Robbie Sewell is a veteran healthcare professional who joined the Executive Search industry in 1998, working briefly in managed care, but quickly transitioning into the more robust, complex, and dynamic environment of Executive Search in the US hospital industry.

Since January 1999, Robbie’s recruitment production in the hospital sector has exceeded the $2.75 million mark. Her clients have included stand-alone hospitals in rural and urban areas of the Southwestern and Midwestern United States, and Robbie’s greatest strength has been in extending her efforts throughout discrete urban healthcare systems, such as HCA, Banner Health, and Seton Family of Hospitals. Leveraging her recruitment efforts throughout a system has allowed Robbie to focus in depth on the cultural aspects of an organization that serve to define “good fit” and brings consistency to the network of relationships she builds within each system.

Robbie’s healthcare industry experience includes a Master’s degree in Healthcare Delivery Systems from Denver University; Master’s Certificates in Health Industry Organization/Operations and Managed Care; roles as Director of Marketing for a statewide provider joint venture HMO in Wyoming, Manager of Medical Staff Services and Physician Recruiter for a Colorado statewide integrated delivery system, Provider Network Manager for a Denver not-for-profit collaboration of hospitals offering managed care products, and Area Contracts Manager for a behavioral health managed care organization. Robbie also spent six years as documentation specialist in the Group Health & Welfare departments of Towers Perrin and Wm. M. Mercer benefits consulting firms. Robbie has supplemented her professional commitments with volunteer work in neurotrauma at a Level 1 trauma center in Denver and is proud of her high school years as a candy striper volunteer at a Level 1 Trauma Center in Chicago.

“My own experience in healthcare is why I’m successful as a healthcare recruiter. I’m an insider working on the outside now, but my heart has never left healthcare. Nor has my work. I’m just working from a different chair now.” Robbie’s clients and candidates appreciate her understanding of the industry, her passion for improving the environment of care, and her compassion in working respectfully and successfully with members of the profession.

During her 10 years in recruitment prior to founding Saddlebrook Associates in February 2008, Robbie achieved the distinctions of Managing Partner and Pacesetter for her consistent annual production and management capabilities within a large national recruitment organization. Robbie formed Saddlebrook Associates as a nationwide Professional Services Talent Acquisition firm that “recruits at the level of respect.” Integrity is a cornerstone of the work ethic at Saddlebrook. Her franchise affiliation with SPI reflects her absolute belief that SearchPath is the leading recruitment organization nationally, reflecting the highest and brightest leadership standards in the industry and the most innovative HR and technology platforms available anywhere.

Representative healthcare sectors and titles that fall under Saddlebrook’s scope of practice include:
Clinical Hospital Management: Chief Nursing Officer, VP/Nursing Services, Clinical Nursing Director, Clinical Nursing Manager, Clinical Team Leads, House Supervisors, Charge Nurses, Interims, Advanced Practice Nurses
Administrative Hospital Management: C-Suite Administrative Officers
Hospital-based Ancillary Services: Radiology, Pharmacy, Lab
Freestanding and Ambulatory Clinical Services
Hospital-based Complementary Medicine Initiatives
Healthcare Mediation & Amelioration Services
Hospital Information Technology
Mergers & Acquisitions
Staff-level Contract Nurses

Gary has taken his 23 years worth of business experience and network contacts and launched a successful talent acquisition practice. Gary has had multimillion-dollar P&L responsibility for Fortune 500 and early-stage companies with US and international operations. He has diverse industry experience which includes tele-communications, high tech, legal, staffing and healthcare in general management, operations, marketing and sales roles.

As a senior executive, Gary has faced the critical staffing challenges that arise when managing a global operation. That experience allows him to understand the importance of finding top talent from a clients perspective. He understands the dynamics of change that happen in organizations and how to staff a growing or changing organization for success.

Gary received his BS Degree from Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia while attending on a basketball scholarship.

Since joining the Executive Search Industry in 1992 Mark Gillespie has quickly risen to the top of his profession. He is recognized world wide as one of the top recruiters in the Consumer Products and Food and Beverage Industry. Mark has over 20 years experience in the Consumer Products and Food and Beverage Industry starting on the operator side early on, then moving to the supply side in key managerial roles and now as a partner to manufacturers of Consumer& Food and Beverage products world wide.

Mark's relationship with his clients is that of a partner, not a vendor. His clients see him as part of their team, someone who truly cares for their business, not just another recruiter looking to make a placement. He accomplishes this by getting to know every aspect of the clients business so as to be able to better provide the ultimate in Talent Acquisition and Professional Services for them. Whatever a clients needs are, be they Key Management, Top Sales or Marketing, or Top Technical people Mark works with each client to fully define what type of individual will best fit the companies needs, then conducts an exhaustive search using his vast resources to find the Right person for the position.

After an illustrious 13-year career with MRI, in November of 2005, Mark founded Optimus Executive Search, a Search Path International company. He made the change to Search Path for its Client Centric approach and the strong leadership team they have assembled, which will allow Mark and his team to service their clients more efficiently. Mark is an instructor for Search Path International University, and has been asked to be a part of the SPI Strike Team, which mentors new SPI Franchisees.

