12+ years. One mission: great talent, for every business

It started with a project at Disney more than 15 years ago.

Crossbridge CEO Brent Slezak was working alongside a talented developer based in Mexico when he had a realization: Great talent can come from anywhere. So, why do so many US-based companies limit their search by geography?

Around the same time, Brent saw growing companies lose out on great hires because they couldn’t match the salaries offered by larger US companies. Roles sat open for months, and the extra work often fell to the founders themselves.

So, he took a risk. Brent left his role at Disney and started Crossbridge in his garage with a simple mission: to connect companies of any size with top talent that had typically been affordable only to the biggest players.

Henry Praw, a former colleague of Brent’s, saw the same opportunity to help growing businesses maximize global talent. United by this conviction, they presented the model to their network of IT leaders, and the idea resonated with many.

Twelve years later, the idea that started in a garage continues to give hundreds of companies access to a level of talent once found only in the big leagues. Throughout Crossbridge’s growth, Brent’s original conviction has remained the same: Every business deserves great talent. You just have to know where to look.