Leo Townsend

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About Leo Townsend

Founded Recommend in 2013, with a methodology of baking-in recruitment talent with a client’s Technology and Sales talent needs. A confident, top-down knowledge of C-level Technology professionals as well as how Developers ship code, QA test, Delivery deliver, and how Data, Product, Sales & Marketing take Software to market. Unique Industry Knowledge in Accounts Payable Automation, Order-to-Cash and E-invoicing SaaS and related spaces. 18 years in the Software Technology recruitment space hiring at CTO, CRO, SVP, VP and Director level, populating teams across Sales, Partner Sales and Implementation, but also full internal SDLC Development, Product, QA and Delivery. Effective team seeding and development of SaaS Professional Services teams from Solutions to Implementation to Service Delivery and Success. A prolific network in the Acc Payable/Receivable Automation, Order-to-Cash, E-Invoicing and E-Procurement SaaS Market. An empathetic, professional Technology Talent Provider with quick turnaround that clients demand, despite challenging candidate availability. A blend of hands-on delivery with strategic and commercial awareness. Now residing over a successful brand, Recommend ) in the Software Technology Market. Year-on-year growth of 80%(2020 - 2022), Recommend's clients include major FinTech (FTSE 250 and AIMlisted), Global ProcureTech SaaS Providers (FTSE 250), Digital Media Publishers (FTSE 100), Logistics (FTSE100) and Pharma Joint Ventures, and a host of technology houses in the Ruby-on-rails, Open Source and.Net Communities. Nurtured a wide range of relationships at Recommend that has born up to 65 sales & technology placements per client. Specialties: Software Technology Recruitment Sales: Sales & Sale Enablement (especially in the Acc Payable Automation SaaS Industry) Partner Sales Professional Services (SaaS businesses) – Solutioning, Delivery & Customer Success Technology: VP -> C-level hires Open Source (Ruby-on-Rails, Python, Perl) Software Engineers C#.Net Software Engineers Product DevOps – including DevSecOps Agile Delivery Business Intelligence & Analytics See me for: C-Suite hires for scaling up (CTOs, CROs and associated) Skills replacement at VP level up to C-level and handling change Software Development culture change and development C#.Net and Ruby-on-Rails Development, talent acquisition, developer motivation and recruiting practices Saas Professional Services change Accounts Payable Automation, Procure-to-Pay, E-invoicing and E-Procurement SaaS Recruitment