Leadership
for the AI era.

Executive search for technology companies building
in North America—with deep Asia expertise.

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Executive Search
Talent Intelligence
Asia Market Insight
Silicon Valley × Asia 32 years in executive search

01 / Perspective

Where technology meets leadership

The defining talent is rarely looking—and never easy to assess.

TL Talent Advisory helps technology companies—from AI-native ventures to established software, semiconductor, consumer and industrial businesses—identify, engage and secure the leaders capable of turning technical advantage into enduring enterprise value.

Selected services

Search, intelligence and judgment.

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01

Executive Search

Board, C-suite and critical functional leaders for companies moving through scale, transformation and global expansion.

02

Talent Mapping & Intelligence

Decision-grade intelligence on talent pools, competitor organizations and leadership availability before a search begins.

03

US–Asia Talent Advisory

North American leadership hiring informed by deep experience across Asian markets, manufacturing ecosystems and supply chains.

Industry expertise

Built for sectors where the map is still being drawn.

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04 / Founder

Train Luo, Founder and Managing Partner of TL Talent Advisory

Founder-led by design

Search judgment shaped since 1994—personally engaged.

Train Luo has worked in executive search since 1994 and in Silicon Valley since 1996. His perspective combines global search-firm leadership, in-house talent and HR experience, and a computer science foundation from Tsinghua University.

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Selected engagement

Hiring for supplier command—not a language proxy.

For a venture-backed hardware company moving toward mass production, we reframed a language requirement into the real capability: command of an Asia-based CM/ODM ecosystem—and placed the right 0→1 leader from within the US market.

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