In 1997 Mark attained CSAM status {Certified Senior Account Manager} which is the elite of MRI’s 1000 + offices worldwide. CSAM’s represent the Top 5% of all the recruiters within the MRI family, which includes Management Recruiters and Sales Consultants. In 1999 Mark was honored as a National Finalist for CSAM of the year, in 2001 Mark was named National CSAM Of The Year, which is essentially the Best of the Best award for the over 4000 recruiters within MRI. Mark is one of only 8 people to ever receive this prestigious award in the companies’ 40-year history. In addition to this he has received many other awards from MRI throughout his distinguished career. Mark also started and headed up the Electronic Recruiter Village for the Food and Consumer Products industries for MRI.

Marks opinions are highly valued in the CPG industry, as he has been interviewed numerous times by both Newspapers and Trade Magazines regarding recruiting for the Consumer Products and Food And Beverage Industry.

Whether you are a Fortune 50 Organization or a small to midsize company, or you need 1 or 100 talented professionals for your organization, Mark and his team are ready to partner with you to make your company the best it can be!

Tim Murphy is founder and managing partner of SearchPath Career Source. With eight years of recruiting experience, Tim places professionals in all areas of human resources, supply chain, and marketing.

Clients value that Tim takes the time to do a thorough analysis of his clients’ needs, identifying the qualities and attributes clients require of the ideal candidates, so that he can help them to identify the right person for their particular opportunity.

Prior to recruiting, Tim’s career included stops that gave him the first-hand experience he uses to understand his clients’ needs today. He started his career with UPS, where he quickly learned about hard work and became a manager, during which time he developed many skills including tracking individual performance, practicing safe work methods, training, employee relations and much more.

Tim also served as a plant manager of a large distribution center in the Chicago area, where he was the procurement manager and human resource manager, as well. Tim eventually started selling CRM software and learned about technology and how to apply it to the business world. It was in this role that Tim got involved with customers and accessing their needs, and customizing solutions to meet clients’ requirements. This experience led to a natural transition to executive search, specializing in human resources technology.

A 20-year operations and human resources veteran has opened an Illinois Heartland franchise office of SearchPath International, a Cleveland-based franchisor of talent acquisition professional services firms, CEO Thomas K. Johnston announced today. Phillips's search practice specializes in the agriculture industry.
Phillips has successfully operated her own management consulting service in California and in her hometown of Greenville, Illinois specializing in recruiting, operations management; budget preparation, design and analysis; and human resource management, training, employee relations, benefit design and analysis, and performance systems and analysis. She previously spent 10 years as vice president of human resources, then executive vice president/chief operations officer, of Rose Hills Company, a Whittier, Calif.-based, company with $80 million in annual revenue.
Virginia has a rich legacy of farming families on both sides of her grandparents. After growing up in California, she has returned to her roots settling once again in America’s heartland. Phillips received her MS in human resources design from Claremont Graduate University and her BA in business administration from Whittier College. Virginia continues to support the agriculture industry by utilizing her thorough understanding of executive positions and corporate structure. Growing and emerging companies find her search techniques especially valuable.

Chris brings 12 years of highly successful Executive Search expertise to SearchPath International. He has been promoted 3 times by his previous employer, providing him with skill sets in search, business development, operations, training and management. Chris is a five-time Pacesetter award winner placing him in the top ten percent of Search Consultants in the world.

As a previous CSAM, Certified Senior Account Manager, for a significant competitor, he has achieved the recruiting industries highest levels of training in labor laws, negotiations, ethics, integrity and human relationships. Chris has expertise in Talent Acquisition within the Renewable Energy Industry including Biofuels (Ethanol, Biodiesel, cellulosic ethanol and algae), Solar and Wind. In addition, he has strong knowledge and a network of professionals in the Packaging Materials Industry, Industrial Market, Power Transmission Industry and Motion Control niche. Formerly, Chris worked for seven years in a General Management capacity, running a $22 million operation. He graduated from the University of North Carolina, Charlotte with a Bachelor of Science in Economics. Chris' success comes from his strong work ethic, listening skills, persistence and industry knowledge. His high levels of achievement come from his desire to focus on solving his clients' and candidates' goals, problems and needs.

Ysabella (Bella) Trout is the VP of our SearchPath of Cape Fear office. She leads our Engineering Division. Bella brings a diverse background & a unique skill set of professional expertise to our SPI office. She joins us after owning a specialized engineering recruitment firm & having a successful background in management & marketing. Her Bachelors of Science in Human Resource Management and experience in operational management allows her to have a unique yet balanced understanding and approach when teaming up to coordinate with each client’s Human Resource members & Management Staff successfully to fulfill each staffing assignment.
Bella started in operations management for her family’s business. Coming from a successful strong influential entrepreneurial background, it was only natural for SPI Cape Fear to feel like home. Prior to SPI Cape Fear and shortly after Bella began her first degree she was brought onboard an award winning marketing firm where she was signed as an Assistant Office Manager. Her responsibilities were focused on finding a niche group of sales minded professionals to hire, train extensively & retain this specialized sales forces. In Bella’s first year she took the marketing firm from 32 of 154 in the nation to the number one office in the region and 5th in the nation with the lowest sales staff turnover in the company. She left the Marketing firm after earning high recognition & many awards as a manager and top producer to pursue recruiting; where she found her niche in the placement of Engineers. Bella has worked within different industries focusing in on Operations, Plant Management, Production, R&D, VP, and even the Presidential engineering needs of her clients. Bella has also placed EHS, Sales Engineers, along with HR department needs for her clients successfully.

