Chris is a technology investor & entrepreneur with a decade of experience building executive and engineering teams for startups. He is also the Co-Founder & CEO of ThroughYOU, a non-profit focused on building schools & clean water systems across Asia, Africa & South America.

Chris has backpacked more than 40 countries, broken more than 30 bones & is clearly better at business than sports. He is also the former host of a Top 50 Podcast, a singer/songwriter and a half decent salsa dancer.

Linnea is a former Big 4 Auditor, turned Recruiter, turned Operations Director, (i.e. she loves spreadsheets, people and process) which makes her the perfect implementer of the Quantum Vision. She was the 2nd employee at Quantum and loves building companies from the ground up. Linnea is also a Co-Founder of ThroughYOU, Inc., a Nonprofit focused on building schools & clean water systems in developing countries.

Linnea loves adventure. During the summer of 2023 she traveled all over Europe while building and evolving both Quantum and herself.

Heart-centered leader, builder, and startup enthusiast. Saneh is a proud University of Florida Alumna, where she earned 2 degrees in Organizational Leadership and was inducted into the University of Florida Hall of Fame—a recognition granted to only .04% of students, Tim Tebow among them! Over the last two years, she has led and closed over 100 VC-backed startup searches and helped 5x her last company as their Head of Product Practice.

True-blue Coloradan. Snowboarder. Camper. Pickleballer. She survived cage diving with great white sharks, ran her first full marathon at 16, and lived in South Africa by herself for a summer. While she was cast on season 25 of The Bachelor, her true reality TV dream is to win Survivor.

Dan has a decade of recruiting experience and was the #1 producer for two of the world’s largest agencies. Since joining Quantum, he's placed 80+ engineers and built the founding teams for the most sought-after VC-backed startups. His innate ability for identifying elite talent is matched only by his dedication to being a genuine partner to the founders he champions. This combination sets Dan apart as a talent leader in the dynamic startup ecosystem.

Dan's traversed 40+ countries and represented the USA in a youth World Cup. His compass now points to a good book, fine whiskey, and the art of a flawlessly cooked steak. He's anchored by and cherishes his role as a dedicated husband and father to three kids under three.

Bryson is an entrepreneur and recruiting leader, having experience in both agency and corporate recruiting landscapes, where he has personally hired over 900 people in a 7-year span. Prior to Quantum, he led the growth for a SaaS company from 50 to over 550 employees that went through a $multi-billion acquisition in under 3 years. Founding team member of Quantum Talent.

USMC Veteran. Avid snowboarder. Beautiful family of four and two dogs. Somatic Breathwork and Trauma-Informed Facilitator. Rode a Buckin'-Bull in a rodeo. Jumped off a 500ft cliff rope swing in Moab, UT. Paraglided across Rio de Janeiro. Extreme passion for art and quantum mechanics.

Mike is a Bay Area Native currently residing in Santa Monica, CA. Mike has over a decade of experience building engineering and executive teams for hyper growth technology startups. With over 1,000 placements under his belt, Mike has also started investing in early stage companies. He loves skiing, golf and basketball and has traveled to over 20 different countries. Favorite trip would be backpacking through India for a month!

In 2009, Mike spent 3 grueling months climbing Mount Everest, wearing rollerblades…blindfolded.

Paige is a Pittsburgh native turned Chicagoan. She joined the team at Quantum to help lead the charge on Executive Recruiting and is absolutely loving it! Previously, Paige spent over seven years at Daversa Partners as the business scaled from 40-200+ people. She led GTM and Business Operations searches and helped build out their international practice. She played volleyball at Point Park University and graduated with majors in both Business and Sports Management.

Paige is an avid Steelers fan, dog mom, sneakerhead, and could be a professional organizer in another career. She loves a good workout, being outdoors, and even though she is semi-retired, still enjoys to lace up her shoes on the volleyball and basketball courts. She's also one of the most competitive people you'll ever meet!

With a relentless work ethic and dogmatic approach to headhunting, Taylor builds out entire GTM teams for some of the most disruptive enterprise technology start-ups in industry. His scope of expertise includes the GTM functions across the VP and C-level; sales, marketing, customer success, partnerships and general management. With a decade of experience in building out high performance teams in enterprise software, Taylor has a keen ability to identify executives that possess the ability to both scale and sell complex software solutions with underlying entrepreneurial DNA. Throughout his career he has helped place over 200 executives in key roles for businesses at inflection points of growth. Prior to Quantum, Taylor helped build out the GTM practice at Daversa Partners where he saw the firm grow from 40-200 people. Taylor graduated from The Pennsylvania State University, with a degree in Public Relations and Business.

