VenTech Search Group

08/25/2026

BIG NEWS: VenTech Search has acquired JMH Talent Solutions.

Jordan Humphreys joins the firm as our Head of Engineering Search Practice.

For nine years, VenTech has operated as a specialist search firm for automation and robotics revenue talent, placing elite revenue generators at KEBA Automation, Yaskawa, Vecna Robotics, and Nabtesco.

Adding an engineering practice was the obvious next step. Finding the right person to lead it was not.

Most firms recruiting technical talent in this industry are generalists. They match keywords, they cannot hold a real conversation about a servo drive or a motion controller, and they treat a controls engineer like any other req on the board. That standard was never going to work here.

Jordan was the exception. 7 years building JMH Talent Solutions into a dedicated controls, automation, and robotics engineering search practice. Controls engineers, automation engineers, robotics software and integration engineers, applications and systems engineers. The roles most firms cannot scope, let alone fill.

He runs his desk the way we run ours. Deep in one industry, direct with clients, and unwilling to present a candidate he would not stake his own name on.

Our clients do not pay us to run a training program.

We did not hire a recruiter. We acquired a practice with its own client base, reputation, and standards. There is no ramp period. Jordan is running searches for our clients now.

One firm. A one-stop shop for both sides of the automation business.

Why Jordan:

"I've watched Jordan work the engineering side of this industry for years. We shared clients without ever competing because he was hiring the people who built the machines and we were hiring the people who sold them. So when we decided it was time to dominate both sides of the business for our clients, I already knew who I wanted.

Sure, we could have built the practice internally, but that would mean a junior recruiter figuring out controls engineering on someone's open search, and I'm not going to ask a client to pay for that. Jordan doesn't need me to teach him anything. He’s already dominating on the engineering side of things, and with our resources behind him, we expect to be the leader in engineering search in the next 12 months.

Our clients can now come to us for the whole organization, and they get the same standard on both sides. That's the part I'm most excited about."

Here is Jordan on why he said yes:

"Before joining another firm, I needed real answers: Who are they? What's their reputation? Do they actually understand this industry, and do they understand me? And just as important, where are they headed?

I've known Jay and Sully for years through LinkedIn, and every mutual connection had the same thing to say about them. They're true experts in Industrial Automation Sales, and one of the most respected search firms in our niche, with a clear ambition to be the best, not just one of the best.

That's what sold me on VenTech."

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Engineering is where we start. It is not where we stop.
Welcome to the team, Jordan.

05/04/2023

Reid Hoffman said, "The person passionate about what he or she is doing will outwork and outlast the guy motivated solely by making money."

Passion for work is a powerful motivator. In the pursuit of professional success, let's not forget the importance of passion and purpose in driving our efforts.

03/28/2023

What’s the difference between a recruiter and a talent advisor?

A recruiter pitches you the job that they have right now so they can hit a meaningless KPI and get “their” commission check.

A talent advisor could pitch you several jobs BUT first takes the time to learn what YOU want.

Where you want to take your career and then strategizes with you on how to get there in an accelerated time frame.

The talent advisor approach is exactly what sports agents do for athletes.

How do we know? Our CEO, Jay Veniard had a sports agent for my entire 8-year baseball career.

Agents/Talent Advisors help you map out your career and do all the heavy lifting so you can focus on what you do best.

This is the approach we take in our organization.

So if you are a sales professional in the automation, robotics, or manufacturing space and DON’T have an Agent/Talent Advisor let’s talk.

We can show you how to accelerate your career path by a minimum of 3 years.

03/27/2023

03/24/2023

Do you think recruiters steal candidates?

Let us know in the comments below!

But before you write anything, watch this 3-min video about when you work with us on an engaged search, you actually get first right of refusal on a candidate.

So if we source a candidate specifically for your job, we send that candidate to you and nobody else.

https://youtu.be/LuPTRnI2apo

03/23/2023

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Our most valuable resource is time. Cutting down on wasted time is critical to achieving your , whether in or in other areas of life."

03/22/2023

During the Covid pandemic, we made a strategic move to become a niche specialist only focusing on placing sales professionals from sales development reps, and sales engineering, up to chief revenue officers in the industrial automation, robotics, and manufacturing spaces.

This move was the number one reason we posted back-to-back record years in 2021 & 2022.

Listen in to hear how we did it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zAfruSXEMA

03/17/2023

"It's all about the BOUNCE BACK that separates the performers for the AVERAGE." - Jay Veniard

So what are the secrets of this elite performer who bounces back, who (as cliché as it sounds) learns from their mistakes, who become the better version of themselves?

Learn more through this article: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/what-does-take-become-best-vtsgroup