Who Are We?

We're the leader in providing interim CEOs to high technology companies. No one else is close. We're the hub of a large network of talent - more than 100 tech industry CEOs. We're more than matchmakers. Through our investment fund, Network Members have a shared economic interest in the success of our client companies. So, we stay involved after the match is made to use our collective skills to achieve success.

What Do We Do?

We're always recruiting CEO talent. We intensively screen candidates before offering them Membership in the Network. This approach is different from the retained search model, but it insures that we can quickly respond to a need.

We help board members diagnose their leadership problem, even meeting with current founders and team members if appropriate. Then we recommend a plan that may or may not include our services. We've been asked to review over 100 companies in the last two years. Once we are engaged, we manage the interview and decision process in a way that optimizes for speed and we negotiate a cash and equity package for our Member.

We nurture the Network with regular face-to-face events and an electronic community. We leverage their broad base of experience and contacts to help our Members who are in companies as interim CEOs.

Why Choose The Interim CEO Network?

For prospective clients, The Interim CEO Network is the leading firm in its field with the most experience and largest network of talent. Our clients know that we deliver top quality candidates fast. This "quality and speed" together value proposition is proven and distinctive. Many companies are in a situation where the traditional permanent search model won't deliver on one or both of these criteria because the risk/reward profile of top quality talent is different from what the company can offer at that moment in time. However, these same top quality people are eager to jump into an Interim CEO Network deal because they have limited duration and high upside potential.

For prospective members, The Interim CEO Network is the leading firm in its field with more deal flow, more experience, and more resources than any other. You are not a "candidate"; you're a member of a very special team. We're in business to represent you, not sell you on taking a job.

Management Team

Our leaders are experienced General Managers. Mike Braun is our CEO and has 30 years of operating experience. He's led Kaleida Labs and Blaze Software and has many years of general management experience in large business at IBM. David Powell is Chairman of the firm and pioneered the original interim CEO idea starting in 1999. He is also CEO of David Powell, Inc. (DPI), one of the most respected executive search businesses in Silicon Valley for over 27 years. DPI's Financial Services Division, with an 19 year track record, is a major source of part time and interim financial executives to venture backed companies. Steve Smith, Managing Director, is one of the world's top M&A advisors having built a major part of Broadview Holdings where he was Vice Chairman after a successful operating career at Fairchild, Amdahl, and as CEO of Reference Technology. Mike Burkland, Managing Director, has over 11 years of bringing strategic focus and operational excellence to high growth companies and has led three private companies through successful acquisitions by larger companies.

Michael A. Braun, Chief Executive Officer
David L. Powell, Sr., Chairman
Stephen S. Smith, Managing Director
Michael J. Burkland, Managing Director

Partners

David Powell, Inc. -- Silicon Valley's premier executive search firm for 27 years.

David Powell Financial Services Division -- For 19 years, a leader in providing interim and part-time CFOs, controllers, and other financial professionals.