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Ventech Search - General

Built on Trust. Designed for Execution.

VenTech Search helps high-growth companies solve the hardest part of scaling: hiring the right people at the right time. We specialize in industrial automation and closely related markets, combining deep talent relationships with structured systems that bring speed, clarity, and repeatable results to hiring and growth.

Our Purpose

Why VenTech Search Exists

Industry Runs on People

Automation and advanced manufacturing drive modern industry, but revenue ultimately depends on the people executing sales, engineering, and leadership roles.

Hiring Creates Drag

When critical roles stay open, territories go uncovered, searches stall, and leaders are forced to choose between speed and hiring quality.

The Tradeoff Was Broken

VenTech Search exists to remove that tradeoff – placing elite automation talent with speed and precision, supported by systems that sustain growth.

What Sets VenTech Search Apart

Relationships, Not Databases

Deep, long-term relationships with elite automation sales and engineering talent built over decades – not scraped lists or platforms.

Revenue-Critical Focus

A deliberate focus on sales and engineering roles that sit closest to revenue, execution, and territory ownership.

Disciplined Search Engine

A delivery engine that combines search discipline with real-world automation market knowledge and buyer behavior.

Systems Beyond Search

Integrated outbound and sourcing systems that support hiring, pipeline, and repeat performance beyond one-off searches.

VenTech Search operates as a specialist partner – never a general recruiting vendor.

Our Partners

Built for Leaders Who Live and Die by Revenue

VenTech Search works with leaders responsible for growth, execution, and results – where hiring decisions directly impact revenue, territory coverage, and market momentum.

Revenue-Accountable Leaders

VenTech Search partners directly with:

  • Chief Revenue Officers
  • Vice Presidents of Sales
  • Chief Executive Officers
  • HR and Talent Acquisition leaders

These are leaders accountable for hiring outcomes – not just hiring activity.

Automation-Driven Industries

Our core focus includes:

  • Industrial automation
  • Manufacturing
  • Industrial technology

If your world involves automation, robotics, motion, controls, engineering-led sales, or complex B2B buying cycles, our work fits your reality.

Where We Deliver Impact

Our primary specialties include:

  • Industrial automation sales talent (roughly eighty percent of placements)
  • Automation and manufacturing engineering talent

Through AI Talent Pilot, we also support:

  • Manufacturing and industrial technology
  • Software and tech companies hiring technical talent
  • Organizations needing recurring candidate flow
Leadership

Built and Led by Operators, Not Career Recruiters

VenTech Search is led by practitioners who understand the cost of slow hiring, weak execution, and unclear accountability—because they’ve lived it inside revenue-critical environments.

Jay Veniard

Founder & CEO

Jay founded VenTech Search to solve a problem he saw repeatedly: elite roles filled too slowly, with too much compromise. After two decades recruiting inside industrial automation and manufacturing—and earlier years as a professional athlete—Jay built the firm around discipline, precision, and repeatable performance.

He works closely with CROs, VPs of Sales, CEOs, and HR leaders who value direct conversations, clear plans, and execution that holds up under pressure. No noise. No vague promises. Just results.

Operating Principles

  • Elite talent only
  • Speed without chaos
  • Systems that support repeat performance

Michael “Sully” Sullivan

Head of Recruiting

Sully leads all search delivery and execution across VenTech Search. He is the operational anchor behind every placement—driving pipeline quality, candidate engagement, and disciplined search timelines across sales and engineering roles.

Trusted by clients and candidates alike, Sully ensures searches stay tight, communication stays clear, and execution stays fast when roles sit close to revenue. He leads the recruiting engine that consistently delivers top-performing talent in automation and related markets.

Leadership Focus

  • Search strategy and delivery execution
  • High-trust relationships with elite performers
  • Consistent speed without sacrificing alignment

Sohaib Munir

Director of Operations

Sohaib oversees the operational backbone of VenTech Search. As Director of Operations, he ensures the firm’s systems, workflows, and execution standards allow every service line to run with speed, clarity, and consistency.

Working at the intersection of people, process, and performance, Sohaib designs the frameworks that keep executive search, outbound pipeline programs, and sourcing initiatives running cleanly from intake to outcome. His systems allow the team to move fast without losing accuracy as demand grows.

Operational Focus

  • Firm-wide operations across search, outbound, and talent systems
  • Scalable workflows that support speed and execution quality
  • Tooling, data integrity, and clean handoffs between teams

Nikola Jonk

Marketing Coordinator

Nikola supports the marketing and digital presence of VenTech Search, helping ensure the firm’s communication, content, and brand presentation remain consistent across platforms.

She manages social media activity, marketing materials, and role-related content that supports both executive search and outbound initiatives. Working closely with internal teams, Nikola coordinates messaging, visual assets, and campaigns that keep the firm visible to the markets and professionals it serves.

Marketing Focus

  • Social media and content coordination across digital platforms
  • Marketing collateral and job-related visual materials
  • Campaign support and brand consistency across channels
Our Standards

How We Operate

Elite outcomes don’t happen by accident. They’re the result of clear standards, disciplined execution, and respect for the people and businesses involved. This is how VenTech Search operates – every search, every system, every engagement.

Urgent Action
We move quickly because revenue, coverage, and momentum depend on decisive execution.
Radical Honesty
We tell the truth early and directly, even when it’s uncomfortable or challenges assumptions.
Outcome Focused
We judge our work by results delivered - not activity, volume, or optics.
Selective Partnership
We work only with companies we believe in and where we can create real impact.
Talent Respect
We respect candidates, relationships, and the trust placed in our firm at every stage.
Strict Confidentiality
Information is protected without exception - for clients, candidates, and searches alike.
Precision Execution
Every search and system is run with structure, accuracy, and attention to detail.
High Standards
We never settle for average and never confuse speed with carelessness.

This is how the firm works. This is why clients win.

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Trusted By World-Class Companies

World-class companies trust VenTech Search to strengthen their teams and pipelines with proven talent solutions built for automation and robotics.

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