Overall Bella’s unique background and education has allowed her to identify the specific key needs of her clients and be able to tailor a recruitment solution providing service for all of their needs. Bella accredits her entrepreneurial spirit and dedicated quality service / business drive to her father and family business. This is where she gained her understanding of a strong and solid work ethic. She feels anything less than excellence is a waste of time and talent; so she strives in turn to only provide the best service and work with unsurpassed results. Bella describes her passion for knowledge and serving others as immeasurable, she actively serves with in her local community as well as abroad efforts to help children and woman gain better, healthier life styles and living conditions. Bella has her Masters in Ministry focused on Biblical council for women & children along with linguistics focus. She plans to return to School for her next degree as an M.Ed major in Instructional Effectiveness to better assist in developing community educational help programs as well as help develop stronger more effective teaching methods in her efforts to serve internationally. Bella is always excited to apply any of her newly acquired skills & knowledge to help others in reaching their goals & grasp their future Email Bella: btrout@searchpath.com

Mark Ragland has just entered his 10th year in the Executive Search field. He began under the watchful eye of one of the country's top talents in Financial Search, learning one by one the nuances of client and candidate relationships. Within 2 years, Mark began acquiring his own client base, gaining market expertise in the Chemical, Pharmaceutical, Consumer Product, and Supply Chain industries.

In 2001, Mark began broadening his talent acquisition expertise by conducting searches not only in Finance and Accounting, but also in Operational Management, Marketing & Sales, and C-Level Executive Search. Later in that year, he opened his own firm to put his signature style into his searches. Within a few years, after building a retained search practice that exceeded the abilities of a one-person operation, he sold his book of business outright, and joined forces with SearchPath International. After seeing the great needs in the emerging Bio-Fuels industry, SearchPath became the logical choice in terms of where to direct his energies.
Mark holds a BA in Management from Judson University .

Nothing in the world can take the place of Persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent._ Calvin Coolidge

Ginger has come to SearchPath International bringing along her successful background which includes her 5 years of Executive Search and 6 years of industrial sales. She is a goal driven individual and can take on any tough task. Prior to her working in the Talent Acquisition Industry, she provided support to 250 customers, covering 34 states in the industrial market. In one year she cultivated 45 new customers which delivered a total of 6.5 million dollars in revenue. She joins SearchPath International of Chicago with that same enthusiasm and drive. “It’s all about making a difference in people’s lives. It’s the greatest feeling when you have found your client company a perfect match and the candidate thinks the same thing about the employer.” She graduated from Western Illinois University with a Bachelor of Arts degree and a Minor in Business. Ginger has expertise in several areas such as B to B sales, Ethanol, Biofuels, Motion Control, Executive Management, Industrial, and the Packaging Industry. Contact gstanczak@searchpath.com

Jeanne joined SearchPath of Chicago in 2009 as the Managing Director of the firm's Laboratory and Pharmacy Automation specialty. Her responsibilities include: developing new Automation clients; identifying executive level candidates; and developing and maintaining client relationships. Additionally, Jeanne focuses in the renewable energy environment working to strengthen client relationships within the ethanol and wind industries. Jeanne brings 30 years of experience across a variety of industries including: recruiting, consulting, telecommunications, leasing, financial markets and continuing education. Jeanne’s work has focused on a variety of functional areas in each of these industries including: operations, quality, organizational development/structure, finance, training, and professional development. Jeanne was born in Worcester, MA and has an MBA from DePaul University in Chicago and two Bachelor degrees one in Business Administration and the other in Mathematics. Jeanne’s focus is on developing long-term relationships with both client companies and candidates. Having been on both sides of the desk, Jeanne believes in a straightforward yet empathetic approach to her recruiting practice.

Shena joined SearchPath of Chicago in 2008 as the Managing Director of the firm's Solar Energy Practice. Her responsibilities include: developing new Solar Energy clients; identifying executive level candidates; and maintaining client relationships.
Shena brings 14 years of search experience to SearchPath of Chicago. From 2006 to 2008, she served as a Vice President for the Carlyle Group, a Chicago retained search firm. As a senior member of their Real Estate Practice, she consummated 27 successful executive level searches. Her client profile included pension funds, private equity firms, and financial institutions.
From 1995 to 2006, Shena worked for OSG Global, a worldwide executive search firm, where she served as Director of Information Technology Recruitment. She specialized in placing key personnel in corporate finance and information technology positions.
Shena was born in Tonbridge, Kent, UK and educated at Bedgebury Park School and Oxford University. She has lived in America with her family for over twenty-five years. Shena prefers to apply an international perspective and a multicultural understanding in her business approach..

