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About Thunderhawk

A workforce partner built for what comes next.

We place the technology, engineering, and operations talent enterprises need to build what comes next, and connect skilled people with the roles that fit.

WBENC + WOSB certifiedWoman & minority-owned100+ years · workforce solutionsAI-fluent · Human-led
— What we saw

The market wasn't solving the right problem.

Two unworkable shapes.

Too small to run enterprise programs reliably, or too large to keep senior attention on the work. Clients were forced to pick a pain.

A broken stereotype.

Diverse-owned firms had a seat at the supplier-diversity table, then got quietly penalized for trying to win head-to-head on operating excellence.

Domain depth being thinned.

The people who knew what an Epic analyst does, or why a model-risk manager isn't a data scientist, got replaced by generalists trained on keyword matching.

— Our Story

Why we started this firm.

We didn't start in a garage. By the time we founded Thunderhawk in October 2024, the team had spent more than a hundred years between them inside enterprise workforce programs, on both sides of the table. Some of us built and ran these programs as suppliers; others bought and managed them from the client side; several have done both. We had built them, scaled them, broken them, and rebuilt them. We knew exactly what worked. More importantly, we knew exactly what didn't.

— The proof of concept
$1.5B
annual workforce spend
at a top US bank
Bottom of the panel to top 3
outranking every one of the
largest names in the category

Jen and Saurabh didn't start out aligned: the classic case of sales and delivery butting heads. The shift came when they stopped negotiating with each other and started walking into every room, internal stakeholders and clients alike, with one strategic vision instead of two. They ran the program as one voice from then on. Within eighteen months it had moved from the bottom of the vendor panel to top three.

That wasn't the start of Thunderhawk. But it was the proof of concept.

We founded Thunderhawk to do that work on purpose. Diverse-certified by structure, not for marketing. Operationally rigorous from the first engagement. Built on people who have actually done the work they are now hiring for. Anchored in the kind of inclusive culture that produces both the best people for our clients and the best place to work for our team.

We treat people right, clients and employees both, because strong relationships are the foundation for lasting impact.

Today, the thesis is holding. We are Tier 1 on multiple enterprise programs across BFSI, telecom, pharma, manufacturing, healthcare, and aerospace. WBENC certified. WOSB certified. SOC 2 Type I. CAGE-coded and SAM-registered for federal subcontracting. 100+ tenured recruiters across the US and India. And still building.

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Jennifer D'Silva & Saurabh Pathak Co-Founders, Thunderhawk Technology Partners
— Our Mission

Talent that holds the seat. Programs that stick.

To place domain-fluent talent into the roles that matter most, back it with the operating discipline that makes the work stick, and do right by our clients and our people in every engagement.

— Our Vision

Set the standard. Not just hold the seat.

To prove that a diverse-certified firm can set the operating standard for workforce solutions: winning head-to-head on excellence, and raising the bar for inclusion and impact across the industry.

Our core values.

Five principles that guide how we work, who we hire, and what we ask of ourselves. They are not aspirational. They are the operating rules of the firm.

Care

We build a supportive, inclusive environment where people can do their best work. Well-being and growth come first, and we mean it operationally, not as a poster.

Customer Centricity

Clients are central to everything we do. We seek to understand their needs, exceed expectations, and build lasting, trust-based partnerships.

Integrity

Transparency, honesty, and doing the right thing for clients, candidates, and each other.

Innovation

We use technology and creative thinking to deliver solutions that hold up. The right talent in the right role is our standard.

Community

We believe in giving back. Through philanthropy, volunteering, and inclusive hiring programs, we strive to support and uplift the communities we serve.

What we believe.

The structural beliefs that set Thunderhawk apart from the rest of the category. Every choice we make as a firm follows from these.

Workforce solutions is a domain-led discipline.

The best placements come from recruiters who've worked the discipline they hire for: domain fluency, not keyword matching.

Diversity is a performance multiplier.

Inclusive sourcing and diverse-certified discipline lift retention, quality of hire, and time-to-fill. Advantage, not compliance.

Operating discipline is the actual product.

Candidates are what you see; the real product is the operating discipline that makes placements stick: intake, sourcing, decision velocity, offer hygiene.

AI is leverage. Not replacement.

AI speeds sourcing, skills mapping, and parallelism. The call on the right hire stays with someone who's done the role.

— Where we operate

US-based. Globally scaled.

Atlanta is home and the seat of senior client leadership. Our delivery engine spans coast to coast in the US, with Global Delivery Centers in India giving us follow-the-sun coverage.

100+Recruiters across US + India
7Industries served
4Specialized programs
PTPacific
CTCentral
ETEastern
ISTIndia
Los Angeles, CA
Sales On-Site
San Jose, CA
Sales On-Site
Houston, TX
Leadership On-Site
Detroit, MI
Leadership On-Site
Atlanta, GA
Headquarters · Delivery Center
Charlotte, NC
Leadership On-Site
Edison, NJ
Leadership On-Site
New York, NY
Sales On-Site
follow-the-sun
New Delhi
Delivery Center
Lucknow
Delivery Center
Hyderabad
Delivery Center
— United States · 8 locations · Senior client leadership
— India · 3 Global Delivery Centers · Recruiting scale

Let's work together.

Whether you're hiring your first specialist or running a Tier 1 supplier diversity program, we'd like to hear from you. Tell us what you're trying to accomplish.