VANTAGE PARTNERS.
Precision Executive Recruiting
For Innovation Teams.
VANTAGE BUILDS THE MOST EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAMS
By understanding company and candidate intricacies, Vantage creates all-star teams.
Vantage Partners is a boutique executive search firm focused on ad-technology, consumer/ Internet, enterprise/ SaaS, social media, digital media/ marketing; and big data. We rank among the Silicon Valley leaders in retained executive search for high-growth companies. Our forte is building executive management teams for market leaders and venture-backed startups. Our successes span searches at the C-level and SVP/VP-level across go-to-market, operational and engineering disciplines.
Learn more about the companies we serve.
Vantage Client Snapshot:
- 50% public companies, 50% Venture backed (Series C or later)
- Technology solution is the market leader or top challenger position
- Technology is in highly competitive marketplace
- Clients who are rapidly expanding their teams while setting new company growth records
- Clients who are based in the United States, UK or Europe.
RECENT INNOVATION EXECUTIVE PLACEMENTS
We proudly place top-performing leaders in fast-growth technology companies.THE VANTAGE DIFFERENCE
SEARCH EXECUTION
99.1% search completion rate
TIME-TO-MARKET
89 day average from search-to-close
TRACK RECORD
Completed nearly 1,000 searches
QUALITY
87% of clients request us to lead a new search
Meet the Team that Builds Innovation Teams
Marina Shakhnazarova
Managing Director
Managing Director
Richard A. Lear
Managing Partner
Managing Partner
Jodi Shah
Managing Director
Managing Director
Christine Kull
Managing Director
Julie Locke
Managing Director and Vice President Executive Coaching
Gene Zaccor
Managing Director
Managing Director