Marco Garza Valle

I am a Regional Operations Director with more than 20 years of experience leading talent acquisition, workforce strategy, and business operations across Latin America.Currently, I lead RPO operations across Mexico and Central America for Korn Ferry, overseeing a portfolio of 26+ client accounts, a team of 100+ professionals, and a multi-million-dollar business portfolio. I am responsible for operational performance, profitability, workforce planning, client delivery, and strategic talent solutions supporting enterprise organizations across multiple industries. My organization delivers approximately 8,000 hires annually across RPO and project-based recruitment engagements.Throughout my career, I have built and scaled talent organizations, led regional operations, managed complex client portfolios, and partnered with executive leadership teams to solve critical workforce and business challenges. My experience spans technology, telecommunications, manufacturing, healthcare, consumer products, financial services, and professional services across multinational and high-growth environments.Beyond operational leadership, I serve as the LATAM Center of Excellence (COE) lead for labor market intelligence and workforce insights, acting as a trusted advisor across Korn Ferry's global network. I support client expansion strategies, workforce planning initiatives, and new business opportunities by providing expertise on talent availability, hiring scalability, compensation trends, labor market dynamics, and location strategy throughout Latin America.I partner closely with business development, solution architecture, and executive leadership teams to design and price talent solutions, develop delivery models, determine resource requirements, and build scalable recruitment organizations aligned to client growth forecasts. This includes identifying the optimal team structure, geographic footprint, and talent strategy required to successfully launch and support new client engagements across the region.What differentiates me is the ability to bridge talent strategy and business operations. I believe sustainable growth is achieved when operational excellence, commercial thinking, and strong people leadership come together to create measurable business outcomes.Outside of the corporate world, I am an entrepreneur and published author. Building businesses and writing have strengthened my perspective on leadership, resilience, transformation, and the human side of organizational success.