Summary
David Ricke is a versatile talent leader and healthcare professional with 15 years of experience bridging high-stakes clinical care and strategic recruiting operations. He has led global recruiting, market intelligence, and sourcing programs for Amazon, Facebook, and AWS—building teams and processes that delivered thousands of hires across technical and design disciplines—while more recently returning to frontline nursing in critical care and CTICU roles. Comfortable operating at both C-suite advisory and bedside levels, he combines deep expertise in talent strategy, competitive intelligence, and employer branding with hands-on clinical acuity. Known for scaling novel recruiting functions (e.g., Advertising TA market intelligence) and running distributed consulting practices, he brings a rare mix of operational rigor and people-first leadership. An uncommon thread in his career is toggling between fast-growth tech environments and high-risk clinical settings, giving him unique perspective on workforce design, resilience, and mission-driven recruitment.
15 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer