Jack Downing is a Founder and Managing Partner of WorldBridge Partners, a 15 office global organization with more than 100 team members. As one of the leading Search firms in the world, WorldBridge is an award winning organization with more than 3,000 clients and conducted more than 13,000 talent searches over the past 20 years. WorldBridge serves many venture backed startups and Private Equity Portfolio Companies, as well as many enterprise organizations including, GE Healthcare, UCB, Nice Systems, AT&T, Nuveen Investments, and Inovalan. Mr. Downing continues to practice his mission which is to provide his clients with the most efficient, informative and client-friendly talent acquisition services in the world. He and his team of subject matter experts, utilize in-depth industry insights, relationships and knowledge to deliver top tier talent to companies, giving them a clear competitive advantage and confidence that they are finding the best available person in the marketplace, in the shortest possible time - typically within 1-5 weeks. Companies that tend to get the most out of working with WorldBridge are typically:• Looking for the top talent in the market (now and for the future)• Needing to know when the best talent in their industry is available• Have positions they need to fill that are in high demand and low supply• Have a company event (i.e. product launch, merger, relocation, etc) that requires a hiring initiative• Using talent as a competitive advantage• Wanting to know they are hiring the best available candidates in the marketplaceOn a more personal note, Jack enjoys coaching his kids, spending time with his family, playing golf, going to Chicago Bears games and traveling.