Client Testimonials
Aaron Berutti
Sr. Vice President, Sales
Treace Medical Concepts, Inc
I have worked with Tamara on a number of different occasions where she brought me strong candidates to review for open positions and she brought me opportunities she felt I should consider for career advancement. In both instances, I was extremely pleased with the way Tamara worked with me. She was considerate of the type of candidates I wanted to review and was also very astute in bringing opportunities she knew fit my interest and experience.
I would highly recommend if you’re looking to advance your career or simply sourcing candidates for open positions that you could consider using Tamara. She is well connected in the industry and can bring tremendous value to your recruiting needs.
Allen Meacham
President and CEO
Stimdia Medical
ONKOS Surgical
Tamara was instrumental in helping us build our team at Nalu. As a former sales rep and manager, she knows what it takes to be successful for both the company and the candidate. Whenever I’m in a conversation with someone looking to make a change, I make sure they connect with Tamara.
Bill Wengert
Regional Sales Director
Biocomposites
I’ve had the privilege of working with Tamara on multiple searches, and she is hands down one of the most effective recruiters I’ve encountered. She quickly grasped our unique needs, delivered top-tier candidates with speed and precision, and consistently brought professionalism and insight to every interaction. Tamara doesn’t just fill roles, she builds high-performing teams.
Sara McLenighan
VP of Sales
10X President’s Club
It is with great enthusiasm that I recommend Tamara Star, the visionary CEO of TStar Recruiting, who has established herself as one of the most influential leaders in the recruiting industry. Having had the privilege of working with Tamara across two medical device companies, I can attest to her exceptional ability to identify top-tier talent, build dynamic teams, and create an organizational culture that fosters both excellence and engagement.
Josh Willett
Patient-Success-Driven Sales Leader
I owe a significant part of my career growth to Tamara. She’s two-for-two in connecting me with game-changing opportunities. The first moved me from a case-coverage Sales Associate into my first full-line Sales Representative role. The second elevated me from Sales Representative to Regional Sales Director. Tamara never wastes anyone’s time—she thoroughly vets both the hiring company and the candidate, ensuring a strong mutual fit. Her professionalism, insight, and honesty make the process seamless. I highly recommend partnering with Tamara for your next career move.
Chris Wright
Senior Vice President, Sales
ONKOS Surgical
Tamara’s ability to identify talent and effectively communicate their strengths and weaknesses are spot on. Her relentless pursuit to find the right candidate and do her best every time is why I recommend Tamara. While building out the direct sales force at Misonix she was a critical part of our strategy and found us the top candidates.
Matt Melloy
VP of Key Accounts
LivaNova
I highly recommend anyone looking for a new role or looking to hire someone to utilize Tamara for their search. She is incredibly thorough and delivers quality candidates every single time. Love working with her.
Rebecca A. Devine
VP of Sales
Wellsense
As a hiring manager/director/VP, I have worked with many recruiters. Tamara is a shining star in the vast sky of many. Tamara is tenacious and functions with high energy. With those qualities and strong work ethics, she been able to resource the best talent for my team and multiple organizational needs. I appreciate her level of detail and thoughtful approach to finding top talent. I am grateful for the skill and identification that Tamara continues to bring into the Med Device industry. I highly recommended you reaching out to connect for both your immediate and bench filling needs. Tamara truly is a “star” among her peers.
Chris Smith
Area Vice President,
GN Resound
Tamara Star has been a valuable resource for my company and me personally. She is excellent at what she does and is the hardest working recruiter I have dealt with in my 15 years of hiring. She truly cares about your needs, and doesn’t try to just fill a spot. If you want to work with a true professional that is prompt, efficient, honest, and positive – Tamara is for you.
Michael McNulty
Commercialization & Sales,
Ossio, Ltd.
Tamara is a highly dedicated and extremely talented recruiting professional! She has an uncanny ability of finding super stars that are the “right fit” for both the position and company culture. She is relentless in her pursuit of matching superb candidates with the specific search; she has never sent a candidate that was not prepared and extremely qualified. She is also flexible and very accomodating. I give her the highest recommendation possible and look forward to working with her for many years. She is simply the best!
David Kelly
Vice President of Sales – Foot & Ankle
DJO
I have enjoyed working With Tamara over the past 10 years. One of the most responsive, connected recruiters in the industry. She truly understand the marketplace and matches top quality candidates with companies.
Jeremy Laynor
Senior Vice President Of Global Sales
Providence Medical Technology, Inc.
Tamara has provided our organization with numerous talented candidates as we work through the recruiting process. She has been a reliable resource in key markets where we look to expand our reach with our field sales force.
