Retained Executive Search
Our Mission:"To empower visionary leaders through values-led executive search that blends human empathy, flexibility, and technical discernment - building leadership teams that confidently shape what’s next.”
We are a boutique executive search firm, specializing in placing VP and C-suite leaders across product, engineering, design, sales and marketing, finance, general management, and more. Our clients range from seed-stage startups to industry titans — and everything in between. What they share is a readiness to scale and a need for leaders who don't just fill a seat, but shape a product, a culture, and the trajectory of the business.
Our sweet spot is working with growing tech companies or other fast moving organizations that are on their journey to becoming more tech forward - especially those that are mission driven. We believe our work can have significant impact on the clients we serve - and as importantly, on their customers.
We know what matters the most to our clients, so we have built our process around three things: speed, quality, and experience. We also know that every client and every search is different, so we listen thoughtfully and adapt our process to meet the business where it is.
What We Offer
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In House Executive Search Experience
Our team has lived inside high-growth organizations — hiring under pressure, filling critical roles fast, and navigating the stakeholder dynamics that come with every executive search. We know that the right hire isn't just about skills on paper. It's about how someone will land internally, how they'll move through the organization, and whether they'll thrive in your specific culture. We assess for fit the way an insider would — not from a checklist, but from experience.
We're fast because we're focused — not because we're careless.
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Fully Customized Solutions
We don't believe in a one-size-fits-all approach. While we do traditional retained search when it's the right fit, we're not bound by it. Depending on what you need, we can provide targeted research and outreach, market intelligence to support succession planning, external benchmarking, or talent pipelining. We also offer consulting and fractional executive search leadership for organizations that need senior search expertise without a full engagement. Whatever the challenge, we'll build the right solution around it — not the other way around.
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Our Model
At most firms, senior partners win the business and hand off the work. That's not how we operate. A designated principal recruiter is involved at every stage — from kickoff to close — paired with one of the strongest research leaders in the business. No handoffs, no delegation to junior associates, no drop in quality mid-search. The result for our clients is straightforward: better candidates, faster.
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Our Terms
We believe great executive search shouldn't come with a side of fine print. Our fees are flat, transparent, and structured around the specific work we do and the impact we deliver — no upticks, no admin fees, no surprises. We run lean by design, which means lower overhead and real savings that we pass directly to our clients. Straightforward terms, lower risk, and a pricing model that's built around your interests — not ours.
How We’re Different
Testimonials
In Good Company
The executives we work with have built and scaled some of the most recognizable companies in the world. They don't need to be walked through how hiring works — they need a partner who's operated at their level and understands the stakes. We've spent decades inside the kinds of organizations our clients run. That's why we ask better questions, spot the right candidates faster, and know what good actually looks like.