Building the future of recruiting.

Steve Cox

Chief Executive Officer

Steve Cox is a distinguished executive with an exemplary history in guiding business growth and technological innovation. Cox has more than 25 years of experience transforming companies into robust, customer-centric organizations, and deep expertise in SaaS environments, go-to-market strategies, and M&A transactions. His accomplishments in these areas have been recognized with the highest ratings in operational excellence, commercial orientation, and team building.

Most recently, Cox served as COO of Community Brands, a leading provider of B2B cloud-based software and payment solutions. Prior to that, he served in several executive level roles at Vertafore, Chess and TSG.

Amanda Berger

Chief Customer Officer

Amanda Berger brings more than 20 years of experience leading software and SaaS companies across a variety of industries spanning cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, ecommerce, and business intelligence. During her time as Chief Customer Officer at HackerOne, Lucidworks and RichRelevance, she spearheaded strategies for customer retention and expansion, ensuring successful outcomes through innovative technology solutions.

Prior to that, she spent time leading professional services for various public companies including global information management software provider, Guidance Software and global AI-powered business intelligence provider, MicroStrategy. Her passion for fostering strong customer relationships and leveraging technology to deliver value has been a driving force throughout her career.

Dara Brenner

Chief Product Officer

Dara Brenner brings over 25 years of experience, building and leading diverse product management teams to Employ. As a product evangelist and skilled communicator, Dara has a long history of working with all levels of executive leadership as well as developing and implementing high-level, strategic direction and product vision/roadmaps.

During her extensive career, she has been the visionary for key product advancements in the HR Tech space with companies including ADP, Equifax Workforce Solutions and Ultimate Software/UKG. At each of these organizations, she was responsible for the product strategy, vision and management of industry leading HCM portfolios.

One of her most notable accomplishments was developing a product team from the ground up for ADP’s first ever Innovation Lab. Her work in ADP’s Lab provided the opportunity to work in a start-up type environment which was viewed as the model for the deployment of the agile methodology found throughout ADP today.

Chad Hensley

Chief Financial Officer

Chad Hensley is a results-driven financial executive with over 25 years of experience specializing in private equity-backed businesses. Chad’s deep experience in value creation, financial and operational transformations has helped to optimize performance, and maximize shareholder exit value. Chad’s hands-on focus as a CFO operating partner at Marlin Equity and K1 Investments, and as Chief Financial Officer, have helped portfolio companies and private equity sponsors unlock trapped capital, streamline operations, and enhance financial visibility to align strategies for success. Chad excels in aligning financial strategies with investor objectives, implementing disciplined financial systems, and improving cash flow efficiency. Chad’s execution-focused mindset and building high-performing finance and data teams have delivered measurable financial and operational improvements. Chad is a licensed CPA as well as holding a BSBA-Accounting from the University of Southern Mississippi and an MBA-Finance focus from Mississippi College.

Joey Humke

Chief Revenue Officer

Joey Humke is a seasoned executive with a history of scaling teams efficiently to exceed expectations. Humke has spent more than a decade leading and overseeing revenue operations at PE-backed SaaS businesses, strategically guiding teams through transformations, integrations, mergers and acquisitions. His experience coupled with an active approach ensures his teams are supported and primed for continued success.

Most recently, Humke served as CRO and Operating Partner at Newbury Franklin, a PE firm focusing on niche markets. Prior to that he served in various leadership roles at Exclaimer, Marigold and Emma.

Stephanie Manzelli

Chief Human Resources Officer

Stephanie Manzelli is a seasoned and dynamic HR executive who partners with leadership teams to develop on going strategic priorities that influence and guide employees to improve business outcomes. Prior to joining Employ, Stephanie held several leadership roles across retail, insurance, technology, and software. She most recently served as Vice President, People & Culture at SmartBear.

Stephanie has expertise in employee engagement, HR Strategy, learning and development, talent acquisition, employee relations, and total rewards, as well as a track record of coaching in areas of transformation leadership, team building, and managing change with proven success of marrying the needs of business and employees on a global scale.

Lucy Zarlengo

Chief Marketing Officer

Lucy Zarlengo is a senior marketing executive with deep experience in technology, data and analytics and business services industries. She has led senior teams at PE-backed, publicly traded and privately held companies, including Dell Technologies, Thomson Reuters, Dun & Bradstreet and Bonterra. In addition, Lucy started her career working in client-facing roles within marketing and advertising agencies. Lucy oversees all areas of marketing to advance Employ’s strategic vision for current and prospective customers who benefit from both our technology and service solutions.