Ann Rice Banno

Current

• President/Managing Associate at Faircastle ® Technology Group, LLC

Past

• Managing Associate at HLA
• Account Manager at Huntington Group
• Senior Account Executive at Digital Equipment Corporation (now Hewlett-Packard)

• Account Representative at Data General Corporation

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Education

• Computer Processing Institute
• Fairfield University

Recommended

5 people have recommended Ann

Connections

53 connections

Industry

Staffing and Recruiting

Websites

• My Company

Ann Rice Banno’s Summary

A Gartner Senior Vice President coined the term for Ms. Banno's ability to discern the best candidates for clients’ requirements and zero in until they were on board: PERSONAL RADAR ®.

Ms. Banno is a 15-year talent acquisition professional with a demonstrated high degree of integrity and credibility with all levels of customers. Her search career is unique because of her extensive technology background and acumen, proving her to be an unusual "quick-study" regardless of client technologies or industry. Most recent 10 years as hands-on working President of boutique retained executive search firm, managing two staff, personally winning business away from incumbent, top-ten, multinational search firms with over $250 million in billings and 60+ offices worldwide. Prior technology firm success at two major Fortune 500 computer/services firm marketing to clients across many industries (U.S. Surgical, Smith Barney, Dean Witter, Sikorsky, Norden). Member, SHRM (Society for Human Resources Management)

Ann Rice Banno’s Specialties:

Full lifecycle search, research, talent strategy and acquisition in High Technology across its own and many other industries, including Healthcare/Managed Care/Informatics, medical equipment and supplies manufacturing, management, scientific and technical consulting services, software/hardware, and more. Recruiting executive suite and high-level candidates not limited to CIO/CTO but also all roles from research & development to sales, marketing and support, for clients from startups to F500.

Ann Rice Banno’s Experience

• President/Managing Associate

  Faircastle ® Technology Group, LLC

  (Human Resources industry)

  January 1999 — Present (10 years 11 months)

  Hands-on founder with 15+ years executive search experience in high tech industries. Retained, North American, full service search for clients in Healthcare/Managed Care, IT Research Analysis, Business Continuity Planning, email compliance, semiconductors, photonics, VoIP, many more. Candidates typically at $150K - $250K+. Often brought in when larger or contingency firms disappoint. FTG doesn't limit searches to “usual suspects,” people we know, those in our database or primarily those "already looking" as most search firms do. 2-year Off-Limits Policy (vs. others' 1 year or none).

• Managing Associate

  HLA

  (Staffing and Recruiting industry)

  August 1996 — January 1999 (2 years 6 months)

  While here, this retained executive search firm was selected in 1997 as one of the "Top 50" U.S. firms. Clients included Aetna U.S. Healthcare, Ashland Chemical, Koch Industries, Starbucks Coffee, a major "Big 5" I.T. Consulting firm, PG&E Energy Trading, Avon and VC-backed Jamba Juice and Sotheby's Auction House. Conducted complete search fulfillment, from research and outside researcher management through offer negotiation support and closing (CIO/CTO, Consulting Partner).

• Account Manager

  Huntington Group

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Staffing and Recruiting industry)

  June 1993 — August 1996 (3 years 3 months)

  Recruited technology career professionals in Healthcare/Managed Care/Informatics, Document Management, Electonic Messaging, including 16 GartnerGroup VPs/Gartner Fellows (eight of whom are still there a decade later).
  
  Full lifecycle search completion, even in areas previously unknown (e.g., parallel supercomputing). Averaged ten (10) management placements in each of three years, some in as little as four weeks’ time.

• Senior Account Executive

  Digital Equipment Corporation (now Hewlett-Packard)

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; DEC; Computer Hardware industry)

  September 1987 — June 1993 (5 years 10 months)

  Clients included U.S. Surgical, Smith Barney, Dean Witter, Sanford C. Bernstein, Sikorsky, Norden. Won 4 DEC100 awards, one promotion. Sold complete solutions (systems, networking, software and services) totalling $9.3 million and successfully managed client accounts against stiff IBM competition on Wall Street during and following the market crash of 1987.

• Account Representative

  Data General Corporation

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; DGN; Computer Hardware industry)

  September 1983 — September 1987 (4 years 1 month)

  Achieved all sales goals and assignments in each year. Promoted to Major Account Branch 9/86.

Ann Rice Banno’s Education

• Computer Processing Institute

  Business Programming, 4.0 GPA , 600 Hours: Structured COBOL, financial applications. , 1983 — 1983

• Fairfield University

  B.A. Cum Laude , Psychology , September 1976 — June 1980

  Activities and Societies:

  Who's Who Among American College Students, President of Student Psychology Club

Additional Information

Ann Rice Banno’s Websites:

• My Company