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
US–Asia Search Expertise
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

Interim & Project Leadership

Selected interim and project-based leadership mandates for businesses facing a defined build, transition or transformation.

Distinctive capability

US–Asia Search Expertise

North American leadership search informed by deep experience across Asian technology, manufacturing and R&D ecosystems.

Industry expertise

Built for sectors where the map is still being drawn.

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01Artificial Intelligence02Robotics & Autonomy03Enterprise Software & Cloud04Semiconductors & Systems05Consumer & Digital Platforms06Advanced Manufacturing & Supply Chain

Recent delivery

A measured view of recent search work.

Five completed retained searches during 2025–26. Client and candidate identities remain confidential.

9days

Average from kickoff to first qualified candidate slate.

77days

Average from kickoff to accepted offer.

Complexity we navigate

The hardest leadership searches rarely fit within one market.

TL focuses on technology and technology-enabled businesses—from AI and robotics to semiconductors, digital platforms and advanced manufacturing. Across sectors, clients turn to us when a critical leadership mandate requires technical understanding, local-market fluency and alignment across borders.

01Technical Depth

3D DRAM Team Leader

Advanced Memory R&D · Asia

A scarce R&D leader sourced across Korea, Japan, Taiwan and the US for a new advanced-memory capability.

02Local-Market Fluency

VP, Capital Markets

Digital Finance · Mexico

A locally grounded leadership search shaped around Mexico’s talent market, compensation norms and multilingual stakeholder alignment.

03Cross-Border Alignment

Head of HR, North America

Advanced Manufacturing · US & Mexico

A regional people leader for a multi-country manufacturing footprint, aligning stakeholders across North America, Asia and Europe.

Different sectors. The same challenge: finding and closing a leader who can operate across boundaries.

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04 / Founder

Train Luo, Founder and Managing Partner of TL Talent Advisory

Founder-led by design

Silicon Valley perspective since 1996—personally engaged.

Train Luo has worked from 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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