“We retained The Good Search on the recommendation of Esther Dyson to conduct our CEO search. They are extremely adept at finding best-of-breed candidates where other recruiters haven’t yet looked.”
— CEO, VC-backed startup
Esther Dyson. Photo credit: Cmichel67, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Esther Dyson has been called “the most influential woman in all the computer world”. She is an investor, journalist, author, businesswoman, commentator, and philanthropist. She invests in health care, open government, digital technology, biotechnology, and — yes — outer space. She has a BA in economics from Harvard and wrote the bestselling, widely translated book Release 2.0: A Design for Living in the Digital Age. Her latest book, Term Limits: Time and scale in the age of AI will be published by MIT Press in 2027.
Our Clients
While non-disclosure and confidentiality agreements prevent us from revealing all our executive search clients, the representative list below should give you an idea of the client companies we keep.
The Good Search’s clients range from venture-capital-backed startups to private-equity portfolio companies to Fortune 500 companies. Our executive search clients are committed to hiring the best of the best, and we deliver. We have ways of identifying and ultimately recruiting game-changing executives that elude traditional search firms.
Our team of technology recruiters is all about execution. If you have questions, schedule a free search consultation, and we will be happy to talk
REPRESENTATIVE CLIENTS
Intel
“The Good Search has a grasp of executive recruiting as I have never seen before. I’ve worked with The Good Search team for nearly eight years on numerous searches for me now, and all have had excellent results!“
OneSpan
“I want to compliment you on a well-done search. Your work was always attentive, professional, and thoughtful. I’m impressed by you and your team. I would certainly use your firm again and would be happy to act as a reference for your business.”
Microsoft
“The Good Search is one of recruiting’s most brilliant practices. They are extraordinarily professional and among the most connected recruiters in the business. They’re definitely onto something!”
“The Good Search asks the right questions and targets the right individuals in our industry. The Good Search helped us identify very hard-to-find talent for very specialized positions at our company. They delivered when other vendors weren’t able.”
Curai Health
“I had the pleasure of working with The Good Search on some very difficult roles at AOL. They were right on top of everything and delivered a very fast turnaround on some of the hardest-to-find candidates. Krista is an expert in her field and is such a pleasure to work with. I highly recommend her and The Good Search.”
Ivans
“The Good Search really listened to our needs, and then engaged their team in a full investigative process to ensure we got a pool of the best possible candidates . . . Their focus on going deep was critical, and I loved the fact that they provided all of their research to us.“
National Technology Executive Search Firm
As America’s headhunters, The Good Search is a national executive search firm that recruits top-performing executives across the country. We conduct retained executive searches for most C-level executive positions, including the Chief Executive Officer role.
As a technology executive search firm, we leverage our technical expertise to recruit executives across most industry sectors. Moreover, our investigative approach is ideally suited to diversity recruiting, uncovering diverse BIPOC candidates others miss. Our diversity work also ensures the inclusion of women executives and leaders who are Black, Indigenous, or People of Color for all our executive search engagements.
Find Your Next Executive
No search firm is right for every search every time. Yet we appreciate your interest and make it a practice to listen and to help, regardless.
Not quite ready for retained executive search? Our investigative research division, Intellerati, partners with corporate recruiting and sourcing teams and gives you the opportunity to save.