Virginia Backaitis

Virginia Backaitis is seasoned journalist who has covered the workplace since 2008 and technology since 2002. She has written for publications such as The New York Post, Seeking Alpha, The Herald Sun, CMSWire, NewsBreak, RealClear Markets, RealClear Education, Digitizing Polaris, and Reworked among others. As part of her work, she has interviewed the leading thinkers in the worlds of work and technology.

She is also the co-founder of Brilliant Leap, a professional search firm in Montclair, NJ. There she spends her waking hours searching the earth for the most talented individuals on the planet. Her clients range from Fortune 50 companies to startups and everything in between.

When she’s not recruiting or writing, you can find Virginia running, teaching spin, or cooking with her lovely husband who takes her best recipes and calls them his own.