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Whispered Hiring
by Whispered.com & Frontlines.io
Whispered Hiring - the podcast where we talk with senior GTM leaders about how they find, vet, attract and grow new talent. Hosted by the team at Whispered, each episode uncovers the unwritten playbook for executive hiring that drives exponential growth.
Episodes
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Whispered Hiring with Ashley Stepien, VP of Marketing @ Hex
In this episode of Whispered Hiring, Andy Mowat speaks with Ashley Brucker Stepien, who leads Marketing and Growth at Hex, about how AI is flattening marketing organizations and reshaping who gets hired and why. Drawing on senior marketing leadership roles at Ramp, Amplitude, Webflow, and Pendo,...
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Whispered Hiring with JD Peterson, CMO @ Perceptyx
In this episode of Whispered Hiring, Andy Mowat speaks with JD Peterson, Chief Marketing Officer at Perceptyx, about how he rebuilds and tests a team the moment he inherits it. JD has led marketing and growth at Culture Amp, Zendesk, Trello, and Marketo, scaling Culture Amp from 8 million to 100...
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Whispered Hiring with Kenny Scannell, CRO @ Rocketlane
Kenny Scannell joined Otter.ai as CRO three months ago and immediately started rebuilding the revenue org while onboarding four senior leaders at once. Instead of leaning on an enablement team or a structured checklist, he built his entire hiring and onboarding process around Otter plus Claude…
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Whispered Hiring with Sriharsha Guduguntla CEO @ Hyperbound
Sai built Hyperbound from a two-person YC startup to 35 people and a Series A in under two and a half years, after pivoting through 17 different ideas. He's a first-time founder and engineer by background who has had to figure out GTM hiring entirely from scratch. In this episode, Andy and Sai…
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Whispered Hiring with Dini Mehta Operator @ PeakXV
Dini Mehta ran sales at Lattice with under 3% voluntary attrition over four years, promoted nearly 50% of the management team from within, and built the kind of org where the best people kept choosing to stay. In this episode, she breaks down exactly how she did it: how she designs roles before...
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Whispered Hiring with Anurag Goel Global Head of ROI, Industries & Top Accounts @ Red Hat
Most AI pilots fail not because the technology is wrong, but because nobody agreed on what success meant before it started. Anurag Goel has built his entire function around fixing that gap. As the leader of a 125-person specialist team at Red Hat touching $4B in ARR, he's moved…
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Whispered Hiring with Srikrishnan Ganesan, CEO @ Rocketlane
A year ago, Srikrishnan Ganesan says, asking candidates to prove their AI fluency was too soon. Now, he says, it's table stakes and the answers candidates give are creating a sharp divide between those who will thrive and those who won't. In this episode, Andy and Sri get into how Sri screens for...
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Whispered Hiring with Peter Grant, CRO @ You.com
In this episode of Whispered Hiring, Andy Mowat speaks with Peter Grant, CRO at You.com, about what it actually takes to hire technical enterprise AI sellers who can build, demo, and sell at the same time. Peter has spent 20+ years scaling GTM at Siebel, Salesforce UK, C3.AI, and OakNorth, and...
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Whispered Hiring with Vikas Bhambri, CRO @ Rasa
In this episode of Whispered Hiring, Andy Mowat speaks with Vikas Bhambri, CRO at Rasa, about the hiring frameworks he has built across some of the most demanding AI-native go-to-market environments. Drawing from his experience at Kustomer, Regal, and Yellow.ai, Vikas brings a people-first...
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Whispered Hiring with Varun Puri, CEO @ Yoodli
In this episode of Whispered Hiring, Andy Mowat speaks with Varun Puri, CEO and Cofounder of Yoodli, about what hiring looks like when you are a first-time founder building a leadership team from scratch. Varun previously reported directly to Sergey Brin at Google and incubated Yoodli at the…
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Whispered Hiring with Nicole Baer, CMO @ Carta
In this episode of Whispered Hiring, Andy Mowat speaks with Nicole Baer, Chief Marketing Officer at Carta, about how she designs, sources, and evaluates senior marketing talent. Drawing from leadership roles at Logitech, Zendesk, and Aon, and having founded two marketing consultancies, Nicole...
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Whispered Hiring with Adam Kuznia, SVP of Client Services @ Invisible
In this episode of Whispered Hiring, Andy Mowat speaks with Adam Kuznia, SVP of Client Services at Invisible, about the habits and frameworks behind his approach to GTM hiring. Adam has led teams across customer success, sales, marketing, and revenue operations at companies including DataCamp,...
