About Us

Rick Stomphorst
President, SearchVelocity | Co-Founder, Silicon Halton
Rick is a technology and community leader and adviser connecting talent to employers, people to people, and business to business.
At SearchVelocity he provides recruitment services to software & technology companies and start-ups to identify and acquire high-value tech staff. He brings 25+ years experience within software companies, including five software startups and IT professional consulting firms as a hiring manager of technical resources.
As a proud co-founder of Silicon Halton, he co-facilitates the monthly Tech CEO and Sr. HR Roundtable meetings. Collectively they manage 7,000 staff and a salary budget of $500M.