Dante Carpinito
Bentley College
University of Massachusetts
Accenture
Diamond Technology Partners
Cognizant
Two careers in technology, spent watching leaders succeed — and fail — in the same seat.
Dante created Foundry Search on a foundation of highly personalized retained search, specializing in placing top engineering, product, and design talent across multiple industries.
He started as an engineer, not a recruiter. Dante holds an MS in Computer Information Systems from Bentley College and a BS in Chemistry from UMass, and cut his teeth doing hands-on technical work as a consultant at Accenture. That systems-level foundation is still how he reads an architecture diagram, a tech stack, or a candidate’s actual depth — not just their title history.
Prior to Foundry, Dante was a partner at Riviera Partners, where he focused on a variety of product development roles spanning top-tier VC-backed companies, public companies, and private equity firms.
He also spent years in management consulting at Diamond Technology Partners and Cognizant, work that sharpened how he reads an engineering organization and the leader it actually needs.
Dante moved from Boston to the Bay Area during the dot-com era and lives in Marin County with his wife, two children, a dog (Rocco), and a cat (Lola).
“I started Foundry Search to do fewer searches, better. I’d rather run five searches I know cold than fifteen I’m managing from a distance — that’s not a value I claim, it’s the reason the firm exists.”Dante Carpinito
Four commitments on every engagement
You get me, not a team
Every market map, every outreach note, every assessment write-up is mine. If that means I can only run a handful of searches at once, that is the trade I have chosen.
Candidates hear the truth
Including the hard parts of the role. A leader who joins with an accurate picture stays; one who was sold a story leaves in eighteen months and costs you the search twice.
Written, weekly, in the open
You see the target list, who has been approached, who passed, and why. No mystery pipeline that resolves into three résumés at week six.
I will tell you to stop
If the role is mis-scoped, the comp is unserious, or the hire is not the real problem, you will hear it in the first week rather than the fourth month.
Snapshot
The things that keep me sane between searches.
Outdoors
Avid golfer, skier, and mountain and road biker.
Racquets
Tennis, pickleball, squash, and table tennis — all things racquets.
Baking
A standing weekend habit, and the reason for the flour on the laptop.
Amateur chef
Happy to argue about knives, heat, and whether the recipe was ever the point.
Hiring a technology leader this year?
Start with a conversation about the role, not a proposal.