The people who run your search.
Every FloodGate search is led by a Talent Director or Talent Advisor who works a specific corner of MedTech. These are the people you would actually work with, what they specialize in, and where to check the claims.
Who leads the search
I get to work with some of the best and brightest people in the world, at FloodGate and at our clients, all working toward improving lives for patients.
- What most MedTech startups get wrong about talent
- The impact of hiring A players
- Building a MedTech talent acquisition, development and retention strategy
- Since
- 2020
- Searches
- 225+
- Credentials
- 4
I love the executives I get to work with in this space. They are incredibly smart, sharp and innovative, and I learn something from them every day. Cardiovascular and vascular MedTech sits at the intersection of real patient need and some of medicine’s most meaningful, complex innovation right now. As a former ICU nurse, I find purpose in indirectly helping patients access better treatment options and technologies that can change their outcomes. Beyond search, the most interesting part of this work is knowing where the right people, capital, and talent need to intersect across the cardiovascular ecosystem, and being positioned to make that happen.
- Why peripheral vascular companies keep hiring for relationships over ability, and what the best-athlete hiring model looks like in practice
- How total compensation in peripheral vascular MedTech has shifted over the past three years, and what the numbers mean for how companies should build their teams now
- Why clinical validation is now a commercial strategy decision in cardiovascular and peripheral vascular MedTech, and what happens to adoption when it is treated as an afterthought
- Since
- 2019
- Searches
- 308
- Credentials
- 4
I feel like my work is an extension of who I am as a person. I get to learn about people and their professional goals and make an impact on them and their family's life. I also get to help companies build company culture and get medical devices and products into the hands of patients and clinicians who need them.
- Helping people break into medical sales
- The different talent needs of startups and established organizations
- Teaching people to market themselves well: resume, LinkedIn and interviewing
- Since
- 2021
- Searches
- 200+
- Credentials
- 4
Talent Director
Jessica Hellquist
Tampa, FL
Orthopedics, spine and pain management. Joined FloodGate in 2021 with a background in IT recruiting, sales and medical device marketing.
Who works it with you
I love connecting people with opportunities that can change their careers while helping companies grow. It keeps me close to healthcare and lets me play a small part in advancing the people and innovations that improve patient care.
- Why the best candidate is not always the best interviewer
- Hiring for attitude, and what a resume cannot tell you
- Recruiting as a partnership rather than a transaction
- Since
- 2022
- Searches
- 180
- Credentials
- 4
I really enjoy connecting with people and helping them find the right opportunity, but I also love the challenge of finding the person a hiring manager has been struggling to find.
- Breaking into medical device sales without prior device experience
- Preparing for a medical device sales interview beyond basic company research
- How to stand out when several candidates have similar backgrounds
- Since
- 2018
- Searches
- ~260
- Credentials
- 5
After 20 years of high-intensity, always-on military leadership, recruiting gave me a way to keep doing work that matters: building teams and connecting people to the right opportunity, without sacrificing time with my family.
- Translating military leadership experience into hiring criteria commercial MedTech companies recognize
- Building AI-enabled sourcing workflows and advanced Boolean search frameworks to find passive candidates
- Compensation benchmarking and workforce planning for regulated MedTech organizations
- Since
- 2021
- Searches
- 200+
- Credentials
- 4
I love being able to lead, coach and mentor both clients and candidates in all things talent management. Helping the best connect with the best is a rewarding mission.
- Transitioning from the military to the civilian sector or MedTech
- The neurological space inside MedTech
- Hiring manager training and coaching
- Since
- 2024
- Searches
- 43
- Credentials
- 7
Working at FloodGate lets you have a huge impact on people's lives and careers. It is a very rewarding job.
- Leadership
- Goal setting, and achieving what you set
- Commitment to hard work, and why it matters
- Since
- 2024
- Searches
- 67
- Credentials
- 3
I love the relationship side of recruiting and getting to work with people who are building things that actually impact patient care. MedTech keeps me interested because there is always something new to learn, and I genuinely enjoy being part of the industry.
- The vascular and cardiovascular talent market
- How to get into the medical device industry
- How to showcase your background so it lands with a hiring team
- Since
- 2023, as an intern
- Credentials
- 2
What keeps me in MedTech recruiting is the opportunity to make a meaningful impact on people's careers while helping companies find the talent that drives innovation in healthcare. I love building relationships, connecting people with opportunities they may not have found on their own, and seeing firsthand how the right fit can change someone's career.
- Since
- 2025
- Searches
- 36
- Credentials
- 2
MedTech is an industry that keeps you honest, because there is always something new to learn. What I love most is getting to know what makes people tick: building relationships with candidates and hiring managers, understanding what each is trying to build and where they want to go, and bringing the two together when those goals line up.
- How MedTech leaders position themselves for the next level of leadership
- Building a relationship network before you need your next executive role
- How hiring managers should evaluate transferable medical device sales experience
- Since
- 2025
- Searches
- 21
- Credentials
- 1
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