Kimberly Kent

About Kimberly Kent

An experienced executive recruiter and candidate developer with over 8 years of experience successfully driving scale through leadership development for private equity and venture-backed growth companies. Recognized by clients and candidates as a trusted partner with a demonstrated track record of identifying and recruiting transformational leaders. Areas of expertise->Functional Expertise: Finance, Engineering, Product & Data leaders->Geographical Focus: North America->Sectors: My experience and coverage continues to be broad from pre-revenue, seed stage to publicly traded — and across the entire tech ecosystem from cybersecurity, storage, cloud, and data infrastructure to B2B SaaS to fintech, healthtech, marketplaces, autonomous vehicles, energy, and next-gen consumer->Stages: Venture Capital-Backed, Private Equity-Backed (Growth Equity to Buy-Out) and Public Companies->Sample Clients: Having completed over 30 retained searches, recent and repeat clients include: Nerdwallet, Redis, NationBuilder, Crux and K Health->Professional Perseverance: I have spent over a decade of my life running. Not metaphorically-I literally ran. I ran my way to be an All-American in the marathon, twice. While I was running, I thought about quitting about 100 times. I pictured myself just stopping. But despite the aches, blistered feet and physical fatigue, I kept going. That is me. I don\'t give up. When I feel pain or see a challenge in my sights, I smile. Today, I direct that same level of perseverance towards my career as a retained executive search leader. Let’s connect: Happy to discuss current trends in the market - both macro and function-specific - and how I can help build your leadership team and drive growth for your organization.

Experience

1. Director

   Bespoke Partners

   Jan 2026 — Present · Orange County, CA, US

   CEO PracticeBespoke Partners is the leading firm focused exclusively on executive recruiting and leadership advisory services for private equity-backed software firms. More than 90% of the most active private equity software investors in the US have relied on Bespoke for leadership recruiting and advisory. Bespoke transformed leadership at portfolio companies achieving buyout transactions totaling more than $25 billion in 2021 alone. Bespoke’s unique, data-driven services complete searches in typically half the industry average time with a 99% placement success rate. The firm partners with more than 70 top tier private equity firms, providing human capital services that accelerate execution on value creation plans, cut the risk of mis-hiring, and empower leadership to achieve the investment thesis. Visit bespokepartners.com to learn more.

Skills

• Writing
• Sales
• Public Speaking
• Salesforce.com
• Leadership