Jeff Ziegler

Current

• Independent Consultant at Self Employed
• Managing Partner - Biz Dev (Recruitment/Coaching) at Specialist Resourcing and Coaching LLC (SRC LLC)

Past

• COO/Director of Business Development at BlueChipExpert - EMEA
• Recruiting Manager/Hiring Manager at Indigeny Corporation
• Owner at Euro-Contrat

• Managing Partner at Certus IT Contractors
• Strike Team at VMware
• Director at Infinity Search
• Manging Director at Charter Interim Management
• Interim Manager at Ziegler Business Services (Self-employed)
• Marketing Manager at ICL Tplc (Fujitsu-ICL)
• General Manager at FCB Associates
• Corporate Communications Officer at MITRE Corporation

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Education

• University of Cambridge
• Georgetown University
• London School of Economics

• University of California, Santa Barbara
• California State University-Fullerton - College of Business and Economics
• Acalanes High School

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Recommended

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Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Financial Services

Websites

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Jeff Ziegler’s Summary

With deep Sales, Business Development and Recruitment experience, I am a qualified coach (trained in NLP), entrepreneur and overachiever.

In 2005, I formed Specialist Resourcing and Coaching LLC to provide coaching and mentoring services to sales, marketing and leadership teams and individuals as well as head-hunting services for a range of technical industry clients. Previously, I was co-owner of a specialist contract Biotech/IT personnel provider for France and the EU while also the Managing Partner of Certus IT Contractors.

In my early recruitment days, I served as Director of Infinity Search, Inc. and as an interim manager turned Managing Director of a major Interim Management provider in the UK.

Other previous roles as an Interim Manager include: Director of Strategic Marketing and Sales (ICL-Tplc), CEO (Newlands Relocation), Marketing Manager (Industrial Purification Systems) and others.

My early professional experience includes more than a year as Corporate Marketing Manager at Fujitsu-ICL Computers, General Manager/Marketing and Business Development Manager at FCB Associates, Executive Director - National Security Advisory Board at the Council for Inter-American Security.

Jeff Ziegler’s Specialties:

Develop and Implement sales, marketing, business development and recruiting strategies. Manage and implement perm/staffing opportunities (full lifecycle): resourcing (direct/indirect recruiting); developing candidates; manage sales/candidate pipelines; negotiating offers; ‘on-boarding’ (all HR functions including comp and bens).

I implement a wide range of both offline and online tools (Web 2.0) to secure new business, contacts and candidates.

Jeff Ziegler’s Experience

• Independent Consultant

  Self Employed

  (Privately Held; Financial Services industry)

  May 2009 — Present (3 months)

  I work with the world's largest offshore independent financial advisory company. With 40 offices worldwide, operating in more than 100 countries and serving more than 40,000 clients, we have more than $6bn under management and administration.
  
  My speciality is helping build sales and marketing pipelines, develop new business and assist clients source the best products to suit their own financial requirements. Because we are totally independent, I can offer solutions that provide the highest levels of security to help clients achieve their financial goals.
  
  Based in our Madrid office, I specialize in:
  - Pensions and retirement planning
  - University, College and School fees planning
  - Ad-hoc/lump-sum Investments and Fund purchases
  
  Please contact me on +34 608 565 917 or +44 (0)7786 922 921 for more information.

• Managing Partner - Biz Dev (Recruitment/Coaching)

  Specialist Resourcing and Coaching LLC (SRC LLC)

  (Staffing and Recruiting industry)

  April 2004 — Present (5 years 4 months)

  --Company was formerly known as Specialist Search--
  Executive management, recruitment and coaching for clients ranging from SMEs to Global corporations. Provide contract consultancy services for clients ranging from SMEs to Global corporations.
  Responsibilities:
   Act as Senior Business Development Executive for the business as well as on behalf of several small business Start-ups – including 2 internet based businesses
   Delivered full business management consulting solutions to businesses across a range of technical and specialist industry sectors as well as public sector
   Design, implement and deliver business development, marketing and sales strategies to a range of clients and their sales/marketing personnel
  KPI’s:
  - Generated significant gross profits over four years trading – more than £250k GM
  - Excel at winning business opportunities (gaining 23 significant contracts over same period)
  Duties:
  - Data mine and open dialogue to create and maintain relationships with a range of large and small clients
  - Manage business development pipelines and respond to tenders/RFPs for both public and private sector business
  - Create and maintain contact with a database of contacts (CRM) and ensure that client needs were being met through the delivery of timely and accurate services – at or above expected levels

• COO/Director of Business Development

  BlueChipExpert - EMEA

  (Internet industry)

  November 2006 — April 2009 (2 years 6 months)

  Company was founded in the US by ex PepsiCo VP of Marketing. I had executive level management, operations and sales responsibility for the EMEA region of the website that provides access to ‘blue chip’ background contractors. Was head of business development within EMEA (predominantly European markets) meeting and successfully generating revenues from a range of clients.
  Responsibilities:
   Senior member of EMEA business development team/senior management team responsible for securing deals and managing the operational aspects of the website (localization, etc.) for EMEA based local markets
   Developed and secured business contacts/contracts across a range of industry sectors including: FMCG, ICT, nuclear engineering/decommissioning, biotech/pharmaceuticals, defence and other sectors
   Created and managed pipeline relationships with business partners for the whole of the EMEA organization including:
  - Clients ranging from SME to Multi-nationals that utilize significant numbers of contract personnel
  - Contractor management/staffing organizations providing services to existing contractors

• Recruiting Manager/Hiring Manager

  Indigeny Corporation

  (Biotechnology industry)

  May 2007 — March 2009 (1 year 11 months)

  Profitable consulting company founded in 2002 focused on delivering IT consulting services – predominantly 21 CFR 11 compliant computer systems validation – at a low cost per capita basis and in practical 'hands-on' delivery mode to Life Sciences (Biotech, Pharma, Med Dev) and Healthcare (hospital/acute care) clients on both the East and West Coasts.

