Ashley joins TSG as a Principal & Global Retained Executive Recruiter after successfully working at a prior MedTech healthcare recruiting firm for the last three years. During her successful tenure, Ashley developed a strong reputation as an incredibly hard and dedicated worker consistently going above-and-beyond what her clients and candidates expected earning their trust, respect and many requests of ‘Can we work with Ashley again?’. Prior to her executive search experience, Ashley worked in Human Resources, Management, Sales and was a Senior Therapist supporting patients with Autism with purpose and passion. Due to her passion for working with people, building relationships, and helping others, Ashley is admired for her dedication and loyalty to her clients and candidates. With earning a B.A. degree in Psychology from California State University, Ashley is looking forward to bringing her education and understanding of relationship building to TSG. Her passion for building a strong reputation, exceeding expectations, and providing top-notch candidates has helped her build a strong foundation in the industry.
Ashley was born and raised in Northern California and is now raising her children in the Sacramento area with her husband. She loves country music and spending her summers on the water with her family. Her greatest passion is being a mother. When Ashley is not working, you can find her in the bleachers cheering on her two sons at their baseball or football games and spending quality time with her family and close friends.
Stacy has been a Principal and Global Executive Recruiter at The Syverson Group, LLC (TSG) since 2017. She works collaboratively with TSG clients, candidates, and partners. Prior to joining TSG, Stacy worked as a software engineer for a Fortune 500 Software company. Her background was primarily in Software Design and Implementation, Sales, Employee Training and Human Resources. She has been very successful in engaging with major clients in the industry and maintaining an impeccable reputation for transparency, results orientation and an extremely strong work ethic.
Stacy has developed a strong reputation in the executive search market as being a kind, thoughtful, highly competent, creditable, positive person with an intense work ethic, high attention-to-detail, exemplary determination and strong interpersonal skills. Stacy studied for three years on scholarship at the Joffrey Ballet in New York City as a ballet and contemporary dancer. She is a graduate of Louisiana State University where she completed a double major in Sports Medicine and Business Administration. She was a four year athletic scholarship recipient as a collegiate swimmer.
Outside of work, Stacy is an avid runner, sports enthusiast and loves to travel supporting her three grown kids. Her daughter Scout attends San Diego State University, daughter Skye attends West Point Military Academy where she runs collegiate track, and son Steele who was a 3 year football Starter for the Ohio State Buckeyes and is currently a Linebacker for the Detroit Lions.
Dana resides near Smith Mountain Lake, VA and is a proven business leader with significant success in hiring, developing, coaching and mentoring employees over her 17+ year career which includes a balanced mix of government, international and entrepreneurial leadership roles. Dana has significant experience and specialized expertise in working with and developing meaningful, long term relationships with executive, high profile clients & candidates having worked in over 50 countries.
Dana joined TSG in 2021 as a Principal & Global Retained Executive Recruiter and is involved in and dedicated to researching and delivering exceptional candidates to assist TSG clients with optimum talent acquisition outcomes. Dana brings over 17 years of global experience to TSG clients and candidates with exceptional performance metrics across a broad spectrum of markets. Dana’s knowledge of the intricacies of talent engagement and her passion to help others arm her with a professional/personal balance in her approach that is the hallmark of successful talent identification, engagement and eventual TSG client success all while delivering exceptional experiences to all prospective candidates. Dana has earned a reputation as a dedicated, high integrity, high attention to detail, results oriented individual with an exceptional work ethic.
Dana is the proud mother of two sons; loves the outdoors and all outdoor activities (especially tent camping and roughing it in the wilderness…NOT); spending time on Smith Mountain Lake with her friends and family. She is an avid sports enthusiast as well as fitness is a big part of her life and she often competes in local running events.
An Ohio native, Samantha ‘Sam’ Gantz joined TSG in 2024 and will serve as a Principal & Global Retained Executive Recruiter. Samantha brings over ten (10) years of expertise in healthcare, life sciences and investment management. More specifically, Samantha has three (3) years of retained, global, executive search experience and performance excellence across a spectrum of different types and sizes of companies specializing in MedTech (Life Sciences & Life Science Tools; Diagnostics & Laboratory Services; Pharmaceutical –Biopharmaceutical – Therapeutics; Medical Devices & Products; Aesthetics; Biotechnology; CRO & Academic Research; CDMO; Dental).
