July 17, 2024

Solon, Ohio- Direct Recruiters, Inc. (DRI), a Starfish Partners Company, is pleased to announce that Tess Lepore and Justin Doyle have been named Partners. Both have been recognized throughout their years at DRI as dedicated, top-performing members of our team, who exemplify our core values each day. 

Tess Lepore began at DRI over 3 years ago as an executive recruiter and has played an integral role on the Government, Energy and Security team. She quickly excelled in the executive search industry, bringing an admirable work ethic, positive mentality, and goal-oriented outlook. Tess is someone that believes in following up and following through. Whether that’s with clients, candidates, coworkers, family members or friends, Tess is committed and won’t relent until she exceeds expectations. In addition to her successful recruiting accomplishments in the Government Technology space, Tess is a valuable mentor for up-and-coming recruiters, and runs weekly training sessions, enabling others to grow and scale their recruiting careers. Tess's strong leadership skills, diligence and impressive track record enables her team and the entire company to succeed.

Justin Doyle joined DRI in 2012 specializing in automation recruiting. Justin's enthusiasm and attention to detail quickly propelled him to being the Director of Fluid Power, then Practice Leader of Water Technology. Justin's outstanding abilities to expand and cultivate recruiting practices through market research, candidate sourcing and new business development led to a new role in 2023 as Starfish Partners' Director of Technology and Innovation. In this role, Justin helps recruiting firms and Starfish Partners to develop strategies surrounding their recruiting tech-stack and improve data quality and processes, in addition to mentoring database analysts and researchers. Justin's extensive combined expertise in the recruiting industry and technology field plays a large part of DRI and Starfish Partners' growth and success.

According to Dan Charney, President & CEO, “Speaking on behalf of the current Partners and employees, we are thrilled to congratulate both Tess and Justin on their promotion to Partner. We are very proud of both for reaching this level of success, and look forward to their continued growth. Tess and Justin embody our core values and play integral roles in reaching our aggressive strategic goals.” 

To contact Tess Lepore, 440-261-4322 / tlepore@directrecruiters.com. 

To contact Justin Doyle, 440-996-0056 / jdoyle@directrecruiters.com.