Will Staney is the Founder and CEO of Proactive Talent, a recruiting and employer branding consulting and staffing company focused on helping companies evolve the way they hire and attract talent as well as the Co-Founder of Talent Brand Alliance, a professional community for Employer Branding and Recruitment Marketing professionals. He is the former Head of Global Talent Acquisition at Twilio and Glassdoor. Prior to that, he held recruiting leadership roles at enterprise software leaders VMware, SuccessFactors, and SAP where he led strategic programs including employer branding, sourcing strategy, and recruiting operations.
Will Staney is an influential voice in the HR and recruiting space and keynote speaker. He regularly speaks on new media marketing, recruiting, and employer branding. His recent and upcoming speaking appearances include ERE Recruiting Conference, Employer Brand Strategies Conference, SourceCon (keynote), RecruitDC, SHRM Annual Orlando, HR Technology Conference and Expo, Linkedin Talent Connect, Glassdoor Summit, IT18 Tech Talent Conference (keynote), HR Tech Europe, Bersin IMPACT, TalentNet Social Recruiting Conference, Sourcing Summit Australia (keynote), HCI TA Tech Forum and more.
Founder & CEO at Proactive Talent
Bachelor of Arts (BA), Mass Communications - Marketing/Advertising