I have now worked with Venator Partners for over a year and they have been instrumental in helping me build almost my entire senior management team. They added value at every stage of the process and helped me think through the issues of building an effective and cohesive team. Building the team is a CEOs most important job and clearly one of the most difficult. But as any CEO of a start-up company knows there are a multitude issues that need to be managed. I never had to worry about Venator driving the process and meeting their deliverables. That made a major impact on my ability to do my job effectively and I am very pleased with the team we have built.

The most effective search firms are those that clearly understand their client’s needs and bring depth and insight to assessing the quality and fit of the candidates under consideration. In my experience with Venator Partners, they have proven to be very insightful and effective in both of these critical areas.

Kelly Blue Book retained the services of Venator Partners to recruit a new Vice President of Product for kbb.com, the leading Consumer Automotive Website. Although I have worked with numerous recruiters over the course of my executive career, I have never before experienced the level of professionalism and competency exhibited by Randy Bogue of Venator Partners. Randy spent considerable time working with my team to properly structure the role description and carefully determine the required qualifications. He then developed a slate of candidates who were clearly all qualified and did considerable vetting to determine their relative strengths. Randy will undoubtedly be my first call whenever I have senior position to fill.