Prior to joining TSG – The Syverson Group, Samantha was a Senior Associate, Global Life Sciences Practice at ZRG Partners, LLC. During her tenure at ZRG, Samantha was consistently ranked in the top 1% of performers, was promoted on several occasions and was responsible for directly engaging with ZRG’s most important clients. Prior to ZRG, Samantha served in business development and advisory positions at Meeder Investment Management in Dublin, OH, specializing in investment solutions, including mutual funds, investment portfolios, and retirement plan services.
Samantha brings to TSG clients and prospective candidates a vibrant, selfless personality, high energy, a genuine passion for excellence, unrivalled personal accountability and an incredible work ethic that is valued and appreciated by all that interact with and get to know her. Samantha’s passion and focus is leveraging her deep industry knowledge to help clients identify and secure top-tier candidates for a range of global, functional roles while simultaneously building authentic, long lasting, trust-based relationships making people’s lives better; one relationship and one success story at a time. Samantha has invested in and received extensive training, development and advanced education to enhance her professional performance and personal development.
In her spare time, Samantha enjoys the competitive nature of CrossFit and prioritizing creating memories with her husband and three children.
Originally from Dyersville, Iowa (Field of Dreams movie site), Bruce has been a highly valued Talent and Acquisition Business Partner for many years, first in Corporate, and since 2014 as an Executive Recruiter with The Syverson Group.
Bruce has recruited and hired hundreds of employees in all corporate functions and levels. His diverse sourcing techniques, partnered with his exemplary interviewing skills, allow him to gain keen insights on Candidates ensuring a mutually beneficial employment relationship.
Bruce is ‘one of a kind’ and has exceptional relationships and meaningful exchange with everyone he engages with. None more caring and loyal than Bruce to his clients, candidates, friends, and fellow TSGers.
He and his wife Traci live in the Savannah, GA area. Bruce also strives to be a wonderful father and grandfather of his two daughters’ families.
He is an avid fan of the Iowa Hawkeyes, the Atlanta Braves, and Dallas Cowboys. He also enjoys fishing, golfing, and socializing with friends when time permits.
Originally from San Diego, Courtney currently resides in a Northwest suburb of Atlanta. Courtney’s Italian/Mexican heritage and upbringing give her a strong foundation of faith, family, friendships and of course fantastic food!
Courtney joined The Syverson Group, LLC (TSG) in early 2022 as a Principal & Global Retained Executive Recruiter and serves as the TSG Primary as well as is engaged in and dedicated to delivering exceptional candidates to assist TSG clients with optimum talent acquisition outcomes.
First and foremost, Courtney is an Achiever – she works relentlessly to deliver an exceptional experience and even better results to the TSG clients she serves. Prior to TSG, Courtney spent over 8 years in various global Talent Acquisition markets and industries primarily from the company / internal TA perspective. Courtney’s ability to dissect and understand the client’s needs and build relationships with top prospective candidates has allowed her to consistently exceed performance expectations and earn a top reputation with both clients, candidates and industry peers.
Prior to TSG and most recently, Courtney was the Manager of Talent Acquisition and HR at a Specialty Pharmacy company that required high level, niche placements in hard to fill locations across the United States. She successfully ran her own desk of executive or high-level placements while training, developing, and managing a Recruiting and HR team. Courtney’s experience and success in both corporate and third-party placement has given her first hand, direct knowledge of what it takes to understand a need and fill the role with the best candidate in a fast, efficient manner.
Courtney brings to TSG clients and prospective candidates a vibrant, selfless personality, high energy, a genuine passion for excellence, unrivalled personal accountability and an incredible work ethic that is valued and appreciated by all that interact with and get to know her.
Outside of work, Courtney enjoys spending time with her family. She is a health and fitness participant (competes in several fitness categories); passionate about wellness and enjoys helping others with their health journeys.
