Rick Girard
CEO Stride Search Inc, Host of the Hire Power Radio Podcast
Talent Development Expert, Trainer, Public Speaker & Author
Rick Girard teaches people all over the world how to walk the “healing road of hiring” that leads to mastering the art of talent acquisition and achieving financial success with integrity.
Rick is the Founder & CEO of the internationally renowned Stride Search, host of the popular “Hire Power Radio Podcast,” unconventional public speaker and author.
Rick has been laser-focused on building tech startups in the highly competitive Silicon Valley. Over his career, he has helped build more than 200 startup teams to successfully exit. He has also learned from the few failures… goodbye Pets.com sock puppet! “Value” and “Impact” are the two main ingredients brought to every interaction, above and beyond just locating the strongest people. Contrarian in his approach, Rick has flipped the script on engagement and the hiring process to bring a massive competitive advantage to every interaction, helping his clients achieve a 98% success rate in hiring the people they need to succeed.
While not running a school for Gifted Mutants as Professor X, he hosts the Hire Power Radio Show & Podcast, a weekly series on OC Talk Radio which serves as a business leader’s resource to solve their most difficult hiring challenges. When not on the air, Rick authored his first book Career Wounds, competes in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and has an affinity for any adrenaline-pumping activity such as surfing, snowboarding, rock climbing and running with scissors.