Brennan Marilla
Chief Commercial and Operating Officer
Ossio, Ltd.
I recommend Tamara for any hiring manager that wants strong candidates. She is relentless in her pursuit of top talent and knows how to get candidates not looking to make a move to the table. She has placed some A+ folks with me over the years that we would not have found on our own.
Neal Smith
Vice President of Sales
Senzime
Tamara is a first-class recruiter and a pleasure to work with on our efforts. She went above and beyond to understand our needs as the client, and then to translate into finding the best candidates that fit our objectives. Her level of service, attention to detail, and ability to identify talent is absolutely the best in the business.
Brandon Bowden
Sales Director Key Accounts LivaNova
Tamara has met our qualification requests with candidates multiple times. Most recently, she provided several candidates in under a week, helping us hire for a high value position. Thanks for your continued support as we build out new teams. Always a pleasure working with you.
Jordan Takas
Area Sales Manager
Exact Sciences
Tamara is a professional who never settles for less than the perfect placement. She spends the time understanding exactly what the role entails and has a deep Rolodex to find the correct fit. She is the first call to make when you need a good candidate quickly.
Bill Gonzalez
Director of Sales for the Northeast Bioventus, Inc.
I highly recommend TStar Recruiting. Very fortunate to have worked with Tamara in the past. Extremely professional and very good at identifying talent. I have hired several candidates that Tamara has directed my way. Proud to say 3 have gone on to win presidents club and 2 have won rep of the year with my organization. Many have also been consistent performers year in and year out. She makes my job easier and has earned 100% of my endorsement.
Andrew Bollhoefer
Vice President of Sales
PolyNovo
Having worked with Tamara as a candidate and an employer, I can truly say that she is the epitome of professional. As a candidate, she works diligently to make sure you are prepared and understand the expectations of the role. Her ability to coach and give honest feedback was essential to obtaining the roles that I was pursuing.
As an employer, Tamara is an expert at finding great talent. She doesn’t just find candidates that are talented, but ones that are talented and have high character. The team that she has helped me build is not only exceeding their goals, but also helping shape the culture of our company.
Working with Tamara on both sides of the fence has been a great experience and it definitely made my job of building a team from scratch easier. Thank you Tamara!
Eric Ham
Senior Medical Device Executive
Wright Medical
I have known Tamara for several years and have found her to be extremely knowledgeable, resourceful, professional and well connected within the medical device industry. Highly recommend her to anyone looking to source and hire a top level candidate or make a move from their existing position.
Paul LeVasseur
East Coast Sales Director
School Health Corporation
Tamara is simply the best recruiter I’ve ever worked with. Throughout my career she has always been a willing source of information, help, and advice. Sometimes these came at difficult moments in my own career when many other recruiters would not extend the same professional courtesy. I recently worked with Tamara on a new hire for a very unique, and challenging position on my sales team. Not only did she bring the best possible candidates, but did so in expedient fashion. Overseeing sales and marketing for two continents is a challenging task, but being able to rely on someone like Tamara is invaluable, and I could not recommend her more to anyone looking to add top talent to their organization. I look forward to working with her again and in the years to come.
Al Rotondo
Region Manager
LivaNova
I highly recommend Tamara Star. Her focus and knowledge of the industry puts her at the top of recruiters. In my experience, she finds the best qualified candidates, in any med device space Her follow up is also quick, complete and accurate.
Summer Bond
Southwest Regional Sales Manager
Revance Therapeutics, Inc.
Tamara is one of the best recruiters I’ve worked with in the last 16 years. She’s placed candidates in my last two openings. The vetting process she uses is unparalleled. She not only vets the candidates herself but has other team members vet the candidates also so that by the time the resume gets to your inbox the candidate has been evaluated by several folks. She’s been outstanding to work with, I highly recommend her!
Chris Smith
Area VP
KARL STORZ
T Star Recruiting has been a pleasure to work with and incredibly responsive. I feel very comfortable in each interaction that the talent we receive will be well vetted, and allow our in-house team to spend considerably less time looking for well suited candidacy.
Sheila Birtsas
Regional Sales Director
iRhythm Technologies, Inc.
Tamara is one of the best in the business and I strongly recommend working with her. She is a pleasure to work with and carries a high level of professionalism, responsiveness and integrity to her clients. I can confidently say that she is one step above most recruiters I’ve worked with.
