What is Values-Aligned Executive Search?
Hiring an executive means entrusting someone with decisions that will shape your people, culture, and business. Values-aligned executive search looks beyond qualifications to understand how a leader will carry that responsibility.
About Wren Consulting
Wren Consulting is a values-aligned executive search firm helping business owners, CEOs, and boards hire leaders they can trust to advance the business and steward what matters.
​
We believe a successful executive hire requires a clear understanding of both what a leader can accomplish and how they will lead. Their decisions will influence your people, shape your culture, and determine how your values are expressed as the business grows.
​
Founded in 2017, Wren Consulting brings together David Wren’s experience in business recruiting and ministry executive search. Through his work helping churches find pastors, David recognized the strength of a search process built around deep alignment in convictions, purpose, and leadership. He saw a need for that same depth in business recruiting, where qualifications and compensation often receive more attention than the beliefs and priorities that shape how people work together.
​
In conversations with business leaders, David repeatedly encountered the importance of that alignment. Behind a willingness to leave was often a disconnect between what someone valued and how the business operated. Behind a decision to stay—even when greater compensation or advancement was available—was often the opportunity to do meaningful work in meaningful ways.
​
David personally leads every engagement, working closely with clients to clarify what success requires and understand the convictions, priorities, and leadership expectations their next executive must carry. Through focused research, substantive conversations, and careful assessment, we help clients and candidates make informed decisions about their future together.
Who We Serve
Founder- and Owner-Led Businesses
Small and Midsized Companies
Faith-Driven Business Leaders
Software and Technology Companies
About Me
I’m David Wren, President of Wren Consulting. I bring more than a decade of experience in recruiting and executive search, with a background spanning software companies, growing businesses, churches, and ministries.
​
My work in ministry search deepened my understanding of what makes a leadership match successful. Helping a church find its next pastor requires careful attention to convictions, character, leadership, and purpose. I saw how valuable that same depth could be for business owners entrusting an executive with their people and the future of their company.
​
That perspective also reflected what I was hearing from candidates. Many were open to leaving because of a growing disconnect with how their organization operated. Others stayed despite attractive offers because they believed in their work, trusted their leaders, and valued how people were treated. Those conversations helped shape my approach to values-aligned executive search.
​
I personally lead every search, taking time to understand what matters to the people on both sides of a hiring decision. I’m interested in how leaders think, what experience has taught them, and the environments where they can contribute their best work.
​
My Christian faith shapes how I approach business and relationships. I live in Franklin, Tennessee, with my wife, Nikki-Dee, and our three children.
TESTIMONIALS
What Our Clients Say
David has been our go-to agency recruiter for the last 5 years for sales and sales leader searches. He asks great questions, takes feedback well, and applies it in order to bring consistently great matches for our needs. He understands how to assess software sales talent to find truly top-candidates. I know the candidates he sends me will be on profile! This is super helpful as when he sends me his notes and resume for one of his candidates, I already know it will be worth my time to take a meeting with them straight away! I'd recommend working with David as he is persistent in his efforts and consistent in his delivery.
Shaun Oaklee
Vice President of Global Sales @ BrightEdge
David has executed a number of searches (SDRs, marketing) for me at 2 different companies. He always sources great candidates (both passive and active seekers) and I have made great hires from that talent. David is very easy to work with, values my time, priorities and preferences. By way of example, on several occasions I challenged him to make sure the candidate pool represented a full range of qualified, diverse candidates [e.g great women sales professionals] and he did so. He is a quick communicator and prepares his candidates for success and hiring completion. He has been flexible on the business side when necessary. Without reservations, I recommend David to you. Happy to chat with you if an in-depth reference call is of interest.
Sean Herdman
VP of Sales @ Collage Group
David did a great job in a recent search that he ran for us. I had 3 other recruiters working the opening and David presented more qualified candidates than the other 3 recruiters combined, including the candidate that we hired. David is definitely a go-to recruiter. I look forward to working with him again soon.
Boyd Camak
Sales Development Manager @ SparkPost
David is a trusted partner. I have utilized David's expertise across multiple companies for multiple functions. David seeks to deeply understand the company needs first, ensuring that he understands the role, requirements, culture, expectations, and future plans. He has a vast network and always made our team happy with wonderful people who had been well vetted for fit, on both sides. I highly recommend David as a 'go-to' recruiter.
Jerry Stephens
SVP and General Manager @ causaLens