Carla Harris McIntosh (she/her)

Carla H. McIntosh is a U.S. Air Force Veteran and Global Product Area Staffing Leader at Google. She is originally from Los Angeles, and spent many years in San Antonio, where she began her staffing industry career and later founded her own tech staffing company.

What’s a challenge you’ve faced and how did you get through it?

When I separated from the military I, like many veterans, struggled to sort out what a civilian career could look like for me. This was incredibly difficult initially because I was in the aerospace control field, which was very specialized and also very different from most civilian careers. I chose to leverage all the skills I learned in the military — networking, collaboration and leadership — to make connections that ultimately landed me in the staffing field nearly 20 years ago.

What’s something you’ve done that you’re really proud of?

One of my proudest accomplishments was starting my own company in 2005. After many years of growing other organizations, I built up the courage to step out on my own. I ran a very successful company for nearly a decade and kept it debt-free.