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Josh Longnecker

Principal

josh@swingsearch.com

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Josh is a GTM recruiter with a decade of experience helping high-growth startups hire with clarity and confidence. He began his career in agency search, placing finance and operations talent before shifting into the fast-paced world of tech and venture-backed growth. He later joined Lyra Health in-house, where he led 100+ hires and helped scale the company from 400 to 1,700 employees during a period of rapid expansion.

After earning a Master’s in Marketing Intelligence, Josh briefly pivoted into digital marketing—before making the intentional decision to return to recruiting, a craft he’s both skilled in and energized by. He’s drawn to complex searches, founder-led teams, and the kind of work where thoughtful, well-run search execution makes all the difference.

Outside of work, Josh lives in San Francisco with his wife, loves snowboarding in Japan and Tahoe, and is on a slow-but-steady journey to learn Bahasa Indonesia.

Notable Placements:

  • Director of Solution Marketing, Simpplr
  • Principal Product Marketing Manager, Simpplr
  • Global Engagement Manager, N47
  • Account Executive, MakersHub
  • Platform Specialist, MakersHub
  • Customer Success Manager, Gamma

If I had one motto to live by:

“Keep the bar high and the process human.”

Fun fact:

My first job out of college was in the furniture industry. I even lived in a factory in Vietnam for a summer to learn sourcing and production firsthand.