Our Team

Richard White is the Managing Partner of Executive Search for Momenta Partners. For more than 10 years, Mr. White has led Talent Acquisition for Patriarch Partners, a leading New York City Private Equity (PE) firm where he placed C-Suite leaders at more than 50 portfolio companies across 14 industry sectors. Mr. White began his career in Public Relations and Digital Marketing, before serving as Director of Media Relations at FOX News Channel for nearly three years.

With over 15 years of placing critical leadership professionals with emerging technology clients, Ronnette brings valuable Connected Industry search expertise to Momenta. Her international client representation includes pioneering startups and companies that have evolved to become recognized industry leaders in IoT verticals such as Smart Ag, Connected City, Energy, and IIoT.  Her understanding of the intricacies inherent to identifying and securing the best hire in the connected landscape ensures meeting the distinctive needs of Momenta clients.

Kathleen has a broad and deep background in executive search. She specializes in the appointment of senior executives within the Big Data, IoT, Data Security, Networking, AI, and FinTech spaces. She has led searches and acted as a trusted advisor and thought partner for some of Silicon Valley’s fastest-growing venture capital-backed companies. Prior to Momenta, she founded The Avery Group, an executive search and consultancy company, which she sold for a 100x return.

Mark has spent the last 10 years in retained executive search, most recently, working in a boutique firm where he led all administrative searches on behalf of the firm. Previously, Mark held progressively responsible roles at two global executive search firms - Spencer Stuart and Heidrick & Struggles.  At Heidrick, he was a member of the global financial officer practice – serving a client base of Fortune 500 and small- and medium-sized public and private companies.

Rachel Taylor has a strong history as an operational executive building and, more recently, founding technology companies. Her passion and ability to build companies with great cultures have played a pivotal role in propelling various Silicon Valley companies to success. Rachel has helped founders translate their vision into executable operating plans and talent strategies. 

Most recently, Rachel was the CEO and founder of Nubix, a digital transformation company empowering developers to easily build, deploy and manage applications on constrained devices at the farthest edge of critical infrastructure. Prior to Nubix, Rachel has built talent acquisition functions and held operational leadership roles at technology companies, including Rocana, Cloudera, Meraki (acquired by Cisco), Peakstream (acquired by Google), Riverbed, and VMware.

Marketing Professional with over 20 years of international marketing experience for both start-ups and Fortune 500 companies. Her expertise includes brand strategy, PR and marketing communications, digital marketing, new product development, and recruiting. Erin offers a diverse consulting background managing a portfolio of B2B and B2C clients across software, semi-conductor, sports, events, and travel, with a unique perspective having worked on both the client and agency sides. She focuses on aligning business strategy with talent acquisition through compelling brand storytelling and in-depth candidate identification and evaluation. 

Charlene has provided project support to engineering and executive teams in the high-tech industry for the past 20 years. Business units that she has touched upon include: unified communications, global services and strategic initiatives, as well as immersive telepresence and robotics. Charlene provides essential support services to the Momenta Partners team and client community.

Lauren spent the last 12 years leading the research function for senior executive searches in the technology sector while with Boston-based firm Polachi. While there, she was also responsible for formulating search strategies and identifying candidates for Venture, Private Equity and Fortune 500 companies.