Alysa was born in Chicago and currently resides in Atlanta. Alysa joined The Syverson Group, LLC (TSG) in 2017 as TSG’s Head of Marketing & Administration before maintaining those responsibilities and also successfully transitioning into Executive Recruiting in 2019.
In her Marketing & Admin capacity, Alysa is responsible for identifying, developing, executing and measuring marketing programs and investments to better serve TSG’s clients and prospective candidates as well as assist with administrative requirements on an as needed basis. She also is accountable for all TSG invoicing, payroll & 401k contributions.
In her Executive Recruiter capacity, Alysa is responsible for recruiting activities inclusive of prospective candidate identification, sourcing and qualification. Over her tenure in Executive Search, Alysa has been exceptionally successful having filled 100% of her assigned engagements with 100% retention rate and over 50% of her placements have received promotions within 18 mo. or less.
Alysa’s quickly and deservingly earned her reputation as an authentic & positive, energetic personality; high attention to detail; exceptional work ethic; great instincts and genuine care to go above and beyond expectations for TSG’s clients and candidates. Clients that have worked with her consistently ‘Ask for Alysa Again’ as part of TSG’s engagement!
Prior to TSG, Alysa was employed by Modern Luxury with roles in classical, branding & digital marketing, social media, event planning, sales, business development, account management and finance. Alysa successfully engaged with diverse clients in healthcare, fashion, automotive, financial services, hospitality and other Fortune 500 companies building and maintaining strong relationships based on trust, authenticity and respect as well as earned a reputation as a dedicated, high integrity, results oriented individual with an exceptional work ethic.
Alysa received her Bachelor’s Degree in Fashion Retailing and Business from the University of Alabama (Roll Tide); enjoys fitness & outdoor activities; as well as spending time with her family, friends and Bear (her black lab).
A Los Angeles native and now based in Atlanta, Dain is the President & Founder of The Syverson Group, LLC (TSG). He serves as the primary search executive engaging with clients in the Diagnostics, Medical Device, Medical Products, Biotechnology, Life Sciences, Pharmaceutical, Dental and Medical Distribution sectors. Dain’s clients include Fortune 500, high growth mid-cap, privately held, private equity group and venture capital-backed firms with focus on Board members; C level; Divisional President and General Management; Vice President and Director Level responsibilities.
Dain’s unique combination of recent business and relevant market experience, key relationships within the industry, ability to assess and attract interest of top executive talent and negotiate mutually acceptable terms & conditions for TSG clients and candidates is unrivaled in the talent acquisition industry.
Prior to founding TSG, Dain served as an Executive Vice President & Partner for over 10 years at a start up search firm where he served as an Officer of the company, led the organization into numerous new verticals, was personally consistently ranked in the Top 1% nationally, built a successful Retained Search offering and developed a reputation in the talent acquisition market for high integrity & authenticity, transparency, tireless work ethic and exceptional performance.
Prior to his talent acquisition start up experience, Dain’s corporate background consisted of over 13 years with Abbott Labs, Diagnostics Division inclusive of executive level responsibilities in General Management, Global & Tactical Marketing, Corporate Accounts, Sales & Sales Management and International Operations. During Dain’s corporate career, he was promoted to increased scopes of responsibility ten (10) times and relocated on seven (7) occasions throughout the U.S. and Europe.
Prior to his medical career, Dain attended Oregon State University on a baseball scholarship, was drafted out of college and played professional baseball in the Cleveland Indians organization retiring after sustaining an injury in AAA Buffalo, NY.
Dain holds a B.S. degree in Business Administration & Finance from Oregon State University and has taken advanced courses at Northwestern University’s Kellogg Graduate School of Management and Lake Forest Graduate School of Management. Dain is active in coaching youth sports, various local ministries & charities and an avid outdoorsman and fitness participant. Dain has two daughters and resides in a northern suburb of Atlanta, Georgia.
Over the course of a 20+ year career Chad has developed and executed Talent Acquisition strategies that help drive superior organizational performance in companies ranging from startups to multi-national conglomerates. He attributes the success he has had in his career to a foundation built on Trust and Delivery, an Unrelenting Pursuit until the job is completed and a focus on earning and keeping his partners’ trust with Candor and Authenticity.
