. The limitations don't.

Faster sourcing, broader reach

AI-assisted talent mapping lets us scan more of the market in less time, surfacing passive candidates in secondary markets and niche disciplines that traditional search misses entirely.

🎯

Better signal, less noise

Smarter screening means you see fewer but stronger candidates. We surface the right three people instead of sending you twelve warm bodies.

📊

Real-time market intelligence

Compensation benchmarks, talent availability, and competitive hiring data, current and contextualized. Six-month-old salary guides pulled from a job board miss the market.

🌐

National reach, boutique accountability

AI tools let us operate at a scale that used to require a much larger team, without losing the personal accountability that makes boutique recruiting worth it.

🔁

Tighter loops, faster closes

Custom built AI-powered workflows mean faster communication, cleaner handoffs, and a search process that keeps moving. No dropped balls, no stalled searches.

Where We Play

Deep network.
Narrow focus.

We don't try to be everything to everyone. Data, software engineering, AI, robotics, and hyperscale data center infrastructure is where we spend our time, build our network, and stay current, nationally. That specialization is your edge in a tight market.

Chief Data Officer (CDO)
Chief Technology Officer (CTO)
VP / Director of Engineering
VP / Director of Data
Head of AI / ML
Data Science Manager
ML / AI Engineer
Data Engineer (Sr. / Lead)
Robotics Engineer
Robotics Software Architect
BMS / BPMS Engineer
Data Center Controls Engineer
Platform / DevOps Engineer
Software Engineer (Full Stack)
Computer Vision Scientist
Embedded Systems Engineer
Analytics Engineering Lead
Hyperscale Infra Leadership

Deliberately boutique.
Relentlessly focused.

Most firms scale their way to mediocrity. We made a different bet. Stay small, go deep, and actually know the market. AI gives us the leverage to punch well above our weight class without losing what makes boutique valuable: real relationships and straight talk.

Let's Talk

Real network, Atlanta to everywhere

Past Chairman, TAG Data Science & AI Society. Genuine relationships built over decades in Atlanta's tech ecosystem and extended nationally across data, software engineering, AI, and infrastructure talent communities.

Market intelligence you can use

We know what candidates are making, what they're walking away from, and what it takes to close across markets. That context saves you time and money.

You talk to the recruiter. Direct, every time.

No handoffs. No bait-and-switch. The person who takes your brief is the person running your search, start to finish.

Proven at every stage

From AI startups that got acquired to PE-backed growth companies to F100 and hyperscale operators. We've built teams that work. Placed, integrated, and still there two years later.

Tony Verde, Founder of inspHIRE Talent Solutions
Atlanta Based Trusted Advisor AI Practitioner Executive Search

Built on
relationships.
Powered by results.

Tony Verde has spent his career at the intersection of technology and talent, building teams, growing practices, and connecting exceptional people with organizations that deserve them. He founded inspHIRE to do that work on his own terms: boutique, intentional, and uncompromisingly direct.

He has placed talent across the full spectrum, from AI-native startups to Fortune 100 companies and hyperscale data center operators, and helped build teams that landed inside Big Tech following an acquisition. Executive search, foundational team builds, niche technical placements: the range is intentional.

As Past Chairman of the TAG Data Science & AI Society and Board Advisor to OpenWater, a global community of accomplished executives, Tony built genuine relationships across Atlanta's tech ecosystem and extended that network nationally across data, engineering, AI, and infrastructure communities. Those relationships are real, maintained, and activated personally.

Tony is an active AI practitioner. He uses AI across sourcing, market intelligence, and workflow management daily. The result: a boutique practice with the reach and efficiency of something much larger, without sacrificing the accountability that makes boutique worth it.

He holds a BBA from the University of Georgia, is fluent in Spanish, and is based in the Atlanta area, where he lives with his family. When he's not running searches, you'll find him out on the water, still one of the better thinking environments around.

Recent Placements

The work speaks.

A cross-section of recent searches. Each one a different challenge. Each one closed.

AI Startup → Big Tech Acquisition
ML Engineering Team Build-Out

Placed multiple ML engineers and a Computer Vision Scientist. Company acquired, team absorbed into a major Big Tech organization.

Sports Tech
Head of Digital

Senior digital leadership hire for a high-growth sports technology platform navigating rapid product expansion.

Supply-Chain Tech
CTO

Executive search for a technology leader to modernize the platform stack and scale engineering capacity.

Healthcare
Global CIO

C-suite executive search for a complex global organization requiring deep healthcare IT experience and change management capability.

Data Services
Foundational Team Build

Built the core team for a modern data stack services firm from the ground up, engineering, leadership, and delivery roles.

AI Startup
Full Stack & Gaming Engineers

Rapid team scaling across software disciplines to support an AI-native product roadmap with aggressive timeline.

Ready to build something worth building?