Client Endorsements
Harjot Gill
CEO, Co-founder
CodeRabbit.ai, Agentic AI Code Review Tool
"At CodeRabbit.ai, as the leading solution leveraging AI for Code Reviews, our bar for talent is extremely high.
So far, Walter has done a fantastic job recruiting Highly Performant Engineers for us who fit our pace and culture, and we're looking forward to seeing him make several more key placements across the organization.
His clear understanding of our unique business environment, and the Software Tools Startup space, makes the recruiting process with him go very smoothly.
If you're looking to work with someone who delivers top-quality candidates quickly, I highly recommend him. Great job Walter!"
Jad Naous
CEO, Founder
Grepr.ai Real-Time AI/ML to Optimize Signal-to-Noise Ratios in Observability Data Engines
"Walter has done an amazing job Recruiting Staff Software Engineers for us at Grepr.ai. I engaged him to find a very rare mix of combined talents that would be mission-critical to our fast-paced, early-stage growth. He impressed me with his ability to tap into the rare "niche" type of candidates I was hoping he could find. And he filled the roles rather quickly.
Great job, Walter!"
Lukas Gentele
CEO and Co-Founder, Loft Labs
Loft Labs, Kubernetes Virtualization Tools
"I worked with other recruiters before, but no one sources amazing candidates as fast as Walter does... It is very efficient and saved us a long sourcing process...
Walter presents... several of the best candidates in our space... and helps us close them.
We've hired multiple senior key roles with him... Sales, VP of Marketing, Product Management, Solutions Engineering, etc... I can say that these hires are among the best we made.
Cannot wait to fill the next roles with Walter!"
Ali Ghodsi
CEO, Co-founder
Databricks
"Walter focuses on quality and has deep understanding of how great technical recruiting should be done. He doesn't waste anyone's time on either side,
Definitely a huge asset for any company."
Ohad Maislish
CEO, Co-founder, Env0
OpenTofu, Core Contributor The IaC Podcast, Host env0 (DevTool, Self-service and Governance Layer on top of IaC Tools)
"We are Very Happy with You Walter! It's Why We Keep Coming Back to You Again and Again" You Have Helped Our Company Get To a Much Better Situation. Much Better Than We Could Have Done Without You!..
An Absolute Pleasure Working With You Walter!"
Brandon Turner
VP of Engineering
Our Staff Engineer and Sr. Engineer roles had been open for quite a while before we engaged Walter, who was referred to us by one of our investors. Although we gave him a very tough set of criteria, he and his team filled the roles rather quickly. It became very clear that he knows all the nuances of the recruiting and interview process from start to finish, which helped us secure the candidates we were most excited about. I highly recommend Walter for his expertise, flexibility, and tenacity. Another huge time-saver for us is his full-service approach from start to finish. He finds the talent, screens them, coordinates all the interviews with us, helps us negotiate the offers, and land the candidates.
Thanks, Walter!
Wing Lian
CEO, Co-founder Axolotl.ai, ( LLM Onboarding and Training Tool )
"Walter is an amazing.. recruiter! At Axolotl.ai, we are leading the categories of LLM Onboarding and Training Tools / LLM Post-Training Tools.
Walter...delivers several highly qualified candidates for us to choose from (in record-timing)... helps us secure our favorite candidates...
..Makes the recruiting process very streamlined and even smoother than we expected. We're looking forward to engaging Walter on our next mission-critical recruiting projects.
Katrin Ribant
CEO, Founder
Former CSO, Co-founder, Datorama ( acquired by Salesforce for $800M )
"Walter is an exceptional recruiter with deep expertise in the software infrastructure space. His understanding of our technical needs at Ask-Y was instrumental in helping us secure a key VP of Engineering hire to lead the technology team.
What sets Walter apart is his meticulous vetting process for both candidates and companies, ensuring a perfect match without wasting anyone's valuable time. He works thoroughly to understand our unique startup needs and culture before presenting candidates.
I wholeheartedly recommend Walter to any technology company serious about building a world-class team!"
