David Rountree

Delivered end-to-end recruitment for technical and business roles, building targeted pipelines and introducing AI-supported workflows to improve screening efficiency.

Led a global Talent Acquisition team of 8 remote Talent Partners while personally delivering senior technology hires. Established TA operating cadences, KPIs, and reporting frameworks, and automated Jira-based workflows to reduce time-to-fill and time-to-hire by over 20%.

Led and mentored seven remote Talent Partners supporting engineering and core business hiring, while maintaining a hands-on recruitment focus and supporting employer-brand activities.

Joined as the first Talent Partner and built the Talent Acquisition function from the ground up, managing full-cycle recruitment and supporting company growth from approximately 20 to over 600 employees.

Founded and ran a recruitment business delivering talent solutions across technology, blockchain, financial services, and MSP clients.

Managed IT recruitment consulting, delivering talent solutions for clients.

Held an associate director role in IT recruitment, overseeing recruitment processes and client relationships.

Specialized in IT recruitment, sourcing and placing technical candidates.

Provided IT recruitment consulting services, managing client relationships and candidate placements.

Managed restaurant operations, overseeing staff and customer service.

Provided consulting services in recruitment and talent acquisition.

Managed IT recruitment operations, leading a team and delivering recruitment solutions.

Provided recruitment consulting services, focusing on IT and technical placements.

Recruited IT professionals, managing the full recruitment cycle from sourcing to placement.

Grade: 2.2

Earned a Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Business Economics, achieving a 2.2 classification.