I excel by getting to know an organization and becoming their leading proponent at all levels of their business. By truly understanding their environment and culture, I am able to identify the top 10 percent of personnel to attract to their corporation.
Executive management, logistics, sales and marketing, human resources, technicians and operators are just a few of the many vertical areas we can help each client with. My clients look for the best in the industry. My most marketable candidates are results-oriented and self-motivated with a proven track record of success.
"My mission is first to find great people to build great teams for organizations and second to help people further their careers and lives. I work with companies and individuals to uncover key facts so the best possible decisions can be made. I believe very strongly in discretion and maintaining confidentiality to protect all involved in the placement process. I treat all parties with respect. I care about the people I work with and their families."
A proven sales professional and entrepreneur.
Denise recruits qualified professionals in packaging materials, industrial products, HVAC and food ingredients.
Contact: dbergren@searchpath.com

Patrick’s career has cast a wide net. His depth and breadth of business experience brings many years of relevant work experience to SearchPath of Chicago. His prior experiences bring him well rounded in to understanding of supply chain management, packaging, material handling and food. Patrick’s last career was in a broker environment much similar to the day in a life of a recruiter. Lakeside Food Sales is a food brokerage that specialized in both the primary and secondary retail sector and supplied manufacturers with ingredients for production of consumer goods. Specialized in buying and selling raw materials, food ingredients and finished goods. Patrick learned the art of purchased and selling closeout, overstock, buybacks, and excess perishable and non-perishable items produced by reputable companies throughout the world. Patrick also managed all freight for products that were sold and ensured customer satisfaction upon delivery.
Patrick also worked as a manufacture rep as territory manager for Chicago for a company called Water Concepts his responsibilities included, creating and managing client relationships. Patrick had to develop an understanding of researching and solving complex business problems. He learned operational management and support including problem solving and resource coordination, and had classroom training and individual learning facilitation in Advertising and Public Relations. Developed one-on-one relationships with the store level management for selected key retail partners in conjunction with phased re-launch. Maintain flexibility to adjust the position’s responsibilities as the brands’ development evolves.
Patrick also worked for a local distributer as an account manager which led him to be found for the territory manager role where he made sales calls to chain grocery stores, gas stations and other types of beverage stores. He negotiated selling of product to support seasonal displays, while obtaining placements of newer products to secure proper product placement. In addition he ran promotional events on-premise and off-premise to ensure proper product support.
Patrick also enjoys many hobbies and sports. Some of them include skiing, racquetball, camping, hiking and soccer. His favorite teams to watch are the White Sox, Blackhawks, and Bears. Also in his spare time he continues to educate himself in history, science, politics, current events, and music so he can live out his lifelong dream of being on Jeopardy.

Michelle Carpenter joins Searchpath of Chicago as the Director of Talent Acquisition for the firm’s HVAC specialty. Her focus will be on developing new clients, as well as maintaining existing ones while also identifying the top talent in the HVAC field.

A native to Chicago, Michelle has over fifteen years of recruiting and management experience. She began her career in Asset Management working throughout Chicago and the suburbs. In her position as a Manager, she had the responsibility to oversee multi-million dollar commercial buildings and manage an engineering staff all while keeping the tenants of her buildings happy. In 1998, Michelle began working for a well known Recruiting firm in Chicago which specialized in both direct hire and temporary placement of office and accounting professionals. After that, Michelle became an Executive Recruiter for Management Recruiters of Racine in Wisconsin where she was able to work with many of the top firms in the United States placing professionals in positions such as Engineering, Supply Chain, Operations, Warehousing/Logistics, Sales and Quality Control. While at MRI, she won the designation of Pacesetter, one of the highest honors given to the firm’s top recruiters.

Michelle’s belief in honesty, integrity and hard work is the driving force behind every search that she takes on. She believes that a business relationship built on communication and respect is enduring and valuable and brings that approach to her work every day.

Michelle lives in the Lake Geneva area of southeastern Wisconsin but prefers not to be called a Cheesehead – she is a Bears fan after all and feels that Chicago is still the only place where one may find good pizza. She has two children and while not attending to them or working at recruiting, she enjoys reading, watching movies and the occasional piece of chocolate.

Contact Michelle at (815) 261-4403 x110 or mcarpenter@searchpath.com

Audrey Grolig has been successfully working in the executive search arena for 10 years. She holds the designation of Certified Personnel Consultant from the National Association of Personnel Consultants. The CPC designation upholds best business practices in the employment industry and the highest standards of ethics.

Larry practiced law for 30 years before entering the executive search industry. Most of his legal career was in private practice as a principal or member of a law firm. His career also included government service and house counsel in a corporate environment. His varied and extensive experiences give him a wide variety of perspectives and appreciation of the objectives and concerns of employers and employees.

Larry is a graduate of Brooklyn Law School (1974) and the City College of New York (1969).

Ysabella (Bella) Trout is the VP of our SearchPath of Cape Fear office. She leads our Engineering Division. Bella brings a diverse background & a unique skill set of professional expertise to our SPI office. She joins us after owning a specialized engineering recruitment firm & having a successful background in management & marketing. Her Bachelors of Science in Human Resource Management and experience in operational management allows her to have a unique yet balanced understanding and approach when teaming up to coordinate with each client’s Human Resource members & Management Staff successfully to fulfill each staffing assignment.
Bella started in operations management for her family’s business. Coming from a successful strong influential entrepreneurial background, it was only natural for SPI Cape Fear to feel like home. Prior to SPI Cape Fear and shortly after Bella began her first degree she was brought onboard an award winning marketing firm where she was signed as an Assistant Office Manager. Her responsibilities were focused on finding a niche group of sales minded professionals to hire, train extensively & retain this specialized sales forces. In Bella’s first year she took the marketing firm from 32 of 154 in the nation to the number one office in the region and 5th in the nation with the lowest sales staff turnover in the company. She left the Marketing firm after earning high recognition & many awards as a manager and top producer to pursue recruiting; where she found her niche in the placement of Engineers. Bella has worked within different industries focusing in on Operations, Plant Management, Production, R&D, VP, and even the Presidential engineering needs of her clients. Bella has also placed EHS, Sales Engineers, along with HR department needs for her clients successfully.