Ask-Y.ai, AI for Data Analytics
Datorama, Data Analytics SaaS Platform
Yevgeny Pats
CEO and Co-Founder, CloudQuery
"Walter only provides the most relevant candidates... matching the profile ...exactly what we need.
Impressed me that he was able to fill a very unique, high-level technical role with super candidate... very quickly, in a hot market...
His candidates have made a huge difference to our company... even providing strategic leadership for our space."
Shomik Ghosh
VC Partner
Boldstart Ventures
"Walter is an amazing recruiter who really understands software infrastructure companies deeply.
He has helped numerous companies that I've worked with hire talent from IC level Engineers, to Eng Leads, VPs, and many other roles across the org.
Walter carefully vets the candidates and the startups to make sure time isn't wasted on either side and adjusts the process as needs are honed to increase the chance of a successful match.
I enjoy working with Walter and strongly recommend him to any company that is looking for a recruiter who will work to fill out the team with key individuals regardless of level."
Natalie Ledbetter
Operating Partner, Head of People
Boldstart Ventures
"...Boldstart invests in very technical companies mostly in the Dev Tooling and Infrastructure spaces and Walter was my partner and an expert in tapping his massive network... strong engineers from senior leadership to seasoned individual contributors.
I could not recommend Walter enough! ... he is a pro tech recruiter, a trusted source and he has been a thought partner to me as well...."
Tyler Lenane
CEO, Co-founder
Gimme Radio
“Working with Walter to the key role of VP of Engineering was efficient, quick and an overall great experience. He delivered top quality candidates and his process of vetting candidates, setting up interviews, debriefing the pros/cons with us, and helping with all communication was top notch. Great working with you Walter! ”
Jon Maples
Chief Product Officer, Co-founder
Gimme Radio
“Walter has a unique ability to understand our needs as an early stage startup and source the perfect candidates for the job. We were impressed by every candidate he brought to the table. Walter helped us identify and close the best person for the job. Highly recommended.”
Sohail Parekh
Sr. VP of Engineering
CloudPassage
“Over the last few years, Walter has exclusively helped us for our DevOps needs. This includes VP of DevOps as well as multiple technical leadership roles.
For each position, Walter is directly involved learning about the role, finding us the best talent and closing even the most difficult searches in good time…
It has been a pleasure to work with Walter and I would highly recommend him.”
Chris Tennant
CTO, Co-founder
Connect Solutions
"I used Walter to hire a new Senior Vice President in an Engineering/Operations role. This was a critical position… Walter's candidate… was everyone's number one choice for the role. Walter understood what I was looking for, gave me the right candidate, and knocked it out of the park."
Kevin Barrett
CEO and Founder
Chita Systems
Bobby Gaza
CTO
Beats Music
"I've worked with Walter at 2 companies now, both early startups where we had to really build out top notch engineering teams. I can't stress enough how invaluable he was at finding the right talent for the teams we were building. Walter isn't like your typical recruiter. He'll spend a lot of time with you to really understand the vision on how one will want to grow a team. His candidates have always been top notch. For an early stage startup Walter is my secret weapon."
Jason Thigpen
Engineering Manager
UnitedMasters
"Walter has helped me build out my team as well as other engineering directors in my org. Walter is great at identifying our needs and keeping the top of our funnel full of qualified candidates."
Nuri Otus
Founder/CEO
txtsmarter
"Walter is consummate professional and in the years we have known each other always places the needs of clients first. It is refreshing to work with him."
Bart Westerink
Vice President, Security Engineering
MobileIron, Inc.
“Walter is one of the most skilled technical recruiters I have worked with. He is professional… HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.”
Udy Dhansingh
Engineering Director
Personalis, Inc.
"Walter's partnership helped Personalis recruit great talent. Walter helped in reducing recruitment time… The hires made through Walter's network have proved to be a great fit w.r.t culture and technology drivers... Totally appreciate the value Walter brings in when needed. Highly recommend Walter for both urgent and long term staffing needs."
Ben Frank
Engineering Leader
Crux Informatics
“Walter is amazing and has always provided me with high-quality candidates, even in challenging markets. If I'm building a team, he's one of the first people I call.”
Norman Graham
Director of Professional Services
MongoDB
“Walter's approach to technical recruiting delivers well-qualified, quality candidates with surgical precision—even against difficult to source requirements—and he wastes no one's time in the process. Walter's helped me build a world-class team and I'm looking forward to more of the same.”
Andrew Storms
Secure Technology Leader and Research
CloudPassage
“I've had the pleasure of working with Walter at nCircle and most recently at CloudPassage. Walter's ability to bring me top DevOps talent was a key factor in helping me build out a world class team.”
James Howe
Director, Platform Engineering
BeatsMusic
“Walter is a truly amazing recruiter. When we were getting no decent resumes, in comes Walter with several great candidates who have gone on to become top performers. But it didn't stop there. His hard work and focus over the weeks and months led to a steady stream of top quality engineers. Walter is a pleasure to work with. His dedication to the job is first class. He listens to what I need and doesn't just give me a load of mediocre resumes. He is my go to guy!”
Diane Stevenson
SPHR, Sr. HR Business
Gigya
“Walter is a very strong technical recruiter and I highly recommend his services.. In a matter of a couple of months, Walter filled three extremely challenging roles for us. These are roles that multiple other recruiters were unable to fill, and had been working on for almost a year. Walter listened to and understood our requirements and is expert at sourcing the type of candidates we needed.”
Scott Bedard
CTO and Co-founder
ThisMoment.com
“We use Walter to find several Software Engineers for our start-up…He also is aggressive without being obnoxious… It is this kind of attention that sets Walter far above any of the other recruiters we have used in the past. I highly recommend Walter to any start-up looking to expand their talent.”
Padmaja Surapaneni
Head of Global Enterprise Applications
Affymetrix
“Walter is very personable and has great ethics. He has this really good knack of understanding the needs of… candidates and hiring managers and then matching them as appropriate. Walter and his team has done proper screening of the candidates before presenting them for my review.”
Steve Brickman
CTO/Engineering Leadership
mscripts
“Walter is great to work with, he gets a good understanding of who you are looking for, what traits are important to you in a hire, and only brings qualified candidates to the table… Walter understands the technology enough (or will ask if he has questions) to be able to make smart decisions and bring you candidates that are qualified and interesting… To me this is a huge differentiation from other recruiters.
I highly recommend working with Walter and will definitely engage him again for my hiring needs.”
Paddy Roberts
Director of IT and Security
Elan Pharma
“In all my dealings with Walter I have found him to be very professional, responsive, enthusiastic and result focused. I have no reservations in recommending him and look forward to working with him again on our next challenging position.”
Justin McKanna
Head of Software Quality Assurance
mBlox
“Walter is an expert at finding superior candidates and has an enviable rolodex of stellar candidates in the competitive Silicon Valley market. His ability to understand our complex business and deliver candidates to match our needs has proven to be unparalleled. Walter is my go to person for finding even the most challenging skill set!”
Wally Finley
VP of Cloud Infrastructure
LiveJournal.com
“Walter pays attention to detail. He listens to your needs, and communicates only those positions or candidates which make sense for you or your business. He is a pleasure to work with and is highly professional. I can't recommend him highly enough.”
Sergei Komarov
CTO
LiveJournal.com
“…Walter genuinely impressed me by submitting only ONE resume, of a candidate matching my requirements so perfectly, he was hired, despite competition from a number of highly impressive candidates.
The entire transaction, including compensation negotiations and the like, was handled flawlessly.
I happily recommend Walter as a fantastic recruiter who can deliver an exceptional value for money and especially time invested in hiring.”
Harris Shapiro
Sr. Director, Operations Informatics
Personalis, Inc.
“I worked with Walter to fill a fairly specialized lab information system-related position. After an initial discussion to thoroughly characterize the role and the background/skill set needed to fill it, Walter was able to quickly identify and recruit a candidate who was an excellent match. I would gladly work with him again in the future.”
John Brennan
COO
Aura Network Systems, Inc.
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