AI-native search and workforce intelligence
Build the team you actually need.
Build the process that can recognize them.
Change the evidence. Change who becomes visible. I bring more than twenty years of search experience and a capability-first ontology that helps teams recognize overlooked talent and build a more useful view of the market.Change the evidence. Change who becomes visible.
Four ways to work together
Senior Talent experience, applied where it creates the most leverage.
I work alongside founders, executives, and Talent teams, bringing search judgment, operating context, and a repeatable method for connecting business plans to human capability.
01 · Critical SearchSenior-led executive, technical, and production search, informed by more than twenty years of recruiting and the Capability Ontology.
02 · Fractional Talent LeadershipSenior, hands-on recruiting leadership without adding a permanent executive.
03 · Workforce ReadinessConnect production plans to future hiring, skills, training, and regional talent supply.
04 · Human Capability DiligenceBefore or after an industrial acquisition, identify expertise concentration, succession exposure, and what must be transferred.
The core tool
The Capability Ontology
A living model connecting the business milestone, work, required capability, evidence, talent market, assessment, and development pathway.
Milestone → Work → Capability →Evidence → Market → Pathway
AI helps examine more evidence and reveal hidden patterns. Humans make the judgment.
See the model
Why Darla
A recruiter’s eye. An operator’s perspective.
I built Talent and People capability at JetZero while the company scaled an aircraft program, its workforce, and its manufacturing footprint.
Across more than 20 years, I have recruited technical and executive talent, completed more than 100 retained searches, built Talent functions, and advised leaders through growth.
Why work with DarlaIndustrial operating experience
Earlier technology and mission-driven work
The larger mission