In this HRchat episode, we consider the challenges of hiring and connecting top tech talent. My guest is Max Nirenberg, CRO and Managing Director for North America at Commit, a systems house delivering unique and integrative development projects for its customers since 2005.

Questions For Max Include:

• Hiring in the tech world has never been more difficult, particularly for startups. What are some of the top challenges companies face today when it comes to building their teams?
• Why is it so hard to find and attract top tech talent?
• What are the top reasons that your clients outsource their hiring? And what are their concerns about going to an outsourcing model?
• Commit recently announced its new “Cloud of People” staffing solution. The new service addresses critical challenges companies face when hiring engineers and tech specialists today; applying the rapid scalability and flexibility seen in cloud technology to quickly build successful teams for any development project while reducing time and costs. Tell us about the new offering and how it could change the game for tech team building?
• Your “Cloud of People” staffing solution promises to provide rapid team scaling; allowing companies to scale from zero to 20 expert resources in just two weeks and fill any development role including front end, back end, full-stack, and even QA. What are the risks of scaling so quickly and what can HR teams and hiring managers do to mitigate the risks?
• According to Commit, how will the tech job market change over the next 5 years?

More About Max Nirenberg

Max’s role at Commit is to lead and optimize the sales organization and spearhead strategic management planning for the global account management teams. His primary focus is to introduce the company’s delivery capabilities to the US market.

Max’s background includes serving as the global CSO for Qualitest – the world’s largest independent, pure-play quality assurance company. While at Qualitest, he helped sell the organization in its latest Private Equity round in 2019. Prior to Qualitest, he was an Equity Partner and VP Sales/Professional Services at Venator Sales Group -providing sales consulting, optimization, and training that dramatically improves sales performance, sales management, and sales recruitment.

Max brings 20 years of sales and sales management experience within numerous market verticals, while managing sales, account management, and telemarketing teams globally, helping build start-ups from the ground up, and consulting for multiple IT Services and SaaS companies. He has a wealth of experience implementing sales management processes that build and sustain winning sales cultures. Max believes in a hands-on approach to creating a disciplined and proactive sales environment. As a sales leader and manager, he applies his experience and knowledge to coach each individual to achieve optimal career success while being customer-centric and aligning offerings to every end client’s ultimate business drivers and strategic goals.

More About Commit

Founded in 2005, Commit is a global tech services company with offices in New York, Israel, and Ukraine.

Commit’s development areas include mobile, IoT, Big Data, communications and other applications, embedded systems and IoT devices, cloud solutions, cyber and security solutions, advanced algorithms for AI, media and interactive platforms, and more.

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