Services
About Us
Founders, C-Suite decision makers and boards choose EnterGain to gain the talent, capability and scale they need to fuel the enterprises they lead. Because we offer a unique mix of solutions across the recruiting, upskilling, strategy and strategic HR disciplines, we think and work in a more holistic way, enabling us to understand and serve our clients more deeply.
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Executive Recruiting - EnterGain clients gain talent in all functional areas from Director to the C-Level. Our executive recruiting solution provides the highest level of service, working with you to craft a compelling position description, curating diverse qualified talent pools, facilitating interviews and working with you to onboard the best-fit hires. EnterGain has filled CEO, CFO, COO, Chief Growth Officer, General Counsel, and other head of roles in People & Culture, Product, Investments, Technology, Marketing, Digital, Creative and more.
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Leadership Development & Upskilling - EnterGain clients gain capability and develop more effective leaders for their organizations. We create and facilitate bespoke upskilling programs for founders, the C-Suite, mid-level leaders, first time managers, and individuals. EnterGain's discovery process identifies the most important skill gaps and learning opportunities for your organization, so that you and your teams can become better communicators, collaborators, time managers, leaders and negotiators. We equip your teams to achieve more for your business, investors, employees and customers.
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Structure & Strategy - EnterGain clients gain scale with better organizational design, HR excellence, alignment around values mission & vision, and through strategic introductions. EnterGain partners with boards, investors, founders, the C-Suite and Deans to see around corners, and drive enterprise growth. We have ushered organizations through critical junctures by optimizing organizational structure and upgrading HR practices and infrastructure. We have facilitated strategic planning initiatives that engage employees at all levels, find common vocabulary around values, mission and vision, and ensure buy-in and commitment to goals and measures. We leverage the vast network from our executive recruiting practice to make strategic introductions for clients so they can secure new partners, clients and investors to drive them forward. ​
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EnterGain's team has deep experience in the entertainment, media, health care, consumer, financial services, professional services, technology, education and nonprofit sectors. EnterGain is the leading firm providing a broad range of recruiting, upskilling, strategy and strategic HR services to the music ecosystem. EnterGain is proud to serve a range of clients from compelling start-ups to pace setting niche players, to some of the world's most well-known organizations.
Values, Mission & Vision
Our work at EnterGain is rooted in Tenacity & Integrity, Quality & Utility and Agility & Humanity.
We are committed to improving lives one workplace at a time, by partnering with founders, boards, C-level teams and decision-makers to drive enterprise growth through people, in service of their organizations, investors, teams, customers and communities.
We envision a world where EnterGain’s unique approach to hiring, upskilling and strategy enriches organizations of all sizes and industries everywhere.
Clients
Check out the "Our Clients" page in the menu for an interactive client list.
The Team

James Celentano
Managing Director & Co-Founder
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Personally recruits and places talent at the director through CEO level for the firm’s clients. James has clients in North America, Europe and Asia. Previously served as VP HR at MSG and WMG. Prior Managing Director at a global executive recruiting firm. Taught at the grad level in music business at NYU and HR at New School. University of Pennsylvania BA in Psych. Columbia MBA. SPHR.
James@EnterGain.com 917-922-6556 LinkedIn

Mikal Celentano
Managing Director & Co-Founder
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Sought-after executive recruiter, filling roles in marketing, digital, finance and operations. Previously ran a cause-marketing agency, and prior to that was Director Global Marketing at Tumi Inc. where she was responsible for marketing operations, ecommerce and global D2C. Wellesley BA in Art History. Columbia MBA.
Mikal@EnterGain.com 917-922-5238 LinkedIn

Karol Mattes
Director
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Karol works with C-level teams and boards to fill Director through C-level roles, and her sector expertise spans labels, artist management, live and music tech. Previously a Client Partner in the entertainment practice at a global executive recruiting firm. Karol is based in Chicago and has lived and worked in the UK and Italy. University of Illinois BS in Journalism. University of South Carolina MBA.
Karol@EnterGain.com 708-990-6904 LinkedIn

Eduardo Magallanes
Senior Consultant
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Eduardo is part of the firm's extended team. He runs international executive recruiting assignments and leads cross cultural executive learning programs. He services clients in music and other industries. Previously held commercial, P&L and GM roles in the US, Mexico, Italy and Portugal and had responsibility for teams up to 1600 colleagues in 20 countries, in a career at Bayer, AbbVie, BMS and Janssen. Universidad Iberoamericana Ciudad de Mexico, BS Business. Thunderbird School of Global Management MBA.
Eduardo@EnterGain.com LinkedIn
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Dione DeShields
Senior Associate
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Dione fills creative, technical and business roles at all levels for music, musical instrument, entertainment, non-profit and technology clients. At a prior firm, he filled roles in the insurance and early-stage tech startup verticals.
Dione has worked as a recording engineer, and has a passion for music, theme parks and sustainability. City Tech, CUNY, Entertainment Technology and SUNY Oneonta BA in Music Industry.
Dione@EnterGain.com 347-860-3843 LinkedIn

Julia Gasarowski
Coordinator
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Julia supports client projects with scheduling, and project and data management. She also manages logistics for learning programs and contributes to the firm’s marketing activities. Previously Julia worked in marketing and event management in the non-profit and live entertainment sectors. Villanova University BBA in Management and Business Analytics.
Memberships
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