Christie Bower is a 2nd generation Headhunter with over 12 years of Global talent search experience. Though she has primarily staffed engineering teams within the Silicon Valley, she has also hired talent all over the United States as well as in Japan and India. Christie has a loyal and A-caliber client list of which she has provided high quality results for over a decade. They recognize her innate ability to understand their needs and provide efficient results in a timely manner.
Christie’s search specialties have ranged from finding, engaging and attracting top talent to build teams for start ups from the ground floor to finding specific key hires within large well–established companies.
She began her career as an employee of a Silicon Valley based recruitment agency and quickly began placing engineers within local companies. Using her knowledge of recruiting and hiring processes she then spent over 7 years specializing in placing talent within start-ups, as early as their seed funding stage. She most recently hired development and leadership teams for both AOL and Google. She has also proven herself within outside industries having hired technology and research talent for a leading agriculture organization.
She prides herself on possessing strong technical and business understandings of technical requirements, her deep sourcing skills and her experience sourcing passive candidates. Christie is an active blogger, a member of Witi, and Women 2.0. Christie resides in both the Santa Cruz and Tampa Bay Areas.
