Adam Zak Executive Search is my firm. It’s me, doing what I do best:
focused, specialized Lean executive recruiting.
I headhunt for a wide variety of organizations including small, entrepreneurial businesses (think: “Lean Start-up”), mid-market and privately held companies, private equity-owned portfolios, and a select number of the Fortune 500. The common denominator: their pursuit of superior operational and financial performance through business improvement, innovation and value creation.
We retained Adam Zak Executive Search to conduct a search for our Senior Vice President of Operations. This was a critical senior executive role that we needed to get right. Adam listened intently to our needs, both in terms of skills and behaviors and also motivations and culture. He conducted a broad and intensive search and delivered a number of excellent candidates, ultimately enabling us to land the right leader. What impressed me the most about Adam was his diligence throughout every step of the process. I have worked with a number of different executive recruiters, and in my mind, Adam went above and beyond the line of duty to ensure success for both Andersen and the candidate.
Jay Lund
Chairman & CEO
Andersen Corporation
I had the opportunity to work with Adam Zak in our search for a Vice President of Continuous Improvement. From our first conversation I knew that Adam was the right person to help us secure the talent we needed. He took the time to understand our business and meet with our senior leadership team, in order to produce candidates that not only met our technical needs but were aligned with our company vision and values as well. Adam’s knowledge of both Lean Transformation and Operational Excellence – and his connections to others in these areas – was invaluable to our search.
Wendy L. Melzer
Vice President of Human Resources
Appvion, Inc.
I had worked with Adam Zak on a number of occasions in the past to conduct difficult executive recruiting projects and he never failed to deliver. When we launched a search to identify and recruit our new Vice President, Global Operational Excellence at GIA, Adam was my go-to guy to make this happen. As expected, Adam not only met the challenge, he blew right past our expectations and presented the ideal candidate for this position in less than three weeks. Adam works to a higher personal and professional standard than any other executive recruiter I’ve encountered, and he just simply gets the job done.
Mark Nechita
Vice President
Global Human Resources;
COO-designate, GIA
(Gemological Institute of America)
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EXECUTIVE SEARCHES / MY CLIENTS
I’m proud to have successfully completed over 430 executive search matches during the course of my professional executive recruiting career. Select a company below to learn about the positions filled.
Sector Expertise
America’s best and most admired companies across the industry spectrum trust Adam Zak to recruit their top Operations and Lean leaders. With broad industry expertise and executive networks, and narrowly-focused functional specialization, Adam Zak is the recognized Lean Executive Headhunter.
