CEO of Vader-Rey | Helping companies scale with global talent, smarter recruiting systems, and remote teams that reduce hiring costs while accelerating growth.

Darren Tompkins is the CEO of Vader-Rey Companies, a firm focused on helping businesses scale through smarter recruiting strategies, global talent solutions, and high-performance remote teams. Through Vader-Rey Recruiting, Engineering, and Virtual Professionals, Darren helps companies access elite professionals worldwide while improving hiring efficiency and reducing costs. Alongside his work in business, Darren is also the award-winning founder of Headlock Hot Sauce, an internationally recognized hot sauce brand inspired by the culture and energy of professional wrestling. Darren believes creativity and discipline must work together in both business and life. Outside of entrepreneurship, he is an accomplished film screenwriter and producer, a children’s book author, and an independent professional wrestling promoter who owns his own wrestling ring. Because of his diverse background, Darren enjoys speaking on podcasts about entrepreneurship, building brands, professional, leadership, global hiring strategies, scaling teams, and how creative thinking can help businesses grow faster and smarter, wrestling culture, the hot sauce industry, athletics, and the mindset required to turn creative passions into successful businesses.