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Whispered Hiring with Cody Guymon, President @ Zonos
In this episode of Whispered Hiring, Andy Mowat speaks with Cody Guymon, President at Zonos and former COO at Qualtrics and Workato, about how he built a career from rev ops to the C-suite and what that path taught him about hiring. Cody owns all of revenue at Zonos and has sharply defined views…
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Whispered Hiring with Alla Mezhvinsky, VP of People @ Glean
In this episode of Whispered Hiring, Andy Mowat speaks with Alla Mezhvinsky, VP of People at Glean, about the preparation failures that derail executive searches before a single candidate is contacted. With deep experience leading talent acquisition at Instacart, Square, ClassPass, and Zynga…
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Whispered Hiring with Doug Hanna, Former President @ Kustomer
In this episode of Whispered Hiring, Andy Mowat speaks with Doug Hanna, Former President at Kustomer, the AI powered customer service platform acquired by Meta and since spun out independently. Drawing on executive roles at Zendesk and Grafana, Doug shares the hiring frameworks he has built…
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Whispered Hiring with Jon Dick, CCO @ HubSpot
In this episode of Whispered Hiring, Andy Mowat speaks with Jon Dick, Chief Customer Officer at HubSpot, about the hiring philosophy behind his decade-long rise from VP of Marketing to CCO. Jon's central argument cuts against conventional wisdom: stop searching for people who've seen the movie…
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Whispered Hiring with Matt Martin, CEO @ Clockwise
In this episode of Whispered Hiring, Andy Mowat speaks with Matt Martin, Co-Founder and CEO of Clockwise, about his contrarian approach to executive hiring that prioritizes immediate fit over long-term potential. Matt shares his tactical frameworks for structuring board involvement, selecting...
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Whispered Hiring with Paul Staelin @ 3 Time CCO
In this episode, Andy Mowat speaks with Paul Staelin, Fractional CCO at CornerstoneX and former CCO at Vercel, Trifacta, and Birst, about building customer success organizations that drove 40-point NDR improvements. Drawing from his Siebel Systems training and two decades scaling post-sales...
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Whispered Hiring with Frida Ahrenby, CMO @ Rillion
In this episode of Whispered Hiring, Andy Mowat speaks with Frida Ahrenby, three-time CMO at companies including Rillion, GetAccept, and Bambora, who built her foundation in sales before transitioning to marketing leadership. Frida reveals why the economics of scaleup marketing have fundamentally...
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Whispered Hiring with Brian Frank, Partner @ Permanent Capital
In this episode of Whispered Hiring, Andy Mowat speaks with Brian Frank, Partner at Permanent Capital and former COO at Cameo, about his battle-tested approach to recruiting built over 10 years leading RevOps at LinkedIn. Brian reveals why most hiring managers fail by outsourcing critical...
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Whispered Hiring with Whitney Littman, VP Customer Success @ ZoomInfo
In this episode of Whispered Hiring, Josh Hanewinkel speaks with Whitney Littman, Vice President of Customer Success at ZoomInfo, about building high-velocity hiring systems for customer success organizations in AI-native GTM environments. Drawing from seven years scaling CX at DocuSign and her...
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Whispered Hiring with Sanjay Kini, CCO @ 6sense
In this episode of Whispered Hiring, Josh Hanewinkel speaks with Sanjay Kini, Chief Customer Strategy Officer at 6sense, about scaling a customer organization from 5 to 300+ people during 6sense's growth from $5M to $200M in revenue. Sanjay's approach challenges conventional hiring wisdom at…
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Whispered Hiring with Nick Mehta @ Gainsight
Over 13 years at Gainsight, Nick Mehta cycled through more CMOs than any other executive role. Not because the marketers weren't talented, but because he failed to define what was actually achievable before hiring them. That realization reshaped how he approaches executive hiring. Nick breaks…
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Whispered Hiring with Kristi Faltorusso, Chief Customer Officer @ ClientSuccess
Building a 57,000+ LinkedIn following eliminated Kristi Faltorusso's recruiter dependency. One post now generates hundreds of qualified CS applicants while her network delivers pre-vetted referrals through direct outreach. But the deeper insight is how she completely rewired her hiring…
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Whispered Hiring with Ghazi Masood, CRO @ Replit
In this episode of Whispered Hiring, Andy Mowat speaks with Ghazi Masood, CRO at Replit, about building GTM organizations in product-led growth environments. With experience scaling Auth0 through hypergrowth and acquisition, plus leading revenue at Retool, Ghazi breaks down how PLG hiring differs...
