Responsible for all Talent and HR functions within the company and leading the People Ops Team through high growth, rapid change and fund raising. FinditParts is the nation’s largest eCommerce provider of heavy-duty truck and trailer parts. From hard-to-find parts to everyday preventative maintenance items, we offer more than 4 million heavy-duty OEM, branded, and aftermarket parts ready to ship. Each month thousands of repair shops, fleets, and owner-operators rely on FinditParts to streamline their part-sourcing efforts and keep their trucks on the road.

Chief Talent Officer services for Tech Startups, Fashion, and Social Media Companies. Ron applies a sophisticated Talent Model developed during the resurgence of Apple Inc., where the focus is the acquisition and deployment of extraordinary talent to accomplish aggressive business goals. Ron has successfully applied these principles and processes in dozens of companies and now focuses on organization and acceleration of exceptional companies."There are just two primordial components:Talent and Capital, everything that composes a company is either created by the Talent or purchased with Capital."

Reporting to the Chief Talent Officer, and working regularly with the COO and CEO, Ron was responsible for all recruiting at JCP, from EVP levels to individual contributors. He Recruited, Trained and Managed the Executive and Base recruiting teams of over 100 recruiters and staff: Executing the company's transformation under the direction of Ron Johnson and Dan Walker. Accomplishing the placement of over 1200 Talented Executives, Managers, and Team Members in an 18 month period.

Partnered with Dan Walker as a continuation of the resounding success achieved at Apple Inc. Ron engaged a broad range of clients, both Turn-Arounds and Startup Acceleration. Working directly with the CEO and Board, for each client Ron: Customized a Talent Plan to execute the Turn-Around or Acceleration, Recruited and trained the teams, Supervised the Talent Operations to provide a continuous supply of extraordinary talent, and Shaped the company structure. Client results were consistently beyond expectations, providing the necessary elements for success.

Boutique Executive Search Firm, providing extraordinary talent for Tech - Startups.

Reporting to Dan Walker, the Chief People Officer, and working directly with Steve Jobs, Tim Cook and the entire executive team, I was responsible for all of the Executive Recruiting at Apple, and created/ managed the original Apple SWAT Team, still thriving today, this was the first sophisticated Executive Search Team to be formed in an American company. Applying the processes and refined recruiting models of the two largest Executive Search Firms in the world, the SWAT team recruited all of the Executive Talent that made Apple the most Talented Company in America. This team and talent strategies remain a core part of Apple's operation and success today.

Recruited by Walter Buckley (Buck) and Bader AL Rezaihan to build an early stage investment operation. Ron recruited the entire operating team for this $800 Million early-stage investor/incubator. Once the team was formed and operating, Ron's responsibilities shifted to evaluating prospective investments and engaging with the teams of startup companies to establish a talented executive team and continuing talent operations for each portfolio company.

Senior Executive Search Consultant in the International Technology Practice

Principal Executive Recruiter in the Technology Practice

Managed the advanced product team: marketing and product development of commercial/consumer sensor and systems products, based on advanced DoDand NASA technologies.