Richard Brunson is a highly experienced and accomplished Talent Acquisition Consultant based in Denver, Colorado. With vast expertise in IT recruitment, Richard has been recruiting specialized professionals in Healthcare, Life Sciences, Pharma, BioTech, Medical Devices, CPG, Manufacturing, and Financial Services. With a Bachelor of Science in Industrial and Organizational Psychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Richard started his career as a Jr. Financial Planner at Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc. and worked his way up as a Regional Supervisor at xentel. inc (formerly the GEHL Group) and Director of Sales (Western Region) at Contour Home Medical Products. Having worked in the IT industry in various leadership roles, Richard is highly regarded for his skills in Direct Hire and Contract Placement of Oracle, SAP, EHR/EMR, Big Data NoSQL technical professionals such as Hadoop, Cassandra, Mongo. Richard has a wealth of experience as Principal/Independent Talent Acquisition Consultant at Elite Placements LLC and former Principal, Director of Business Development & Placements at Crestone Careers. A Creative Matchmaker for the IT ELITE, Richard is known for pairing specialized professionals with the most innovative and progressive hiring leaders who are guiding their prospective companies to the forefront of the marketplace.