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Biotech
Cari Kraft

Jacobs Management Group

Cari Kraft is the President and CEO of one of the longest standing premier executive search firms with a niche focus in the Pharmaceutical, Medical Device, Biotech, Diagnostic industries and those tha ...

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Healthcare IT
Brian Foster

North Shore Tech

Brian has been building top performing healthcare IT sales teams for over 20 years. Many of his clients have gone public or been acquired. Before entering the recruiting industry, Brian served as a Ma ...

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Healthcare IT
Mike Silverstein

Direct Recruiters, Inc

Mike Silverstein is a Managing Partner at Direct Recruiters, Inc. and founded the firm’s Healthcare IT Division and Life Sciences Practice in 2008 along with the Hospital IT staffing and consulting ...

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Software & Techn...
Evan Gary Hecht

QS Recruiting

Evan Hecht is the Founder of QS Recruiting, a boutique search firm focused on placing exceptional talent across AI, software, legal, and finance. For more than twenty years, Evan has helped early-stag ...

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Construction
Justis Pederson

The Pederson Group

Justis Pederson has been the ‘go-to’ head-hunter in the construction industry for nearly a decade. Recognizing the urgent need for talent within the industry early on in his career, Justis founded ...

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Distribution
Brooke Ziolo

Egret Consulting

Brooke Ziolo joined Egret Consulting in 2008 as an Executive Recruiter and excelled immediately. She became a Partner in the firm in 2013 and the Managing Director in 2016. In 2019, Brooke purchased E ...

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Food & Beverage
Chris Hillman

SPI of Chicago, Inc.

Chris brings 26 years of highly successful Executive Search expertise to SPI of Chicago, Inc. He has career billings of over $8 million with over 528 successfully completed searches. In 2014, Chris wa ...

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Software Sales
Brock Boyd

Career Management Inc.

Brock started connecting technology sales talent with high growth companies in 1998 when he founded CMI at the age of 23. CMI’s niche is finding top sales & sales leadership talent for small-mid ...

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Engineering
Matt Walsh

Blue Signal Search

Matt Walsh is the CEO and Founder of Blue Signal, an award-winning recruiting firm specializing in wireless and telecom, artificial intelligence (AI), and data center industries. With over a decade of ...

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Cybersecurity
Jordan Rayboy

Rayboy Insider Search

Jordan Rayboy began recruiting in 2000 after his sophomore year of college. Six years later, he struck out on his own, forming Rayboy Insider Search. Jordan has run his search firm since 2006 while tr ...

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Hedge Funds
Andrea Colabella

Cardea Group

Andrea Colabella has built her career at an intersection most people don’t even know exists – where quantitative rigor meets the deeply human work of placing the right person in the right ...

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Commercial Banking
Tim Knight

Knight & Associates, LLC

Tim is the Founder and Managing Partner of Knight & Associates, a boutique retained search firm, focusing on financial services search in sponsor finance, asset based lending and commercial lendin ...

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Software & Techn...
Jeff Vernick

Hobson Associates

Since joining the Technology Practice at Hobson Associates in 1999, Jeff has had significant success placing executive level talent with technology clients for roles such as Sales, Pre-sales, Marketin ...

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