Roots to Sustainability



Food, Energy, Environment Talent Acquisition Advisory





SAMANTHA SIMONNET

TEL: 949-698-3238

samantha@roots2sustainability.com



WE FIND EXCEPTIONAL TALENT AND BUILT OUTSTANDING TEAMS FOR GAME-CHANGING SEED/late-STAGE VC-BACKED STARTUPS to FORTUNE 500 Organizations, incubators, INVESTORS & their portfolio companies AND NGOS WHO RELENTLESSLY DEVELOP AND BRING INNOVATIVE, DISRUPTIVE PORTFOLIO OF PRODUCTS AND SOLUTIONS TO THE MARKET TO address unprecedented changes IN DEMOGRAPHICS AND GLOBALIZATION, and solve unprecedented challenges in FOOD PRODUCTION, SAFETY AND SECURITY, ENERGY RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT.



FoodTech



Aquaculture & Sustainable Fisheries



SynBio & Bio-Engineering



AgBio & AgTech



Cleantech & Water Technologies



Vertical Farming, Precision Farming



Our Talent Acquisition Services



Turn-Key Cradle-To-Onboard Recruiting, A-La-Carte Talent Acquisition, Contained Executive Search



With over a decade in Executive Search, Talent Acquisition & Recruiting and Organizational Development at the intersection of Biotech, Cleantech and Tech, we assist your company with its growing needs sustainably, whether your organization needs turn-key cradle to on-board Recruitment Process Outsourcing, A-La-Carte Talent Acquisition or Contained Executive Search. From Scientific to Engineering roles to the C-Suite, we can manage your full cycle talent acquisition process or partner with your existing team and provide a portfolio of flexible and affordable solutions tailored to your situation and requirements and throughout functions.

  • If you have no infrastructure in place, we provide full recruitment support to increase the quality of hire and speed within which you fill open requisitions to meet your opportunity cost and so you can focus on everything else you need done.
  • Anticipated ramp up or unexpected hiring needs? We partner with your existing HR / Talent Acquisition team on these specific, strategic positions.
  • Consistent Compliance: we assure adherence within the sourcing, recruiting and hiring process.
  • Talent Acquisition Brand & Operations: we can help evaluate, procure, implement or optimize the technologies and workflows that will make your recruitment presence, process and teams more effective, focusing on passive candidates and transcending post-&-pray and time-to-fill.
  • No recruiting team in place yet? We recruit it for you when the time is right to have an in-house expert in place.
  • We focus on candidate experience with deep expertise in performance-based hiring and recruiting for fit. We train your hiring managers and can develop tailored interviewing guides that will transform the selection process.

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PROJECTS & Roles



Turn-Key Cradle-To-Onboard Recruiting / A-La-Carte Talent Acquisition / Contained Executive Search



Role Profile Definition, candidate sourcing





Intake session

Performance-based job spec draft

Market mapping & name generation

Strategic candidate sourcing

Candidate Development

Recruiting (requisition, system process, applicants) management



Scientific & Engineering roles





Molecular Biology

Microbiology

Biochemistry

Fermentation

Software Engineering

Computational Biology

BioInformatics

Gene Editing

Cell Engineering

Plant Breeding

Animal Science

Genomics

Lab Operations

Chemical, Electrical, Mechanical, Process Engineering



Interviewing, Hiring, On-boarding





Scorecard, behavioral interviews and debrief

Candidate Experience Management

Shortlist

Offer negotiation and process

References

Orientation and induction programs



level & functions





Individual Contributors

Managers

Directors

VPs

SVPs

Presidents

C-Level (CTO, CSO, CFO, COO)

Business & Corporate Development

Commercial, Sales

Finance

Legal

HR




Searches & Credentials






Chief Technology Officer - Sustainable Food Science Company

Chief Technology Officer - San Francisco Crop Nutrition VC-backed Startup

SVP R&D - Boston VC-backed Microbiome Startup

Chief Scientific Officer - Boston VC-backed Biotech Startup

Chief Financial Officer - Publicly-traded LA Biopharma Company

President Americas - UK-based Biopharma Startup

North America VP Corporate Development - French-based DNA Storage Company

VP Clinical Research - San Diego / NYC based Biopharma Company

President - US SynBio Publicly-traded Company, based in DC

VP HR - US SynBio Publicly-traded Company, based in DC

SVP Food - US SynBio Publicly-traded Company, based in NC

Chief Commercial Officer - US SynBio Publicly-traded Company, based in DC

Director Fermentation - US SynBio Publicly-traded Company, based in SF

VP Crop Protection - US SynBio Publicly-traded Company, based in Davis, CA

SVP Environment - US SynBio Publicly-traded Company, based in SF

COO - US SynBio Publicly-traded Company, based in SF

SVP Consumer - US SynBio Publicly-traded Company, based in SF

VP R&D Microbial Industrial Products - US SynBio Publicly-traded Company, based in SF

Senior Scientists, Molecular Biology - US SynBio Publicly-traded Company, based in SF

Senior Software Engineering - US SynBio Publicly-traded Company, SF

Senior Director Technology Analysis & Commercialization - US SynBio Publicly-traded Company, DC

VP CompBio and BioInformaicis - US SynBio Publicly-traded Company, SF

Director Software Engineering - US SynBio Publicly-traded Company, SF

VP Lab Operations, San Diego-based Companion Diagnostics Company

CFO - San Diego-based Companion Diagnostics Company

COO, Michigan based Cell Analysis Startup

CFO - San Diego-based VC-backed Biotech Startup

VP R&D - San Diego-based VC-backed Biotech Startup

Director IT - San Diego-based VC-backed Biotech Startup

Director Program Management - San Diego-based VC-backed Biotech Startup

Director Lab Operations - San Diego-based VC-backed Biotech Startup

CIO - Fortune 500 Life Sciences Company

President Americas - Fortune 500 Life Sciences Company

VP R&D - Fortune 500 Life Sciences Company

Director Corporate Strategy - Fortune 500 Life Sciences Company

Director Corporate Development and M&As - Fortune 500 Life Sciences Company

Director Animal Health and Food Safety - Fortune 500 Life Sciences Company

VP Engineering - Biomass - MNC Power Generation Company, DC

VP R&D Energy Storage North America - China-based Clean Transportation Startup

VP Sales - Greater Los Angeles VC-backed Solar Startup

Mechanical, Optical, Electrical, Process Engineers - Greater Los Angeles VC-backed Solar Startup






Get in Touch


We are based in Greater Los Angeles
with international expertise and assist our clients with U.S based projects

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