Our Team
Mark Kennedy
Owner / Managing Director
mkennedy@executivetalentsearch.com
Phone: (540) 491-9103
Mark Kennedy is the Owner and Managing Director of Executive Talent Search
(ETS Tech-Ops)
I LOVE THIS BUSINESS!
Years ago, it became very clear to me that the key to becoming a successful business was building, retaining, and motivating a world-class team. I've had the great fortune of progressing professionally in four different industries. I've started a business from scratch, moved to another state for a great opportunity and juggled the obligations of being a husband and a father of four while building a successful business. Over the years I've placed hundreds of top professionals. There are few situations as a hiring manager or a professional seeeking another challange I can't personally relate to.
As a professional recruiter, it is my job to find a long-term fit for my clients and candidates. When it comes to my clients, I realize there are few business decisions more important than finding the right long-term fit for your organization. When it comes to my candidates, I also realize there are few decisions that are more personal and more important than a career change.
Anyone can fax resumes. It takes a professional to truly understand the needs of both the hiring Dentist and Associate (potential partner/buyer) candidate.
My previous experience includes:
- Founded Executive Talent Search and it's two divisions: ETS Dental and ETS Tech-Ops with a combined team of 15 recruiting professionals responsible for the search and placement of hundreds of top professionals across the country.
- Vice President of a Leading IT Contract Staffing Firm in the Southeast. With a contract staff of more that 160 IT Consultants and team of 16 Recruiters and Account Executives we made more than 300 placements annually.
- Director/General Manager of the OEM/Route Management Division of the World's Leading High Security Lock Company. Customers included RBOC's (Regional Bell Operating Companies), Municipalities, Bottlers and Original Equipment Manufactures of Safes, Lock Boxes, Encryption and Alarm Equipment, Pay Telephones, Vending Machines, and High Security Filing Systems.
- National Advertising Manager - National Advertising Manager for a Specialty Niche Insurance company. During my six years with this company, it grew from $17 million to over $530 million. Managed advertising support team of 12 people. Television campaigns ran in more than 100 US markets. Activities were tightly coordinated with thousands of local agent marketing programs.
- Market Research - Conducted database and direct marketing research projects for leading companies in the following industries: Personal Computers; Automobiles; Brokerage Services; Factory Automation Equipment; and Association Retirement programs.
I grew up on a grape farm in the Finger Lakes Area of New York State. I earned a BS in Business from Rochester Institute of Technology and an MBA from Xavier University in Cincinnati, OH. My wife, Sharon, and I reside in Roanoke, Virgina, with our four great kids, Heather, David, Benjamin and Samantha.
