Happy Summer! I hope you are well and have had a successful first two quarters. We are happy to report some exciting news regarding the success of our clients, new additions, search assignments, and developments.

We have launched a new website! - please check it out at www.goodwinsearch.com!

Our team is growing! We have added three new members of our team - Nicole Rose as Executive Assistant and Project Coordinator, and Sean Cox as Principal, both based in our Raleigh office, and Hillary Dietz a Principal based in Philadephia, PA.

International Searches - We have just launched a new search in Hong Kong for a fast growing services client, and another search in London/NY for a big data analytics software client.

Strategic Partnerships - We are pleased to announce that we have partnered with two reputable, retained search firms, The Koblentz Group, headquartered in Atlanta, GA and Conway & Greenwood based in Raleigh, NC to provide our clients with additional resources for search in niche markets to include financial services/mortgage banking, international reach, and additional corporate board of director's search and assessment.

Market - We are seeing an uptick in requests for executive searches in the first half of the year and see no signs of slowing. We see a lot of demand in the areas of big data/analytics, mobility, business process outsourcing, and sales/marketing.

Boardroom Prep - We hosted another successful Board of Director's Education Seminar with participants attending from around the Country. We will be hosting our next workshop this Fall - stay tuned.

Roundtable Series - We are launching a new Roundtable series for senior executives to focus on topics such as executive compensation, Board of Director's questions to ask, Finding talent in unique places, etc.

Sponsorships - We recently sponsored the State of Technology Conference hosted by the North Carolina Technology Association, as well as a Newport Board conference!

Please let us know how we can be helpful to you, and we

hope to see you soon!

Recent Search Completions

Director, IT Solutions, Mobility, Mooresville, NC

We are pleased to announce the placement of Mike Voelker as Director of IT Solutions, Mobility at Lowe's. Mike comes to Lowe's from Sapient Nitro as a Director in their mobility practice in Atlanta.

Global Delivery Director, London, UK

We are pleased to announce Nick Stallman has been placed as Global Delivery Director at Axiom Law, based in London. Nick joins Axiom from a 20 year career as a Director at Accenture.

Manager, London, UK

We are pleased to announce the placement of Megha Sanghvi as Strategy and Delivery Manager based in Axiom's London office. Megha was previously an Engagement Manager within McKinsey & Company's London office.

Delivery Director, Managed Contracts, Chicago, IL

We are pleased to announce Susanne Broekhuyse has accepted the role as Delivery Director in Axiom's Chicago office. Susanne comes to Axiom from Deloitte, where she served as a Director in their M&A Valuations practice.

Senior Vice President, Services, Nashville, TN

Digital Reasoning Systems provides big data / unstructured data analytics to government and commercial clients. We are pleased to announce the placement of Abe Danziger as the Senior Vice President, Professional Services. This marks our fifth executive placement with Digital Reasoning.

Vice President, Sales & Marketing

We are pleased to announce the placement of Kelly Ross as Vice President, Sales & Marketing at Futures, Inc. Futures Inc. is the world's most successful military talent exchange with over 200,000 Military veterans placed in the past year. Kelly Ross comes to Futures after a very successful 20 year sales career with SAS Institute.

Chief Technology Officer

We are pleased to announce the placement of Derrick Ware as Chief Technology Officer at Futures, Inc. Derrick was recruited to the role from Peoplefluent, where he served as Vice President, Global Software Engineering.

Director, Talent Management

We are pleased to announce the placement of Darrell Bryant as Director of Talent Management at HSM Solutions. Darrell comes to HSM from Parson's Brinckerhoff in New York, where he served as Director of recruiting.

Chief People Officer

Patty Fish has accepted an offer to become Chief People Officer at TOA Technologies, based in Cleveland, OH. Patty comes from a career as Chief Human Resources Officer at Nalco Company, a $6B company based in St. Louis. Previously she served as CHRO at Solae, LLC in St. Louis.

Vice President of North American Enterprise Sales, Cleveland, OH
In our eleventh executive placement, Robert Simons was selected to become the Vice President of North American Enterprise Sales. Robert most recently served as a Director in the Sales and Service Assurance division at EXFO Service Assurance.

Clients affirm that our ability to listen, bring real dedication to the specific search effort and communicate and work earnestly on their behalf are a potent blend in reaching the desired conclusion: placing an executive who can deliver results.

Goodwin Executive Search. Where first class, quality service is assured.

Nicole, Jeff, Sean, Jim, Carrie, Hillary (not pictured), and Bill
Goodwin Executive Search

Current Searches

Director, Marketing/CRM Analytics for a Fortune 50 Retailer.

Vice President, Commercial Sales, New York or London for a machine learning/ unstructured data software company.

Practice Manager, Hong Kong for a legal services firm.

Vice President of Operations for a Durham, NC-based privately held software company.

Chief Financial Officer for an early-stage software firm in Raleigh, NC.

Chief Architect and VP of Software Development for a NY-based Big Data Analytics/machine learning company.

Mobile Applications Leader for a Fortune 50 Retailer.

Board of Directors, large public company

Confidential

Boardroom Prep: The Inside Track

Goodwin Search held another successful Boardroom Prep workshop at Carolina Country Club in Raleigh, NC. Attendees came from across the US, and the evaluations from the program were exceptional.

Our panel of speakers provided attendees with vital insights into today's board issues, director time requirements, board compensation, and the keys to developing an individual path to a board position.

We will be hosting our fourth Boardroom Prep Seminar in the Fall. For more information, please contact Jim Fraser at

jim@goodwinsearch.com.

Is your Board a Strategic Asset? Jim Fraser, Vice President Board Services:

A recent article in Corporate Board Member magazine asked the question, "Does your board deliver strategic advantage?" That's an interesting question all CEO's should ask themselves. But, just how can a board of directors specifically deliver a strategic advantage, often characterized as a company having a unique strategically important asset or capabilities? The National Association of Corporate Directors has noted that a board of directors properly comprised, diligent and effective in its oversight, and possessing diverse sources of information can indeed be a "strategic asset board". Among the various characteristics of the "strategic asset board" are that it thoroughly knows and understands the company's business and competitors, and provides a significant level of "intellectual capital".

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