CIO Partners

ABOUT US

CIO Partners is 100% focused in technology leadership searches across all industries and corporate sizes, from startups to Fortune 100 organizations.  Founded by a former CIO, we are uniquely positioned to provide access to exceptional, aligned technology leaders for our client partners.

It’s well known that hiring organizations experience the most difficulty in hiring for their technology roles.  These positions require a different approach.  While some other firms may excel in placing CEOs, CFOs, and COOs, we specialize in and understand the uniqueness of the top technology roles.  As result, CIO Partners has established strong national brand recognition among senior technology leaders and has been recognized by Forbes as one of America’s Best Executive Recruiting Firms.

Since our founding in 2001, our cornerstone belief has been that building deeper relationships with clients and truly understanding their technology, vision, and culture results in a more effective recruiting process.  This unique, value-based approach became the foundation of the company’s industry-leading CIO RightHireSM process, used to match the top 5% of technology professionals with the right organizations.

Through our CxO Professional NetworksSM, we have built and developed global networks of CIOs and CTOs.  These active memberships are comprised of 2,000+ technology leaders in industry-based, domain-based and regional networking groups.  It is because of these cultivated talent communities that we are typically able to present our candidate slate within 3 weeks of engagement and complete a search in 8-12 weeks (not months), with an average of 6-8 candidates submitted.

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With a cultivated candidate referral network, an innovative search process, and specific domain expertise, CIO Partners is recognized as the industry leader for technology executive searches at the CxO, VP, and Director level.

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Solutions and Expertise

With an established candidate referral network, an innovative search process, and specific domain expertise, CIO Partners is recognized as the leader for technology executive search at the CxO, VP, and Director level.

Utilizing a modified retained engagement model unlike traditional retained search firms – and with a 100% focus in the technology sector – our approach ensures that our client partners have a dedicated staff of search project resources focused on recruiting passive candidates.

Due to our deeply cultivated candidate networks and our honed ability to vet within our specialized niche, our typical slate of 6 – 8 candidates is presented within 3 weeks of engagement, and our average search is completed in 8 – 12 weeks – not months.

