Valerie is an investor and entrepreneur who has built, hired, and operated across more industries than most recruiters will ever touch: technology, insurance, finance, venture debt, real estate, manufacturing, design, and the medical world. Her experience in physician-led healthcare gives her genuine fluency in medtech and life sciences — understanding both the clinical and commercial dynamics of how those organizations grow. She has invested in tech and hired within it, so she speaks that language from the inside, not from a spec sheet.

That range is not a resume detail. It is what makes Valerie unusually effective. She moves between sectors with ease because she has actually worked in them. When she walks into a search, she understands the business, the pressures of the stage, and what kind of person actually thrives in that environment — not just who looks right on paper.

She built Hire Intelligence to bring that same cross-sector instinct to every search Calqulate runs — from a founder’s first critical hire to a full executive team.