Kate Rumely Rodriguez has joined HCI Equity’s executive partner group and appointed her to the board of directors for HCI portfolio company Tech-24. Rodriquez will advise on human capital, talent acquisition and DEI initiatives throughout the entire HCI portfolio. HCI is a lower middle market private equity firm that partners with family and founder owned manufacturing, service and distribution companies.

Rodriguez is currently a senior global executive recruiter at Cognizant where she partners with their senior business leaders, providing comprehensive in-house executive search services.

HCI managing partner Doug McCormick said, “We are delighted to add Kate to the HCI and Tech-24 teams. Attracting, retaining, and developing exceptional leaders and building great teams are core tenets of HCI’s strategy. Her thought leadership in best practices for human capital management complemented by exceptional real-world experience will ensure we are positioned to hire the best talent.”