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About Joel Passen

Joel Passen is a recruiting industry veteran who co-founded his first recruiting company in 1997. Over the years, he’s been recognized and interviewed by the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the San Francisco Business Times and Inc Magazine. He’s also frequently featured on and contributes to recruiting oriented websites and blogs.Currently, Joel serves as the Head of Marketing and a Co-Founder of Newton Software, a technology company developing popular, easy-to-use applicant tracking software. Prior to starting Newton Software, Joel co-founded Gravity Technologies Inc., a company that owns and operates several autonomous businesses in the human capital management industry. As the Vice President of Business Development, he led Gravity Technologies to be named to the San Francisco Business Times “Top 100 Fastest Growing Private Companies” list in 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008.