Summary
Bradleigh Barnes is a founder and AI talent specialist based in New York with five years of focused experience placing engineers across Voice AI, ML, NLP, computer vision, robotics and DevOps. He founded Innovare to combine AI-driven matching with hands-on recruiting—running end-to-end RPOs, culture screening, interview logistics and EVP creation to shorten time-to-hire for hard-to-fill technical roles. Previously he built and led high-performing software and DevOps recruitment teams in the US and UK, consistently hitting top-biller and global pipeline awards while scaling delivery from zero to multi-hundred-thousand-dollar quarterly revenue. He also cultivates practitioner communities for DevOps and C# professionals, reflecting a knack for network-building as well as talent sourcing. Despite a non-technical academic background in sport and exercise science, he speaks the languages of ML and engineering hiring fluently and markets roles that span emerging specialties like multimodal and edge AI. Colleagues know him as a pragmatic, metrics-driven recruiter who pairs relentless candidate sourcing with a founder’s eye for productizing hiring services.
6 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Sport and Exercise Science, Bachelor's degree, Sport and Exercise Science at University of Exeter
CYQ Level 1 and Level 2 in Fitness Instructing, CYQ Level 1 and Level 2 in Fitness Instructing at CYQ - YMCA Awards
Level 3 Diploma within Personal Training and Advanced Nutrition, Level 3 Diploma within Personal Training and Advanced Nutrition at Premier Global - NASM (National Academy of Sports Medicine)
General Certifcate of Secondary Education, General Certifcate of Secondary Education at Acle Academy
BTEC Extended Diploma in Sports Development, Coaching and Fitness, BTEC Extended Diploma in Sports Development, Coaching and Fitness at Easton and Otley College
Norfolk County Scholar, Sport, Norfolk County Scholar, Sport at Easton College
English