Summary
Heather Wallach is a talent acquisition leader with 14 years of experience optimizing technical hiring and TA strategy across financial services and high-tech firms. She has led Tech TA programs at Capital One—scaling recruitment for engineers, architects, and scrum masters—and now directs TA at Joele Frank, bringing enterprise recruiting rigor to advisory services. Her background spans front-office finance roles at Credit Suisse and Goldman Sachs through sales and analytics positions, giving her an uncommon blend of technical hiring expertise and domain fluency in finance. Known for translating complex organizational hiring needs into scalable processes, she focuses on building diverse pipelines and improving candidate experience at scale. Based in New York, she pairs an MBA with a BA in Economics and Government, and often leverages her cross-industry perspective to recruit talent that bridges product, engineering, and business. Colleagues note her practical, data-informed approach and ability to hire for hard-to-fill technical and leadership roles.
14 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Master of Business Administration (MBA), Master of Business Administration (MBA) at Champlain College
BA, Economics, Government, BA, Economics, Government at Franklin & Marshall College
South Burlington High School