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His work centers on helping engineering and product teams hire quickly, efficiently, and cost\-effectively through accountable processes focused on clear outcomes\. At Verticalmove, Ted contributes to the delivery of curated talent for critical engineering, product, design, strategy, and transformation roles, with an emphasis on precise candidate slates, stable teams, and reduced hiring risk\. Verticalmove typically submits fewer than five high\-confidence candidates per role, reports interview pass\-through rates above 85%, and reports offer\-acceptance rates above 90%\. Ted’s experience also includes sales, recruitment, talent advisory, delivery, client strategy, growth, and enterprise account work with organizations including Insight Global, MaxSys Staffing & Consulting, TrueCall, Coinsquare, Sprout\.Hr, Elastify, D\-Wave, Eagle Professional Resources, and Hypotenuse Labs\. He studied at the University of Ottawa\. ## Services - Customer Service - Hospitality - Catering - Restaurants - Food & Beverage - Hiring - Time Management - Leadership - Recruiting - Microsoft Office - Consulting - Teamwork - Event Planning - Sales - Social Media - Management - Temporary Placement - Marketing ## Highlights - Brings eight years of experience in technical recruitment, sales, and delivery, including full\-cycle internal and agency recruitment and SaaS sales\. - Serves as Sales Executive at Verticalmove, Inc\., supporting AI, autonomous, data infrastructure, and cybersecurity capability building across North America, Europe, and India\. - Supports an accountable hiring process at Verticalmove focused on helping engineering and product teams hire quickly, efficiently, and cost\-effectively\. - Verticalmove typically submits fewer than five high\-confidence candidates for each critical role\. - Verticalmove reports interview pass\-through rates above 85% and offer\-acceptance rates above 90%\. - Verticalmove has supported cloud modernization, AI adoption, platform rebuilds, and enterprise\-scale transformation for organizations including American Express, CVS Health, United Healthcare, Microsoft, Splunk, Salesforce, and Barclays\. - Held Professional Recruiter, National Account Coordinator, and Recruiter roles at Insight Global\. - Served as Director of Sales \+ Recruitment at MaxSys Staffing & Consulting\. - Worked in Growth at TrueCall on a consumer\-initiated\-call validation system that uses a patent\-pending process and machine learning\. - Served as Talent Advisor at Coinsquare\. - Served as Senior Client Strategist at Sprout\.Hr\. - Served as Senior Delivery Consultant at Elastify\. - Served as Lead Technical Recruiter at D\-Wave\. - Served as Enterprise Account Executive in Staffing at Eagle Professional Resources\. - Served as Senior Technical Recruiter at Hypotenuse Labs\. ## Experience - **Sales Executive at Verticalmove, Inc** (2026\-04\-01–present) — We enable engineering and product teams to hire quickly, efficiently, and cost\-effectively, backed by an accountable process focused on clear outcomes, not clutter\. Verticalmove delivers elite, curated talent for critical roles across engineering, product, design, strategy, and transformation—typically submitting fewer than five high\-confidence candidates per role while maintaining >85% interview pass\-through rates and >90% offer acceptance\. For more than 26 years, we’ve supported companies undergoing cloud modernization, AI adoption, platform rebuilds, and enterprise\-scale transformation—including leaders such as American Express, CVS Health, United Healthcare, Microsoft, Splunk, Salesforce, and Barclays\. Organizations partner with us when they need speed without compromise—stable teams, precise slates, and talent that elevates engineering and product velocity from day one\. Velocity \+ risk reduction is what we deliver—for every client, across every engagement\. - **Growth at TrueCall** (2024\-04\-01–2025\-09\-01) — Introducing the first comprehensive system for validating consumer initiated phone calls\. Combining a first of it’s kind patent pending process with machine learning, it is now possible to detect and prevent non\-consumer initiated calls in inbound advertising campaigns\. - **Sr Delivery Consultant at Elastify** (2022\-10\-01–2024\-04\-01) — Elastify is an IT services and consulting firm powered by an ecosystem of the market's leading technical minds\. Using an elastic engagement model, we combine the knowledge of specialized consultants with the flexibility of just in time resource delivery to best suit your unique business strategy\. Our growing team of certified professionals have hands\-on experience in transforming and improving cyber capabilities across a magnitude of industries, in a variety of disciplines\. Partner with us to gain access to a network of professionals who are focused on delivering impactful services using the latest techniques & technologies\. Our comprehensive services include, but aren't limited to: \- Cybersecurity \- Penetration Testing \- Governance, Risk & Compliance \- Cloud Computing \- Infrastructure \- Microsoft Enablement \- Staff Augmentation - **Lead Technical Recruiter at D\-Wave** (2022\-07\-01–2022\-10\-01) — D\-Wave is the leader in the development and delivery of quantum computing systems, software and services and is the world's first commercial supplier of quantum computers and the only company developing both annealing quantum computers and gate\-model quantum computers\. Our mission is to unlock the power of quantum computing for the world\. We do this by delivering customer value with practical quantum applications for problems as diverse as logistics, artificial intelligence, materials sciences, drug discovery, scheduling, cybersecurity, fault detection, and financial modeling\. D\-Wave's systems are being used by some of the world's most advanced organizations, including Forschungszentrum Jülich, NEC, Volkswagen, DENSO, Lockheed Martin, USC, and Los Alamos National Laboratory\. With headquarters near Vancouver, Canada, D\-Wave's US operations are based in Palo Alto, CA\. D\-Wave has a blue\-chip investor base including PSP Investments, Goldman Sachs, BDC Capital, NEC Corp\., Aegis Group Partn - **Sr Technical Recruiter at Hypotenuse Labs** (2021\-12\-01–2022\-06\-01) — By day: a team of devs passionate about building cutting\-edge tech for the future\. By night: professional musicians, fitness enthusiasts, gamers, and more\. Hypotenuse Labs builds incredible web, AI, and blockchain products for early\-stage startups\. We are an elite team with experience building products for some of the world’s largest tech brands since 2018\. We're growing super fast, going from a team of 3 to 15 in less than a year\. - **Talent Advisor at Coinsquare** (2020\-09\-01–2021\-08\-01) — Coinsquare’s mission is to modernize finance for all\. We believe financial products should be easy to use, open and transparent, so we’ve built Coinsquare to simplify and enhance how financial assets are managed, traded and transferred\. We built Coinsquare to give you more freedom and control over your digital currencies through a secure, regulated, and compliant platform\. 100% Canadian\-owned and operated, we recognized the need for Canadians to have a safe, secure, and “Canadian” destination to access the incredible world of digital currency - **Sr Client Strategist at Sprout\.Hr** (2019\-10\-01–2021\-12\-01) — At Sprout\.Hr, we think the recruitment & staffing industry has a bad reputation and for good reason\. We are in a time where jobs being filled mean poor relationship management, over\-promising and keyword matching that creates a frustrating experience for candidates and inaccurate process for employers, piled up with high turnover\. Sprout\.Hr has set out to shake things up and add a true human element\. Our comprehensive talent profiles, rigorous technical vetting process, and team dynamic testing guarantee you find the right environment to succeed in and/or the proper talent to grow your organization adequately\. Sprout\.Hr provides a strategic partnership focused solely on creating dynamic teams & effective scaling solutions\. - **Director \- Sales \+ Recruitment at MaxSys Staffing & Consulting** (2019\-04\-01–2019\-10\-01) — MaxSys is a professional staffing and solutions firm, offering the best in innovative and creative professional service needs\. MaxSys traces it's origins back to 1993\. All the experience, quality and professionalism that you have come to expect from a national firm are offered by MaxSys\. Since 1993, we have been providing quality contract and temporary help services to the private and public sector\. MaxSys is committed to Employment Equity objectives and is proud to have served many clients in this regards ensuring a more representative proportion of working people in designated groups\. - **Enterprise Account Executive \- Staffing at Eagle Professional Resources** (2018\-02\-01–2019\-03\-01) — Eagle is Canadian professional staffing company specializing in recruiting and placing technology, management consulting, and finance & accounting professionals in contract and full\-time positions\. With 10 offices across Canada, we are one of the most successful staffing companies in the country\. Eagle has built a solid reputation for value and quality while meeting the needs of business professionals around the world\. Our team uphold the company’s core values of Team, Integrity, Innovation, and Excellence, ensuring that both our clients and candidates are satisfied while getting the great service they deserve\. Our clients benefit from our wide talent database and our ability to provide outstanding service with the highest value and best quality\. Candidates are assured access to our large client base, including our preferred vendor status to some of Canada’s largest organizations\. We provide our clients with access to some of the best candidates in Canada and we provide our candidates - **National Account Coordinator at Insight Global** (2017\-09\-01–2017\-12\-01) — Insight Global is a national staffing and services company that specializes in sourcing information technology, accounting, finance, and engineering professionals and delivering service\-based solutions to Fortune 1000 clients\. Insight Global completes more than 33,000 placements annually in short\-term, long\-term, contract\-to\-hire, and direct placement positions through our network of more than 40 regional offices across the U\.S\. and Canada\. The company has been ranked one of the fastest growing staffing firms for over a decade and named the 3rd largest IT staffing firm in America by Staffing Industry Analysts\. We offer unmatched customer service by developing an in\-depth understanding of client needs, providing qualified professionals, and tailoring managed services solutions for large projects, which allows clients to focus on expanding their business and achieving their goals\. 2016 \- Top 10 Most Popular Companies for Recent Graduates – LinkedIn 2016 \- “Best of Staffing Client & Tal - **Professional Recruiter at Insight Global** (2016\-07\-01–2017\-08\-01) — Insight Global is a national staffing and services company that specializes in sourcing information technology, accounting, finance, and engineering professionals and delivering service\-based solutions to Fortune 1000 clients\. Insight Global completes more than 33,000 placements annually in short\-term, long\-term, contract\-to\-hire, and direct placement positions through our network of more than 40 regional offices across the U\.S\. and Canada\. The company has been ranked one of the fastest growing staffing firms for over a decade and named the 3rd largest IT staffing firm in America by Staffing Industry Analysts\. We offer unmatched customer service by developing an in\-depth understanding of client needs, providing qualified professionals, and tailoring managed services solutions for large projects, which allows clients to focus on expanding their business and achieving their goals\. 2016 \- Top 10 Most Popular Companies for Recent Graduates – LinkedIn 2016 \- “Best of Staffing Client & Ta - **Recruiter at Insight Global** (2015\-08\-01–2016\-07\-01) — Insight Global is a premier staffing services firm with 38 locations in the US and Canada\. Insight Global provides contract staffing for IT and Accounting, Finance, and Engineering through its AF&E division\. The company has been ranked one of the fastest growing staffing firms for the past 9 consecutive years and named the 4th largest IT staffing firm in America by The Staffing Industry Analysts\. Insight Global will continue this growth by continually expanding office locations and new markets\. Insight Global employs over 26,000 people in companies each year with revenues over $1 Billion\. Insight Global strives for the fastest response times to inbound job requisitions, and we focus on building relationships with both clients and consultants\. Our candidates are the cornerstone of our business\. Our goal is to present you with a perfect employment opportunity for your skillset while exhibiting our core values of honesty, integrity and a commitment to ethical business practices\. Our hig ## Education - University of Ottawa (2007\-01\-01–2012\-01\-01) ## FAQ ### What does Ted do? Ted is a Sales Executive at Verticalmove, Inc\. He helps support organizations building AI, autonomous, data infrastructure, and cybersecurity capabilities across North America, Europe, and India\. ### What are Ted’s professional strengths and skills? Ted’s strengths include technical recruitment, sales, delivery, full\-cycle internal and agency recruitment, and SaaS sales\. His listed skills also include customer service, hospitality, catering, restaurants, food and beverage, hiring, time management, leadership, recruiting, Microsoft Office, consulting, teamwork, event planning, sales, social media, management, temporary placement, and marketing\. ### What does Ted do at Verticalmove? At Verticalmove, Ted works in an organization that enables engineering and product teams to hire quickly, efficiently, and cost\-effectively through an accountable process focused on clear outcomes\. Verticalmove delivers curated talent for critical roles across engineering, product, design, strategy, and transformation\. ### What hiring outcomes does Ted’s team at Verticalmove report? Verticalmove typically submits fewer than five high\-confidence candidates per role, while reporting interview pass\-through rates above 85% and offer\-acceptance rates above 90%\. The firm supports organizations undergoing cloud modernization, AI adoption, platform rebuilds, and enterprise\-scale transformation, including American Express, CVS Health, United Healthcare, Microsoft, Splunk, Salesforce, and Barclays\. ### What roles did Ted hold at Insight Global? Ted was a Professional Recruiter, National Account Coordinator, and Recruiter at Insight Global\. Insight Global specializes in sourcing IT, accounting, finance, and engineering professionals