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Whispered Hiring with Jessica Chiew, Head of GTM Strategy & Operations @ Canva
In this episode of Whispered Hiring, Andy Mowat speaks with Jessica Chiew, Head of GTM Strategy & Operations at Canva, about her rigorous approach to hiring builders in product-led growth environments. Drawing from her experience scaling GTM operations at Asana and Canva, Jessica shares tactical...
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Whispered Hiring with Heather Doshay - Founder @ Waypoint Works
In this episode of Whispered Hiring, Andy Mowat speaks with Heather Doshay, Founder of Waypoint Works and former VP of People at Webflow and Head of Talent at SignalFire, about identifying and developing high-slope talent. Heather introduces her PEAKS framework for spotting individuals whose…
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Whispered Hiring with Melissa Rosenthal, Co-Founder @ Outlever
In this episode of How I Hire, Andy Mowat speaks with Melissa Rosenthal, Co-Founder at Outlever and former CRO at Cheddar and Chief Creative Officer at ClickUp, about her approach to vetting executive talent. Drawing from her transition from BuzzFeed creative leadership to sales leadership…
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Whispered Hiring with Eric Gilpin, President GTM @ G2
In this episode of How I Hire, Andy Mowat speaks with Eric Gilpin, President GTM at G2, about his systematic approach to executive hiring built on 22 years of sales leadership at companies like Upwork and CareerBuilder. Eric shares his contrarian philosophy on recruiting directly from your…
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Whispered Hiring with Wade Foster, CEO @ Zapier
In this episode of How I Hire, Andy Mowat speaks with Wade Foster, Co-founder & CEO of Zapier, about his counterintuitive discovery that doing 20+ reference calls per executive finalist was the breakthrough that fixed his 50/50 executive hiring hit rate. Wade shares why he returned to approving...
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Whispered Hiring with Robin Daniels, CBO @ Zensai
In this episode of How I Hire, Andy Mowat speaks with Robin Daniels, Chief Business Officer at Zensai, about his framework for building high-performing go-to-market teams. Drawing from his tenure as CMO at Matterport, WeWork, and leading Talent Solutions marketing at LinkedIn, plus his formative...
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Whispered Hiring with Sylvia LePoidevin, CMO @ Kandji
In this episode of How I Hire, Andy Mowat speaks with Sylvia LePoidevin, CMO at Kandji and early marketing leader at Flowcast and Datafox, about her approach to building marketing teams that prioritize customer proximity over conventional playbooks. Drawing from 500+ interviews conducted over…
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Whispered Hiring with Guy Yalif, Chief Evangelist @ Webflow
In this episode of How I Hire, Andy Mowat speaks with Guy Yalif, Chief Evangelist at Webflow and former co-founder of Intellimize (acquired by Webflow), about his precision-engineered approach to executive hiring in marketing. Drawing from leadership roles at Twitter, Yahoo, and BrightRoll, plus…
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Whispered Hiring with Ryan Westwood, CEO @ Fullcast
In this episode of How I Hire, Andy Mowat speaks with Ryan Westwood, CEO and founder of Fullcast and serial entrepreneur who previously scaled Simplist to over $600 million in revenue. Ryan reveals his systematic approach to M&A and executive hiring, including why he uses physical activities to...
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Whispered Hiring with Robin Bordoli, CRO & CMO @ Weights & Biases
In this episode of How I Hire, Andy Mowat speaks with Robin Bordoli, CRO & CMO at Weights & Biases, about his engineering-informed approach to hiring senior GTM talent in AI-native companies. Drawing from his experience leading revenue organizations through IPO at Marketo and Jive, plus CEO roles...
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Whispered Hiring with Julien Sauvage - CMO @ Cordial
In this episode of How I Hire, Andy Mowat speaks with Julien Sauvage, CMO at Cordial, about building authentic hiring processes that cut through scripted interactions. Drawing from his experience scaling marketing at Salesforce, Gong, Clary, and Talend, Julien reveals why he starts every…
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Whispered Hiring with Tolithia Kornweibel - CEO @ Beam Benefits
In this episode of How I Hire, Andy Mowat speaks with Tolithia Kornweibel, CEO of Beam Benefits, about her progression from CMO to CRO at Gusto before taking the CEO helm. Having scaled through Gusto's growth from 300 employees to its current size while managing both marketing and sales...
