Search Expertise
Our powerful Direct Recruiting capabilities are built on a foundation of deep functional expertise, industry experience, and specialized niche dominant search practices.
“Functional” Search Expertise
B2B Sales, Sales Leadership, and RevOps Roles
Salespeople, Sales Leaders, Revenue Drivers,
and Customer Keepers
Who We Recruit
Salespeople (B2B)
Our primary focus is on the recruitment of “Mid” to “Senior” level business-to-business sales professionals working in fields involving complex services or intangibles.
We have deep expertise and experience in technology sales including IT solutions, IT professional services, business services, and many other areas of complex services and intangibles. Our expertise ranges beyond services into software, capital equipment, and much more.
New business development, strategic sales pursuit, account management, client relationship management, market development, sales process management, and more…
C-Suite Sales Executives
We have long-term, specific expertise in the recruitment of Chief Sales Officer and Chief Revenue Officer roles for companies ranging from $20M to $750M in sales.
Chief Sales Officer
Define CSO
Chief Revenue Officer
Define CRO
Sales Executives
Considered to be one of the toughest jobs in business today, Sales Leadership is also one of the most difficult roles to successfully interview, select and hire. You have a lot at stake when hiring a sales executive. We provide the right candidates, the critical information, and the guidance you need to make the right hiring decision.
Vice President of Sales
EVP, SVP, DVP, RVP, VP, all
Director of Sales
Define both VP Sales and Director of Sales
Sales Managers
Sales management roles take on many forms. Player/Coach roles are common in smaller organizations and in strategic business units of larger companies. In some cases, exceptional specific sales knowledge and skill is preferred to previous management experience. For the purposes of our recruiting practices, we separate sales management from sales leadership.
Service Delivery
Often titled: Practice Manager, Director of Delivery, etc.
In IT Solutions, other technology and complex services firms, service delivery requires a strong combination of technical/other subject matter expertise, client relationship and business development acumen.
Customer Success
The guardians and optimizers of customer experience and company performance during the entire customer lifecycle. Where product, technical, professional expertise, implementation and service delivery meet client communications, client relationship and continued revenue opportunities.
Rev Ops
Marketing Operations, Sales Operations and Customer Success Management
What is RevOps?
RevOps or Revenue Operations is an adaptive organizational model replacing the siloed and separated Marketing, Sales and Customer Success management frameworks. Rev Ops is one unified team that supports all revenue-generating business units and reports to one leader. Optimally, the Chief Sales Officer (CSO) or Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) is the apex leader of the RevOps unit. The result is greater alignment and greater speed of collaborative effort between Marketing, Sales and Customer success through the entire customer lifecycle.
RevOps Roles
Examples of “RevOps” roles include:
Revenue Operations Leadership
Sales Operations Leadership
Sales Enablement Leadership
Customer Operations Leadership
Marketing Operations Leadership
Award-Winning, Top-Listed, Minnesota Sales and Sales Executive Recruiters
Our Sales Recruiting and Sales Executive Search capabilities deliver the exceptional talent you need to maximize sales revenue and optimize full customer lifecycle performance.
“Industry” Search Expertise
Industries, Sectors and Company Types
We’re Minnesota’s top sales headhunters for privately-owned technology and professional services companies.