Solutions
  • Executive Search
  • Interim
  • Leadership Consulting
  • Mgmt. Consulting
  • Outplacement
Industries
  • Accessories
  • Advertising/Marketing
  • Aerospace/Defense
  • Agribusiness
  • Agriculture
  • All Industries
  • Alt. Investments
  • Animal Nutrition
  • Asset Management
  • Associations
  • Automotive
  • Banking
  • Beauty and Fragrance
  • Behavioral Health
  • Beverage & Bottling
  • Bio Pharma
  • Biotech
  • Biotechnology
  • BioTechnology
  • Cannabis
  • Chemical
  • Chemicals
  • Civil
  • Clean Tech./Sustain.
  • Clinical Research
  • Cloud Based
  • College Athletics
  • Colleges/Universities
  • Commercial Banking
  • Commodities
  • Communications
  • Computer Software/SAAS
  • Construction
  • Consulting
  • Consumer
  • Consumer Products
  • Consumer Services
  • Corporate Banking
  • Corporate Banking
  • CPG
  • Cultural Arts
  • Cybersecurity
  • Dairy & Eggs
  • Data & Analytics
  • Derivatives
  • Devices
  • Digital
  • Digital Media
  • E-Commerce
  • EdTech
  • Education
  • Electrical
  • Electrical Distribution
  • Electrical Manufacturing
  • Electronics
  • Emerging Brands
  • Emerging Markets
  • Endowments & Foundations
  • Energy
  • Engineering
  • Engineering & Archit.
  • Enterprise
  • Enterprise Software
  • Equities
  • Equity Derivatives
  • Executive Placement / Outplacement Services
  • Faith Based
  • Family Offices
  • Family Services
  • Fashion
  • Financial Services
  • FinTech
  • FinTech
  • Fixed Income
  • Food & Beverage
  • Food Manufacturing & Ingredients
  • Food Manufacturing Equipment
  • Footwear
  • Foreign Exchange
  • Foundations
  • Gaming
  • Global Banking
  • Global Markets
  • Government
  • Grain Processing
  • Healthcare Services
  • Hedge Funds
  • High Tech
  • Home Decor
  • Hospital System Business Management
  • Human Services
  • Industrial
  • Industrial
  • Industrial Products
  • Information Services & SaaS
  • Information Technology
  • Infrastructure and Sustainability
  • Injection/Blow Molding
  • Insurance
  • Insuretech
  • Interest Rate
  • Internet
  • Investment Banking
  • Investment Mgmt.
  • IT Services
  • K-12
  • Legal/Compliance
  • Life Sci./Healthcare
  • Lighting Design
  • Lighting Manufacturing
  • Logistics & Transportation Services
  • Luxury
  • Machine Learning
  • Machining and Fabrication
  • Managed Care & Government Programs
  • Management Consulting
  • Manufacturing
  • Meats & Poultry
  • Mechanical
  • Media & Entertainment
  • Medical
  • Medical Devices
  • Medical Devices
  • Mobile
  • Natural Resources
  • Non-Profit
  • Oil & Gas
  • Optical
  • Payments/Processes
  • Pensions
  • Pet Food & Ingredients
  • Petroleum
  • Pharmaceuticals
  • Pharmaceuticals
  • Physician Practice Management
  • Plastics/Polymers
  • Portfolio Management
  • Prime Finance
  • Private Banking
  • Private Equity
  • Professional Services
  • Protein
  • Public & Social Sector
  • Publishing
  • Quant Research & Analytics
  • Quantitative Finance
  • Rates
  • Real Estate
  • Recruiting for Federal Contractors
  • Restaurants
  • Retail
  • Risk Management
  • Seafood
  • Securitized Products
  • Security
  • Software
  • Software
  • Sovereign Wealth
  • Sports
  • Sports
  • Substance Abuse
  • Supply Chain
  • Technology
  • Tools Manufacturing
  • Trade Finance
  • Traditional Investments
  • Transportation
  • Transportation Related Industries
  • Travel, Hosp. & Leisure
  • Utilities
  • Venture Capital
  • Watch & Jewelry
  • Wealth Management
  • Wholesale
Functions
  • Business Intelligence
  • C-Level Leaders
  • Chief Architect
  • Chief Digital Officer
  • Chief Information Officer
  • Chief Information Security Officer
  • Chief Technology Officer
  • CIO
  • CISO
  • CTO
  • Cybersecurity
  • Data/Analytics
  • Digital Leadership
  • Directors
  • E-Commerce
  • Enterprise Architecture
  • Enterprise Resource Planning
  • Information Security
  • Informational/Digital
  • Innovation
  • IT
  • IT Infrastructure
  • Omnichannel
  • Program Management
  • Software Engineering
  • Technology Leadership
  • Vice President

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News Briefings

CIO Partners Seeking Top IT Leader for Builders FirstSource

Recruiting within the IT function remains challenging, as skilled C-suite professionals are among the toughest to find. CIO Partners was recently selected by Builders FirstSource as their exclusive partner to lead their search for the role of vice president of IT operations, located in Dallas. Reporting to the CIO, the vice president is responsible for the 24×7

CIO Partners Seeks Chief Information Officer for PRGX Global

The chief information officer is considered one of the most strategic roles in any organization. Still, headhunting within the function remains challenging, as skilled C-suite IT professionals are among the toughest to find. Recently, CIO Partners Inc. was selected by PRGX Global Inc. as its exclusive partner to lead the search for a chief information officer, located in

Why Organizations are Hiring for Skills Over Experience

COVID-19 has forced companies to rapidly adapt to changing talent needs. More than 70 million U.S. workers filed for unemployment insurance from March through December last year. Now, more organizations are converting what were furloughs early in the pandemic to permanent job losses, according to a new report by McKinsey & Company. “While many companies

Hunt Scanlon’s Top 10 Recruiting Stories of 2020

What a crazy year for executive recruiters! Search consultants were busy but conducting their search work in novel new ways due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Like we do every year, Hunt Scanlon Media took on the challenge of selecting the top 10 stories that shaped the recruiting landscape. Our editorial and social media teams now

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