Overall Bella’s unique background and education has allowed her to identify the specific key needs of her clients and be able to tailor a recruitment solution providing service for all of their needs. Bella accredits her entrepreneurial spirit and dedicated quality service / business drive to her father and family business. This is where she gained her understanding of a strong and solid work ethic. She feels anything less than excellence is a waste of time and talent; so she strives in turn to only provide the best service and work with unsurpassed results. Bella describes her passion for knowledge and serving others as immeasurable, she actively serves with in her local community as well as abroad efforts to help children and woman gain better, healthier life styles and living conditions. Bella has her Masters in Ministry focused on Biblical council for women & children along with linguistics focus. She plans to return to School for her next degree as an M.Ed major in Instructional Effectiveness to better assist in developing community educational help programs as well as help develop stronger more effective teaching methods in her efforts to serve internationally. Bella is always excited to apply any of her newly acquired skills & knowledge to help others in reaching their goals & grasp their future Email Bella: btrout@searchpath.com

Myra comes to SPI with thirteen years of recruiting and staffing experience. After being recruited away from a Hospice Agency where she served as a Bereavement Counselor, Myra took a leap of faith and decided it might be easier to “put people to work” instead of “putting them to rest”.

Myra has been regarded by her clients as someone who holds high ethical standards while maintaining a great sense of humor and someone they could count on for guaranteed customer satisfaction. She holds herself to a high degree of standards and expects that of everyone she works with, which enables her to maintain strong working relationships across many spectrums.

Myra welcomes the opportunity to assist candidates in reaching their full professional potential, as well as working with clients to attain the most productive professionals in the market.

Myra’s practice is in the banking industry filling positions from Branch managers to CEO’s. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Human Service from Gardner Webb University, Boiling Springs, NC.

Bio SearchPath LLC is an executive recruiting firm specializing in the Medical Device industry. Our focus is on identifying industry specific top talent in the following areas: Engineering, Product Development, R&D, Sales & Marketing Executives at all levels.
Services for Clients:
• Power in the Franchise: Small enough to be flexible but with all the resources of a large company.
• Executive Search, Interim Search, Large Project Fulfillment
• 20 step search process—individualized to your hiring needs
• Pre-Employment Screening: Tailored to your specifications
• Free Relocation Services: We manage the entire process so you can focus on your business
• International Recruiting: 139 offices with 600 consultants in 29 countries spanning 5 continents
• Fee Term Options: Retained, Priority Engaged and Contingency

Looking forward to understanding your hiring needs and working with you to build the right process for your company.
My goal is to partner with you to build your company!

Renu Khosla
Managing Partner
Bio SearchPath
216-577-0944 Mobile
rkhosla@searchpath.com
A Talent Acquisition Professional Services Firm

John Pustulka is a Managing Director within SearchPath International, a prominent executive search firm committed to performance, quality, and results. John’s professionalism, integrity, and industry knowledge enable him to quickly identify executive talent that meet the specific leadership needs of his clients. John entered the executive search business in 2004 and was quickly recognized as one of the top recruiters within the SearchPath organization. Today, as the Managing Director of SearchPath CRG, John services clients in all phases of recruitment for the shopping center industry. Prior to joining SearchPath, John was a successful equity trader in New York City. Leveraging his success in New York, John later founded and was a managing member of an equity trading group in San Francisco with 18 traders. John is a graduate of the University at Albany and holds a degree in Business Administration and Finance. He is an active member in the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC).

Andrew brings over 10 years of experience in the staffing industry. He began as a recruiter/branch manager placing temporary security guards with the local branch of Guardsmark Inc., a national contract security organization. Andrew joined MRI in 1999 and progressed from project coordinator successfully placing Pharmaceutical and IT Sales Professionals, to project management, Field Services Manager, corporate liaison to the field for the MRI Contract Staffing division. He spent two years in this role educating franchise owners and their staff on how to approach clients on this additional revenue stream. Finishing out his career with MRI, Andrew was part of Field Operations assisting over 70 new Franchisees in the start up and continued development of their businesses.

Andrew joined the SPI Corporate team in November of 2005. After assisting the growth to 30 franchises, Andrew opened his office in August 2006. His practice specialty is the placement of IT Audit, Compliance and Security professionals with Fortune 1000 Corporations Keywords: Audit, Security, Risk, Compliance (CISA, CISSP, CIA, CISM ) SAP Security (SOX 404, PCI, SOA, Sarbox, COBIT/ COSO)

Since 2001, Carolyn French has been recruiting in the employer services industry.

Starting as an Associate with a franchise of Management Recruiters International, Carolyn’s role grew to an Account Executive and Virtual Search Consultant as Pathfinder Search Partners evolved. In the summer of 2005 when Pathfinder Search Partners announced their plans to franchise as SearchPath, Carolyn felt it was a great next step in her career to open her own office focusing on the Employer Services market.

Carolyn has experience recruiting for Temporary, Contingency and Retained firms as well as work in the PEO industry. Carolyn has been able to work on a national level filling multiple openings with international companies as well working with local and regional firms.

Whether working with large or small companies, Carolyn dedicates herself to the client to make sure they are getting the best match for the position they are looking fill as well as the best cultural fit for their company. Carolyn prefers to see herself as a Partner with her clients rather than someone just trying to fill a position.

