U.S. Navy
Following two operational tours and a combat deployment as a Surface Warfare Officer, Tim led recruiting for nuclear submariners and Navy SEALs, along with all Southeast enlisted recruiting, totaling eleven years.
Founder-led by design
A critical search deserves senior judgment at every step.
Brass Tracks is personally led by Tim Paul. The same person earning your trust defines the mandate, assesses the market, and leads the search through close.
Meet Tim PaulThe person leading your search
Built by someone who has been accountable for the outcome.
Tim Paul is a former U.S. Navy Surface Warfare Officer and enterprise talent leader. At Capital One, he led recruiting across two major lines of business and two enterprise horizontals, including building the recruiting function for a SaaS line of business from scratch, with a remit spanning more than 10,000 people. He founded Brass Tracks to bring that operating discipline to growth-stage companies making consequential hires.
The right search partner creates lift immediately: more capacity for the team, a higher talent bar, and confidence that the hardest hire is moving forward.
Experience that shapes the work
Leadership, scale, and the judgment to know what matters.
Capital One
Led recruiting across two major lines of business and two enterprise horizontals, including building the recruiting function for a SaaS line of business from scratch, with a remit spanning more than 10,000 people.
Brass Tracks
Every mandate is personally scoped and led by Tim. Clients never buy senior counsel and receive junior execution.
When a critical search lands with a founder, functional leader, or an overwhelmed HR function, it competes with the work already moving the business forward. Brass Tracks takes ownership of the search so the team can stay focused on the business.
The working standard
A point of view, not a stack of résumés.
Define the consequence
The work begins with what must be different in the business after the hire, not a recycled list of responsibilities.
Tell the truth early
Compensation, scope, location, and expectations are tested against the market before they cost the company a month.
Present the evidence
Every introduction comes with a clear read on fit, tradeoffs, motivation, and what still needs to be tested.
Own the outcome
The same person who scopes the mandate stays accountable through evaluation, offer strategy, and close.
100%Founder-led searches
91%Hires from passive talent
97%Offer acceptance rate
25 daysAverage time to offer
A direct conversation with Tim
Bring us the role your business cannot afford to miss.
Tell us what the hire needs to change. We will give you a candid read on the mandate, the market, and what it will take to close the right person.
Confidential. No obligation. No junior handoff.