Korn Ferry is a global organizational consulting firm. We work with clients to design their organizational structures, roles, and responsibilities. We help them hire the right people and advise them on how to reward, develop and motivate their workforce. And, we help professionals navigate and advance their careers.

Operationally focused investor in North American companies. Our process generates significant EBITDA impact without disrupting core business operations, allowing management to focus on what you do best: growing your business.Our investment thesis is founded on the principle that efficient operation provides the catalyst for growth.We target companies with revenue from pre- to $200M and EBITDA up to $20M with operations in North America across any industry competing in a large or underserved market and bringing innovative or disruptive products and services to that market with a plan for aggressive growth culminating in an exit.

• Improved sales & marketing processes for time-series data search & analytics tech firm.• Instituted debit card processing in cannabis businesses, boosting sales and security.• Navigated PPE equipment negotiations between sellers and buyers, ensuring effective logistics for on-time delivery.

• Orchestrated retained searches for CFOs in PE-backed portfolio companies across multiple industries: conducted interviews, presented candidates, and oversaw all offer negotiations.• Spearheaded 12-member team, effectively meeting talent needs across multiple practices, averaging 2 interim executives weekly and over 30 retained executive searches yearly.• Leveraged metrics to streamline operations, fix procedural deficiencies, improve search focus by role/region, identify top performers, and ensure full communication with referral candidates.• Administered talent tech infrastructure: maintained vendor relationships (LinkedIn, Bullhorn), negotiated contracts, introduced new products (ZoomInfo, Docusign, Dropbox) for effectiveness, fully utilized CRM (Salesforce).• Collaborated with sales team on initiatives for interim staffing, executive searches, and complex consulting projects across all sectors.

• Directed 7-member team, managing daily recruitment for interim executive staffing and retained searches across various sectors and regions, boosting talent pool for PE-backed portco CFOs.• Reworked use of Bullhorn (ATS): developed procedures to capture and store intellectual property, such as implementing “virtual bench” for interim project staffing.• Engineered new research function that boosted efficiency, enhancing candidate pools by 50% and decreasing days-to-fill by 30%.• Conducted sales meetings with prospective and current clients, fostering strong relationships while kick-starting new business engagements.• Choreographed all aspects of candidate selection process, ensuring optimal fit for both clients and candidates.

• Successfully staffed biggest project in company history for multi-billion-dollar global commercial real estate firm: two-year project involving 31 contractors across finance, operations, and IT transformation.• Increased Interim Executive staffing capabilities by 200%; team recruited and onboarded contractors for 90+ projects across North America.• Spearheaded internal hiring initiatives, successfully recruiting new principals and associates while concurrently rebuilding the interim recruitment team, with no time-to-fill gaps.

• Recruited by Managing Director to serve as versatile, invaluable asset for both recruiting team and firm across all talent initiatives.• Mastered sourcing and managing candidates for various executive and consulting roles—earned promotion within 4 months.

• Fostered business growth by marketing to clients through phone conversations and in-person meetings with executives and key decision-makers.• Sourced, screened, and interviewed potential candidates to maintain strong talent pipeline.• Enhanced community presence by representing company at local networking events.

• Ran daily operations and set up processes that accelerated revenue for in-home senior care franchise startup to $2M in first 18 months, earning spot as second-largest franchise in US.