Carolyn earned her BA in Psychology from Ohio University in Athens, OH.

With 7 years of recruiting for the Staffing and Employer Services industry, it has become Scott’s expertise.

Starting with a franchise location of Management Recruiters International in 1998, which later became Pathfinder Search Partners; Scott was an integral leader in the development and expansion of the Employer Services Practice. When Pathfinder Search Partners decided to franchise as SearchPath, he felt it would be a natural transition to start his own office focusing on the same discipline.

Scott has experience in all areas and levels of the Employer Services Practice, with a primary focus in Temporary Staffing, Contingency Search and Retained Executive Search. He has managed and fulfilled on large-scale projects for some of the most successful staffing and search firms nationally and has also built a tremendous client base with small to regional firms in markets across the country.

His experiences with all types and sizes of staffing organizations, through the ups and downs of the economy, have made him keenly aware of the ever-changing needs of the staffing industry and the difficulty his clients face in hiring the right talent.

Scott earned his BA in Business Management from John Carroll University in Cleveland Heights, OH.

Amy brings a very diverse background to the organization. Her current responsibilities include handling all financial aspects of the firm, leveraging technology to create a competitive advantage and overseeing the day-to-day operations of a million dollar executive search office.

Her technology experience from American Electric Power helped launch SearchPath International to the forefront of the search industry. Based on the introduction of our new ASP/VOIP, SPI  is considered one of the leaders in search firm technology integration.

Prior to joining the SPI team, Amy was an associate with one of the top executive search firms in the world. Her industry expertise included Technology, Semiconductor and Professional Services.

Amy has also worked in various positions at a major utility, American Electric Power and Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Ohio. Her focus included economic development, marketing and research.

Amy earned her MBA at the University of Saint Francis, with a specialization in Management and a BS in Applied Statistics from Bowling Green State University.

Michael has been a top recruiter since 2003, ranking in the top 5% and satisfying client needs allowing him to invoice them for $770,000 in a single year.

His primary market is Alternative Energy (fuel cells, liquid and solid biofuels, solar, Project Management)

Michael works with his clients to address their needs in Engineering, Sales, Operations, and R&D. He has worked with candidates from Project Engineers to C Level Executives.

He is the kind of recruiter that not only goes to industry shows, but also manufacturing and R & D facilities. Michael draws on two full time researchers plus the capabilities of our corporate staff to fulfill his client's needs.

Michael is a graduate of Illinois State University.

Megan is the first participant in the SPI Young Entrepreneurs Program. Having graduated from Vanderbilt University in 2004, she has always had a desire to open her own business and saw the opportunity with SPI as a perfect fit. Megan's practice focuses on all aspects of talent acquisition within the pet product, animal health and animal feed industries. Her expertise enables her to identify and recruit the high performing, high potential talent in virtually any location across the country. Her commitment to quality and to her clients as partners has enabled Megan to build a strong network.
Megan graduated cum laude from Vanderbilt University in three years with a B.A. in Psychology. While at Vanderbilt, she played for three years with the women's rugby team and was both the captain and the coach in her third year. She and her husband Jerry live in Columbus and are looking forward to welcoming a new addition in October 2009.

Alex has direct expertise in two primary industries: Marketing & Sales/ Advertising and Legal / Attorneys. He also has a geographical recruiting strength in the Midwest, primarily in Ohio.

His recruiting career began in 2003 when he was with Management Recruiters International. His marketing work with them included strategic rebranding (moving them into MRINetwork) while directing the national Field Marketing in support of more than 900 franchised recruiting offices.

Prior to this, he spent 20 years in various marketing and advertising roles. This included 10 years serving as a Regional Marketing Manager for McDonald's and Wendy's in the Quick Service Restaurant category and also as a Zone Marketing Manager with Blockbuster Video. The remaining 10 years were spent supporting clients like Hallmark Cards, Baskin-Robbins Ice Cream, Domino's Pizza and Mexicana Airlines within various advertising agencies of all sizes, from large (J. Walter Thompson/ LA), medium (Valentine-Radford and Bernstein-Rein/ KC) to small (Joey Reiman/ Atlanta.) He even spent a few years selling radio time in South Florida and Kansas City. So Alex has been involved in all dimensions of the advertising life cycle.

From a recruiting point of view, he is actively working on search assignments for Copywriters, Art Directors, Account Manager/ Supervisors/ Directors, Web Designers and Graphic Managers for Advertising Agencies and many marketing firms. He has recently been called upon to develop a legal recruitment service due to requests from several national legal firms including associates within the health care, finance, tax and general litigation areas.

Overall, his mission is simple: Making your life work better. This means a careful understanding of your individual situation with its own, appropriate marketing plan. Then bringing the full resources of the SearchPath system and outside resources to provide you with the answer that you need so that you improve your life and your career. Underlying all his efforts is also the strong recognition that we are in a people business. And because of this, he is devoted to working with people and treating them with the respect that they deserve.

Jim focuses on providing the ‘perfect fit’ for both his clients and candidates. He believes believes in an honest and straightforward approach in his business relationships. Jim has performed a number of nationwide searches for Fortune 500 clients and is constantly increasing his exposure in the industry. His professional experience includes significant accomplishments as a loan officer at some of the nation’s largest banking institutions and most recently he was a senior executive in the hospitality industry.

