Examples of Our Work


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We’re a generalist search firm, and have applied classic search methodology to assignments in a wide variety of industries and functional areas. Some examples of the assignments we’ve completed follow.

High Tech / Biotech / Industrial: We’ve completed many assignments in this area, across all functions, at the "C" level, VP, Director and other executive levels. Positions have been in Marketing and Sales, Finance, Operations, Engineering, Program Management and Human Resources. Industries have included pharmaceuticals/biotech manufacturing, electronic systems and components, aerospace, automotive, defense/military systems, wireless communications and automated equipment. Clients have included Allen-Bradley (Rockwell), Kollmorgen, Thomson Electronics, B F Goodrich/Goodrich Aerospace and Sylvania. Click here to see a list of some of our previous High Tech / Biotech / Industrial Assignments.

Healthcare Administrator/Physician Search Consulting: We've completed numerous assignments in healthcare, having recruited senior executives in virtually every functional administrative area, including Chief Operating Officers, Group Practice Administrators, Chief Medical Officers, Nursing Executives, Human Resource VP's, CFO's and MIS Managers. We've also recruited Physicians, including Thoracic Surgeons, Neurosurgeons, Cardiologists, Urologists, ENT's, Orthopedic Surgeons and Oncologists. Clients have included Brigham & Women's, Beth Israel/Deaconess, Healthsouth - Braintree (formerly Braintree Rehab), the American Public Health Association, George Washington University Medical Center and Washington University/Barnes as well as community hospitals in Upstate New York, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, Ohio and Florida. We also completed a consulting assignment for a Northeastern Healthcare System that determined the need for a physician recruiting/physician liaison department, and set up detailed physician recruitment techniques. Alan Darling is the sole community member on the Holt Fund Physician Fellowship Selection Committee at Grace Cottage Hospital of Vermont. Kimball Shaw was one of the founding members of Arthur D. Little's healthcare consulting group, and was a healthcare consultant for many years before moving into executive search, working on projects throughout the United States and South America.
Click here to learn more see a list of some of our previous healthcare assignments.
Click here to learn more about our unique Physician Search Consulting process, which is customized, heavily consulting-oriented, and differs significantly from that of traditional physician search firms.
Consumer Products: Alan Darling has many years of experience in management of consumer products companies, having sold to customers such as Wal-Mart, Sears, L. L Bean, Kroger, Crate & Barrel and Macy's and appearing on a dozen live, hour-long programs on one of the home shopping networks. Assignments in consumer products have included the VP/Marketing for a stuffed toy company, the VP/Marketing of a jewelry manufacturer, the National Sales Manager for Black Flag, the Sales Manager for an importer of men’s gifts, and the President of a woodenware manufacturer.

Banking/Finance: We’ve completed assignments for the Head of Trust who established the trust department for a New Hampshire bank, the VP/Marketing with a heavy eMarketing/eCommerce focus for a financial publishing company, a Senior Trust Officer for a Vermont Community Bank and a Commercial Loan Officer for a Massachusetts community bank. We’ve also recruited Chief Financial Officers for hospitals, manufacturers and many other organizations.

Information Technology: Our assignments in this area have included the Technology Leader for a large real estate syndication company, the Chief Information Officer for a company that at that time was the nation's leader in library information systems (this candidate later became the president of the company), the Chief Information Officer (since promoted to President/CEO) for Shaw's, a $3-billion food chain, as well as I.T. Directors for several healthcare providers.

Legal: Our assignments in this area have included a Real Estate Practice Partner for a Boston-area firm, the Chief Legal Officer for a major Washington, DC, hospital system, a Healthcare Attorney for a large Upstate New York law firm, the Information Systems Director for a large Boston law firm, and the first-ever Administrator for a 30-employee suburban Boston firm. We also completed the search for a publisher of legal textbooks.

Non Profit: Our work with non-profits has included recruiting a Chief Operating Officer for Oxfam America, the Executive Director for the largest reform temple in Boston, the Executive Director of the American Public Health Association and the Executive Director and Director of Development of Keewaydin, an outdoor and environmental foundation located in Vermont that has been featured in Sports Illustrated. We've also completed numerous assignments for non-profit hospitals.

Retail: Chief Information Officer for Shaw’s Supermarkets, $3-billion food retailer (this person was promoted to CFO, and later became President and CEO of the chain).