A wide, polished conference table made of warm walnut stretches through a glass-walled meeting room high in a Denver office tower. On the table, open laptops, neatly stacked engineering blueprints, architectural renderings, and construction site diagrams are arranged in a deliberate pattern, alongside sleek tablets displaying colorful analytics dashboards and IT network schematics. Early morning natural light pours through floor-to-ceiling windows, revealing a distant hint of the Rocky Mountains and a sprawling cityscape, suggesting nationwide reach. Photographic realism, eye-level composition with a slight wide-angle lens, sharp focus throughout. The mood is professional and collaborative, with clean, modern design cues that subtly evoke strategic consulting and thoughtful recruiting partnerships without showing any people.

Ripple Effect Consulting

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Specialized Talent

Boutique recruiting and consulting for Engineering, Architectural, Construction, professional services, and IT teams that know one person can change the entire dynamic.

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Boutique recruiting, lasting partnerships

Ripple Effect Consulting focuses exclusively on Engineering, Architectural, Construction, professional services, and IT. Based in Denver and working nationwide, we invest the time to understand your technical requirements, culture, and long-term goals before building the partnerships that move work forward. From graduate level to C-suite, leaders we have a team for that.

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Recruiting partnerships for specialized roles, combining industry insight, sourcing, and culture alignment across Engineering, Architectural, Construction, professional services, and IT.

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Consulting support for workforce planning, org design, and hiring process optimization, tailored to technically driven teams needing scalable talent strategies.

Testimonials

Rating: 5 out of 5.

Ripple Effect quickly understood our project requirements and delivered candidates who felt like long-term partners, not resumes. Our Denver office hire transformed team performance.

— Aya Nakamura

Rating: 4 out of 5.

As a senior structural engineer, I finally felt truly heard. They matched me with a firm whose culture and projects fit perfectly.

— Lila Patel

Rating: 4 out of 5.

Their engineering expertise showed in every conversation; the first person we hired through them is now leading a multi-state expansion.

— Mateo García

Rating: 5 out of 5.

From first call to offer, Ripple Effect coached me through every step and negotiated a package that reflected both my experience and potential.

— Aya Nakamura

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Denver, CO • Serving nationwide

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Articles on specialized hiring, market trends, and building technical teams.

Leadership Team

Sr. Managing Partner

Dan Rottinghaus has over three decades in the technical recruiter industry. He has seen markets ups and downs and spent 30 years helping grow companies and cultivate amazing relationships across the nation. Originally from Kansas City Missouri, he moved out to Denver in 1993.

Sr. Partner / Technical Recruiter

Jason English brings over a decade and half of recruiting in the technical space. Originally from St. Louis Missouri he moved to Colorado in 2012 to pursue a better life and learn under the best in the industry.

Account Executive / Specialized Recruiter

Clayton English has been in the specialized staffing industry for over 10 years. He is responsible for recruiting across the midwest and partnering with top companies in the industry.

Lindsay Karpan / Human Resource Manager

Peter Bullouch / Sr. Specialized Recruiter

Chris Gebhardt / Account Manager Technical Manager

Luke Gordley / Sr. Specialized Recruiter

Lauren Newman / Technical Recruiter

Jamie Mard / Account Manager / Sr. Specialized Recruiter