Alex Chernikow

About Alex Chernikow

So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.\"-JesusFifteen years learning the recruiting industry from the ground up and the inside out. A decade with one of the largest PE-backed talent firms in the US, and a final corporate chapter running full accountability for a $47M P&L. In May 2025, kaleō search was launched with the vision of connecting the best to the best and creating opportunities for others. The businesses we know are the businesses we serve: startups, privately held, and PE-backed growth companies that need the right people in the right seats and a partner who gives their search the attention it deserves. Recruiting across tech and product, GTM, and ops, we help companies identify leaders at the executive level and within the next generation of high potential contributors. Building great teams is too important to be treated like a numbers game, and the people business is inherently unpredictable. We derisk it with white glove recruiting experiences, outcome-based payment terms, and the most competitive satisfaction guarantee in the industry.

Experience

1. Founder and Managing Partner

   Kaleō Search

   May 2025 — Present · Charlotte, NC, US

   kaleō search connects the best to the best and delivers unmatched client and candidate experiences. We deliver white-glove recruitment and search advisory, flexible outcome-based payment terms, and the most competitive satisfaction guarantee in the recruiting industry.Full infrastructure business build out from scratch including ICP definition, values and messaging, tech stack, service agreements, partnership agreements, etc. Created and implemented AI-fluent prospecting, discovery, business development, and recruiting systems. AI on the backend, real humans on the frontend. Always.Recruiting senior IC and up across tech and product, GTM, and operations for PE-backed and privately held growth companies with a sub-30 day time-to-fill and 100% offer-to-close

Education

• Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU)

  Bachelor of Science, Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities

  2002 — 2010

Skills

• Sales Operations
• Professional Services
• Training
• Screening Resumes
• Recruiting
• Vendor Management
• Account Management
• IT Recruitment
• Applicant Tracking Systems
• Interviews
• Staffing Services
• Information Technology
• Business Development
• Search
• Leadership
• Enterprise Software
• Contract Recruitment
• Internet Recruiting
• Networking
• Sdlc
• Benefits Negotiation
• Talent Acquisition
• Relationship Building
• Staff Augmentation
• Project Management
• Team Building
• Management
• Hiring
• Business Process Improvement
• Sales
• Cold Calling
• Consulting
• Crm