“Tess is an excellent recruiter and a pleasure to work with. Because she understands the technology, the business, and the people who drive both, Tess is able to quickly find candidates that work well a start-up environment. She understands what motivates top talent Engineers, and she knows how to speak their language. She brings only the highest quality candidates to the table- something that every busy hiring manager can appreciate!
I have been both a candidate and a client of Tess Rogers. Whether you are looking to hire or be hired, I strongly recommend partnering with Tess Rogers.”
Jeff Jahr, QA Director at Palo Alto Networks
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“Tess is a fantastic recruiter of world class engineering talent. She has an expert understanding of the recruiting landscape, and is a great partner to find and place engineers for complex enterprise-class software products. She is able to represent accurately the company and the culture to find candidates that are perfect fit for an opening. She provides tremendous value during the recruiting life-cycle by taking on many of the time-consuming activities that a hiring manager faces.”
Rick McPhee, VP of Engineering at Fortify, An HP Company
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“In a forest of mediocre (or worse) recruiters, Tess Rogers stands out. Tess found great candidates who didn’t want to leave their current employment and sold them on why they should come work for Virsto Software. She is fast, sharp, super professional, and always focused on making sure her clients and candidates get exceptional value.”
Mark Davis, CEO Virsto Software
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“I have worked with Tess several times and been extremely happy with the results. I initially worked with Tess at Silver Spring Networks where she landed several senior level engineering management and program manger candidates in my team. Tess was absolutely phenomenal at screening out the candidates that did not fit the roles and only recommending A+ players for the positions I needed to fill. When I decided to leave SSN and move on to a new career I immediately turned to Tess for my own executive placement. After working with Tess clarify the role I was looking for she found an opportunity within days that was ideal for my career goals. Tess also did a great job in negotiating my compensation and in general making the whole process very smooth and free of surprises. Tess has placed an engineering director and PMO lead in my current organization and I couldn’t be happier with their progress. I highly recommend Tess if you are looking for an outstanding, ethical, and very personable person to work with who will deliver.”
Michael Laudon, Vice President of Engineering at Bytemobile
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“Tess Rogers is an excellent recruiter and she is very passionate about the success of her clients & candidates. Tess makes every effort to understand and effectively match clients and job seekers with respect to their goals and objectives. Tess has a broad background that allows her to relate to a broad audience from engineering, marketing, and business development to executive management. She is an excellent advocate for the serious job seeker.”
Wayne Fiori, Technology Specialist/Product Creation, Staff QA at Palo Alto Networks
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“Tess and I go way back but we never done business together until last year. She recruited me for the position I currently hold at Blue Coat. I have used many recruiters in my 20+ year tenure in this business and I have to tell you, I have never seen anyone as detailed and professional in the recruiting industry as Tess Rogers. She takes partnerships to a whole new level and has made me realize the importance of her role in helping me get the right person into the right job and how critical this is in mine and the companies success.
One of the many things she brings to the table is her ability to quickly understand the roles of who we need and her ability to get us the top candidates quickly. I cannot remember ever telling her that the candidate she brought me wasn’t a fit. She also has a great deal of resources in the networking industry as she is one of the recruiting pioneers in Silicon Valley. Tess would be an awesome resource for anyone looking for a “Hit the ground running” recruiter with a knack for getting the right person connected to the right job.”
Lew Chavez, Director, Global Escalations & Field Performance at Riverbed Technology
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“Tess did an excellent job sourcing and staffing technical hires who were a good match for our Company. She had the ability to assess and evaluate candidates for technical, management, and leadership job profiles. She was an excellent part of our “extended” HR team at Allegro Networks.”
Mike diVittorio, CFO, VP FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION, Allegro Networks
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“We hired Tess Rogers to identify a strong VP of Operations with an emphasis in Supply Chain Management. She quickly delivered 3 solid candidates and we were able to close on the best one. He made great contributions which enabled the Company to survive the Great Recession. The process was efficient and enjoyable, as well.”
Steve Cordial, CFO
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“I have worked with Tess Rogers as both an internal and external client over the last ten years. The results have always been successful, and just as importantly, timely. In our latest efforts together, I had two very qualified candidates identified and presented in just a few days of sending job descriptions over.”
Mark Weiner, Director, Cisco Systems
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“Tess has been a great pleasure to work with. She is thorough, very detail oriented and is wonderful with follow up. Any questions asked of her are very timely responded to. I would highly recommend her to anyone that needs her companies services.”
Barbara Chinn, Sr. Operations Program Manager, Apple
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“I worked with Tess at Allegro Networks. She was instrumental in bringing in key hires such as executives, technical advisory and key engineering positions. She worked closely with the founders and helped the Board attract top-notch talent to the team. I would recommend her for your key hiring needs.”
Rob Chandra, Sr. Managing Partner, Bessemer Venture
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“Tess is a fantastic resource, she helped me through a tough time where my organization was exploding with growth. She understood the organizations needs and delivered a number of high quality candidates which were eventually hired.
Her meticulous interview skills and relentless effort to seek only the best candidates truly displays her professionalism. Besides her ability to attract only the best candidates, she is also a great mentor.
