Jud joined Kindred in 2025 and supports the build-out of leadership teams across all sectors and functions within the Healthcare and Med-Tech practice.
Before joining Kindred, he received his B.S. in Corporate Innovation and Entrepreneurship from Penn State University. While there he was a member of the Division 1 Men’s Golf team.
Nov-11-25 a las 11:28 am . Comments Off on Jud LangilleCourtney joined Kindred in 2025 after nearly a decade building and scaling teams across the startup ecosystem, with a focus primarily on B2B SaaS companies in the security space. Her experience includes leadership roles at Cisco Meraki, ObserveIT (acquired by Proofpoint), and Drata.
With a strong operational lens, Courtney brings a deep understanding of what makes executive hires successful, and she partners closely with companies of all stages as part of Kindred’s Enterprise team.
Jul-01-25 a las 8:48 am . Comments Off on Courtney StoreyTom is a Partner and the Chief Financial Officer of Kindred Partners, and is responsible for all aspects of accounting, finance, and taxation for Kindred and its investment funds.
Before Kindred, Tom was with Wolfe Research, LLC since 2011, where he was a Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer.
Tom started his career with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) in New York City, serving investment management clients. He is a graduate of St. Joseph’s University, New York, and is a Certified Public Accountant.
Tom resides in Connecticut with his wife, two boys, and a 95 lb bernedoodle who thinks he is a lap dog. When he’s not working you can find him on the golf course or the hockey rink.
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Bella joined Kindred in 2024 to help build the senior management teams at venture-backed startups, and focuses on VP and C-level searches across Sales, Customer Success, and Marketing.
Prior to Kindred, Bella spent several years in the executive search industry at Goldsmith & Co and Daversa Partners, where she built leadership teams for private equity and venture-backed businesses across the consumer and B2B/enterprise landscapes.
Bella grew up in New Hampshire and went to Elon University, where she earned her B.A. in International Studies & Policy Studies.
May-14-24 a las 9:18 am . Comments Off on Bella SaputoTory joined Kindred in 2024 to help build leadership teams for Consumer, Marketplace, and SMB businesses.
Prior to Kindred, Tory was a Senior Associate at True Search, where she focused on building Go-To-Market leadership teams across Enterprise & Consumer businesses. She specialized in Edtech/HRTech, placing C/VP- level candidates at Chegg, Coursera, Nerdy, PowerSchool and more.
After graduating from Tulane University, Tory returned to the SF Bay Area where she grew up and enjoys living (and working!) in the Presidio of San Francisco. In her free time, you can find her perfecting a cappuccino, hiking and cross-country skiing with her red lab in Sun Valley, Idaho, and spending quality time with friends and family.
May-01-24 a las 10:51 am . Comments Off on Tory LoebThu joined Kindred in 2020 within the Healthtech practice, building C-Suite and VP-level teams for high growth companies across a broad array of sectors including Digital Health, Value-Based Care, HCIT, Services, Medical Device, and Life Sciences.
As part of her commitment to team-building, Thu is deeply involved with Kindred’s Diversity, Equity & Inclusion efforts.
Thu was born in Vietnam, raised in the Bay Area, and graduated from the University of San Diego. Outside of work, she embraces life as a New York transplant, taking on “hikes” through Central Park and exploring neighborhoods beyond Manhattan.
Apr-05-23 a las 11:55 am . Comments Off on Thu DuongRich has been helping to build the senior management teams at venture-backed startups since he joined Kindred in 2005. His particular area of focus is leading C-level Customer Success, Sales, and Marketing searches in the following sectors; Enterprise SaaS, Big Data/Analytics, Developer Tools, and Cloud Infrastructure companies.
Rich grew up outside of Boston, and is a graduate of Middlebury College.
Aug-12-16 a las 2:40 pm . Comments Off on Rich DecembreleNicole joined Kindred in 2021, and helps to build leadership teams across all sectors and disciplines within the Healthcare/Med-Tech practice.
Prior to Kindred, Nicole was a Recruiter at Korn Ferry focused on the Life Sciences industry.
A Long Island native currently living across the Sound in Connecticut, Nicole is a graduate of Binghamton University and received her Masters in Human Resource Management from Villanova University.
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Since joining Kindred Partners in 2003, Dave has focused on CXO and VP level searches for companies across the life science and health-tech continuum.
Dave’s passion is partnering with mission oriented companies driven to disrupt the status quo in healthcare, and he has helped to build teams for companies like Spark Therapeutics, Vocera, Verinata, PatientPing, Kit Check and goBalto during their early rapid growth phases and prior to their eventual exits. More recently, he’s partnered with companies like Picnic Health, CertifyOS, Florence Healthcare, Aledade, Maven and others who share the same passion to reinvent how healthcare and medicine works for patients.
A native Cincinnatian, Dave graduated from Brown University where he played Center for the Brown Bears football team. Dave lives in Connecticut with his wife, three children and the family’s beloved bernedoodle, Trixie.
Aug-12-16 a las 10:06 pm . Comments Off on Dave DraisJulia partners with early-stage, high-growth B2B SaaS companies to build their Sales, Customer Success, Marketing, and Ops leadership teams.
Julia joined Kindred in 2017, and has helped build the teams at Klaviyo, AssemblyAI, Sourcegraph, and Monte Carlo, among others.
Prior to joining Kindred, Julia was Director of Recruiting at Betts Recruiting, where she built teams for industry leading companies including NewRelic, Meraki, and Samsara among others.
Julia grew up in Atlanta and is a graduate of the University of Virginia.
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