Ray Baptiste

Pioneer
DISC Type : DIS

Fractional Consultant at Ai Onion

Bricket Wood, England, United Kingdom

Overview

Ray Baptiste is a fractional Head of Talent Acquisition and an AI Transformation Consultant at Ai Onion. He specializes in integrating AI automation into recruitment and business processes for startups and scale-ups. People who have worked with him describe him as hard-working, creative, proactive, and customer-focused, with great market knowledge.

Ray is a member of the exclusive RL100, a community for leaders in talent acquisition and recruitment. He is also a public speaker, sharing his expertise on how AI is reshaping the recruitment landscape at industry events like LinkedIns London Connect.

He is also a productivity app builder, with several projects currently in stealth mode.

Personality Overview

Friendly But Fast

Dynamic But Sincere

Driven But Considerate

If they are convinced, they can become very strong champions for your product  They combine a unique set of diverse traits where they are fast and friendly but can slow down to be thorough when needed They have the unique ability to win both love and respect from their team (or outsiders)

Topics They Care About

AI in Recruitment
He focuses on AI-driven talent transformation, automation, training, and implementation to improve recruitment efficiency and processes.
Process Optimization
He strongly advocates for fixing broken business processes before applying AI automation, believing AI cannot fix foundational issues.
Startup Scaling
His experience includes working with over 10 start-ups and scale-ups, building high-performing teams for fast-growing tech companies.

Media Appearances

Ray has no verified media appearances

Work History

1-2025
Fractional Consultant at Ai Onion
4-2021
Head of Talent Acquisition ( Fractional ) at Elder
1-2020 - 3-2020
Contractor, Technical Recruiter (Interim) at 101 Ways
7-2019 - 12-2019
Senior Recruitment Manager (Interim) at Seatfrog
8-2018 - 6-2019
Talent Acquisition Manager - Start-up Incubator (Interim) at NatWest Group

Education

Ray has no verified education history

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Insights For Selling To Ray

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Ask them for a lunch or coffee once some rapport has been established
  • Keep your pitch focused on the impact but nurture the relationship too
  • During followups, use calls or text if needed, they should be fine

DONT's

  • Don’t be too verbose or overly friendly; a little bit, however, is fine
  • Don’t be very informal during the early interactions even if they are being so themselves
  • Avoid focusing only on the product or its ROI, keep building trust subtly

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Ray is

  • Nothing less than a strong combination of proof of results, relationship and high levels of professionalism is effective with them.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Ray

  • They can say no while staying friendly, but can also be pursuaded to reconsider

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Ray move?

  • They are generally fast movers and can take quick decisions
  • Can Ray take some risk or not?

  • They have high risk-appetite but can get ahead of themselves once in a while. Observe carefully

You And Ray

Personality Compatibility


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