Jim O’Sullivan joined Ross & Company in 2004 from Spencer Stuart, the world’s largest privately-held executive search firm, where he was a member of the Technology, Communications and Media Practices. His search experience includes a range of successful, senior-level recruitments across multiple industry segments, with a particular emphasis on software, information systems, business process outsourcing, healthcare, and education. Jim’s primary focus is on serving emerging growth technology and healthcare clients with venture capital and private equity backing. He has helped build leadership teams at companies such as Catapult Learning (The Carlyle Group), Sparta Systems (Summit Partners), Aptela (JMI Equity), Purkinje (John Doerr, Kleiner Perkins), DynaVox Technologies (Vestar), and WebMD. While at Spencer Stuart, he contributed to successful outcomes for high profile searches on behalf of Fortune 500 companies, including CEO’s for Eastman Kodak and Motorola.
Over his career, Jim has conducted over 150 searches for board members, general management, finance, sales/ marketing, and product development executives. During his tenure at Spencer Stuart, he was considered a “subject matter expert” in software, and was leveraged by recruiting teams within the United States and globally. He has specific industry knowledge and recruiting experience in medical informatics/healthcare information systems, device enabled healthcare services and educational software and services companies. Prior to his career in executive recruiting, Jim was General Manager of an information technology consulting firm where he founded and oversaw its Human Capital Management Software and Internet Division.
A graduate of King’s College with a B.A. in History and Mass Communications, Jim was also President of the Student Government. While at Spencer Stuart, he earned his J.D. from Quinnipiac University-School of Law, graduating with distinction in Trial Advocacy. Jim is a Board Member of the Executive Search Roundtable, an international association of recruiting professionals dedicated to quality research and search execution. He also serves as a Judge for the Software & Information Industry Association’s Codie Awards.
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