Claudia Colonna

Claudia Colonna is the founder of Internal External, a technology recruiting and people solutions company based in New York. She is a seasoned technology recruiter with extensive experience in both internal and external recruiting roles.

Professional Background

Recruiting Experience: Claudia has worked as an internal recruiter for notable companies like:

• Perka (now Clover)
• Clarifai, a computer-vision leader

During her internal recruiting experiences, she gained deep insights into technology recruitment, collaborating with engineers, scientists, and founders. Her external recruiting work involved partnering with seed-to-public technology companies in the New York market.1

Core Professional Principles

Claudia is driven by three personal principles:

• Passion first; money follows
• Hang on to hope and humor
• Treat each person with dignity and empathy

Professional Philosophy: She is passionate about transforming the recruiting process from an impersonal, expensive approach to a more humanized, results-oriented experience. Her company, Internal External, focuses on direct recruiting and building engineering, data, and product teams for NYC-based technology companies.1

Inspirations and Approach

Claudia is inspired by innovators like Walt Disney and Steve Jobs, valuing creativity, persistence, and pushing through limitations. She describes herself as curious, creative, and committed to continuous learning, especially in engineering concepts and technologies.1

Her professional reputation centers on being a trusted, collaborative go-to resource for technologists, with expertise in building teams across product development, data, and engineering domains.1