The People Behind People ATX

Thirty years of rooms
where the stakes were real.

Two partners. One leads selection. One leads retention. Together, they cover the full arc of what it means to get a leadership hire right.

Most firms stop at placement.
We built a practice around what happens next —
because the hire is only as good as the leader's first year.

Selection Retention
Andres Traslavina — Partner, People ATX
Talent Strategy & Selection

Andres Traslavina

Partner, Talent Strategy & Selection

"The most important decision a company makes isn't which product to build — it's who sits in the room to build it."

Andres spent 30 years inside the talent function — not advising it from the outside. He built executive search capabilities from scratch at Whole Foods Market, a $22B enterprise, placing the CFO, CMO, CTO, General Counsel, two EVP Operations, two Presidents, and over 120 VP-level leaders across a decade. His proprietary assessment methodology became the company standard for evaluating senior leadership across engineering, merchandising, and operations.

Before Whole Foods, he opened Talent Plus' first Latin America office in Bogotá and has worked across startups, enterprise, nonprofit, and consulting environments. He brings the judgment that only comes from living on the inside of thousands of high-stakes hiring decisions.

Core Strengths
Executive Assessment Design VP+ Search End-to-End Vision & Values Alignment Market Mapping Succession Planning AI-Powered Sourcing C-Suite Advisory Org Intelligence
Career Markers
  • Placed CFO, CMO, CTO, General Counsel & 120+ VP-level leaders at Whole Foods / Amazon
  • Built internal executive search function from 1 to 15-person team — saved millions in agency fees
  • 95% candidate satisfaction rate among VP-level placements; <90-day leadership turnover of 6.5%
  • Head of People at Super Coffee — owned Total Rewards, Org Design, and Talent from day one
  • Board: GoodCitizen (2022–present)
  • SXSW 2019: "HR to Bots: Job Displacement in the Age of AI"
Jami Adkins — Partner, Talent Strategy & Retention, People ATX
Talent Strategy & Retention

Jami Adkins

Partner, Talent Strategy & Retention

"The hire is the beginning. What you build around that leader in the first year determines whether they stay, grow, and deliver."

Jami brings 20 years of talent strategy, diversity recruiting, and organizational leadership built inside Fortune 500 companies. At Amazon, she led recruiting teams responsible for attracting top talent across competitive markets — coaching senior leaders on engagement strategy, implementing AI-assisted sourcing tools, and building diversity frameworks grounded in real market intelligence.

At Office Depot, she built and led a cohesive talent acquisition function spanning corporate, retail, and supply chain — designing assessment methodologies aligned to culture and competency, and driving executive decisions through data and analytics. Her edge is knowing how organizations retain the leaders they work so hard to hire.

Core Strengths
Talent Strategy Diversity & Inclusion Organizational Design Retention Frameworks Data & Analytics Change Management Executive Engagement Headcount Planning
Career Markers
  • Talent Acquisition & Diversity Leader at Amazon — led recruiting across competitive enterprise markets
  • Sr. Manager, Talent Acquisition at Office Depot — designed assessment methodology aligned to culture and competency
  • Built enterprise diversity strategy grounded in return-to-office and compensation market intelligence
  • Led Oracle Recruiting Cloud (ORC) implementation as project lead on HCM cloud rollout
  • Board: Dress for Success Palm Beaches — Chair, Young Executives for Success (Y.E.S!)
Together

Selection and retention.
The full arc, not half of it.

Andres Traslavina

Finds the right leader.

Thirty years of executive search and talent strategy built inside some of the most complex organizations in the country. He knows how to map a market, reach the passive candidate, and run a rigorous assessment process that surfaces the person who is genuinely right — not just available.

Jami Adkins

Makes sure they stay.

Twenty years of retention architecture and organizational design inside Fortune 500s. She knows how organizations fail the leaders they hire — and how to build the conditions that prevent it. From day-90 integration to 360-day growth planning, her work turns a good hire into a lasting one.

Most search firms deliver a finalist and move on.
We deliver a leader — and then we stay in the room.

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