HireMinds
Address: East Coast: 222 Third Street, Suite 0350, Cambridge, MA 02142. West Coast: 524 Union Street, San Francisco, CA 94133
Phone number(s): East Coast office: (617) 252-0606. West Coast office: (415) 762-0092
Services: Search firm focused on industries that include the life sciences; Job specialties include Scientists and research associates, preclinical / lab animal medicine / veterinary science, chemistry, protein purification, process development, process engineering, quality assurance, quality control, regulatory affairs, manufacturing, clinical research, project management, facilities, and engineering/EH&S
Website: www.hireminds.net/about.aspx
Top executive: David Hayes, president and founder
Year established: 1998
Joseph Associates
Address: 229 Main St. Huntington, NY 11743
Phone number(s): (631) 351-5805
Services: Provide companies with personnel to fill positions that include biostatisticians, clinical development, computational biologists, drug safety, epidemiologists, HEOR specialists, medical directors, directors of pharmaco-epidemiology and pharmacovigilance, statisticians
Website: www.jaexecutivesearch.com
Top executive: Joe Nakelski, president
Year established: 1986
Kelly Staffing Services
Address: 999 West Big Beaver Road, Troy, MI 48084-4782. Asia-Pacific HQ: 20 Anson Road, #05-03, Singapore 079912. Europe-Middle East-Africa HQ: 20, Avenue Edouard-Dubois - CP 48, CH - 2006 Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Phone number(s): U.S. office: (248) 362-4444. Asia-Pacific HQ: +656494 6060. Europe-Middle East-Africa HQ: +4132 737 18 00
Services: Provider of outsourcing and consulting services, as well as staffing on a temporary, temporary-to-hire, and direct-hire basis
Website: www.kellyservices.com/Global/Science
Top executive: Carl T. Camden, president and CEO
Year established: 1946
Kuhn Med-Tech
Address: 27128 Paseo Espada, San Juan Capestrano, CA 92675
Phone number(s): (949) 600-8365
Services: Executive search consultants for biotechnology, pharmaceutical, and medical device positions at companies worldwide; Positions include R&D, manufacturing, engineering, marketing/sales, senior management, regulatory/clinical affairs, and quality
Website: www.kuhnmed-tech.com
Top executive: Bob Jeffers, president; Larry A. Kuhn, founder
Year established: 1979
Life Science Search Partners
Address: 145. S Livernois, Suite 240, Rochester Hills, MI 48307
Phone number(s): (888) 303-3960
Interviewing offices in Boston, Dallas-Austin, Detroit (Troy, MI), Indianapolis, Los Angeles, Pittsburgh, Raleigh-Durham, San Diego, and Toronto
Services: National executive search and recruiting firm specializing in strategic placements within the biotechnology and pharmaceutical sectors; Executing complex and discreet searches for multinational corporations, start-ups and companies in turnaround situations; division of JMJ Phillip
Website: lifesciencesearch.com
Top executive: Ryan Goff, executive director
Year established: 2009
Life Search Technologies
Address: 11350 McCormick Road—Executive Plaza 3, Suite 1001, Hunt Valley, MD 21030
Phone number(s): (410) 785-6313 or (800) 785-2144
Services: Executive search firm providing staffing solutions for biotechnology. Focuses on drug discovery positions in molecular/cell biology; genomics; proteomics; immunology; protein chemistry; chromatography; mass spectrometry; high-throughput screening (HTS); microarray; instrumentation; bioinformatics; image analysis equipment; lab supplies
Website: lifesearchtech.com
Top executive: Glenn Davis, president
Year established: 2002
MEI RxRS (Med Exec International, Rx Research Staffing divisions)
Address: 100 N. Brand Blvd., Suite 306-309, Glendale, CA 91203
Phone number(s): (800) 507-5277
Services: MEI: Recruitment for top-echelon executive and vp-level positions in clinical research, regulatory affairs, quality assurance, and medical affairs. Rx RS: Full-service staffing solutions for life sciences industry