Originally from Pennsylvania, he's a die hard Philadelphia sports fan who still finds time to go to at least one Eagles game every year and grew up with Phillies season tickets. Living in Connecticut now provides the perfect balance of both the shoreline as well as trails to hike with his wife and yellow lab.

Brandon is a dynamic talent leader with an illustrious track record, adept at scaling global product and go-to-market teams across industries such as web3 and SAAS. With a remarkable ability to build high-performing R&D teams and lead successful 0-1 recruiting initiatives across multiple regions, Brandon has consistently distinguished himself as an exceptional business advisor and IC producer. Brandon finds fulfillment in empowering his team to reach their full potential and helping his clients achieve their visions. Let's build together!

Residing in the vibrant city of Denver alongside his wife Jossy, two boys, and goldendoodle, Ernie – Brandon finds balance beyond the professional realm. You can often find him on the golf course or hitting the ski slopes for some leisure time. Beyond his professional achievements, Brandon is an avid traveler and self-proclaimed food enthusiast. Additionally, As a crypto junkie, he closely follows emerging trends in the digital landscape.

Jayme Karr has had a fascination with technology since the days of Windows 98, though coding was not her forte. Instead, she found a knack for tech recruiting, supporting the Apple Siri team in Silicon Valley before moving to New York City to headhunt for tech, product, and ML executives at high-growth consumer and fintech companies at one of the leading executive search firms. Over a 3-year period, Jayme hired roughly 100 executives for companies like Spotify, Blizzard, Wish, Rent the Runway, and FanDuel & numerous Seed and Series A fintech & D2C startups. She was one of the first members of the Games, Entertainment, and Media Practice and served on the DEI committee.Jayme then joined one of her clients, Genies, a NEA-backed Generative Avatar Gaming startup, as employee #24 and scaled the company to over 200 employees, leading all technology recruiting efforts. She is now at Quantum, focused on groundbreaking team build-outs across engineering disciplines, with a particular interest in emerging trends such as autonomous systems, augmented intelligence, cognitive technology, blockchain, and space exploration.

Jayme also has a strong appreciation for the intersection of technology and art, exploring digital art, virtual reality installations, and AI-generated imagery and music. Outside of work, she enjoys learning the piano, savoring sushi, practicing meditation, and indulging her love for kickboxing. A proud parent to a Scottish Fold Marble cat, Jayme is weirdly good at identifying actors by face and correlating what other shows they have been in. She has called several major cities home, but prefers the east coast, and is a certified PADI diver who appreciates the beauty of the underwater world.

Hailing from New York, Jamie's gritty determination and boundless enthusiasm make her a force in the industry. At Quantum, Jamie is the mastermind behind our global expansion strategy, driving our international growth with unmatched expertise. Prior to Quantum, she was an instrumental leader in launching and scaling Daversa’s international practice and established their EMEA headquarters in London, where she resided for three years. She has helped build some of the most disruptive start-ups throughout Europe and APAC across B2B SaaS, marketplaces, fintech, and more.Jamie’s earned dual degrees from The Pennsylvania State University in the Smeal College of Business and in Italian Language & Literature. Her unique blend of business acumen and cultural insight fuels her passion for building global success stories.

Zealous traveler. Wannabe fitness instructor. Rock paper scissors champion 2014 out of 1,000 people. Eats more spinach than anyone you know. Searching for my next skydiving location.

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With extensive experience in technical recruiting and team building,Vic has a proven track record of success in some of the world's leading tech companies. Most recently, Vic was instrumental in building TikTok's global advertising technical teams, encompassing engineering, product, design and operations. Prior to that, she led Stripe Staff Engineering hiring efforts and helped Stripe scale in a time of hypergrowth, hiring over 100 top-tier candidates in her first year.Victoria is no stranger to building early stage start-ups as well. At Finix, Vic doubled the company's headcount and built a robust recruiting infrastructure that set the stage for continued growth. As the sole recruiter at Matter, she achieved a 100% acceptance rate and rapidly expanded the team, showcasing her ability to attract and secure top talent at a budding start up. Her diverse experience also includes leadership roles at Bungalow, Robert Walters, and Autodesk, where she honed their skills in full-cycle recruiting, process improvement, and candidate experience.

As a scholarship athlete on the NCAA Women’s Water Polo team at the University of California, Berkeley, Vic has represented the U.S. in global water polo tournaments and is a true competitor. Outside of work, you will likely find Vic on the beach with her husband and daughter. She enjoys surfing, painting, gardening, cooking, and most of all eating delicious food (carbs are life). She is a seasoned traveler, having visited over 35 countries, with the Cook Islands being a favorite (put it on your list!).

