ChampionScott Partners has recruited Daniel Rudich as Vice President Business Development of NomaDesk S.A. (www.nomadesk.com) (formerly Aventiv S.A.). NomaDesk S.A. was founded in Ghent, Belgium in 2004 by its CEO Filip Tack, Miguel De Buf and Peter Geldhof with a mission to provide secure and user-friendly support for collaboration and information flows between work groups. Read More…
ChampionScott Partners has recruited Mr. Charles Stonehill as Chief Finance Officer for Better Place (http://www.betterplace.com). Better Place, the world’s leading mobility operator, aims to end the world’s dependence on oil for personal transportation by building a network for charging electric cars powered by renewable energy. With initial investor funding in excess of $200 million, Better Read More…
by Rebecca Buckman, Forbes.com – Source February 2009 – As Carol Bartz ponders her proposed changes to the Yahoo! org chart, there’s one big box that she can’t ignore: what to do about “Chief Yahoo” Jerry Yang. Yang, one of the Internet company’s two founders, was at the helm during Yahoo!’s (nasdaq: YHOO – news Read More…
By Rebecca Buckman, Forbes.com As Carol Bartz ponders her proposed changes to the Yahoo! org chart, there’s one big box that she can’t ignore: what to do about “Chief Yahoo” Jerry Yang. Yang, one of the Internet company’s two founders, was at the helm during Yahoo!’s (nasdaq: YHOO – news – people) botched acquisition talks Read More…
ChampionScott Partners has recruited Gregory (Greg) C. Warren as Chief Operating Officer to Plant Health Care (http://www.planthealthcare.com). Plant Health Care is a leading provider of naturally-based products for agriculture, commercial landscaping and land reclamation industries. Their innovative line of products creates both environmental and economic benefits for their customers and capitalizes upon long-term trends towards Read More…
by Tony Scott One of the most frustrating things I’ve seen over the years in recruiting for early-stage companies is the inability of founders to articulate what makes their company special and why anyone should want to work with them. This is a common failing among founders, particularly those from technical backgrounds. If you’ve come Read More…
ChampionScott Partners has recruited Gregory (Greg) C. Thomas as Vice President, Information Technology to Colony Capital (http://www.colonyinc.com). Colony Capital is a private, international investment firm focusing primarily on real estate-related assets and operating companies with a strategic dependence on such assets across the globe. The firm has been one of the world’s largest acquirers and Read More…
ChampionScott Partners, a retained executive search firm focused on technology, technology-enabled and related growth industries, is pleased to congratulate MicroCal and Riverside Partners on the sale of MicroCal to GE Healthcare, a unit of General Electric Company. ChampionScott Partners partnered with Riverside Partners, a private equity firm that invests in leading healthcare and technology companies, Read More…
ChampionScott Partners has recruited Andrew (Andy) J. Wagner as Chief Financial Officer to Silver Lake (http://www.silverlake.com). Silver Lake is the leader in private investments in technology, technology-enabled, and related growth industries. Silver Lake seeks to achieve superior financial returns by investing with the strategic and operating insights of an experienced industry participant. Silver Lake’s mission Read More…
by Tony Scott In the recent past, in the U.S., Europe and Asia, there were simply too many companies chasing too few people – resulting in across the board shortages of the human capital skills necessary to build and grow technology companies. In the U.S., working for an Asian or European company was often viewed Read More…