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John Hitchen

Managing Director, USA

Meet John.

John is our Managing Director, USA and has worked at Strive for four years.

John manages our US function, headquartered in Tampa, Florida and has overall responsibility for the leadership of the US Office, including strategy, client management, line management of internal staff, operations and internal recruitment.

A Quote that he lives by: "Persistence is insurance against failure"

John's Top Tip for Team Management: Management is all about double-checking and understanding people's drivers.

"We engaged with John, Joe, and the rest of the team at Strive in January when we were looking to build out the SMB team.

Since partnering with Strive they have clearly been able to identify the right type of candidates we look to hire, placing over 45 sales reps in front of our team for interview. We found their qualification notes to be detail, valuable, and great from a screening perspective. Since filling the initials roles on the SMB team they have now built out our Mid-Market team and are helping us on our channel search. The candidates have had very positive feedback on their experience with Strive and also the accuracy of the role descriptions.

We will continue to work with Strive as we look to grow the business and I would recommend them as a recruitment partner."

Chris Finan,
President and COO

"John and I have partnered on a number of business critical, hard to fill roles over the last year and he has been great! Roles in Germany are exceptionally tricky but he took the time to understand the business, understand the requirements and was successful in filling these roles.

John understands what a true business partnerships and always goes above and beyond when it comes to open communication with both myself and the hiring managers."

Julia Brame,
Recruiting Lead