AUTONOMOUS
TALENT
GROUP
The Self-Driving Executive Management Consulting Firm
Welcome to the Autonomous Talent Group. We serve venture/private equity backed and public companies across business to business and consumer technology, specializing in software, autonomy, and next generation mobility. We operate with highly targeted, sniper-esque precision to give our clients immediate, hyper-curated access to executives who attract the best talent, build successful businesses, and create significant value for shareholders. These executives empower autonomous teams, strategize and execute autonomously, and build towards an inevitable, autonomous future. We work the same way to deliver these executives through a seamless experience for our clients. We look forward to meeting you, taking your story to market, and helping you hire the right people to make your vision of success a reality.
Rogers Farlow - Founder, Managing Partner
TESTIMONIALS
Gleb Budman
Founder, Chair and CEO - Backblaze (NASDAQ: BLZE)
Having recently taken our company public, we needed to flesh out the executive team. Rogers was great to work with in helping us find a key member for our team. Rogers was thorough, understood what we were looking for, and worked with us to ensure we found the right person.
Chad Herring
Chief People Officer - ZoomInfo (NASDAQ: ZI)
Rogers brings precision and insight to executive recruiting, ensuring each search is tailored to the client's specific needs. His dedication lies in thoroughly understanding each mandate and relentlessly pursuing the right fit, not the easiest one. Rogers manages the evaluation process with strategic acumen, maintaining a clear focus on successful final placements. Above all, he is a dependable partner in your search efforts, committed to results that add genuine value to your organization. In working with him, you gain more than a skilled recruiter; you gain a strategic asset in building a high-caliber leadership team.
Jake Slatnick
Founder and CEO - Freepower (fka Aira)
Rogers is as good as it gets. He brings candidates that are not only high quality, but the right fit for the organization. He internalizes the skillsets, experience, and cultural fit we need in a given role, and somehow finds endless candidates that couldn’t be more qualified.
Jim Obsitnik
CEO - Sourcescrub
Rogers has been exceptional in leading critical executive searches. He finds the right talent to meet my specific needs through tight collaboration and a desire to find the right person regardless of how long it takes.
Michael Bell
SVP, Digital - Lucid Motors (NASDAQ: LCID)
Rogers is great! Give him your most difficult searches and let him loose. You will be thrilled with the results!
Lee Schweichler
Founder - SPMB
Rogers has an intuitive sense for executive search. He has a personal passion for working on each element of a search such that the unique needs of each individual client are addressed. His success comes through being relentless in the identification and pursuit of the best people, then management of the evaluation and decision process leading to successful closure. Above all he can be trusted to be a real partner in the search, and effective in delivering a positive outcome.
Rogers Farlow brings over a decade of executive search experience serving pre Series A startups to the Fortune 15 and everything in between. Rogers practices across all functions, from CEO to all critical CEO reports, for venture/private equity backed and publicly traded companies across business to business and consumer technology.
Rogers launched his practice at SPMB while serving as the engine behind founder Lee Schweichler's practice through his retirement. Rogers also supported several other partners, helping them gain nationwide recognition with several high profile placements. He mentored many team members who became resources the partnership counts on to deliver great results.
Select clients represented over the years: Backblaze (NASDAQ: BLZE), Snapdocs, Freepower (fka Aira), Rivian, Amazon, Capsilon (acquired by Ellie Mae), Gusto, Robinhood, Coinbase, Deputy, MinIO, Postman, h2o.ai, Observe.ai, Autogrid, LogRhythm, Winmore, Autoquotes, Contrast Security, Swrve, Callfire, Axcient, PwC, Cyara, Comcast Cable.
Rogers holds dual degrees from the University of California, Berkeley in Political Economics and Psychology.
Born and raised in San Francisco, Rogers' time away from his firm is spent supporting his family, his friends, and his community.