Why XpertDirect exists.
The agency model was built for a world without LinkedIn, without reputation systems, and without real-time availability. We built the platform the hiring manager always wished they could buy from.
Founder
John Ryan
Fifteen years inside the agencies that built the middle layer. I left to remove it. XpertDirect is the platform I wanted to buy from the other side of the table. The record below is mine, not the platform's — XpertDirect publishes nothing about its own performance until there is something audited to publish.
"The market doesn't need another sourcing tool. It needs accountability — in hours, not weeks."
The founder's record
- 32 years in technology and consulting.
- Fifteen years placing specialists directly, before XpertDirect existed — building teams without agency middle layers.
- Placed specialists across 14 countries, from Dublin to Dubai, before founding XpertDirect.
- Former director-level roles at two European specialist agencies.
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