Heather Schwartz

About Heather Schwartz

At WK Real Estate, I’ve consistently championed client interests, skillfully matching individuals with the right properties across Colorado by aligning deep market insight with personalized service. My expertise in negotiation and market trends ensures seamless, results-driven transactions—whether for homes, investment properties, or rentals.Senior Talent Acquisition leader with 25+ years of experience building recruiting functions from the ground up and scaling them inside fast-growth technology companies. I\'ve spent my career at the intersection of people strategy and business impact — partnering with C-suite and VP-level leaders to hire the right people, faster. Through my embedded talent firm ZaGa Sourcing, I served as a fully integrated recruiting partner for 25+ companies across AdTech, HealthTech, SaaS, FinTech, and Security — including Trade Desk, Twilio, Guild Education, Splunk, and Medtronic. More recently, I\'ve led in-house technical recruiting teams at Deep Labs and Nomad Health, where I delivered 195 Product and Engineering hires in a single year with a 95% offer acceptance rate and first-year attrition under 5%. I specialize in full-cycle technical recruiting, ATS implementation, workforce planning, and building the processes and people that make hiring functions run. I\'m equally comfortable being the first recruiter in the room or leading a team of 15.

Experience

1. Owner and Workforce Architect

   Zaga Sourcing

   Jan 2005 — Present · Denver, CO, US

   As a seasoned RPO (Recruitment Process Outsourcing) partner, I’ve partnered with growth-stage companies to streamline and scale their recruitment and onboarding operations. A core focus has been implementing and optimizing Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) to automate key hiring stages—from sourcing and screening to interview coordination and offer management. Beyond technology, I’ve built end-to-end recruiting infrastructures tailored to each organization’s needs, including job design, sourcing strategies, interview frameworks, and onboarding programs. My expertise has enabled high-growth companies to improve efficiency, enhance candidate experiences, and meet their hiring goals with precision.Email me for details on any of these jobs to get a pulse on the market.#Hiring #start-up #tech #5280 #recruiting We have worked with the greatest teams over the years: Cloud Elements, JumpCloud, Peaksware, TradeDesk, Apto, Alteryx, Adeptive Software, Article One Partners, Lijit/ Sovrn, Altitude Digital, Medtronic, Zuus SW, TapInfluence, ATHN, Applied Trust, MobileCause, Gaia Louisville, Entangled Media, Deep Labs, Nomad Health, Vangst, DishAnywhere, Return Path, DataLogix / Oracle, SpotX / Magnite, FitPay, VictorOps / Splunk, Voyant, DeepLabs, and many other teams. I have also spent the last 20 years on various Parent Teacher Organizations, School Accountability Committees, and Colorado NonProfits.

Education

• University of Colorado Denver

  MBA, Business

• University of Miami

  BA, Psychology and Business

• Kaplan

  Real Estate Broker

Skills

• Public Relations
• Sales Operations
• Customer Retention
• Strategy
• Media Relations
• Advertising
• Sales Management
• Online Marketing
• Marketing
• Public Speaking
• Crm
• Event Planning
• Integrated Marketing
• Market Planning
• Digital Marketing
• Social Media
• Event Management
• Lead Generation
• Account Management
• Retail
• B2b
• Management
• Cold Calling
• Training
• Customer Satisfaction
• New Business Development
• Negotiation
• Email Marketing
• Marketing Communications
• Facebook
• Online Advertising
• Press Releases
• Digital Media
• Microsoft Office
• Sales
• Marketing Strategy
• Social Networking
• Social Media Marketing