Alan Darling Consulting: Private Executive Search


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Examples of
High Tech / Biotech / Industrial Searches

Sr. VP/Sales & Marketing, VP/Operations, VP/Quality and Commercialization Director for a 1000-employee maker of life sciences / biotech products sold to Merck, Lilly, Wyeth, the NIH and most of the major pharmaceutical manufacturers.

VP/Business Development & Programs for a $70-million manufacturer of electronic systems used by the military in naval, land and aerospace platforms. This candidate has since been promoted twice by this company, and now is president of a $50-million sister company owned by the parent company.

VP/Sales & Marketing for a manufacturer of bar code printer applicators and high performance labels that is listed on the NASDAQ exchange.

Chief Quality Officer, Chief of Program Management, and Manager of Manufacturing Engineering for a $100-million manufacturer of automotive steering columns.

Chief Quality Officer for a $60-million manufacturer Mobility TV Broadcast Transmitters (used by the wireless industry) and TV transmission systems, a division of the $7-billion Thomson Electronics.

Chief of Operations, Chief Sales & Marketing Officer and Senior Sales Executive for a 250-employee aerospace components company.

Design Engineering Manager for a manufacturer of aerospace systems.

Sales Manager for a designer/manufacturer of automated wire handling equipment.

CFO, Sales Manager, and Production Manager for a company that develops laser-based systems used to make die boards.

Sales Manager for a manufacturer of automated laser cutting and welding equipment.

Marketing Manager for a manufacturer of electrical connectors.

Director of Operations for a manufacturer of reed and solid state relays.

Director of Operations and Director of Engineering for a manufacturer of cable TV equipment.

Examples of Information Technology Searches

Chief Information Officer for a 70-store, $3-billion food retailer (this person has been promoted three times since, and is now the president of the chain).

Technology Leader (Chief Information Officer) for a large real estate syndication company.

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).