Jeff McAdams
HigherOut Founder and CEO

Jeff McAdams, founder and president of HigherOut, is passionate about helping people reach their goals. McAdams has spent the last 6 years in Executive roles and understands that people are the make or break element of every business. McAdams' experience includes 10 years working in leadership roles for a National Oracle Consulting firm and a regional Recruitment Process Outsourcing company. He has helped define the recruiting process for numerous companies, including the creation of specialized candidate methodology and feedback procedures. McAdams is a member of several professional organizations including the Texas Association of Personal Consultants (TAPC), the Capitol City Association of Personnel Consultants (CCAPC), and the South Central Oracle User Group (SCOUG).  He is a decorated United States Air Force and Texas National Guard veteran and a graduate of Steven F. Austin University. Jeff, his wife Kari and daughter Madeline live in Austin, Texas.

Jim Cochrun
Vice President

Jim Cochrun has more than fifteen years of global recruiting and human resource experience with companies such as Dell, General Electric, NetSolve/Cisco and in the SMB space. Jim Cochrun is a business-minded recruiting executive driven to strategically apply talent acquisition, talent management and process improvement to help business partners grow top-line revenue while driving cost out of the business.  Jim attended St. Edward’s University in Austin, Texas and is a proud veteran of the United States Marine Corps.  When not driving outstanding results for HigherOut clients, Jim spends time reading business and psychology books, playing drums, guitar and songwriting.