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Career Senior Placements
San Diego · Since 2007
Exquisite connections. Extraordinary outcomes.
Boutique search firm for executives in emerging technology, defense, and life sciences. Founder-led, highly selective, and built around the critical hires that shape what comes next.
500+ Career Senior Placements since 2007 · 25+ years of search expertise
A living network, shaped by attention, trust, and timing.
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Selected Search Proof
Leadership and technical placements where judgment matters.
Executive leadershipCEO, CTO, CIO, CPO, VP, SVP, and board-level searches.
Tech leadership & InnovationDeep Tech, Engineering, AI, ML/CV, cloud, wireless, edge, embedded, software, hardware and data.
Specialized environmentsDefense, CMMC-aligned, Autonomous, Digital Health and Med Device.
About TreHunter
Founder-led search, refined by experience and restraint.
TreHunter was founded in San Diego in 2007 on a simple principle: the senior recruiter who understands your business should be the one who delivers your hire.
That continuity, paired with deep fluency in technology, defense, and life sciences, has shaped more than 500 successful placements and unusually durable client and candidate relationships.
TreHunter does not run a volume model. It takes on critical searches selectively and treats each engagement with the care, discretion, and rigor usually reserved for a handful of the most important decisions a company will make.
More about TreHunter
Two Pathways
Clear routes for hiring leaders and senior candidates.
For Clients
You work directly with the founder from kickoff to onboarding. No handoffs, no account-manager layer, no inflated pipeline for the sake of appearances.
See how we partnerFor Candidates
The best career moves come through careful matching, honest positioning, and a recruiter who treats your context with discretion and memory.
See how we represent you
Industry Focus
Built for the sectors where substance matters.
Advanced Technologies
AI, machine learning, wireless, embedded systems, cloud, analytics, and emerging technical leadership.
Mission-Critical Defense
Cleared and compliance-fluent talent for defense programs, real-time systems, and specialized communications work.
Life Sciences
Senior executive, board, product, and technology search for science-driven organizations.
I've worked with many search partners, and I can honestly say you stand out. Your work ethic is impressive, and I sincerely thank you for your support.
Arugadoss Devakumar, Ph.D.
Head of Quality Control
Meet the Founder
Every search is led by the person who built the firm to work this way.
Cindy Reh founded TreHunter after seeing how often traditional search firms lost nuance and continuity through handoffs. Her answer was a more personal model: the senior recruiter who begins the relationship stays with it through the close.
Across more than 25 years in executive search and technology recruitment, she has personally placed senior leaders in AI, wireless, embedded systems, defense, and life sciences.
That background is why TreHunter feels warm without losing rigor, and highly personal without becoming informal.
Meet Cindy Reh
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Ready to find your next leader?
Whether you are seeking a strategic technology executive or a critical technical leader, TreHunter stands ready to unlock possibilities one hire at a time.