by Tony Scott Over the past twenty-plus years I’ve been working with and advising start-ups, I have often been asked by boards to have “a talk” with entrepreneurs about “potentially” bringing in new leadership. Yes, even experienced boards often run from confrontation with entrepreneurs, because building consensus is typically how boards work – not direct Read More…
ChampionScott Partners has recruited Stephen Markowski as Chief Financial Officer at LookSmart (http://www.looksmart.com). LookSmart is an online search advertising and technology solutions company that provides performance solutions for online advertisers and publishers. LookSmart offers advertisers targeted, pay-per-click (PPC) search advertising and contextual search advertising via its Advertiser Networks; and an Ad Center platform for customizable Read More…
ChampionScott Partners is a new Member of the New England Clean Energy Council (http://www.necec.org/). The NECEC’s mission is to accelerate New England’s clean energy economy to global leadership by building an active community of stakeholders and a world-class cluster of clean energy companies. The Council focuses on 5 key areas, each impacting to fulfill the Read More…
On May 17th, Jean Su will be a mentor at this year’s Emerging Leadership Forum (“ELF”) of HYSTA (http://www.hysta.org) and the prestigious Committee of 100 (http://www.committee100.org). For the second consecutive year, “Mentoring for Success” is a forum where people can directly connect with some most established business leaders in the Chinese-American community. During this event, Read More…
ChampionScott Partners has placed Richard Turner as Chief Executive Officer of Clearswift Limited. Clearswift (http://www.clearswift.com) helps organizations of all sizes conduct business safely over the Internet. Clearswift’s technology reflects twenty years of experience across more than 17,000 organizations with a pedigree based upon granular policy management, easy administration, and the ability to combine best-of-breed security Read More…
Doug Shinsato joins as Managing Director & Japan Practice Leader ChampionScott Partners, the world’s premier retained executive search firm focused on the technology industry and related sectors, announces that Doug Shinsato has joined as Managing Director and Japan Practice Leader. Doug is a bilingual, bicultural Japanese-American executive who had a long and highly successful career Read More…
by Tony Scott Last night, I went to a very interesting panel discussion of young Japanese-American CEOs here in Silicon Valley. The point that struck me the most was that all agreed that a great CEO is not an individual hero, but more like someone who builds and coaches a winning sports team. If you Read More…
ChampionScott Partners has placed executive Peter Bauert as Chief Operating Officer at Parallels, formerly SWsoft. Parallels has over 900 employees and is a worldwide leader in virtualization and automation software that optimizes computing for consumers, businesses, and service providers across all major hardware, operating systems, and virtualization platforms (http://www.parallels.com). Parallels investors include: Intel Capital, Bessemer Read More…
ChampionScott Partners has placed Pierre van Beneden as Chief Executive Officer of RSD, a leading provider of archiving and retrieval software for digital documents, based in Geneva, Switzerland (http://www.rsd.com). RSD’s investors are Vinci Capital and Invision Private Equity AG. Mr. van Beneden, a recognized leader in the software industry, was most recently Vice President at Read More…
ChampionScott Partners has placed Henry C. Lyons as Chief Financial Officer of GAIN Capital, a market leader in the online foreign exchange (forex or FX) industry (http://www.gaincapital.com). GAIN Capital’s investors include: 3i Group, Vantage Point Venture Partners, Tudor Ventures, Edison Venture Fund, Cross Atlantic Capital Partners and Blue Rock Capital. Mr. Lyons brings over 20 Read More…