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.

For a list of some of our client success and the roles we have filled, click here.

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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

A Changing Market Has AI and Cybersecurity Recruiters on Alert

The landscape of AI and cybersecurity recruiting is dynamic and constantly evolving. Executive recruiters say that there is a significant demand for skilled professionals in AI, including machine learning engineers, data scientists, and AI researchers. Companies across various industries are actively seeking talent to leverage AI for innovation, efficiency, and competitive advantage. Meanwhile, with the

CIO Partners Retained by the University of Vermont to Find Chief Information Officer

The University of Vermont (UVM) recently called in CIO Partners to lead in its search for a chief information officer. Executive director Barry Cressley is leading assignment. Reporting to the president, the CIO is the lead executive responsible for information technology across the institution. The expectation is that the CIO will partner with the president and become fully integrated into

CIO Partners Appoints Leader of Private Equity Practice

CIO Partners has named Jennifer Becker as the new managing director and leader of its private equity practice. “Jennifer’s knowledge in the private equity space and expertise in executive search position her to strategically lead our private equity practice,” said Joe Gross, president of CIO Partners. “Her appointment is a planned move to enhance our capabilities

CIO Partners Seeks Chief Information Officer for Northeastern University

The chief information officer is considered one of the most strategic roles in any organization. Still, recruiting within the function remains challenging, as skilled C-suite IT professionals are among the toughest to find, and move. CIO Partners has been retained by Northeastern University to lead in its search for a new CIO. The role of the

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Press Releases

CIO Partners Has Been selected by RailPros to Lead Their Search for Chief Information Office

RailPros is headquartered in Irving, Texas and has offices nationwide. Founded in 2000, they are exclusively focused on providing services to freight, passenger and transit rail carriers across North America. RailPros employs nearly 1,000 rail and transit engineers, construction managers, inspectors, design engineers, and field support staff, enabling them to service the full spectrum of

CIO Partners Again Earns Recognition by Forbes as One of America’s Best Executive Recruiting Firms

(June 1, 2020) CIO Partners®, a nationally-recognized retained search firm with a niche practice in digital and technology talent, was recognized today for a second time in two years by Forbes in their annual ranking of America’s Best Executive Recruiting Firms. – the top 200 executive search firms specialized in filling positions with salaries of

CIO Partners Selected to Seminole 100

(March 7, 2018) CIO Partners was named to Florida State University’s inaugural Seminole 100 during a ceremony on March 3rd at FSU’s University Center Club in Doak Campbell Stadium. Presented by FSU, the Jim Moran Institute for Global Entrepreneurship, the FSU Alumni Association and Inc. Magazine, the Seminole 100 recognized the 100 fastest-growing businesses owned

CIO Partners Named to Inc. 5000 Hall of Fame

(Sept. 1, 2017) CIO Partners, a nationally-recognized retained search firm with a niche practice in digital and technology talent, announced that they have again been named to Inc. magazine’s annual Inc. 5000, an exclusive annual ranking of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies. As a five-time honoree, CIO Partners entered the ranking’s Hall of Fame, an achievement

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