Founder Samuel Reed

The Leap – The Why
Leap Here® was founded to explore solutions in creating and connecting job opportunities. The solutions are for people, companies, and non-profits relentless in their pursuit of progress. Step after step, they build the Leap that improves transparency, increases awareness, and fosters accountability. Awareness can lead to the discovery of solutions that create value.

Here, there is a current commitment to create value through data consulting and recruiting support. What started as a service company in 2018 to provide consulting on a data integration project, later added recruiting and staffing services.

The Who
He brings 20 years of consulting expertise focused on data mining, analytics, and process improvement. His experience spans the financial sector, and covers key functional areas such as data governance, marketing, human resources, compliance & risk, fulfillment operations, and application development. At Iowa State University he earned a Bachelor of Science in Marketing, a Bachelor of Science in Management Information Systems, and a Master of Business Administration in Marketing.

A proven change agent, Samuel is renowned for his resilience, intellectual curiosity, and ability to fill critical organizational gaps to complete complex projects. He approaches every initiative mindful of the end-to-end processes, ensuring strategic focus on quality, equity, risk management, and sustainability. He has architected enterprise-grade algorithms that power strategic initiatives across Fortune 100 organizations and delivered mission-critical data and operational support to facilitate the distribution of over $75 million in consumer redress funds.

The Common Ground
He supports a culture of safety, innovation, and continuous learning. He aspires to lead with technical rigor with ethical commitment to drive solutions that empower both people and organizations. Practice makes progress.

Samuel is married and is the father of two sons and one dog.