“Hakeem led hiring when I was VP of Engineering of at Apto Payments. During the two years that we worked together, we were able to triple the size of the engineering team with a mixture of backend, mobile, and data engineers. He did a good job vetting candidates for technical and cultural fit. I feel like the candidates that he presented to me were always high quality. As we worked together to fill engineering roles, the quality of candidates increased steadily as Hakeem dialed in what I was looking for.”

“Hakeem was a very responsive and collaborative recruiter that I worked with as he took the time to understand my needs in sourcing candidates, screening resumes, and interviewing candidates. He took feedback very well and it made our recruiting process a very iterative one as I was able to make my first hire as a first time manager. Thank you for being a great partner and consistently maintaining communication with my eventual hire!”

“Hakeem is a clear value add to anyone trying to build an extremely high performing team with the best talent available. He spends the time up front to understand what you are looking for in candidates, why you believe it will impact performance, and then is able to deliver candidates that match those needs. His ability to onboard my requirements, model that person in his mind, and then translate our pitch in ways the candidate understands are an uncommon asset in recruiting. Furthermore, he was a willing partner to talk through the less well defined requirements that I was thinking through. We were able to hire unbelievable candidates working together and he created critical leverage in our hiring process that led to our success.”