• Owner

  Euro-Contrat

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  April 2006 — December 2008 (2 years 9 months)

  Owner of Euro Contrat - French based IT Contract management organisation. We provide short and long-term IT support to businesses across the EU. All staff speak fluent English, and where possible speak the local languages as well.

• Managing Partner

  Certus IT Contractors

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

  June 2006 — December 2008 (2 years 7 months)

  Certus IT Contractors is an off-shoot organisation founded by Jeff Ziegler and Stuart Haugen (Managing Partner of Certus Executives). We provide IT contract management and delivery services across the EU (and former Eastern Bloc). Our contractors have a range of skills from Help-desk to heads down coders and are available on both a short and long-term contract basis.
  
  All contractors must supply updated details and references before being added to our growing database. All contractors are vetted prior to being placed on client contract. All contractors are experienced professionals.

• Strike Team

  VMware

  (Staffing and Recruiting industry)

  February 2008 — July 2008 (6 months)

  The EMEA Strike Team was responsible for 'head hunting' and strategic recruitment of sales, marketing and technical sales people - including Systems Engineers, pre-sales Engineers and technical support managers. Strike was set-up as an 'in-house' agency to support other internal (full-lifecycle) recruiters with their demanding workload. We undertook requirements that were deemed 'difficult to fill' or strategic to the business.

• Director

  Infinity Search

  (Privately Held; Staffing and Recruiting industry)

  April 2004 — April 2008 (4 years 1 month)

  o Agency supplying permanent/staffing solutions to start-up businesses for VC clients
  o Contributed $300k turnover in FY04-05 and $500k in FY05-06
  o Completed more than 30 contingency & retained searches
  o Setup practice and operations for UK division
  
  Concurrently act as Retained Recruiter (across Healthcare, Biotech, Pharmaceutical, Public Sector and technical industry)
  o Responsible for recruiting a range of technical and Senior staff including:
   Medical technology personnel (medical physicists, etc.)
   Validation, QA and Manufacturing Management
   Project, Nuclear and Construction Engineers
   Public sector staff in all functional areas

• Manging Director

  Charter Interim Management

  (Staffing and Recruiting industry)

  August 2001 — April 2004 (2 years 9 months)

  Appointed Interim CEO (then Managing Director from Apr 02) for a recognized leader in the provision of interim management services (executive staffing) in the UK; also had day-to-day management responsibility for all operations.
  KPI’s:
  - Grew from start-up (£27k – FY01-02) to over £400k (FY03-04), maintaining GP of 29% (£118k)
  - Conceptualized, created and implemented a unique ‘white label’ solution to deliver Interim Managers to Baker Tilly (UK’s 7th largest Accounting firm), the Chartered Institute of Marketing and Finance Wales with projected revenues of £1.5m+ (FY04-05)
  Duties:
  - Completely transformed industry business model through development of ‘white label’ solutions
  - Created verification procedures and introduced ‘code of practice’ that has since become an industry standard (Kite-Mark) for hundreds of Interim Managers and Non-Executive Directors

• Interim Manager

  Ziegler Business Services (Self-employed)

  (Self-Employed; Myself Only; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  July 1997 — July 2001 (4 years 1 month)

  Spent four years as a Senior Interim Marketing and Business Manager for 6 companies, including ICL and Charter Interim Management.
  
  During this time, I was also the Chairman of the British-American Business Group in the North West, a Trustee of the BABG and two other charities, CEO of Newlands Relocation, Consultant to Knowledge Mechanics and HighAvailability, and VP of UK Operations for AllWorld Currency Exchange.

• Marketing Manager

  ICL Tplc (Fujitsu-ICL)

  (Computer Hardware industry)

  1996 — 1997 (1 year)

  Was promoted from Channel Marketing Manager to Corporate Marketing Manager prior to departing to set-up on my own.

• General Manager

  FCB Associates

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Writing and Editing industry)

  1991 — 1996 (5 years)

• Corporate Communications Officer

  MITRE Corporation

  (Government Agency; 5001-10,000 employees; Defense & Space industry)

  1995 — 1995 (less than a year)

Jeff Ziegler’s Education

• University of Cambridge

  M.Phil , International Relations , 1993 — 1994

  Activities and Societies:

  Hughes Hall Owls, Cambridge Lions Rugby League, CUARLFC (Cambridge University Amateur Rugby League Football Club), American Football, Journal of Strategic Studies, Cambridge Monarchs Baseball Club

• Georgetown University

  MA , National Security Studies , 1991 — 1993

  Activities and Societies:

  Bar hopping, The Tombs, Society of the Underrated

• London School of Economics

  MA , Modern British History , October 1990 — August 1991

• University of California, Santa Barbara

  BA , History , 1988 — 1990

  Activities and Societies:

  Drums, Alpha Epsilon Pi, YR, Baseball (Semi-Pro), Skateboarding, Mountain Biking, Reggae music, the Graduate, Motorcycles

• California State University-Fullerton - College of Business and Economics

  None , Econ and International Business , 1986 — 1987

• Acalanes High School

  1982 — 1986

Additional Information

Jeff Ziegler’s Websites:

• My Company
• My Website
• My Website

Jeff Ziegler’s Interests:

Golf, baseball, music, politics, cooking, new technologies (medical and leading edge)

Jeff Ziegler’s Honors:

Chartered Marketer, 2001-present

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