About Us

Bridging the gap between US companies and remote talent in Latin America

At Strider, we're reshaping how US companies work with remote developers. We believe in a future where US businesses and Latin American talent grow together, driven by collaboration, innovation, and the collective strength of an international community.

Strider is a hiring platform that enables companies to find and hire pre-vetted tech talent

Our platform connects US companies with exceptional talent in Latin America, carefully vetted to ensure a perfect match for your unique needs and culture. We make international hiring easy, saving you time and money.

Meanwhile, talented candidates in Latin America gain access to exclusive remote job opportunities with top US companies, alongside invaluable resources, professional development, and a supportive community. Join us and elevate your remote career to new heights with Strider.

Our Values

Ownership

We encourage a sense of ownership, empowering people to take responsibility for their work and drive things forward with confidence and accountability.

Results

We prioritize delivering tangible outcomes and measurable success, ensuring that our actions and decisions consistently lead to positive results.

Feedback

We value open, honest, and constructive feedback, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and growth.

Improvement

We actively seek opportunities for growth and refinement, continuously enhancing ourselves to better serve others.

Strider was founded by entrepreneurs Neal Kemp and Nicole Barra Conde in 2021. Neal and Nicole previously built out international HR and operations together at Y Combinator backed GovPredict where Neal was Co-founder & CTO and Nicole led People Ops. GovPredict was acquired by Capitol Canary in 2020, which gave them the opportunity to reflect of some of the biggest challenges in the tech industry they had encountered.

While working in the US tech industry, Neal and Nicole saw colleagues' companies struggling to find, hire, and retain developers in Latin America. Lack of a network, complexity, and unfamiliarity were all contributing factors to this struggle.

On the other hand, by virtue of living in Latin America, Neal and Nicole knew many developers in Latin America who, despite having exceptional technical skills, still had a hard time finding good remote opportunities with US companies. Navigating the remote job market is complex, and due to differences in the job market in their home country versus in the US, they had a hard time standing out.

After the successful exit, they saw an opportunity to help bridge this gap. They built Strider to help other US companies build high performing remote teams in Latin America and to help job seekers in Latin America get hired at US companies. Strider's hiring platform makes it easy for US companies to hire remote developers in Latin America through its extensive talent network and sourcing technology.

History



Leadership

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Neal Kemp

CEO & Co-founder

Neal is a software entrepreneur who co-founded two Y Combinator-backed companies, GovPredict and Women.com, both successfully acquired. After GovPredict's exit, he joined Capitol Canary as VP of Engineering, where he continued scaling international engineering teams. He holds a BA in Computer Science from Claremont McKenna College.


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Nicole Barra Conde

COO & Co-founder

Nicole brings a rare mix of people ops expertise and technical grounding to Strider's operations. At Y Combinator-backed GovPredict, she built the company's HR and recruiting functions from scratch and helped establish its engineering presence in Brazil. Before that, she worked at venture-backed Wiser Education. She holds a degree in Computer Networks from CEFET-MG and a BA in Psychology from the Federal University of Minas Gerais.


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Tayane Gutierrez

Head of People

Tayane leads Strider's people team with experience spanning healthcare, finance, and technology, across both Brazilian and U.S. companies. She served as HR Director at GovPredict, a Y Combinator-backed company, before moving on to Head of People and Culture at WHF, where she oversaw the full HR function. Tayane holds a BA in Psychology from the Federal University of Juiz de Fora and an MBA in People Management from the Granbery Methodist Institute.


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Breno Oliveira

CTO

Breno is a technical leader with experience building engineering teams and products in both fintech and SaaS. He was an early hire at GovPredict, a Y Combinator-backed company, where he helped grow the company's Brazilian engineering operations. Before that, he led a team at Toro Investimentos in building Brazil's first online brokerage firm built from scratch by a fintech. He holds a BS with Honors in Information Systems from the Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais.


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Ana Paula Bartels

Head of Success

Ana Paula ensures that both employers and talent achieve real results with Strider through great partnerships. Before joining Strider's team, she led employee experience at DTI Digital, one of Brazil's most recognized software development companies, with nearly 1,000 developers on staff. She holds a BA in Psychology from the Federal University of Minas Gerais.


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Erin Hannon

VP of Marketing

Erin leads Strider's marketing with particular experience in demand generation and content marketing. Most recently at Legalpad, she built and scaled the marketing function through the company's acquisition by Deel. She holds a degree in English and Communications from La Salle University.


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Alyssa Kropp

Head of Sales

Alyssa has spent over 15 years building revenue teams at high-growth B2B companies. Before Strider, she held senior sales leadership roles at Electric.ai and Phone2Action, where she built and led top-performing teams in competitive SaaS markets. She holds a BA from the University of Delaware.


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Luiz Cordeiro

Head of Talent Acquisition

Luiz leads Strider's talent acquisition team, bringing experience in growth and marketing operations across government, technology, and web3. Before Strider, he scaled the marketing department at Shrine Development, and previously led content at Blockzero Labs. He holds a BA in Communications from the University of Belo Horizonte.




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