Our people

The Team Behind
Your Next Great Hire.

8+ years of experience. 6.2-year average team tenure. 42% female leadership. The people who built Prisa are the same people working your account.

6.2 years
Avg. team tenure (vs. 3.1 industry avg.)
42%
Female leadership (vs. 28% industry avg.)
48%
Underrepresented groups in team
70%
Remote / hybrid team globally
Executive leadership

Executive Leadership Team

Pristina Gautam
Pristina Gautam
Founder & Chief Executive Officer

Founded Prisa Consulting Services and built it into a global staffing intelligence platform. Pristina brings a rare combination of deep cybersecurity expertise and enterprise operational leadership — having worked across Fortune 500 environments, top consulting firms, and regulated industries. She leads overall company vision, client strategy, and business development.

Education: B.Pharm, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bangalore
Career: Security Engineer — TCS & Whole Foods · CyberArk Consultant — Southwest Airlines · CyberArk Engineer — Progressive · Security Manager — Accenture
Certification: CyberArk EPM Certified
Expertise: Cybersecurity, Privileged Access Management, enterprise security architecture, global staffing strategy
Rajesh Patel
Rajesh Patel
Chief Business Officer

Joined Prisa in 2018 after 8 years recruiting at Tata Consultancy Services. Built the company's talent delivery infrastructure from the ground up, growing it from a 3-person boutique into an AI-powered global staffing platform. Rajesh oversees client partnerships, vendor network expansion, and enterprise account strategy.

Education: MBA, IIM Ahmedabad · B.Tech Computer Science, Delhi Institute of Technology
Certifications: CPR (Certified Professional Recruiter) · Six Sigma Black Belt
Expertise: IT talent strategy, global operations, technology implementation, PE & M&A
Dr. Miranda Zhang
Dr. Miranda Zhang
Chief Technology Officer

Joined Prisa in 2019 as VP of Product and led the development of Prisa's proprietary AI candidate matching platform — the engine behind our 87% faster time-to-hire versus industry. Has published 15+ papers on talent matching algorithms and behavioral prediction in peer-reviewed journals.

Education: PhD Computer Science (ML focus), Stanford University · BS Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Research: 15+ published papers on talent matching algorithms and behavioral prediction
Expertise: Machine learning, AI systems, large-scale data processing, talent matching algorithms
Elizabeth Morrison
Elizabeth Morrison
Chief Operating Officer

Prior to Prisa, Elizabeth was VP of Global Operations at a $500M software company where she built offshore operations in India, Philippines, and Mexico. At Prisa she has personally overseen the setup of 25+ GCCs across 8 countries and built our global vendor network to 10,000+ partners.

Education: MBA, Duke Fuqua School of Business · BA International Relations, University of Washington
Languages: English (native) · Spanish (fluent) · Mandarin (conversational)
Expertise: Global operations, GCC setup, offshore staffing, compliance, international team leadership
Michael Chen
Michael Chen
VP Sales & Client Success

10 years of enterprise sales at recruiting software companies before joining Prisa. Built 8-figure revenue streams at two previous companies. At Prisa, Michael has grown client retention to 94% and services revenue by 300% over five years, while building a client success organization of 40+ people.

Education: MBA, Northwestern Kellogg · BS Business Administration, University of Michigan
Achievement: Grew client retention to 94% and services revenue by 300%
Expertise: Enterprise sales, account management, client success, revenue operations
Department leadership

The Specialists Running Your Service

Department heads who bring deep functional expertise to every client engagement.

Dr. Amit Kapoor
Dr. Amit Kapoor
Head of Talent Intelligence

Former Google data scientist. Maintains and continues to develop Prisa's 500K+ candidate database and the matching algorithms that power our AI-driven placements. Joined Prisa in 2020 after 6 years in Google's People Analytics division.

Sarah Johnson
Sarah Johnson
Head of GCC Operations

Has personally project-managed the setup of 25+ GCCs across 8 countries. Harvard MBA. Joined Prisa in 2019 from McKinsey's Operations Practice where she led offshoring strategy engagements for Fortune 500 clients.

James Rivera
James Rivera
Head of Tech Talent

20 years of technical recruiting experience. Leads a team of 150+ technical recruiters across the US and offshore hubs. Placed 3,000+ engineers over his career. Former Head of Engineering Recruitment at two publicly traded software companies.

Patricia Thompson
Patricia Thompson
Head of White-Collar Staffing

18 years of HR and talent acquisition leadership. Specializes in executive and C-suite placements across 10+ functional areas. Former CHRO of a $200M manufacturing company. Joined Prisa in 2021.

David Kashmiri
David Kashmiri
Head of Data Center Staffing

Managed infrastructure and staffing programs for multiple Fortune 100 cloud providers before Prisa. Oversees our specialized data center talent practice, including NOC staffing, mission-critical infrastructure, and SLA compliance programs.

Team culture

We Practice What We Preach

Prisa's mission is building great teams for our clients. We hold ourselves to the same standard. Our culture prioritizes long tenure, diversity, distributed work, and continuous development — the same things we advise our clients to build.

With a 6.2-year average tenure (double the industry average), our team brings institutional knowledge and deep relationships to every client engagement. When you work with Prisa, you're working with people who've seen thousands of hiring cycles and built genuine expertise.

How we work

Remote-first, globally distributed

70% of our team works remotely or hybrid. We have team members in 18 countries, which makes us better at the global staffing work we do for clients.

Continuous development investment

Every team member has a dedicated L&D budget and annual development plan. Industry certifications, advanced degrees, and conference attendance are fully sponsored.

Diversity as competitive advantage

With 48% of our team from underrepresented groups and 42% female leadership, we bring genuinely diverse perspectives to talent strategy — and better outcomes for clients.

6.2 yrs
Average team tenure
vs. 3.1 yr industry avg.
42%
Female leadership representation
vs. 28% industry avg.
48%
Underrepresented groups
across all levels
18
Countries with active team members
globally distributed

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