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How do I find former colleagues now working at target accounts?

Find former colleagues at target accounts by comparing professional histories, resolving identities and checking current roles. Then confirm whether the proposed connector actually worked with the person and would consider an introduction. Employment overlap is a useful research signal, but it does not establish personal familiarity, trust or access on its own.
October 8, 2026

Start with relevant people

Identify the target account's buyer roles and influential stakeholders. Search professional profiles, company biographies and authorised records for prior employers, teams and employment dates.

Match those histories against employees, customers, advisors and other suitable connectors. Include people outside sales where their experience is relevant.

Validate the overlap

Check whether dates, teams, locations and responsibilities plausibly intersect. Two people employed by a large company at different times may have no connection. Even close overlap remains a hypothesis until someone confirms it.

Ask: "Did you work with this person, and would an introduction be appropriate?" Allow corrections and declines.

Turn the finding into an action

Provide the business reason for the conversation and a short editable note. Coordinate one request owner and record the outcome so the same connection is not repeatedly rediscovered and asked about.

Orbb can help research these paths and coordinate approved introductions. Assess its output on identity accuracy and connector-confirmed relationships, not merely the count of shared employers in a graph.

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Orbb researches the relationships your company already has — across customers, employees, investors and partners — then runs the introduction end to end, from finding the path to the meeting in the calendar.
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