About Us
Blueprint offers the best recruiting services for the growth companies in a remote world. We are squarely focused on changing the way organizations align with external recruiters.
The Future of Work Is Here
We help companies attract, hire, and retain the very best salespeople across the country. We are squarely focused on changing the way organizations align with external recruiters. Acting as a trusted partner and invested extension of internal hiring teams, we deliver vetted, quality candidates with an intentional emphasis on seeking out diverse and non-traditional applicants. Rather than relying on a database pool of resumes, our proven methodology of actively finding great people outside of tech hubs allows us to source previously untapped talent that others often miss.
With over 30 years of combined experience in start-ups and publicly traded companies alike, our executives are former sales leaders themselves–serving in a range of business development roles over the course of their careers. Their intimate, first-hand industry knowledge and insight uniquely positions them to lead industry-disrupting approaches to sourcing, that build successful teams, while helping usher in a new era of talent acquisition.
We offer the best recruiting services for growth companies in a remote world. We do everything needed to deliver world-class results and adapt as agilely as our clients’ needs do.
We believe…
It is incredibly difficult to attract and hire great people without the right sourcing and hiring processes. If you are struggling to find the time to assess applicants while also implementing a robust sourcing strategy, you need an experienced sales recruitment partner to help.
In having conversations over scanning resumes
Skills and behaviors matter as much as experience
A culture of diversity and inclusion breeds innovation
In the importance of repeatable hiring processes
Our Culture
Diversity
Our commitment to inclusion runs deep. Put simply, we believe that companies cannot achieve greatness without diversity in both the personal attributes of their teams and in their aptitudes. To mitigate bias in all its forms, our unique talent attraction and hiring process hinges upon finding the people who will be the most effective, harmonious contributors to your team regardless of their background.
Responsible Growth
We believe that remote work and regional company expansion is key to responsible revenue growth and scaling effectively. Delaying the decision to expand talent strategy beyond tech hubs often compounds growth challenges. Exceptional sales and customer facing talent can be sourced across the country and often at more reasonable unit economics.
Sustainability
Companies with proper remote work practices or regional offices closer to their customers and employees operate more sustainably by eliminating the need for nonessential travel to and from headquarters. We strive to contribute to the revitalization of the urban centers where we operate and support their commitments to better our environment.
Our Team
CEO & Co-Founder
Krissy Manzano
Over the last decade, Krissy has spent her time leading the growth of innovative businesses across middle Tennessee. She’s spent the better part of her career recruiting and cultivating top sales talent, while simultaneously building business strategies to expand into new markets.
Prior to co-founding Blueprint, Krissy worked as the Senior Director of Sales at KeepTruckin, a San Francisco headquartered fleet management technology company. Krissy was the first Nashville hire for the company and coordinated the expansion initiatives that led to the opening of an office with over 100 employees spanning multiple business functions within the first year. Through these experiences, she realized there was a huge opportunity for tech companies to grow and thrive in Tennessee and beyond.
Krissy has a bachelor of business administration in marketing from Abilene Christian University and previously managed sales teams at ServiceSource and SiteHawk.
VP of Sales & Co-Founder
Chuck Brotman
Chuck is passionate about diversity in the workplace when it comes to growing great sales teams. Prior to co-founding Blueprint, Chuck was the VP of Sales at PeopleGrove, an education tech provider, and VP of Sales at KeepTruckin in San Francisco, where he supported Krissy on the expansion efforts in Nashville.
He previously worked at ON24 for over 13 years, where he held various management roles overseeing SMB and Mid-Market sales, channel partnerships, and solutions engineering.
Chuck has a BA in history from UC Berkeley and a PhD in history from the University of Rochester.
Head of Talent Acquisition
Matt Lewers
Matt is passionate about hiring for behaviors and skills over experience. This has allowed him to repeatedly find remarkable talent in non-traditional markets. He saw an opportunity to join Blueprint and change the future of work through evolving recruiting and hiring practices at scale.
Matt has a BA in Business Administration from Middle Tennessee State University.
Head of Client Services
Emily Bell
Emily’s collective professional experience spans 12 years across SaaS companies at various stages of growth, including both established and start-up settings. She’s worked in a wide range of sales environments throughout her tenure establishing a track record as a top performer concentrating on new client acquisition, services, and product offerings. Prior to joining Blueprint, Emily was an Enterprise Account Executive at KeepTruckin, a San Francisco headquartered fleet management technology company. She saw the opportunity in joining Blueprint to partner with SaaS companies putting into effect and driving strategic outcomes related to rapid growth.
Emily has a bachelor of business administration in marketing from Lipscomb University.
Frequently Asked Questions
Hiring Companies
How do you charge for your services?
We offer multiple services, depending on the needs of our clients. Please reach out to us for more information, and see our GTM recruiting services page for more details.
Do you recruit outside of the US and Canada?
What roles do you recruit?
