Our Mission

We empower entrepreneurs to win by enhancing their leadership pipeline.

10x Vision

Our vision is to enable society to recognize Veterans as world-class leaders who not only elevate organizational culture and effectiveness but inspire excellence across their ‘A-Teams.’

MEET OUR A-TEAM

CEO & Founder

Freddie Kim

Director of Client Services

Charlsey Mahle

Director of Execution

Daniel Lambrechts

Executive Recruiter

Amanda Ruddock

Executive Research

Esther Mi Kim

Senior Recruiter

Guadalupe Robles

Senior Recruiter

Juan Diego Santillana

Executive Assistant

Varsha Joshi

Director of Partner Engagement

Jerry June

  • Committed to our Mission and our Core Values; superior attention to detail; enforces accountability; strive for excellence.

  • Exhibits a positive, “can do” attitude; takes initiative; assesses and tackles problems head on; leads with encouragement and care; extreme ownership.

  • Constantly learning personally and professionally; embraces feedback framework; demonstrates situational awareness; asks the right questions; actively listens.

  • Has a teammate’s back; attentive and responsive of our clients; supportive of candidates; gives back to the Veteran community; serves the company — always with transparency and respect.

OUR TEAM VALUES

“MilSpec Talent was extremely attentive to the needs of the company and the people, and they were able to provide a curated list of candidates who were extremely qualified and ready to lead — right now. If you’re wanting to hire the best operators to run your business, you need to talk to Freddie and his team.”

- Ernest C., President

“Working with Freddie and the team at MilSpec has been one of the best experiences I’ve every had. Everyone on the team cares about the success of veterans. One of the things that stuck with me during the entire process is the true compassion they show. They helped me find my dream career and I couldn’t be happier. If you want to be treated like a number with 0 care, try someone else. If you want to be treated like family, i’d work with MilSpec. Thank you Freddie and Team MilSpec for changing my life!”

- Wes H., GM

“As great as our military experience is, it often doesn’t fit nicely into a standard job description in corporate America. MilSpec found an amazing opportunity for me with an awesome company that highly valued my mix of military and business experiences. Freddie taught me how to value my experience and how to structure the conversation to focus on what would really amaze the CEO once I deliver.”

- Dave B., Operations

RESOURCES

NEWSLETTER
The Serious Problem Of The Leadership Deficit (And Why Veterans Are The Solution)
The Serious Problem Of The Leadership Deficit (And Why Veterans Are The Solution)

America, we have a serious problem.

Leadership is at a deficit in our country, and it’s not just in politics. Business executives today are deeply concerned about their leadership bench -- 85% of executives say that they are not confident in their leadership pipelines. And that’s not all. The supply of leaders isn’t the only problem, the [lack of] leadership development in companies today are as well.

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LTPR: A Lesson From Army Survival School For Job Interviewing
LTPR: A Lesson From Army Survival School For Job Interviewing

I went to the Army’s SERE C course (Survival, Evasions, Resistance, and Escape) in January 2010. It was extremely cold then, and I recall losing 20 pounds during our few weeks being “out in the woods,” but nonetheless, it was an incredible course that revealed exactly what you’re made of.

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Redundancy In Crisis Management: Two Is One, One Is None.
Redundancy In Crisis Management: Two Is One, One Is None.

A Special Forces A-team (Operational Detachment-Alpha) consists of 12 Green Berets. Each member of the team is an expert in his speciality, whether it’s in weapons, communications, engineering, or medical (trauma) treatment. And for redundancy, there are two Green Berets who are trained in each of these specialty areas.

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Management Shortage For Your Company In 2020? Consider These 4 Points.
Management Shortage For Your Company In 2020? Consider These 4 Points.

For nearly two decades, the United States has spearheaded the post-9/11 War on Terror throughout the world, and brave American men and women have volunteered to join our Armed Forces and defend our nation’s interests. Today, there are over 3.3 million veterans who chose to serve since September 11, 2001 and amongst them, an even smaller group of patriots who chose to lead.

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Google Tried To Prove That Mid-Level Leaders Didn’t Matter. They Were Wrong.
Google Tried To Prove That Mid-Level Leaders Didn’t Matter. They Were Wrong.

Many of you have seen the study that Google launched called Project Oxygen, to prove that the quality of a manager didn’t impact a team’s performance. Their hypothesis was that some of Google’s mid-level managers and leaders are, “at best, a necessary evil, and at worst, a layer of bureaucracy” -- the study was supposed to help Google move towards a flat organizational structure without any managers.

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Value Creation Vs. Capture Mindset In Combat
Value Creation Vs. Capture Mindset In Combat

Recently, I was having a conversation with a Private Equity client looking for Operators to run their portfolio companies. As a firm closing out its fourth fund and soon-to-be starting their fifth, they know who they’re looking for when it comes to Operators running their acquisitions.

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