
President at Cooperstown Search Group
Greater New York City Area

President at Cooperstown Search Group
Greater New York City Area
Columbus Associates is a boutique recruiting firm specializing in the placement of top professionals in Emerging Technologies of software, hardware and professional services.
We become trusted advisors and partners with our clients looking to grow their business by identifying key employee roles and their positive impact to the business. Collectively, our firm leverages years of successful start-up experience growing companies from 5 million up to 100 million dollars, an extensive network, and a proven methodology to systematically reach out to the top performers in the Emerging Technology industry.
We place people in the following roles in both permanent and contracted arrangements: executive management, senior management, sales, pre-sales engineering and sales management, marketing, product management, software development, professional services, project management, finance and general operational and administrative positions.
Helping peolpe find the right career in emerging technology companies in the areas of Information Security, Middleware/SOA, Internet and Local Search, Web 2.0 and Social Networking. Positions we regularly place candidates in are;
Sales, VP, Directors, AE's Pre-Sales Engineering
Solution Architects Project Management
Product Marketing PMO
Web development
Help Desk
Professional Services
Web design Marketing
(Staffing and Recruiting industry)
August 2008 — Present (1 year 4 months)
Cooperstown Search Group is part of Columbus Associates and is focused on staffing and recruiting in the Central NY Area. From Albany to Oneonta to Binghamton we help connect businesses with top local talent.
(Privately Held; Staffing and Recruiting industry)
July 2007 — Present (2 years 5 months)
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)
July 2005 — July 2007 (2 years 1 month)
Responsible for growing revenue for Interwise's award winning unified communications solution in the NYC Metro Area.
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
April 2003 — March 2005 (2 years )
· Director, Eastern Area Sales - Developed and currently executing a two-year plan is to rebuild the business and increase revenues east of the Mississippi River in anticipation of a funding or liquidation event. Consistently extend and execute a two-pronged sales model selling with and through partners and selling directly into the key growth markets of Financial Services, Pharmaceuticals, and Telecomm.
· Eastern Area increased revenue by 85% in 2004, growing both one time and recurring revenue to support business expansion. Partner channel accounted for 20% of annual revenue in 2003 and 50% of revenue in 2004.
· Net new clients added in 2004 include Citibank, IBM, Washington Post Newsweek Interactive, GE, Careerbuilder.com, Rockwell FirstPoint, Siemens, Savvis Communications, Gomez, Globix, Aspect Security and Fortress Technology
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)
April 2001 — March 2003 (2 years )
(Public Company; Computer Software industry)
December 1998 — March 2001 (2 years 4 months)
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Computer Software industry)
January 1994 — November 1998 (4 years 11 months)
B.S. , Business , 1980 — 1984
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