Jim earned his B.S. in Economics at St. Bonaventure University. He is an avid sports fan and is active in many sports including basketball, running, and golf. He also enjoys traveling with his two teenage daughters, Nicole and Kaitlyn.

Susan is the President of SHM Resources, LLC and Searchpath International's 50th addition to our franchise family. Ms. Hennessey is a recognized leader in the human resources management and talent acquisition field with work experience that includes Fortune 100 retail, publicly traded commercial real estate and development, public accounting firms, and small and emerging business organizations. With over 20 years of demonstrated experience in executive search, Susan has successfully recruited many senior level positions including those of President, COO, CFO, Executive Vice President, Senior Vice President, Department Vice President, Director and Regional/General Manager. Susan has a vast network of industry leaders and is a business partner in the most sensitive area of your business - People and Talent.  Susan's philosophy is one of personal engagement and integrity within her client, candidate and large industry network base.

Most recently, she served as Vice President of Human Resources for Developers Diversified Realty Corp., a fully integrated real estate investment trust with a market dominance in the shopping center and lifestyle center industry. Susan, an officer and member of the executive and compensation committee, led the organization through numerous business acquisitions and mid-management to senior level talent searches.

Previously, Susan was Regional Manager of Human Resources for McDonald's Corporation headquartered in Oak Brook Illinois. She directed the human resource and senior management recruitment in a multi-state territory and worked closely with franchise owners in the area of retention, employee relations and performance management. 

Susan also spent two years with Deloitte & Touche directing the Pittsburgh office in the areas of talent utilization and college and mid-management recruitment. 

Ms. Hennessey is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh with a Bachelor of Sciene Degree. She is a certified facilitator and instructor in the Seven Habits of Highly Effective People - Steven Covey Institute, a valued key note speaker and instructor in the areas of Diversity Training, Managing the Changing Workforce, Woman's Career Development and Effective and Legally Sound Employee Selection Practices.

Susan's affiliations include the Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM), International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC), President - Ad Hoc Shopping Center REIT Network for HR Leaders and the Northeast Ohio Human Resources Planning Society.

Chances are, you may already know him … or know of him. For over 35 years, he has been a senior level executive for three of the shopping center industry’s most established and successful companies. He has directed and worked side by side with literally thousands of associates at all levels who work in development, management, operations, leasing, and marketing.

And, he has been one of the shopping center industry’s most prominent leaders as a former chairman of the ICSC’s CSM Committee and as a frequent speaker, expert panelist, and instructor at numerous ICSC conventions and schools.

Now, Steve is taking his vast knowledge, experience, and extensive list of friends, associates, colleagues, and contacts in a new direction: talent recruitment and talent placement exclusively for the shopping center industry. Through a partnership with Searchpath International, one of the nation’s most prominent talent recruitment firms, Steve is now working with both companies and candidates who each seek the same objective: the best fit for the right situation.

This is a niche that only Steve Huber can claim. He is the only major talent recruiter in the shopping center industry whose resume boasts such an extraordinary combination of hands-on experience, knowledge, contacts, and reputation.

M V V Associates, an affiliated office of SearchPath International, is a unique recruitment firm. SearchPath International, is the nation’s fastest-growing Talent Acquisition Professional Services firm, consisting of over 130 offices with 600 consultants, in 29 countries on 5 continents.
M V V Associates partners with hospitals and other healthcare providers to identify talent that meet the specific needs of their clients and candidates. We strongly believe in the mutual value to be gained by understanding the unique needs of both the client and candidate. So strongly that we abbreviated the name of our company based upon Mission, Vision and Values.
The President and the Associates leverage their commitment to professionalism, integrity, and their industry knowledge to enable excellence in the timely delivery of quality results.
We conduct searches for C-suite titles, Director-level titles, Manager titles, Clinical Team Lead Titles, Physical Therapists, Pharmacists, Physicians and Mid-level Practitioners. Our goal is to continue to recruit qualified associates for our firm to enable the growth of a successful recruiting practice that can match the talented people necessary for any position in any hospital.

Mr. McKenna worked for ten plus years for one of Americas leading Building Products manufacturers GAF Materials Corp. In the field Jim developed relationships with product end users (Contractors, Builders, Architects and Specifiers) along with working with local one steep and two steep distribution as well as with National distribution chains including Home Depot. Jim grew his territory 700% achieving over ten national awards including presidents club.

Prior to working for GAF Jim worked in the communications industry for SkyTel selling to C level cliental in national accounts such as IBM, PepsiCo, Morgan Stanley and AIG. Here Jim won Presidents Club in his first year of employment.

He started his professional career at ADP selling payroll services to small and midsized companies exceeding his sales plan every year and winning numerous awards and recognition both regionally and nationally.

Jim earned a BS in Business and Administration from Siena College in Loudonville, NY. He currently resides in Bucks County Pennsylvania with his wife and two young children.

Mr. Rice has over Fifteen years of experience working in the Construction Industry. From the start of his career Patrick started estimating for a medium size Excavator (Amato Construction Corp.) on projects ranging from five acres to a hundred acres. From start to finish he developed skills in Material Purchasing, Hiring Sub-Contractors, Proposals and Submittals.

