Prior to being a recruiter, Deva started his career as a designer in the early days of the modern internet, eventually landing a job at the agency Citron Haligman Bedecarré, now known as AKQA. He went on to head up the interactive studios and content production departments at Ogilvy, McCann and Venables Bell & Partners. Native of Marin County living in the San Francisco Bay Area with his wife, daughter and doggie.