 Profile
| As Chief Executive Officer of NotchUp, a Silicon Valley based start-up, Jim Ambras oversees all aspects of the firm that he founded in early 2007. Mr. Ambras is responsible for spreading brand awareness and effectively managing the growth of his high level recruiting company. In addition to his duties at NotchUp, Jim Ambras also serves on the ZeeSource Advisory Board where he leverages his technical and business expertise to bring open source-like best practices to corporate software development. NotchUp is an executive recruiting solution that allows leading corporations to connect with desirable professionals that have in demand skill sets and proven track records of success. While still in invitation-only Beta, the site has attracted over 100,000 qualified professionals who are seeking new challenges in their careers. Jim Ambras’s firm has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, USA Today, Business Week and The New York Times, among other reputable media outlets. Mr. Ambras has hands on experience in the technical and executive recruiting arena. Jim Ambras attracted top performing employees for over two decades in the competitive tech field of Silicon Valley. Jim also oversaw the development of AltaVista Europe. While based in the United Kingdom, Ambras successfully hired talented technical personnel from a variety of European countries. This project added an international perspective to his extensive technical hiring knowledge. An innovative engineer with over twenty years of experience building, maintaining and researching software, Jim Ambras took his Computer Science degree from Syracuse University. A keen outdoorsman, James Ambras enjoys mountain biking in the summer and snowshoeing in the winter months. Jim Ambras is also an accomplished skier and routinely participates in cross-country, alpine touring and downhill excursions. His other passions include photography, travel and reading. Jim Ambras lives in Los Altos Hills, California.
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