Tess (Rogers) Smith Email & Phone Number

AGS Enterprises helps companies build and maintain optimal teams through recruiting, coaching, creating solid interview and onboarding processes, training, mentorship and executive coaching. Additionally, assists Individuals seeking leadership and career advancement coaching.Executive & Leadership Development, Strategic Planning, Coaching and Management Skills, Leadership Communication, Customer Service Excellence and Team Building.*Helped a small VR/AR tech company that was struggling to hire key positions thru coaching and training leadership on an effective hiring processes. Once adopted, I created training documents and educated the executives and their teams on efficient interviewing techniques, processes and onboarding resulting in 10 hires within 2 months. *Coaching seasoned leaders on their next phase of their career. *Successfully coach technical leaders through the offer process to obtain the highest offer they can achieve without compromising the opportunity.

I am the founder and designer of the Hytail ponytail hat. Finally a hat designed by a woman for women who have long hair and struggled with baseball caps in the past. No longer an issue with Hytail’s patented design. US29/426,328 After meticulously designing and effort, it accommodates long hair without any fuss. The back side offers a high and larger opening in the back with a comfort band supporting your hair so you don’t need a ponytail band to lift your hair off of your neck. Hytail does it for you. The days of ponytail crimp and hat head are in the past with Hytail’s patented design.Vania King- Tennis Pro sourced our product and had this to say about it:"The Hytail hat allows me to protect my head and face without losing the fashion or function of my ponytail. The breathable material also keeps my head cool so I can perform at my best. I love my Hytail hat!"

Seattle, Wa, Us

Executive search for engineering leadership within the Alexa Devices and emerging teams. Worked closely with executives on highly confidential programs to understand the business needs and role requirements. Created market and calibration reports to educate leaders on the market to ensure they understood the trends and skills available.Coached leadership on the tradeoffs keeping the business impact in mind.Surfaced candidates quickly due to my expertise in technology and ability to understand role and business needs. Coached, trained and organized interview loops and teams.Trained Executives and staff the STAR Interview method.Wrote meticulous communication to ensure all parties were on the same page in regards to the business needs and the executive contributions. Involved and contributed to the onboarding process for key executives.Consistently delivered high quality results in a short amount of time.

Built teams and provided executive coaching to my clients. Worked with several top tier founders and VCs. Reported progress to BODs and also recommended efficiency experts when leaders and companies were struggling with execution and ineffective processes within parts of their organizations. Studied leadership throughout my career and also offered programs to enhance leadership.13 clients either went IPO or were acquired. The following were my pre-IPO clients: Google, Twitter, Facebook, Palo Alto Networks, Nicera(VMWare), Virsto(VMWare), Silver Springs Network, Fortify, Extreme Networks, Vignette(OpenText), IronKey, Infoblox, Bytemobile(Citrix). Post IPO Companies represented- Amazon, HP, Blue Coat Systems, Cisco and several more.