Focus Search Partners

ABOUT US

High-touch and collaborative, we take a focused, strategic approach to talent management providing comprehensive solutions that span the organization – from boardroom and C-suite to mid-level management. Our talented team of search professionals brings years of recruiting and operational experience, and proven success in multiple industries, across all functional disciplines. With offices across the country, FSP has the combination of industry expertise, functional discipline and geographic presence to address the most critical and strategic search needs.

Achievements

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Solutions and Expertise

Solutions
  • Board Services
  • Career Services
  • Executive Search Advisory Services
  • Interim
Industries
  • Aerospace/Defense
  • Automotive
  • Clean Tech./Sustain.
  • Cloud Based
  • Consumer
  • Consumer Products
  • Consumer Services
  • Cybersecurity
  • Data & Analytics
  • Devices
  • Energy
  • Healthcare Systems
  • High Tech
  • Industrial Products
  • Manufacturing
  • Mobile
  • Natural Resources
  • Restaurants
  • Retail
  • Software
  • Supply Chain
  • Transportation
Functions
  • Board/Governance
  • Business Development
  • CEO/President
  • Finance/Accounting
  • General Management
  • GM/Operations
  • Human Resources
  • Information/Digital
  • Manufacturing
  • Marketing & Sales
  • Medical/Clinical
  • Supply Chain

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News Briefings

Focus Search Partners Grows Interim Leadership Practice

Focus Search Partners, a Vaco company, has expanded its interim leadership practice with the additions of Barbara Haith and Matthew Zoltowski as managing directors. “Executive-level staffing has rapidly emerged as a key solution in today’s evolving Gig Economy 2.0,” said Paul Frankenberg, founder and managing partner of Focus Search Partners. “As businesses continue to navigate shifting markets

Workforce Confidence Wavers Amid Job Market Shifts

Workers today generally feel less confident about job security than in previous years, and several factors contribute to this. Vaco‘s Q4 Talent Pulse Report found a drop in confidence compared to the third quarter of 2024. But confidence levels in both job security and financial status were higher compared to last year. Forty-one percent of

Focus Search Partners Appoints Managing Partner of Interim Leadership Solutions

Focus Search Partners, a Vaco company, has named Kate McLellan as managing partner of interim leadership solutions. In this role, she is responsible for building the company’s interim practice and addressing clients’ provisional talent needs across multiple industry sectors, including healthcare, life sciences, technology, manufacturing, consumer products and financial services. “During times of transition, Focus Search Partners’

The Critical Role of Executive Leadership in Navigating Change

Executive leadership has long played a critical role in navigating organizational change, but the question remains, how do executives effectively lead people, and an organization, through change? A new report from Paul Frankenberg, founder and managing partner of Focus Search Partners, points to Warren Buffet, co-founder, chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway. “He is admired

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Press Releases

Private Equity Executive Search Leader Joseph Solari Joins Focus Search Partners as Managing Director

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – FEB 22, 2024 – Focus Search Partners, a Vaco Holdings company and leader in retained executive and interim search solutions, announced today that executive search leader Joseph Solari has joined the firm as managing director. In this role, Solari will be dedicated to helping business owners and management teams solve problems, capitalize on opportunities

Industrial Executive Search Leader, John Davidson, Joins Focus Search Partners as Managing Director

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – NOV 29, 2023 – Focus Search Partners, a Vaco Holdings company and leader in retained executive and interim search solutions, has hired John Davidson, industrial executive search expert, as managing director. With over 20 years of executive search experience, John specializes in transportation and logistics and has worked extensively across aviation and aerospace for public, private

Seth Blumenthal, Executive Search Leader, Joins Focus Search Partners as Managing Director for Enterprise Technology Practice

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – OCT 18, 2023 – Seth Blumenthal, executive search leader, joins Focus Search Partners, a Vaco company and leader in retained executive and interim search solutions, as managing director to lead executive- and board-level engagements for their enterprise technology practice.   In his role, Seth will be exclusively dedicated to enterprise technology and deep tech businesses,

Focus Search Partners Announces Executive Search Leader Michael Caggiano as Managing Partner

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – NOV 13, 2023 – Executive search leader Michael Caggiano joins Focus Search Partners, a Vaco company and leader in retained executive and interim search solutions, as managing partner. In his role, Michael will look to grow new revenue streams for Focus Search Partners from both inside and outside of the Vaco Holdings family of companies.   “Michael has