Prior to joining TSG Chad was asked to Head up Talent and Growth at Personal Genome Diagnostics (PGDx) by the CEO in order to help transform it from a start-up CLIA Lab Services company that was founded by renowned leaders in cancer genomics from Johns Hopkins (Luis Diaz, MD, and Victor Velculescu, MD, PhD) into a world-class Global Molecular Diagnostics company. When Chad joined PGDx, it was a 50-person organization with <$2M in Revenue. During his 3 years at PGDx, revenues increased to >$27MM, they raised over $120MM in Series B and structured debt, hired over 200+ employees with processes and systems to develop and manufacture Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) IVD products under GMP, and became the first ever Genomic IVD company to develop an FDA 510K cleared comprehensive genomic tumor profiling IVD test for clinical use and the first CE marked liquid biopsy genomic product capable of impacting cancer patients worldwide. Chad was responsible for driving the build out all functional areas of the company: R&D, Bioinformatics, Regulatory, Sales & Marketing, Pharma Partnering, Corporate Development, Service, HR, Translational Science, Manufacturing/Design Transfer, Program Management Office (PMO), Project Management, Statistics, Legal, Clinical Affairs, Purchasing, F&A.
Prior to joining PGDx over a 16 year period in Executive Search, he built several businesses in different verticals with clients in Information Technology, Health Sciences, Diagnostics and Medical Devices. These clients included Fortune 500, high growth mid-cap, privately held, private equity group and venture capital-backed firms. Over these 16 years, Chad was ranked in the Top 1% nationally in his field while successfully completing over 800 search engagements.
Chad brings a unique combination of recent business building expertise within novel technology sectors, key relationships within the industry from a 20+ year career, and an ability to attract and assess top global executive talent.
Prior to his medical career, Chad attended The University of Kansas where he received his Bachelors in Molecular Biology. He conducted and completed research at the Higuchi Biosciences Center for Neurobiology and Immunology Research while working on Alzheimer and Alcoholism grants. He was born and raised in Kansas, and so he is a lifetime fan of the “World Champion” Kansas City Chiefs and his alma mater Kansas Jayhawks. He and his daughter Sophie currently reside in Las Vegas, NV, where they enjoy wake surfing at Lakes Powell, Mead and Havasu.
Kristin has been an Atlanta resident since 2000. She was born in Denver and relocated a number of times during her childhood living in Illinois, Wisconsin, Oregon, Frankfurt/Germany and Tennessee which have all contributed to her flexibility and adaptability, appreciation of different cultures and personalities as well as her love of international and US travel. Kristin’s known for her always present smile & positivity, high energy, kind heart, thoughtfulness and authenticity.
Kristin joined TSG – The Syverson Group in 2020 as a Principal & Executive Recruiter and is involved in and dedicated to researching and delivering exceptional candidates to assist TSG clients with optimum talent acquisition outcomes and exceptional performance metrics across a broad spectrum of positions and markets.
Kristin’s knowledge of the intricacies of talent engagement and her passion to ‘help others be successful’ arm her with a professional/personal balance in her approach that is the hallmark of successful talent identification, engagement, and eventual TSG client acquisition. Kristin is certified and an expert with TSG’s proprietary candidate database, bullion database research and other specialized search engines that allow for unique identification and access to top talent in TSG’s specialized market segments.
Prior to TSG and in addition to her success in executive search, Kristin invested over seven (7) years in Early Childhood Education initially as a Teacher and was promoted to Director of Education. Kristin proudly created a welcoming, collaborative, teaching environment for children, parents and faculty to comfortably develop a love of learning and for the world around them through her development of curriculum, events, onboarding, enrollment, and social media. Her prior career in Education allows Kristin to place an understanding and importance on the impact TSG makes for companies, careers, and personal lives.
Kristin graduated from University of Tennessee (Go Vols!) with a degree in Psychology. Kristin resides in the northern suburb of Atlanta with her husband, Chris, and their Yorkie fur-child, Lola.
She finds joy in singing & dancing; loves all things Disney; enjoys planning and decorating for events; places a huge importance on family time; has traveled Internationally extensively as an adult; is passionately involved in her church and other charitable activities & outdoor activities.