Website: www.meirxrs.com/medexec-international-healthcare-recruiters
www.meirxrs.com/rx-research-staffing
Top executive: Rosemarie Christopher, founder, president and CEO
Year established: 1992
Sanford Rose Associates - San Francisco
Address: 2333 San Ramon Valley Blvd., Suite 175, San Ramon, CA 94583
Phone number(s): (925) 837-5800
Services: A boutique-retained executive search firm focused on life sciences that partners with organizations to find director, vp, and C-level executives. Functions covered include R&D, manufacturing, sales, marketing, business development, finance, IT, bioinformatics, regulatory and medical affairs, and general management
Website: www.sanfordrose.com/sanfrancisco
Top executive: Rich Carter, president
Year established: 1999
Scientific Search
Address: 101 East Gate Drive, Cherry Hill, NJ 08034
Phone number(s): (856) 761-0900
Services: Full-service employment agency offering multiple staffing options for pharmaceutical & biotech professionals in the Philadelphia, New Jersey, New York markets
Website: scientificsearch.com
Top executive: Joseph Peters, president
Year established: 1983
Sharpstream Life Sciences
Address: 18 Mansell Street, 1st Floor, London, E1 8AA, U.K. North America: 111 Presidential Blvd, Suite 240, Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004. China: Room 318, Building 1, 1287 Shangcheng Road, Pudong New Area, Shanghai 200120,
Phone number(s): +44 207 553 2370. North America office: (484) 567-2900. China office: +86 21 6058 5938
Services: Provider of search services for executive to middle managers in the life sciences sector globally
Website: www.sharpstream.com
Top executive: Nick Bellwood, managing director, U.K.; Craig Natale, managing director, U.S.
Year established: 1999; acquired 2010 by On Assignment, founded 1985
Shaw Associates
Address: 11206 Callaway Greens Drive, Suite 100, Fort Myers, FL 33913-8139
Phone number(s): (239) 454-4414
Services: Executive search firm serving the pharmaceutical, and biotech industries. Areas of specialty include analytical, auditing, business development, manufacturing, product development, QA/QC, regulatory affairs, and technical services
Website: shawassociates.com/contact.html
Top executive: Gregory Shaw, president
Year established: 1995
Simply Biotech
Address: 11858 Bernardo Plaza Court, Suite 230, San Diego, CA 92128
Phone number(s): (858) 487-0507
Services: Recruiting firm dedicated exclusively to the biotech industry in San Diego. Candidates placed for contract, contract-to-hire, and permanent positions.
Website: www.simplybiotech.com
Top executive: Travis Medley, president
Year established: 2008
Valesta Clinical Research Solutions
Address: 26745 Malibu Hills Road Calabasas, CA 91301. Additional offices in Belgium (Mechelen and Mont-Saint-Guibert), Spain (Barcelona and Madrid), and the Netherlands (’s-Hertogenbosch)
Phone number(s): (800) 445-2465
Services: Specializes in filling scientific and clinical research positions in biotechnology, pharmaceutical, medical device, and related industries. Places candidates at all career levels in contract, contract-to-hire, and direct hire opportunities
Website: us.valesta.com
Top executive: Peter Dameris, CEO and president, On Assignment
Year established: 2011; formed by acquisition of Belgian-owned Valesta, founded 1997, by On Assignment, founded 1985; On Assignment combined Valesta with its clinical research division, which incorporates The Cambridge Group, founded 1976
Witt / Kieffer
Address: 2015 Spring Road, Suite 510, Oak Brook, IL 60523
Phone number(s): (888) 281-1370
Services: Executive search firm serving life sciences companies—including pharmaceutical, biotech, diagnostics corporations—and other employers
Website: www.wittkieffer.com/biotech
Top executive: John McLean, managing director, central region, and Life Sciences Practice leader
Year established: 1969