If you are looking for a recruiter that can get the job done and deliver the ‘right’ candidates call Tess.”
David Tirazona, Sr. Manager, Americas Customer Service & Support, Blue Coat Systems, Inc.
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“Worked with Tess on 2 critical projects. A WW VP sales and an industry expert Board Member. Both are on the top of my list of best recruits I ever made. When we recruited the VP sales we had no presence in the US, no real customer traction and therefore were not the most attractive. Despite that Tess managed to bring a cadre of excellent candidates. The eventual VP sales (still with the company) were a perfect match for the company. A VP in a highly reputable public company, who worked with that company from start-up to IPO, extensive international background, and a brilliant track record. Just perfect.
With the board member it was a similar success. The difference was that … we did not need any more candidates after that individual. Again, an individual in our space, who took a company from young age to being public, extensive international background and great personality.
I wish all my recruitment efforts will end like those two. Thanks Tess!”
Chen Amit, CEO, Atrica, former CEO, Verix
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“Tess and I worked together in 2003 to 2004 to build Google’s release engineering team from scratch to a core team about 6 which helped Google fulfill Sarbanes-Oxley compliance before Google’s IPO. She’s enthusiastic, finding and digging up candidates which impressed me and other Googlers, and listened very well — dialing in on the correct candidates with uncanny accuracy. She was a great help to our attempt to ramp up the organization.”
Piaw Na, Googler
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“I was recommended to Tess by another CEO that had good experience with her. I had her perform a search for a WW VP of Sales over 2 years ago. With her help, we made a key and successful hire. I have recently hired her again to help in another executive search. I highly recommend her.”
Yuval Bar-Gil, CEO, Aeroscout
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“I had the pleasure of working with Tess at Blue Coat on what, at first, seemed like an impossible task. I asked Tess to help recruit almost 80 high quality management and staff within a three month period. Without blinking an eye, Tess was off and running tapping into her extensive network of industry veterans. To my amazement, Tess and her partner were able to pull off a miracle in record time. Tess is among the best recruiters I have ever come across and would highly recommend her to anyone in need of top talent. She is a true professional, is tenacious in her pursuit of candidates, and is not willing to settle for second best. She is an expert in her field and it is exciting to see her in action. Feedback from candidates and new hires has always been very positive as well. I will absolutely be working with Tess again when the opportunity presents itself.”
Grant Gordon, Managing Director: Operational Excellence, Supply Chain & Business Transformation at KPMG
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“Tess is an excellent executive recruiter. Her contacts in the high tech world are extensive and reach the highest levels of the executive ranks. Tess also impressed me with her drive, tenacity and follow through. Finally, Tess delivers results while having fun, and it makes a difference!”
Mike Johanns, Director, Procurement at Dot Hill Systems
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“After closing our A series for Allegro Networks, I needed a really strong recruiter with great connections. The market, at the time, was incredibly competitive for talented engineers. I was told to contact Tess Rogers. I actually recruited Tess to work exclusively with us for a couple of years. She brought in industry giants to the advisory board and the board of directors not to mention our CEO Dave House. She also brought in other executives and key engineering positions. She worked closely with the board on some critical hires and was very well respected by her recruiting and negotiating prowess. She also put together a strong recruiting team to help us ramp up on other engineering positions. I highly recommend Tess and would definitely work with her again. She has a way to connect with people that is unique.”
PJ Singh, Founder, CTO Allegro Network
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“Tess Rogers is an outstanding recruiter. She makes a very serious effort to understand the client’s business, priorities & culture. She sources candidates aggressively, while focusing on creating an optimal match. Her experience ranges across engineering, marketing, business development to executive management. Most importantly, she is very passionate about the success of her clients & candidates.”
Vatsal Sonecha – Executive-in-Residence, Columbia Capital, LLC
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“Tess is an extreme talent in the recruiting business and highly recommend her recruiting services for any company. She provided excellent support in helping to build the service & suppport organization at Blue Coat. She saved time and money with her pin-point understanding of talent requirements to expand the organization and also has a strong network of contacts.”
Sam Mikles, Senior Director, Service & Support Operations, Blue Coat Systems
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“During my 10+ years as hiring manager, I have worked with many recruiters. I can honestly say that Tess belongs to a league of her own when it comes to recruiting.
Every single candidate that she submitted to my attention was always exactly what I was looking for. She is so detailed and understand the job requirement for a position that I never had to look at more than 2 candidates to find a perfect match to the position.
Every one of the hires I made from Tess proved to be a star performer, constantly exceeding expectations.
While I did not hire Tess personally, she was assigned to work with my team. I would hire Tess anytime at any company.
She is by far the most competent efficient and effective recruiter I have ever met.”
Roberto Paschetta, Sr. Director, Technical Readiness and Training at Websense
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“Tess has worked with me for more than 10 years now, helping me find great candidates for development, QA, management and sales. I know when she presents a candidate to me that there will be a very close match in all respects – attitude, technical abilities, and cultural fit. Her ability to zero in on the right candidates saves me a lot of time. She is one of the best recruiters I have worked with and look forward to working with her for the next 10 years.”
Bill Snow, VP of Engineering ID Engines
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