Lou is located in Chicago and is the Managing Director – Executive Search Division at TriSearch LLC. Lou’s talent acquisition career began at one of the big five executive search firms. He created a consultive practice from the ground up and became one of the two highest billing consultants during his tenure. Lou captured and retained his client base from the big five firm, and built two highly successful boutique firms. Leadership is at the core of Lou’s business foundation as a past Vice President of Human Resources and contributing member on several executive leadership teams. His responsibilities were to provide strategic direction of the companies and mentor global HR teams. Throughout his consultative and corporate career, he has conducted talent acquisition projects from C-Level to individual cutting-edge technology contributors, spanning the spectrum of functional disciplines.