Shawn Carlson
Sales Director – Southeast
Zipline Medical
Tamara is one of the best in the business and I strongly recommend working with her. She is a pleasure to work with and carries a high level of professionalism, responsiveness and integrity to her clients. I can confidently say that she is one step above most recruiters I’ve worked with.
Nathan Harris
Retired VP of Sales,
Salient Surgical (now Medtronic)
Tamara Star is an honest, straight shooting, and spiritual recruiter. She takes pride in getting her clients the right candidates for the job. Her meticulous research and tenacity defines her success. I met Tamara during my first assignment as VP of Sales in a start-up – she warmly and meticulously cold called me. Since, we have established a good working relationship. I have utilized her skills and services in a variety of ways since that first encounter. She has helped my organization find good employees, research employment opportunities for talent within my network and improve my resume and positioning when I was in search of new employment. Tamara is an excellent source for coaching and advice; she has a keen sense of the market. She is a strategic fit for any organization looking to improve talent acquisition.]
Scott Peterson
Territory Business Manager
Checkpoint Surgical
Tamara is very well connected in the medical device industry. I realized very quickly when working with her the value that she brings to the table. She has an uncanny ability to know the exact qualities a hiring manager is looking for in a candidate and is able to find talent to match. As a candidate, Tamara was top-notch in interview prep as well.
Dave Blouin
Vice President US SalesVapotherm
Tamara has been a vital asset to me as I have selected and built several teams throughout the country. She has provided top notch talent that eventually excelled into our top sellers in our company. She has been a pleasure to work with and an expert in finding the talent that we are looking for in our salesforce.
Craig Kilgore
ADB Robotics
Tamara is genuinely a SOLID resource and is one of few Medical Device Recruiters that is on TOP of her game. Thanks again for everything, I’m lucky to have crossed her path!!
Trent Becker
Professional Sales Representative
Smith & Nephew
Tamara has a passion and commitment that I have rarely seen in the recruiting industry. She went of her way to prepare, educate, and be honest with where I stood in the process at all times. I would encourage both managers and sales professionals to keep Tamara at the top of your list when enlisting the help of a sales recruiter.
Kyle Branch
Territory Manager
Medtronic
Tamara is a Rock Star! She’s always on top of things and is great on giving daily updates. She provides great preparation for upcoming interviews and makes sure you are at the top of your game. Fun to work with, personable, and very hard working. Thanks Tamara
Glenn Fricke
Western United States Sales Manager, Business Development with National Accounts
ConMed
Tamara has worked with me on several positions as we expanded. She recruits only the finest talent and must have one of the broadest networks of anyone I have ever worked with. I would highly recommend her to anyone needing talent in the medical device arena.
Mark Etheridge
Area Sales Director
Stryker
have had the opportunity to work with Tamara as a colleague and as a customer. She was an awesome sales representative at ADP out of college and has turned into a great recruiter. Every time I have used Tamara, she has put me in front of very good potential candidates. She really understands my business and what profile I am looking for.
Joseph Beau Carter
Account Executive
Medtronic
Tamara was excellent to work with. She contacted me regarding an opportunity that fit my skill set perfectly. Tamara knew her client, what they were looking for and how I could fit into their company. Tamara guided me through the interview process seemlessly and it wound up with me landing a job paying well into six figures. I highly recommend her as a resource for your job hunt. Thanks Tamara!
Scott Shaffer MSN, CCRN
Account Executive III
PainTEQ
Tamara is an extremely proficient and professional recruiter. She takes the time to truly match individuals with each position. She goes above and beyond to make that perfect fit and is truly an advocate for the company and potential candidates. Thank you for going that extra mile.
Christopher Falzon
Director of Sales
TDM USA
Tamara is a leader in the industry, in the true sense of the word. In short, we are in a people business and Tamara takes the time to know her people. She has a unique gift of understanding people’s strengths, precisely where she puts her focus. Her winning formula of people and culture allows her to match the right candidates with the right company. It’s a win-win for everyone, the way it should be. Whether you are an executive looking for talent or you are a candidate looking for a company, make her your go-to contact. She matches the best with the best and that’s why she IS the best.
Marcello Nascimento
Independent Consultant/Distributor
Volcano
Tamara has the unique ability of finding the right talent for the position. There is always a sea of candidates and she is able to take the profile, assess the talent pool and come up with recommendations that get us through the process in short order. The hires from Tamara have come on and performed and contributed to our success. I highly recommend Tamara and all the skills she brings to the table.
Jason Demko
President
AxoGen
Tamara is an expert in understanding the right “fit”. She finds candidates with the right qualifications and prides herself on filtering them down to present only the few with the right non-tangible qualities that match the position.