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Leadership

Meet the experts behind Talnted's precision sales hiring methodology.

Brad Hawley — Founder & CEO of Talnted, Expert Sales Recruiter

Brad Hawley

President & Head of Client Engagement

Brad Hawley brings 20+ years of sales and recruiting experience to Talnted. He started in pharmaceutical sales at Eli Lilly, then spent five years in account management at CPA Global followed by sales leadership at CEB (now Gartner). He later served as Senior Vice President & Head of IT Practice at Pangea Two and Vice President of Sales at Beacon Innovation Group.

For the past decade, Brad led business development at OnBoard Legal, progressing from Client Executive to Executive Director to Chief Development Officer. His clients have included large corporates, AmLaw 200 law firms, and growth-stage businesses scaling past $100M.

Brad holds an MBA and a BS in International Business from Auburn University.

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Lucy Poole — VP of Talent Acquisition at Talnted, Sales Recruiting Specialist

Lucy Poole

Vice President & Head of Candidate Engagement

Lucy Poole brings 10+ years of talent acquisition and leadership consulting experience to Talnted. She spent four years as a Talent Specialist at OnBoard Legal, placing top legal talent nationwide. Prior to that, she served as Director of Search Operations at Wheless Partners, a firm ranked among the top executive search and leadership consulting firms, followed by Recruiting Manager at PangeaTwo.

Lucy began her career at Brasfield & Gorrie in business development and career development roles, and as Operations Lead at Accretive Health.

She holds a BS in Human and Organizational Development from Vanderbilt University and is fluent in Spanish.

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