My mission is to build the most trusted and results-driven Accounting, Finance, and Operations search practice in Arizona ...one handshake at a time. With 17+ years in the recruiting industry, I've gained invaluable experience yet I'm still excited by what new trend, business news, or person I'll meet or learn about each day. I’m honored to be trusted by my clients to identify key players for their highly impactful or hard to fill technical roles. I also take great pride in having successfully signed an elite list of F500, private equity & privately held firms and being empowered to negotiate complex executive compensation packages on behalf of the talented professionals I represent. In the end, I love being the “silent partner” were I'm able to be instrumental in helping individuals find better career opportunities while helping my clients identifying just the right mix of technical skills, leadership, and cultural fit to achieve their goals.Please check out our website: www.rowlandresources.com Contact information: e: christopher@rowlandresources.com w: 602.824.8646m: 602.684.6894calendar: https://calendly.com/rowlandresources/meeting

Responsibilities: Designed and strengthened client relationships through strategic intel, communications and marketing plans while building targeted candidate sourcing pipelines by proactively engaging in business development activities through: networking, leads, referrals, market research, trend analysis, Google & LinkedIn Boolean searches, industry meetings and online sourcing. Recruited and lead coaching activities for new hires, participated in mentor program, ran advanced business development, system utilization & strategic sourcing training and team meetings. Accomplishments:Extensive contract negotiations experience (terms of contingent/ containers/ retainers agreements including: fee % or flat amount, guarantee and payment period, etc.) across multiple geographic markets, industries and sized organizations directly with C-level, executives, ownership and HR professionals. Managed entire negotiation process of offer (compensation package) on behalf of both candidate and client company representative(s). Personally responsible for over 400% increase in Phoenix-based new client accounts by successfully signing numerous Fortune 500 and large public companies. Since 2008, consistently maintained a 95% successful retention rate on all placed candidates beyond guarantee period. Maintained over 80% retention rate on new client accounts by meeting speed to market guarantee deadlines, superior service and timely communications. Consistently exceeded 100% of annual sales quotas by reaching President’s Club & Sales Trip goals.Ranked #1 A&F Recruiter in the Phoenix 7 of last 9 years by averaged highest amount of new revenue to branch through sales commissions. Managed entire invoice tracking, reference checks and 1-year retention monitoring processes. Awards:Sterling Club Award Winner - 2018President Club Award Winner - 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2018Diamond Club Team Award Winner - 2011, 2013, 2018 10 Year Award Winner & National Speech - 2015

Team Lead - Supervised a staff of 18 licensed brokers, 2002 - 2004 Senior Broker, 2000 - 2002Customer Service Rep & Retail Broker, 1998- 2000Management Responsibilities: Co-managed weekly team meetings; Daily monitored productivity & trade accuracy reports, wrote quarterly reviews and determined bonus award allocations; Identified and recognized outstanding individual performances based on QA scores, productivity reports (trades & phone metrics), actively monitoring, client feedback surveys and business development reports.Business Development: As a broker, averaged ~$7M in new assets per quarter by proactively selling, educating and advising clients on the benefits of consolidating accounts, adviser services, and new promotions/products.Trading: Responsible for accurately executing stock, bond, CD, options (swaps, ladders and buy-writes), ETF and mutual fund trades; licensed broker in all 50 states. Maintained a 99% trading accuracy throughout career. Team Training: In weekly meetings, responsible for covering wide range of topics including -quality assurance (QA), business development and trading best practices, as well as new product and service offerings, market trend analysis, strategic initiatives and update on team’s performance through metrics/goals tracking.Special Projects/Leadership Rotational Program:New Hire Training: Responsible for delivering curriculum, mentoring and class evaluations.Phoenix Operations (TAG) – processed and approved TOA, POA and various account applicationsAudit Project – Recruited for on-site trade review audit program, covering all retail teamsTrained Phoenix Managers on new product offering: “Dogs of Dow” Unit Investment TrustLicense: FINRA Series 7, 9, 10, 63 Awards: Platinum Club Winner, Team Lead - Ranked #1 Team in Phoenix and #2 of 73 teams nationwide.