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Whispered Hiring with Manny Medina - Co-Founder & CEO @ Paid
In this episode of How I Hire, Andy Mowat speaks with Manny Medina, Co-Founder & CEO of Paid (an AI agent monetization platform), about dismantling the traditional SaaS hiring playbook that helped define his previous company, Outreach. After scaling Outreach to over 1,000 employees and hundreds…
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Whispered Hiring with Alina Vandenberghe - Co-CEO & Co-Founder @ Chili Piper
In this episode of How I Hire, Andy Mowat speaks with Alina Vandenberghe, Co-CEO of Chili Piper, about building high-performing remote teams through radical transparency and unconventional talent development. Over 10 years of scaling Chili Piper into a leading demand conversion platform, Alina…
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Whispered Hiring with Patty DuChene - SVP of Marketing and Growth @ Sendoso
In this episode of How I Hire, Andy Mowat speaks with Patty DuChene, SVP of Marketing and Growth at Sendoso, about her systematic approach to inheriting and rebuilding teams post-acquisition. Drawing from her experience scaling from first sales hire at bootstrapped Wrike to leading teams through...
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Whispered Hiring with Mike Weir - CRO @ Finalis
In this episode of How I Hire, Andy Mowat speaks with Mike Weir, CRO of Finalis and former CRO of G2, about his tactical approach to executive hiring at inflection points. Mike shares the specific methodologies he uses to assess leadership gaps when joining early-stage companies, restructure...
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Whispered Hiring with Kyle Norton - CRO @ Owner.com
In this episode of How I Hire, Andy Mowat speaks with Kyle Norton, CRO at Owner.com, about building systematic hiring processes that overcome cognitive bias in high-velocity sales environments. Drawing from his experience scaling Owner.com from $20M to approaching $50M ARR while maintaining 2.5X...
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Whispered Hiring with Connor Fee - COO @ Fathom.ai
In this episode of How I Hire, Andy Mowat speaks with Connor Fee, COO at Fathom.ai, about his systematic approach to scaling operations across revenue, data, and finance functions at a 100-person company. Drawing from his leadership experience at UserVoice, Clearbit, Shortcut, and Winning by...
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Whispered Hiring With Alan Stein - CEO @ Kadima Careers
In this episode of How I Hire, Andy Mowat speaks with Alan Stein, CEO of Kadima Careers and former post-sales/CS leader at Salesforce, Tableau, and Facebook, about his systematic approach to executive hiring after interviewing 500+ candidates at Google. Alan reveals the hidden reality that most...
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Whispered Hiring with Mollie Bodensteiner - SVP of Operations @ Engine
When 70% year-over-year growth meets precision hiring, you get Mollie Bodensteiner's playbook. Instead of posting roles and drowning in LinkedIn noise, she's built Engine's operations engine through whispered networks and ruthless outcome definition. Her contrarian approach reveals why the best...
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Whispered Hiring with James Roth - CRO @ ZoomInfo
In this episode of How I Hire, Andy Mowat speaks with James Roth, Chief Revenue Officer at ZoomInfo, about his systematic approach to executive hiring at scale. Having risen from door-knocking outside sales to leading GTM at the company behind the literal GTM ticker symbol, James reveals how...
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Whispered Hiring with Josh Roth - VP Revenue @ Gorgias
In this episode of How I Hire, Andy Mowat speaks with Josh Roth, VP of Global Sales at Gorgias, about his systematic approach to scaling revenue organizations through strategic internal development and disciplined hiring execution. Drawing from his experience leading sales at LOB and now building...
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Whispered Hiring with Tim Dorris - CRO @ Stensul
In this episode of How I Hire, Andy Mowat speaks with Tim Dorris, Chief Revenue Officer at Stensul, about his systematic approach to hiring executive talent that goes far beyond traditional resume screening. With six years of leadership at Stensul and experience scaling revenue organizations, Tim...
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Whispered Hiring with Evan Huck - CEO & Co-Founder @ UserEvidence
In this episode of How I Hire, Andy Mowat speaks with Evan Huck, CEO & Co-Founder of UserEvidence, about his systematic approach to executive hiring while scaling from zero to 40 employees. As a former AE turned CEO who still interviews every single hire, Evan shares advanced frameworks for role...
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Whispered Hiring with Dustin Joost - CRO @ Suralink
In this episode of How I Hire, Andy Mowat speaks with Dustin Joost, CRO at Suralink, about his systematic approach to breaking traditional hiring patterns that create organizational blind spots. From his experience scaling revenue teams from seed stage through public companies, Dustin reveals how...
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Whispered Hiring - the podcast where we talk with senior GTM leaders about how they find, vet, attract and grow new talent. Hosted by the team at Whispered, each episode uncovers the unwritten playbook for executive hiring that drives exponential growth.
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Whispered.com & Frontlines.io
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