IQTalent Partners, a talent acquisition and consulting firm has relocated its national headquarters to Nashville. Along with this, the company also added four senior management positions as a result of unprecedented growth over the last year. Since January 2018, the staff has grown over 60 percent and to support the staff, the company also announced the addition of four management positions namely, John Beck (Director of Technology), Kendra Deas, (Director of Human Resources), Mark Israel, (Director of Account Management and Business Development) and Stacie Kinder (Director of Marketing).

The Nashville office has a footprint of 24,000 square feet in the 4th and church building, including a 12,000 square foot expansion to be completed in March. Commenting on the re-location, Chris Murdock, Senior Partner & Co-Founder, says, “I never let go of Nashville after graduating from Vanderbilt in 1999. Although I worked in three different states and then founded a company in Silicon Valley, ultimately, I wanted to return to Nashville. The people, the economy, the culture - all of it – just fits the way IQTalent Partners does business”.

I never let go of Nashville after graduating from Vanderbilt in 1999. Although I worked in three different states and then founded a company in Silicon Valley, ultimately, I wanted to return to Nashville. The people, the economy, the culture - all of it – just fits the way IQTalent Partners does business

Established in 2009, IQTalent Partners is a talent acquisition and executive search firm offering consulting, candidate sourcing, candidate research and full cycle recruiting to its clients. The company has partnered with more than 250 corporations from Fortune 500s to startups. IQTalent uses a unique on-demand business model in which IQTP augments the client’s inhouse talent acquisition team in a partnership without commissions or long-term contracts.

Welcoming the new members to the company, David Windley, CEO, IQTalent Partners, says, “We are thrilled to have such talented and diverse leaders join the IQTP team. Their combined experience and enthusiasm position us well for our next phase of growth as we celebrate the start of our 10th year in business”.