Founding partner. Committed to a career in executive recruiting for the financial services industry since day one. Former director and senior recruiter of real estate financial professionals at a national retained search firm, leading business development initiatives across the country. A retired rugby player from the Chautauqua, NY area, now a committed Clevelander. Serves on the education and awards committees of NAIOP, the national commercial real estate association, and of the young professional leadership committee of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum. Also on the executive board of two non-profits dedicated to cultivating regional leadership.

Determined and patient. Dedicated to considering all factors in play, whether seeking a high-level closer or the highest level executive. Welcomes and completes complex hiring and staffing initiatives throughout the 48 states.

Relationship development—art and science. Insight. An industrial psychology perspective (John Carroll University) attuned to the viewpoints of diverse client companies large and small. Gets into the fine points of what really makes promising candidates tick to give you the full picture.

Wholehearted about satisfying clients. Seeks to make the process transparent, time-efficient and painless for you, from analyzing needs through negotiation.

Founding partner. A finance-centered business education (John Carroll University) applied to building a nationwide clientele of title and settlement companies with a national retained recruiting firm. Directed real estate operations concentrating on the fields of homebuilding, commercial construction and law. Associates Advisory Council member of Homebuilders Association of Greater Cleveland. Member of Ohio Venture Association, The Waterstreet Group, and NAIOP as vice chair of the developing leaders committee. Works with the Cleveland Professional Twenty-Thirty Club to attract young talent.

Forceful and self-contained. Knows what it takes to win (collegiate track and field All-American, conference title winner and school record-setter). Applies the discipline to a fact-based, systematic approach to needs analysis and talent assessment.

Nuts-and-bolts attention, no-nonsense service. Takes the time to understand what team-building strategy makes the best business sense. Rigorously searches out talent that fits your immediate and future needs.

Intensely motivated to make a difference. Surveys the big picture and notices the details. Can be single-minded in pursuit of the right solution for you.

Practice group leader. Brings an entrepreneurial spirit to every day, most recently as originator of the credit & collections recruiting arm of a national firm. Educated at Mentor High School, Lakeland Community College. Schooled in the practical business sense that comes from growing up in a family of recruiters and excelling at large debt collections for a national agency. Member of the American Collectors Association.

Intense and energetic. Commited to the proposition that a combination of hard work and positive action makes the right things happen. Listens intently to clients then heads straight for the goal.

A keen ear attuned to what clients mean, what their organizations need. An uneming eye for what makes a company and a candidate uniquely suited to each other. All of which makes for an unusually efficient recruiting cycle.

Steadfast about the value of communicating. Hears what you say, grasps the nuances. Gets to the point, keeping you in the loop and on top of developments.