Case Study: STI International, Inc.

Case Study: STI International, Inc.

STI International, Inc. New CEO Helps Precision Firearm Manufacturer Take Aim at New Markets STI International, Inc., having earned a reputation for manufacturing the finest competition firearms in the world, could not make products fast enough to satisfy intense demand. Still, the ESOP company aimed to expand beyond its dominant position in the competitive market, and expand their product offering and retail availability to the sport and leisure shooter. After […]

Pearson Partners Places Illinois Institute of Technology Provost

Pearson Partners Places Illinois Institute of Technology Provost

Pearson Partners International is pleased to announce that Illinois Institute of Technology has selected Frances Bronet, distinguished professor and dean of the School of Architecture and Allied Arts at the University of Oregon since 2005, to succeed Alan W. Cramb as provost and senior vice president of academic affairs. Pearson Partners conducted the nationwide search, in concert with the IIT search committee. Frances, who currently holds the position of acting […]

Case Study: Fairbanks Morse Engine

Case Study: Fairbanks Morse Engine

Fairbanks Morse: The Right Leaders to Fuel a Growing Engine Company The last two years have been defined by focused and purposeful efforts to build a growth-oriented business strategy for Fairbanks Morse Engine, an engine technology and manufacturing company that is a subsidiary of EnPro Industries. To support this growth strategy, Fairbanks Morse needed to add several highly qualified leaders equipped to drive the new business strategy, lead the company […]

Case Study: WellStar Health System

Case Study: WellStar Health System

Vice President, Facilities Engineering and Support Services At WellStar Health System, the largest not-for-profit health system in Georgia, hiring the right people for their teams is an integral part of the culture. The health system was recently named one of the 2014 FORTUNE 100 Best Companies to Work For®, which recognizes companies across the country that have exceptional workplace cultures. When WellStar was preparing to centralize two facilities, leaders quickly […]

Case Study: SONIC Corp.

Case Study: SONIC Corp.

Restaurant Chain Orders New Chief Marketing Officer: Pearson Partners Delivers While astounding growth is what most companies are aiming for, growing rapidly can have its challenges. As SONIC Corp. quickly expanded to become the largest drive-in restaurant chain in America, the Oklahoma-based company found itself taking a deep look inward to ensure that its managements’ skills and experience were able to keep pace. “We’re very happy with how well SONIC […]

Case Study: ASUG—Americas’ SAP Users’ Group

Case Study: ASUG—Americas’ SAP Users’ Group

Assessment Helps Association Reorganize to Better Serve Growing Membership When a membership organization outgrows its association management company, restructuring is a necessary but onerous task. As the world’s largest independent community of SAP customers and providers, the Americas’ SAP Users’ Group has spent the last 17 years providing education and peer networking and serving as the collective influential voice of customers shaping the future of SAP solutions. At 50,000 members […]

Case Study: Deloitte and Touche, L.L.P.

Case Study: Deloitte and Touche, L.L.P.

The Right Candidate for a Tough-to-Fill Position Pearson Partners International has earned a reputation as the search firm to call when you have a tough job to fill. When Deloitte & Touche Partner Randy Wright needed an experienced senior manager for the company’s private client advisor group, which handles the personal accounts of high-net-worth individuals, it was a tall order. The company needed a manager with a minimum of six […]

Case Study: Lone Star Steakhouse

Case Study: Lone Star Steakhouse

Targeted Search Locates Experienced Director of Training for Restaurant Chain Although restaurant industry experience was not a deal-breaker, it would save the company from the time and expense involved in training the new employee. “We needed a combination of several different skills sets and talents, and it was a lot to ask,” says Pat Barth, senior vice president. Pearson Partners had placed Marc Buehler, the company’s chief executive officer, into […]

Case Study: Authentix

Case Study: Authentix

Finding Experienced People for Highly Specialized Jobs As a global leader in product authentication, Authentix is committed to the detection and removal of counterfeit and adulterated products from society – a boom industry in today’s shrinking global economy with its increased scrutiny on products and goods. In five years, Authentix had tripled in size, so its demand for highly specialized employees was growing. On several occasions, Authentix’s Chief Financial Officer […]

Case Study: Mark Layton, Chief Operating Officer, VideoPlus

In late 2012, Mark Layton was the CEO of PFSweb, a leading e-commerce company that he had founded. He had been running the company successfully for almost 20 years, and making a career change was the farthest thing from his mind. Circumstances began to change, however, as he was looking at various strategic alternatives for the company and the directions they might take him. “I realized I should probably start […]