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Adam Kovacs – Founder & CEO, The Talent Foundation | Executive Director, OPEN Talent Society

Adam Kovacs approaches talent acquisition as a strategic capability rather than a reactive function. As Founder and CEO of The Talent Foundation, a boutique consultancy based in Seattle, he partners with leaders to fundamentally redesign how talent acquisition operates—moving beyond quick fixes to build predictable, strategic systems.

Drawing from his experience scaling functions at AWS and creating global training programs, Adam has trained over 800 recruiters, built recruiting services for 1000+ stakeholders, and influenced thousands of hires across continents. His work focuses on addressing root causes through systematic diagnosis of process, skills, and data challenges.

The Talent Foundation specializes in complex, high-stakes situations: rapid scaling for private equity and venture capital portfolios, urgent niche skill hiring, strategic function design, time-sensitive go-to-market team launches, and first-time global workforce expansion. Through his integrated Talent Enablement Ecosystem,…