- Venatôre named Sebastian Lambert director of talent strategy and growth and Turner Hirsh as senior enterprise operations manager
- Lambert has experience leading talent efforts with SOCOM while Hirsh led a large-scale citizen security initiative in Ecuador
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Venatôre, a defense and intelligence services integrator, has named Sebastian Lambert and Turner Hirsh to leadership positions, the Tampa, Florida-based company said Tuesday.
Lambert was appointed director of talent strategy and growth while Hirsh was tapped as senior enterprise operations manager. The additions support the company’s growth and expanding mission support across defense, intelligence and government customers.
“Sebastian and Turner bring the right combination of mission understanding, operational discipline and people-first leadership,” said Maria Martinkov, Venatôre chief executive officer. “As we grow, these roles are critical to ensuring we scale with intention while continuing to deliver trusted outcomes for our customers.
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Who Is Sebastian Lambert?
Lambert has nearly 20 years of experience guiding staffing and recruiting endeavors with U.S. Special Operations Command and other intelligence and national security organizations. He has created and scaled recruiting efforts for highly-specialized and security clearance-cleared roles in U.S. and global environments.
Lambert has also served at other GovCon firms including ISPA Technology and ARMA Global Corporation, a division of GDIT. He implemented a formal staffing process at ISPA Technology while defining a workflow and adding structure to the recruiting process.
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Who Is Turner Hirsh?
Hirsh has more than 10 years of experience supervising finance, compliance and enterprise operations for government-aligned programs across the world. He worked at Palladium in two stints, most recently serving in a position as deputy chief of party for operations on a large-scale citizen security initiative in Ecuador.
Hirsh also worked at Palladium from 2015 to 2020, finishing as a project excellence manager where he worked on a variety of international development efforts. He served as a project specialist at CARANA Corp. in 2015.
What Are Lambert’s and Hirsh’s Responsibilities at Venatôre?
At Venatôre, Lambert is leading Talent Pathfinder, the company’s talent deployment and recruiting apparatus. Talent Pathfinder is designed to quickly identify and place mission-ready professionals aligned with client operational requirements. Hirsh, at Venatôre, is responsible for scaling operational infrastructure, governance and program readiness to enable sustained growth.
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