- Customer Success: Standard, Senior, and Principal Customer Success Managers, Onboarding Specialists, Implementation Managers, Community, Customer Support, & Solutions Architects
- Marketing: Growth & Demand Generation Marketing, ABM, Events, and Content / SEO Marketing
- Sales: Sales Development, SMB, Commercial, Mid-Market, Enterprise, and Strategic Account Executives
- Account Management
- Revenue Operations and Enablement: Marketing, CS, and Sales Operations
- Solutions Engineering and Post-Sales Solutions Architects
- GTM Leadership: Front-line, second-line, VP, and SVP / C Level placements (CRO, CMO, COO)
I've worked with so many headhunters and recruiting firms. What makes you different?
Put simply, we aspire to be as proficient in articulating your business value prop as your internal employees. Exceptional talent does not want to speak with “head-hunters;” instead, they want to connect with educated ambassadors of your business and your brand about meaningful career opportunities.
We go deep on your business and into talent markets to foster connections that other recruiting firms tend to miss. And we work with our hiring clients to ensure excellence in their hiring process. Please reach out to us for more information!
Is SaaS experience important when hiring?
Hmm, what does this mean anyhow?! We recommend defining the skills and behaviors sought before running a search rather than using buzzwords or phrases from other people’s job descriptions. We help employees go beyond acronyms to ensure they develop robust job descriptions that tie to specific candidate profiles for targeting in the market. Need help? Let us know!
Job Seekers
I don’t see any roles for me. What Should I do?
Blueprint runs a monthly Transferable Skills Workshop to help early talent and career switchers find opportunity in the market and prepare to interview. It’s currently offered at no cost. Interested? Please reach out to us.
How do I negotiate fair compensation ?
The Blueprint team always shares compensation range information with candidates before initial screening calls. Beyond this, we encourage you to consult with review sites and other data sources to educate on the market for the roles you’ve held. Want to discuss? Reach out to us.
Is it still important to send 'Thank You' notes?
Interviewing should always be treated as a two-way street, and a candidate should never feel obligated to show gratitude and follow up first.
That said, if you believe a given opportunity aligns to your role and company interests, we recommend sending interviewers a follow-up email after every step in the process. This gives you a chance to recap your learnings & enthusiasms briefly and authentically. It also helps you stay top of mind with interviewing companies.
Check out the roundtable discussion our leadership team recently held on the topic of post-interview thank-you notes.
What are some additional basic tips for candidates?
Make sure you prep before every interview, particularly by reviewing the company website, recent new articles, and the LinkedIn profiles of relevant interviewers and company leaders.
Consider business casual attire - ask your recruiter for any additional guidance. Try to make sure that you are able to sit front and center facing your camera - test it with friends prior to running an interview. If you need to take a call by phone, it’s best to let your recruiter or the hiring manager know in advance, and offer them an option to reschedule if they prefer.
Lastly, prepare some questions in advance based on your research, but do everything you can to stay in the conversation. The more you can listen and be in the moment, the better you’ll execute and be able to vet the opportunity for yourself.
Have more questions? Contact us!
Why did you launch Blueprint?
Despite so much innovation in HR tech and recruiting, hiring remains broken. As former operators with decades of experience hiring GTM talent, we wanted to start our own business dedicated to helping B2B tech companies across a range of industries do a better job at attracting and sourcing tremendous (and diverse) talent.
How do you charge for your services?
We have multiple services packages, depending on the needs of our clients. Please reach out to us for more information, and see our sales recruitment services page for a breakdown of our packages.
Do you recruit outside of the US and Canada?
What roles do you recruit?
- Customer Success: Standard, Senior, and Principal Customer Success Managers, Onboarding Specialists, Implementation Managers, Community, Customer Support, & Solutions Architects
- Marketing: Growth & Demand Generation Marketing, ABM, Events, and Content / SEO Marketing
- Sales: Sales Development, SMB, Commercial, Mid-Market, Enterprise, and Strategic Account Executives
- Account Management
- Revenue Operations and Enablement: Marketing, CS, and Sales Operations
- Solutions Engineering and Post-Sales Solutions Architects
- GTM Leadership: Front-line, second-line, VP, and SVP / C Level placements (CRO, CMO, COO)
I've worked with so many headhunters and recruiting firms. What makes you different?
Put simply, we aspire to be as proficient in articulating your business value prop as your internal employees. Exceptional talent does not want to speak with “head-hunters;” instead, they want to connect with educated ambassadors of your business and your brand about meaningful career opportunities.
We go deep on your business and into talent markets to foster connections that other recruiting firms tend to miss. And we work with our hiring clients to ensure excellence in their hiring process. Please reach out to us for more information!
Is SaaS experience important when hiring?
Hmm, what does this mean anyhow?! We recommend defining the skills and behaviors sought before running a search rather than using buzzwords or phrases from other people’s job descriptions. We help employees go beyond acronyms to ensure they develop robust job descriptions that tie to specific candidate profiles for targeting in the market. Need help? Let us know!