Ches is a talent leader with experience across agency and corporate recruiting. He’s a multiple-time founding recruiter and head of talent with experience leading talent functions at companies backed by Sequoia Capital, Addition, and Tiger Global. His experience includes leading recruiting at Dutchie from Series A to D, growing the company from 25 to 550 people, leading a team of 15, and reaching a $3.75B valuation.

Ches resides in Orlando with his wife, Christina, their two kids, and their German Shepherd after recently living in Bend, Oregon. He spends his time outside of work being active: running, cycling, lifting weights, snowboarding, saltwater fishing, golfing, or whatever else gets him outside of the house.

Miles has 5 years of experience scaling product and engineering organizations for VC-Backed Startups including multiple Unicorn Companies. Prior to joining Quantum, Miles was hired as the 1st Technical Recruiter at Candidate Labs and Top Producer at IPS.

Born in the Midwest and currently residing in Denver. Strong passion for sports, outdoors, craft beers, and helping people reach their goals!

Alix is a Minnesota native who ten years ago found herself in the Bay Area and decided to give Tech Recruiting a go. Before joining Quantum was at Opendoor hiring consumer focused engineers. Prior to that, worked for five years in the autonomous space and was the first recruiter at two AV startups.

Now resides in Washington. Taught English in Thailand and finds any excuse to travel. Also loves reading, working out, snuggling her cats and enjoying the PNW outdoors!

Lane originally hails from Oklahoma, where he began his agency career headhunting for energy clients. With this firm he later moved to NYC in 2019 and expanded his focus to make placements across the country, with a strong emphasis on the Bay Area. He later joined one of the largest recruiting firms in the nation, where he set pace records for growth during his first six months. He has placed hundreds of engineers with clients ranging from high-growth startups to Fortune 500 enterprises and everything in between.

Lane is a proud member of the Osage Nation and grew up on a cattle ranch on the Osage Reservation, where he helped raise and manage thousands of cattle in his youth. This early experience fostered his love and appreciation for agriculture, animals, and the outdoors. He is a self-taught multi-instrumentalist who enjoyed a brief but memorable stint busking bluegrass tunes on the streets of Manhattan.

A decade of Recruiting experience for 2 of the World's largest Staffing firms. Has helped build out entire engineering teams for Fortune 500 companies as well as strategic recruiting for Pre-IPO Start-ups. Consecutive top performance accolades for the past 8 years. Intrinsic passion for Recruiting and partnering with businesses to build out amazing teams & scale their technology talent.

Played Division 1 College soccer at Wake Forest University. Once sang a rendition of Marvin Gaye's Sexual Healing on Austrian Television.

Beginning his tech recruiting career in Silicon Valley, Gio quickly established himself as a key player in connecting top-tier engineers with the world’s leading tech companies. Specializing in Technical Recruiting for Software Engineers and Machine Learning Engineers, he played a pivotal role in pioneering the Semiconductor Division in San Diego at his previous company, creating the leading office in his companies division. With a track record of making top placements and winning multiple contests, Gio approaches recruiting with a holistic and genuine mindset, building meaningful relationships with candidates to help them find their ideal career paths that allows them to enjoy the whole experience, not just the end result.

Gio is a San Diego native who loves nothing more than catching waves or skating down the boardwalk. If he's not at the beach soaking up the sun, you can probably find him planning his next adventure to explore far-off countries and dive into new cultures. Whether it’s surfing or traveling, He's always up for something exciting and outdoorsy.

Born and raised in Hawai’i, Dana has a deeply rooted passion for entrepreneurship, community development, and a commitment to excellence in every endeavor. She began her career in talent at Daversa Partners, collaborating with a diverse range of founders to place key executives at venture-backed startups. Initially focused on AI Application and Infrastructure companies, she played a pivotal role in establishing the firm’s Climate Tech Practice.

An avid surfer, diver, sailor, and yogi, Dana spends her free time immersed in nature and contributing to non profits emphasizing regenerative agriculture and wellness initiatives.

Nelly is a strategic marketer with a passion for creativity, culture, and driving business results. Her expertise includes creative content strategy, driving sales, and optimizing creative for maximum impact. She challenges the status quo and pushes boundaries to create breakthrough ideas.

Nelly is a true adventurer at heart. She loves hiking, traveling, and meeting new people. Beyond her love for exploration, she's also dedicated to personal development and lending a helping hand to others along the way.