and delivering service\-based solutions to Fortune 1000 clients across short\-term, long\-term, contract\-to\-hire, and direct\-placement roles\. ### What scale of staffing business was Insight Global during Ted’s experience? During the periods described in Ted’s Insight Global experience, the company completed more than 33,000 placements annually through more than 40 regional offices in the United States and Canada\. An earlier company description also stated that Insight Global employed more than 26,000 people annually and generated more than $1 billion in revenue\. ### What recognition did Insight Global receive during Ted’s tenure? Insight Global was named a LinkedIn Top 10 Most Popular Company for Recent Graduates in 2016 and received Inavero’s Best of Staffing Client & Talent Award in 2016\. Yahoo Finance also ranked it No\. 4 among “America’s best companies to work for,” and Inc\. 500 named it one of America’s Top 10 Job Producers in 2011\. ### How was Insight Global ranked by Staffing Industry Analysts? Staffing Industry Analysts ranked Insight Global as the largest IT staffing firm in America in 2006 and 2007 the fourth\-fastest\-growing IT staffing firm in 2008 the fourth\-fastest\-growing firm and 14th\-largest IT staffing firm in 2009 the second\-fastest\-growing and ninth\-largest IT staffing firm in 2010 the fifth\-fastest\-growing and ninth\-largest IT staffing firm in 2011 the eighth\-largest IT staffing firm and 20th\-largest staffing firm in 2012 the sixth\-largest IT staffing firm and 19th\-largest staffing firm in 2013 the fourth\-largest IT staffing firm and 19th\-largest staffing firm in 2014 the third\-largest IT staffing firm and 14th\-largest staffing firm in 2015 and the third\-largest IT staffing firm and 12th\-largest staffing firm in 2016\. ### What did Ted do at MaxSys Staffing & Consulting? Ted served as Director of Sales \+ Recruitment at MaxSys Staffing & Consulting\. MaxSys is a professional staffing and solutions firm with origins dating to 1993 that provides contract and temporary\-help services to private\- and public\-sector clients and is committed to employment\-equity objectives\. ### What was Ted’s work at TrueCall? Ted worked in Growth at TrueCall\. TrueCall introduced a comprehensive system for validating consumer\-initiated phone calls, combining a patent\-pending process with machine learning to detect and prevent non\-consumer\-initiated calls in inbound advertising campaigns\. ### What did Ted do at Coinsquare? Ted was a Talent Advisor at Coinsquare\. Coinsquare is a Canadian\-owned and operated platform focused on making financial products easier to use, open, and transparent, while providing a secure, regulated, and compliant destination for managing, trading, and transferring digital currencies\. ### What did Ted do at Sprout\.Hr? Ted served as a Senior Client Strategist at Sprout\.Hr\. Sprout\.Hr focuses on adding a human element to recruitment and staffing through comprehensive talent profiles, technical vetting, team\-dynamic testing, and strategic partnerships for building teams and scaling organizations\. ### What did Ted do at Elastify? Ted was a Senior Delivery Consultant at Elastify, an IT services and consulting firm that uses an elastic engagement model to combine specialized consulting knowledge with just\-in\-time resource delivery\. Elastify’s services include cybersecurity, penetration testing, governance, risk and compliance, cloud computing, infrastructure, Microsoft enablement, and staff augmentation\. ### What did Ted do at D\-Wave? Ted served as Lead Technical Recruiter at D\-Wave\. D\-Wave develops and delivers quantum\-computing systems, software, and services, and describes itself as the world’s first commercial supplier of quantum computers and the only company developing both annealing and gate\-model quantum computers\. ### What kinds of quantum\-computing work does D\-Wave support? D\-Wave applies quantum computing to areas including logistics, artificial intelligence, materials science, drug discovery, scheduling, cybersecurity, fault detection, and financial modeling\. Its systems have been used by organizations including Forschungszentrum Jülich, NEC, Volkswagen, DENSO, Lockheed Martin, USC, and Los Alamos National Laboratory\. ### What did Ted do at Eagle Professional Resources? Ted was an Enterprise Account Executive in Staffing at Eagle Professional Resources\. Eagle is a Canadian professional staffing company that recruits and places technology, management\-consulting, and finance\-and\-accounting professionals in contract and full\-time positions, with 10 offices across Canada\. ### What did Ted do at Hypotenuse Labs? Ted served as a Senior Technical Recruiter at Hypotenuse Labs\. Hypotenuse Labs builds web, AI, and blockchain products for early\-stage startups and reported growing from a team of three to 15 in less than a year\. ### Where did Ted study? Ted studied at the University of Ottawa\. ## Links - LinkedIn: https://www\.linkedin\.com/in/ted\-banting\-27b690ba