About Sales Talent, Inc.

Sales Talent Inc. is an award-winning marketing & sales recruiting firm. We place Go to Market roles: sales reps, SDRs, customer success managers, sales engineers, marketing professionals, and sales leaders with SaaS, software, technologyindustrial, medical, and general B2B companies.

Meet Our Team

Chris Carlson

President

Sales Talent’s founder and leader. Passionate about all things sales; Chris is all in. After twenty-plus years in the industry, he still wakes up each day excited to get to work. Proud dad, lifetime learner, adrenaline junkie, and rabid sports fan (Go Hawks!).

Heather Baker

Senior Recruiter, Manager

Recruiting Sales Professionals for over 15 years. Started with Sales Talent as an intern during college and haven’t looked back since! Her professional passion comes from partnering with candidates and clients to achieve their goals. Mother of 2 boys, avid gardener, and DIY home project fanatic.

Kristen Miyakawa

Senior Recruiter

Kristen brings a unique perspective to sales recruiting. With 3 years of F1000 outside sales experience and 15 years of recruiting, she’s performed at a high level in both worlds. Her infectious enthusiasm for her work is evident from the first moment you meet her. Devoted and passionate mother of 3 children, youth lacrosse coach, softball fanatic, and microbrew buff.

Sarah Maizland

Senior Recruiter

Started her career in recruiting fresh out of college. Fell in love with the idea of helping candidates take that next step and bringing value to an organization by adding top talent to their team. Mother of 3, photographer and sugar fanatic.

Kaitlyn Mersereau

Operations Manager

Kaitlyn is our behind-the-scenes magician that keeps us all on track and on time with our deliverables. Devoted to our cause, she’s fiercely loyal and relentlessly committed to quality work. Avid football fan, mother of 2 boys, and lover of all things outdoors!

Adam Ator

Senior Recruiter

Adam brings 5 years of top performance as a sales and sales leadership professional in the hospitality field to Sales Talent. He’s passionate about helping people and connecting companies to top talent. He is a proud dad of 2 kids, an avid endurance athlete, and a lifelong (and sometimes suffering) Chicago sports fan!

Charity Mainwaring

Senior Recruiter

Began her career as a top performer in outside sales before finding her true passion in sales recruiting. Charity’s warmth, energy, and commitment to excellence enable her to partner with clients to achieve an elite sales team. Mother to two adorable little boys, literature enthusiast, and nature lover.

Aaren Wiesler

Senior Recruiter

Aaren brings 13+ years of experience as a top performer in Outside Sales. Making the switch to sales recruiting has been a natural fit since she has a unique understanding of both sides. She invests 100% into everything she does and is committed to success. A lifelong athlete and former D1 soccer player, she is happiest spending time with her young daughter and husband, often in the mountains.

Ashley Horn

Senior Recruiter

Ashley has 20+ years outside sales experience working with small companies to Fortune 500s. She also ran her own business for more than 10 years and understands the ins and outs of business ownership. Ashley rejoined Sales Talent after being an intern and recruiter here in the early 2000s. Ashley is a mom of two girls, a former professional touring Irish fiddler and recording artist, and a hobbyist tropical farmer.

Kary Bezdicek

Senior Recruiter

Coming from a Real Estate family, Kary brings sales experience that she learned at a young age. Her two passions, business, and people, made the jump into sales recruiting an easy and natural move. Kary is fascinated by work ethic and what makes people “tick.” Outside of recruiting, she spends her free time coaching soccer, long-distance running, and spending time with family and friends!

Award Winning Sales Recruiters


Our Values

Freedom and Flexibility

We trust in and empower our employees to work when and where they like. It takes a highly motivated and autonomous career professional to thrive in our environment. Our only non-negotiables are: achieving results, being ethical, keeping your word, and minimizing drama.

Deliver Value

To our clients, our candidates, and our employees. We always strive to exceed the expectations of everyone we touch.

Transparency and Accuracy

In our approach, our communication and our interactions with clients and candidates. We believe that over-selling and/or not setting proper expectations is a sure path to failure.

Family First

Although words like work ethic, determination, and achievement are core to our team and our company, family comes first.

Dig Deep

Often in the talent wars, it takes a second (or third) effort to attract and land the most talented candidates. Our clients’ goals are in jeopardy unless we consistently deliver top performers that produce results and stick long-term.

Teamwork and Collaboration

Our concept of teamwork extends beyond our team here at Sales Talent. It’s our mission to deliver superior results to our clients, and that requires a collaborative and mutually beneficial approach. Our long-term success is directly related to our clients’ long-term success.

Growth

In today’s marketplace, standing still is falling behind. We want to stay at the forefront of creating best practices and utilizing technology in sales recruitment and selection.

Celebrate

The day-to-day victories and milestone achievements as a team.