Who We Serve
Business Technology / IT
Our clients are the leaders, innovators and disrupters positioned at the epicenter of the rapidly shifting business technology landscape. Our “Business Technology” clients include:
Sofware, SaaS
Big Data. Analytics
Emerging technologies, IOT, AI, Machine Learning, Advanced Robotics, Quantum Computing, Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, Block Chain
IT Solutions
IT Consulting
Management Consulting
IT Professional Services
IT Staffing
Cloud
Cybersecurity
ITSM
Fintech
Application Development
Digital Transformation
Managed Services
Computer / Network Hardware
High-Tech
Our “High-Tech” clients include leading companies in:
Artificial Intelligence
Internet of Things (IoT)
Advanced Robotics
Virtual/Augmented Reality
Bioengineering
Medical Device
Healthcare Technologies
Energy
Environment / Green Tech
Professional Services
Our Professional Services and Business Services clients include:
IT Consulting
Management Consulting
IT Professional Services
Marketing Services
Market Research/Analytics
Interactive Media Services
Digital Marketing
Web Development
Staffing/Recruiting
HR Consulting
Information Services
Business Process Outsourcing (BPO)
Financial Advisory
Operations Consulting
Mergers & Acquisitions
Private Equity Investment
Business Advisory
Franchise Consulting
Manufacturing
Our Manufacturing clients include:
Privately-Owned Manufacturing Companies
Family-Owned Manufacturing Companies
Portfolio Manufacturing Companies
Distribution
Our distribution clients include:
Wholesale, resale and retail
Electronic Component Distributors
Computer Component Distributors
Computer Hardware Distributors
Independent Software Vendors (ISV)
Value-Added Resellers (VAR)
Managed Services Providers (MSP)
Managed Security Solutions Providers (MSSP)
IT Solutions Providers (ITSP)
Healthcare
Our Healthcare clients include:
Healthcare Technology
Medical Equipment
Hospital Supplies
Healthcare Facilities
Healthcare Services
Medical Services
Managed Healthcare
Education
Our Education clients include:
Educational Institutions
Education Services
Online Education
Privately-Owned
Privately-Owned and Family-Owned Business
For more than 20 years, we have partnered closely with privately-owned and family-owned businesses. We do business the way you do business. Friendly, open, caring, dedicated and committed to your complete satisfaction and results.
Private Equity
As a private equity principal with a stake in the outcome of the search, you need to be kept informed and close to the search process when a critical role is in play. We partner closely with you to ensure that the quality and caliber of candidates not only meet your standards, but bring the capabilities and cultural alignment you need to grow and manage business growth.
Award-Winning, Top-Listed, Minnesota Sales and Sales Executive Recruiters
Our Sales Recruiting and Sales Executive Search capabilities deliver the exceptional talent you need to maximize sales revenue and optimize full customer lifecycle performance.
Our Top Recruiting “Practices”
by Marketplace Segment
Executive search, Sales Recruiting, and more
IT Consulting / Management Consulting
We are the #1 Search Firm in the Twin Cities IT Consulting and Management Consulting arenas
Our clients include:
IT Consulting firms
IT Solutions firms
Management Consulting Firms
IT Staffing firms
Roles placed include:
Sales, Sales Leadership, Client Engagement, Service Delivery, Sales Support, Customer Success and Resource Management roles
Complex IT Solutions / IT Services
We are the #1 Search Firm in the Twin Cities IT Solutions and IT Services marketplace
Our clients include:
Specialized IT Solutions and Consulting firms
Specialized IT Services firms
Digital Transformation
Data/Analytics
Cyber Security Solutions
Cloud Solutions
Managed Technology Services
Customer Software Development
Roles placed include:
Sales, Sales Leadership, Client Engagement, Service Delivery, Sales Support, Customer Success and Resource Management roles
Business and Professional Services
We are the #1 Search Firm in the Twin Cities IT Solutions and IT Services marketplace
Our clients include:
IT Professional Services
Marketing / Market Research
Digital Marketing
Digital Agencies
Web Development
HR Consulting
Franchise Consulting
Roles placed include:
Sales, Sales Leadership, Client Engagement, Service Delivery, Sales Support, Customer Success and Resource Management roles
Software / SaaS
Our clients include:
All Software Applications and SaaS
ERP, CRM, APS…
Healthcare – EHR, EMR, HIS, CIS, CPR… HRIS/HRMS, HCM…
Roles placed include:
Sales, Sales Leadership, Sales Engineers / Pre-Sales, Sales Support and Customer Success
Emerging Technologies
Our clients include:
IOT
AI
Machine Learning
Advanced Robotics
Quantum Computing
Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality
More…
Roles placed include:
Sales, Sales Leadership, Sales Engineers / Pre-Sales, Sales Support and Customer Success
Privately-Owned Business
90% of our clients are privately-owned “small to medium-sized businesses ranging from $20M to $500M in revenue.
Our clients include:
Privately-Owned SMB
Family-Owned SMB
Portfolio Companies
Private Equity Firms
EOS
Roles placed include:
Sales, Sales Leadership, Sales Engineers / Pre-Sales, Sales Support and Customer Success
Sales and Sales Leadership Talent
Delivered.
Contact Rick Deare
952-403-9700
search@deare.com