The Team
Susan Ross | Founder and CEO
As the CEO at Southern, I manage a team of recruiters working on roles across all regions, including AMER, EMEA, and APAC. With over 17 years of diversified recruiting experience in mid-sized, agency, and pre-IPO high-tech companies, I have a proven track record of successfully staffing all sales, technical, and business disciplines. My professional journey includes significant roles at Salesforce, DocuSign, and SAP, where I honed my expertise in talent acquisition. Additionally, I am a certified analyst in the Predictive Index, a tool enabling me to assess the fit and potential of candidates and employees effectively.
Jacqueline Souvercaze | Senior Recruiter
As a seasoned recruiter with a proven track record, I specialize in building high-performing teams for pre- and post-IPO software companies. With extensive experience across AMER, EMEA, and APAC, I have successfully placed top talent in roles ranging from executive leadership to individual contributors. My tenure at rapid-growth companies like BigPanda and collaborations with industry giants such as SAP and Callidus Cloud have refined my skills in navigating complex hiring challenges. I am passionate about identifying exceptional talent and creating winning teams that drive business growth.
Sam Poulis | Senior Recruiter
I have a proven track record as a top-tier recruiting performer, delivering human capital solutions and providing strategic advice to business and IT teams in both start-ups and large corporate settings. I am adept at full life-cycle recruiting, including alignment, sourcing, screening, and placing top talent while advising on strategic talent initiatives and providing solutions to challenging staffing priorities.
I have touched every part of the business in my journey with most of the effort being centered around Go-To-Market teams - Sales, Pre-sales, CSMs, Channels, Alliances, Operations, (every function that is customer facing or in support of those functions). I have also built Marketing, Product, Engineering teams.