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Principal @Blue Sky Exec Search Collective
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WORK HISTORY
Principal @Blue Sky Exec Search Collective
Nashville, TN, US
We are a boutique executive search and advisory firm built by people who ran these processes from the inside — at companies like Microsoft, Amazon, Google, Meta, Electronic Arts, and more.Our Offerings:Executive SearchWe place VP+ and C-suite leaders across product, engineering, design, sales & marketing, finance, and general management. We work with high-growth companies ready to scale, and we take the work seriously — tight shortlists, honest counsel, and reasonable fee structures.Executive Career AdvisoryWe took the same frameworks we use to run searches for companies and reverse-engineered them for the candidate. Senior leaders get access to the insider perspective that\'s usually sitting on the other side of the table — from search strategy and market mapping to recruiter-grade assessment, interview preparation, and offer negotiation.
EDUCATION
University of Oregon
BA, English
SKILLS
ABOUT KRISTIN KALSCHEUR RAIFORD
The best executive recruiting isn\'t about matching titles to org charts — it\'s about identifying rare talent and knowing how to frame a compelling opportunity for someone who isn\'t looking. That\'s what I\'ve spent over 20 years doing. At Blue Sky, I bring that same ingenuity and precision without the corporate overhead. My nearly fifteen years at Amazon tell the story. I partnered with internal startups and Corporate M&A, became the go-to recruiting partner for the CFO, and placed CFOs at Zappos, Twitch, and Amazon Studios — including hiring the company\'s first five external women Finance VPs. Most recently, as executive recruiting advisor to the SVP of Amazon Ads, I drove dozens of critical hires as the business scaled from $12B to $68B+ in revenue.Before Amazon, I spent almost a decade placing leaders for a boutique search firm, a PR agency, and a market research consultancy — with clients like Disney, Nestlé, and Herbalife. My scope covers Go-to-Market, Product, Tech, Finance, Business Development, and General Management, with deep domain experience in Ad Tech, CTV, Media, Gaming, and Marketplaces. That range is the point. Clients trust me with their most consequential hires, and candidates trust me to help them navigate what\'s next. I care about getting both sides right, and I\'ve built my career on it.If you\'re scaling your leadership team, or you\'re an executive considering exploring your next move, I\'d love to connect.
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