Patrick left Amato construction and joined Kings Park Industries a major player in the Long Island Asphalt business. While at KPI Patrick’s true passion was discovered with such large undertakings as repaving the Long Island Expressway Route 495, Reconstruction of the main thruway in and out of Long Islands Stony Brook University Hospital and overseeing many other complex and challenging projects.

After a long hard search and a little help from a Recruiter, Patrick landed a position with Asplundh Construction Corp, a two billion dollar plus utility contractor. Patrick was hired to spear head Asplundh’s expansion into General Construction where his knowledge of the construction industry was tested. His responsibilities included; crew management, union negotiations, interaction with the corporate office, estimating, equipment procurement and most importantly who to HIRE. Patrick became an expert on building strong teams of quality people and attaining them.

Patrick earned a Degree in Civil Engineering. He currently resides with his wife and two sons in Bucks County Pennsylvania.

Paul Smith is our Managing Director with locations in New Hampshire and a branch office in Rhode Island. He began his recruiting career in 1987 as a partner in a boutique firm specializing in the recruiting of sales and marketing professionals in the high tech arena. His ability to find top notch candidates coupled with his ability to present career opportunities made him the “go to” recruiter for his client companies.

Paul’s true passion in the recruiting industry is “one of’s”. Finding the most difficult of the “hard to find” candidates. His successes have mainly been in the arena of emerging technologies. Many of his company’s successful specialties have come from this type of recruiting. His current recruiting passions are in Healthcare Software Technology and he has always retained his love for the sales and marketing arena.

As a firm believer in the Internet as a recruiting and networking tool, Paul is the owner/moderator of five Internet listservs for the advancement of recruiting and sourcing skills and a contributor and member to quite a few others networking groups.

Paul and his wife Gail, travel back and forth between the offices in New Hampshire and Rhode Island. When in Rhode Island, he enjoys the beach, visits from his children and grand children, traveling to Mexico, and fishing. In NH he enjoys looking forward to getting back to Rhode Island and go fishing.

He is a graduate of both Dean College and Bryant College.

Jeremy brings 7 years of professional recruiting and employment services expertise to SearchPath International. Sisemore built a nationally known SAP & ERP Recruiting Practice for a MRI Franchise in the Midwest before starting his own SearchPath International office in Houston, TX.

Sisemore was quickly recognized within MRI's global network as a TOP 3 I.T. Account Executive and was regularly asked to speak at national events. Jeremy was ranked in the top 1% of all MRI Recruiters globally. Working as an industry consultant to CIO's and SAP Director's for Fortune 500 clients in virtually every major industry for both permanent SAP recruiting needs as well as staff augmentation and consulting.

Types of Clients: Fortune 500 companies (Manufacturing, Retail, Pharmaceuticals, Automotive, Food & Beverage, and Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) Medical Equipment, Aerospace & Defense, etc) implementing/upgrading SAP R/3. Every day we’re recruiting, networking & placing TOP Talent in the area of SAP, ERP, BI, and CRM with Fortune 500 clients running SAP R/3.

Career Highlights:

- Opened Dynamic Search Partners, LLC a SearchPath International office based in Houston, TX.
- Former MRI Midwest Rookie of the Year and TOP 30 world-wide ranking.
- Earned MRI’s prestigious CSAM Certification, Certified Senior Account Manager.
- Repeat Business with clients & long-term retention of people I place!
- In 6 years, I’ve helped over 130 I.T. Professionals find jobs with over 50 clients!
- Over $2.5 Million in Career Billings focused in SAP search & recruitment!
- Offering Permanent Hire, Contract/Consulting, and Right-to-Hire Solutions!

ITToolbox BLOG: SAP Careers & Recruiting: http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/pm/recruiter

Erek Gerth joined SearchPath International of Houston as a Partner and Co-Founder in 2006. Erek will join our ERP Practice as a specialist heavily focused in the SAP industry on a national level. Erek brings a unique ability to work closely with Information Technology leaders and SAP Professionals alike; and ultimately help fulfill both candidate’s career goals and client’s staffing needs. Technical and Functional experts in SAP, as well as hiring managers for companies utilizing SAP would greatly benefit their careers by speaking with an industry specific recruiting expert at SPI of Houston.

Erek brought with him a 5 year sales background culminating in the managing of a multi-million dollar ornamental steel supply sales department as a former collegiate athlete, and a graduate of Texas A&M University. Erek brings with him a highly competitive spirit and deep sense of business ethics.

Phone: (281) 973-7682 ext.412

MAC & Associates is a leader at providing human capital solutions. Our experts focus on the successful recruitment and placement of revenue generating professionals in public accounting, consulting and law firms in local, national and international markets. Unlike many of our competitors who recruit candidates for positions at all levels, our specialty is identifying top producers at executive levels such as Director, Partner, Practice Leader, and Managing Partner within all areas of Audit, Tax and Advisory, totaling over 20 different service lines.

Additionally, MAC & Associates partners with Private Equity Firms and their portfolio companies to provide executive search and interim consultants at the CFO, COO and Director level positions. We also have formed strategic alliances with industry leaders, enabling the successful representation of both buyers and sellers within the M&A market.

Specialties include: Advanced Sales Negotiation; Outsourcing of Business Development; Mergers & Acquisitions (brokering of small audit, tax, M&A firms); International work in the UK, Asia and South & Latin American Markets. Also experienced in the following industries: professional services, energy, oil & gas, construction, real-estate, banking, manufacturing, healthcare, telecommunications, and technology.