About techexec
Technology executive recruitment, built around a network of the leaders it recruits.
Aaron Thomas
Aaron has worked in technology recruitment for 20 years and founded Digital Native in 2016.
Aaron runs techexec himself. He has the career conversations, and every member hears from him within 2 working days.
He’s based in Brisbane and works with technology leaders and the organisations hiring them across Australia.
Before techexec
- Practice Leader, Technology at Hudson.
- General Manager, Technology, QLD and NSW at Davidson, where he built and led some of the largest technology recruitment teams in Queensland.
- A track record recruiting from individual contributor through to CTO and VP-level engineering leadership.
- Committee member, Women in Technology, and active in the Brisbane tech community.
Why a network
Technology leaders tell the same story about recruiters: they call when there’s a role, go quiet when there isn’t, and treat a career as a CV. Meanwhile the peer groups leaders value most are small, confidential and regular, and they’re usually run by vendors or overseas.
techexec is built the other way round. The network comes first: a monthly briefing, small roundtables under the Chatham House rule, and a confidential career conversation, free for members and with no sponsors. Search is the business that pays for it. When an organisation needs a technology leader, we start with people we know properly.
The four promises we make to members are written down on the network page, and we expect to be held to them.