Larry Botelle, CPC

Larry’s expertise lies in the recruitment and building of GTM functions such as sales, presales, marketing, and customer success within North America and the UK. His impact is made both at the individual contributor and management levels. His specialty lies in security, DevOps, DevSecOps, APM, NPM, Observability, Cloud, and Infrastructure.

Larry feels that he is not only an advisor and consultant to clients, but an extension of them as well. Recruiters often shape the market perception of their clients’ image and Larry takes that seriously. He approaches a prospective candidate with a high level of professionalism, integrity, knowledge, and energy about the position. Candidates often mention how impressed they are by his knowledge, and this approach allows him to attract and deliver excellent passive talent to his clients. He brings the lethally effective combination of exceptional networker and fearless cold caller to deliver results.

Some of Larry’s top career achievements include: 

• Promoted to Equity Partner in 2010 and Senior Partner in 2017
• Inducted into the Pinnacle Society, the premier consortium of top search professionals.
• Ranked #1 in Sales: '19, '20
• Ranked #2 in Sales: '06, '07, '11, '12, '13, '17, '18, '21
• Ranked #3 in Sales: '10, '14, '22
• Rookie of the Year: 2005

Prior to joining Hobson Associates in 2004, Larry began his professional recruiting career with RJS Associates and quickly became a leader in the IT/Software Department. Larry was Rookie of the Year in 2000 and IT Consultant of the Year in 2001. During his tenure with RJS, he received multiple client development awards for his dedication and performance with clients. 

In 2001, Larry earned his Certified Personnel Consultant (CPC) designation. He also served on the board of the Connecticut Association of Personnel Services (CAPS) in 2006-2008. He’s also served on the board of New England Association of Personnel Services (NEAPS) where he helped to coordinate a major conference for the recruiting industry. 

Larry graduated from Teikyo Post University (now Post University) with a BS in Marketing.