Two people.
One commitment.
Every search.
Ambassador Group is led by TJ Kastning and Louis Swingrover. No off-shored sourcing pod. Every search runs through both of us.
TJ Kastning
Founded the firm. Runs every search.
TJ founded Ambassador Group after years inside construction organizations, watching misaligned leadership decisions cost projects, margin, and morale.
He believes hiring is a leadership discipline, not a transactional function. It shapes culture, capacity, and long-term outcomes. His work with clients focuses on clarifying expectations, surfacing assumptions, and helping leaders think more clearly about the environments they are creating.
TJ is involved in every search as guide and thought partner.
Louis Swingrover
Brings structure and pattern recognition.
Louis partners closely with TJ on every search, bringing structure, consistency, and perspective to the process.
He sees patterns across searches and helps both clients and candidates stay grounded in what matters most during high-stakes decisions. His instinct: durable outcomes come from clarity, preparation, and follow-through. Not pressure. Not persuasion.
He believes a written scorecard is worth more than a dozen pre-screens, and that the most important parts of an interview are the ones candidates don't rehearse for.
The real lever is the mirror.
The quality of a hire is principally driven by the leader. A leader's insight into candidates rises with their self-awareness. The industry has built itself around a simpler story: that candidate quality is the lever. We don't think that story holds up under scrutiny.
Read our operating beliefsA partner who will think alongside you.
Not sell to you.
Ambassador Group works best with leaders who take hiring seriously. A 30-minute conversation is usually enough to know whether we're the right fit.