Experience

The HQ Companies, Inc.

• United States
• Executive Offices
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Founder

  • Nov 1997 - Present

  Founded four companies focused on board, career, and corporate growth in this digital age. Manage a gig economy team with long-term established relationships, varying scope and duration of their engagements according to need. Completely confidential, always collaborative, human capital and finance leader adept at strategically growing organizations and careers offering: • Digital and traditional communication that results in conceptual connections and engagement. • Great track record in intangible knowledge-based sales and marketing. • Successful digital culture and organizational change skills and processes, many proprietary.

• Principal, Highest Quality Search, Inc. (HQ Search, Inc.)

  • Nov 1997 - Present

  Identify corporate talent growth strategies via (1) CONSULTING: thorough analysis, tactical assessment, practical recommendations/implementations & (2) TALENT SUCCESS. Examples:CONSULTING:• Created qualitative assessment: produces statistically significant results using organizational network theory & data from reverse engineering AI research into human communication—has accurately assessed employees' actual capabilities & best corporate positioning when facing significant change.• Saved private equity firm from pricing acquisition returns incorrectly by identifying among small employee group >$3M in compensation gaps between external source & roll up target firm's figures.• Retained family office’s phenomenal lead asset manager & repaired generational upsets caused by previous compensation firm’s recommendation by creating innovative solution that correctly priced manager’s compensation package while incentivizing manager to produce desired investment risk/return profile.• For public/private companies, adjusted for different countries’ tax/benefit structures in overall compensation package to retain global/national team compensation/title parity; identified turnover reasons/provided solutions for large private/global firms; for global hedge fund, captured option to sell product lines via GAP/market positioning/SWOT analyses during corporate branding/new products assessment.• Transformed in 90 days Finance Department with high turnover/low productivity into ready to launch corporate growth initiative via proprietary assessment; organizational restructure; reassignment/coaching/training securement for better talent/duties match; & more growth recommendations. Repeated process/success with HR & PMO groups.TALENT SUCCESS:For those scarce yet vital human capital needs in asset management, investment banking, & public/private corporate & board positions—have 98% placement success rate with those joining staying 10+ years on average - great culture fits!

• Principal, Highest Quality Services, Inc. (HQ Services, Inc.)

  • Feb 2006 - Present

• Principal, Highest Quality Seminars, Inc. (HQ Seminars, Inc.)

  • Feb 2006 - Present

  Design/deliver workshops & keynote speeches on human capital for professionals through C-suite.• Requested to moderate and direct a panel on “Steps to powering a digital culture and mindset in the finance function: New approaches in building and developing your finance talent” at 2019 AICPA & CIMA national conference for the CFO TRACK of Finance Redefined—received high marks from attendees for presentation.• Created a workshop that utilized gamification in 2015 to teach first time managers how to master new demands.• Designed “Creating a Social Story,” an interactive workshop for CFA Society Boston (2012), then CFA Society Chicago (2014) on utilizing social media (LinkedIn, Twitter, etc.) legally to enhance careers and company profiles.• Created “Career Strategies for You,” a highly rated career development workshop given from 2009-14 at top-tier university and business associations across the U.S. to audiences ranging in size from 50 to 200 attendees.• Crafted 2013 Money Smart Week™ program with Chicago Tribune finance writer Gail Marks Jarvis, sponsored by CFA Society Chicago, University of Chicago Alumni Club, and Northwestern University Kellogg— attracted over 200 professionals and CFA Society Chicago became a Money Smart Week™ Partner.• Engaged by CFA Society Boston, CFA Society New York City, and CFA Society Chicago to design and deliver Your Career Campaign™ workshops from 2009-11 to crowds of 200+ offering practical ways to reinvent careers.• Engaged by CFA Society Chicago to design Career Strategist individual sessions that sold out repeatedly and received the highest ratings during 2009 as personal effort to assist those impacted by Great Recession.• Delivered as a first day morning speaker “Safe Sailing in Stormy Weather” at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago’s Ninth Annual Private Equity Conference in June 2009.

• Principal, Highest Quality Scripts, Inc. (HQ Scripts, Inc.)

  • Feb 2006 - Present