Alaskan Native/ISBEE Owned & MBE Certified Business
TALNT Team, an Alaskan Native/ISBEE Owned and MBE Certified recruitment firm, specializes in sourcing top talent for IT, Cybersecurity, Cloud, and Data Center Construction projects across both the private and public sectors. Whether you’re seeking contractors, full-time employees, or RPO services, we ensure your team has the expertise needed to tackle complex technology and cloud infrastructure challenges.
Our Values
This is how we roll.
Grit
We’ll filter through hundreds of potential candidates before finding your perfect hire.
Integrity
Our top priority is always making a positive impact on your company.
Compassionate
We lead with empathy for our clients, candidates, and each other.
Collaboration
We go beyond transactional, integrating ourselves into your team creates a strategic partnership.
Authenticity
We believe in being open, honest, and real with each other, and our clients. This allows us to show up as our best selves each and every day.
Our Team
Get to know our team of industry experts.
Nate Ollestad
Founder & CEO
Nate Ollestad founded TALNT Team to provide unique people solutions to companies of all sizes looking to scale. With over 17 years of experience building talent strategies and delivering top talent in various industries including Cybersecurity, eCommerce, and HealthTech Nate has proven he can deliver consistent results by investing in engaging, hiring, and retaining a company’s most valuable asset: people. If he isn’t meeting with clients or TALNT Team members, you can find Nate playing soccer, hanging outdoors, or spending time with his beautiful wife and four amazing children.
Joy Schwartz
Strategic Advisor & Principal Talent Consultant
As a Strategic Advisor & Principal Talent Consultant with TALNT Team & our partner Funk Futures, Joy has the extraordinary privilege of partnering with executive leaders to build and scale the next generation of growth companies and startups. As a Fractional Talent Leader and Executive Consultant, I build high-functioning, high-performing, and high-retention teams that help companies reach their next growth phase. Supporting Innovative Growth Companies In: Oil & Gas, Cloud FinOps, HealthTech, Behavioral Health, Consumer Tech
Ramiro Barrientos
Senior Account Executive & Talent Acquisition Partner Partnerships
Ramiro Barrientos is the Senior Account Executive & Talent Acquisition Partner for Data Center TALNT. A specialized recruiting partner focused exclusively on mission-critical construction & infrastructure. We deliver top-tier talent to hyper-scale data centers, colocation sites, and other high-demand environments, supporting projects from pre-construction to operations. We connect top engineering, construction, and operations talent with the companies building the backbone of the digital world.
Daniel Kelchner
Principal Recruiter
Daniel Kelchner is an 11 year veteran of the recruiting industry who has made hundreds of placements in both technical and non-technical roles across software, hardware, marketing and finance. Daniel spent 4 years running his own recruiting firm before joining TALNT team and is now leading our contingent staffing practice. When he’s not recruiting, you can find Daniel golfing, fishing, surfing and cooking.