The idea behind PACE was simple: Be the kind of company where people never have to leave. We do that by investing in our people, through real training, high standards, and a culture that rewards growth. The goal is to inspire career, economic, and personal growth for everyone who works here.
Continuous learning, training development are what sets us apart from our competition. Do it daily and share your knowledge.
We give credit when things go right, we take responsibility when they go wrong.
Work together and communicate to achieve the best possible outcome for all involved.
Goals and plans without self-discipline and commitment are rarely achieved.
Progress isn’t always instant. Resilience, grit, and consistent effort through adversity are what lead to long term success.
Be inspired and motivated to achieve greatness but never compromise your integrity.
The more we know about our customers, candidates and teammates, the better we can help.
Bring energy, urgency, and positivity to everything we do.
PACE is built by the people who work here. We bring on driven people, provide training, and challenge them to perform at a high level, with the opportunity to build something meaningful over the long term. We believe exceptional careers are built through ownership, continuous learning, and consistent execution.
Ryan is the Founder and Managing Director of PACE and brings more than 20 years of recruiting experience, along with a strong track record of building high-performing teams. He founded PACE with the vision of creating a firm where ambitious people are challenged to grow, held to a high standard, and given the opportunity to build meaningful, lasting careers.
Ashlyn has been with PACE since 2020 and has grown from recruiter to Division Director of High-Performance Compute, earning Top Producer honors twice along the way. She specializes in account strategy and expansion and has driven some of the company’s most significant client growth.
Tanner is Division Director of AI at PACE and is responsible for some of the firm’s highest-revenue accounts. He specializes in new business development across Multimodal AI, Robotics, and ML Acceleration, and is known internally as one of the firm’s top hunters, having helped strategize on and win some of PACE’s most significant clients.
Tess is the People Operations Manager at PACE, leading the firm’s internal training, performance management, and operational infrastructure. Since joining in 2022, she has been instrumental in building the systems that define how PACE develops its people, contributing to its recognition including Best Places to Work and one of Boston’s Fastest Growing Companies.
The Path to Program is PACE’s internal development system that accelerates recruiters from training to top performance and leadership. Built around real-world execution, coaching, and high standards, it ensures every recruiter develops the skills needed to operate in fast-moving AI and engineering markets.
Designed for recruiters with little or no experience, the Path to Productivity builds core habits needed to become a top performer. With dedicated coaching, AI-assisted feedback, and hands-on practice, you’ll learn recruiting fundamentals, business development, and client engagement, with the goal of consistent, high-level performance.
Once the fundamentals are mastered, the Path to Performance develops recruiters into elite headhunters. Through live coaching, AI-driven analysis, and real-world applications, recruiters build the advanced skills needed to deepen technical market expertise and position themselves as leaders. The goal is growth toward higher billings, stronger candidate/client relationships, and a path to principal and leadership roles.
The path to promotion prepares high-performing headhunters to become strong leaders. You will learn how to build teams, coach full-desk recruiters, drive accountability, and create winning cultures. The objective of Path to Promotion is to develop leaders capable of building high–performing teams while creating long-term careers at PACE.
A multimedia and video-based coaching platform that breaks down how we headhunt, sell, and win. Built by the PACE team from more than 20 years of recruiting experience, it delivers an evergreen training experience designed for recruiters at every stage of their career.
Built and trained by PACE, the analysis engine reviews calls to deliver market specific feedback. It identifies high-potential candidate signals and surfaces coaching gaps tied to real moments in the conversation. The feedback is specific to your market, your clients, and your roles.
360 – Both sides of the desk.
Principal Recruiter
Lead Recruiter
Top Biller
Account growth & development.
Business Dev. Representative
Senior Business Dev. Representative
Business Development Lead
Deep technical placement.
Account Manager
Account Executive
Delivery Manager
People & team growth.
Team Lead
Division Manager
Division Director
VP of Division
Highly Niched Headhunters Specialized in Physical AI/Robotics, High-Performance Computing, Unmanned/Autonomous Systems, Defense Technology and Energy.
We recruit across complex engineering markets where understanding the technology is critical to finding the right talent.
Overview of how PACE partners with teams: Our process, what clients get, and why PACE is different.
PACE’s story, values, and culture define how we operate and who we are.
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