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The Boland Group - Selected, Representative Mission Critical Assignments

Completed assignments: Below are selected representative mission critical and commercial construction related searches we have recently conducted:

(Click here to see mission critical positions for which we're currently recruiting (active searches)

For a privately held, 125+ year old, nationally ranked (ENR Top 50)
electrical construction
firm, with operations in eight states, assisted in the successful recruitment of multiple experienced project executives and project managers for multiple time-sensitive positions, including:
- a Vice President and Project Executive,
  New York City metro area,
  with successful P&L experience managing major, high visibility mission critical (24x7x365) data center commercial construction projects
  successful candidate has since been promoted to Branch Manager, NY Region
In Detroit, two experienced project managers with strong industrial project management experience, including

end to end P&L responsibility for project sizes of $500K to $10M (electrical revenues only)
gained as a project manager employed by an electrical contractor, (i.e. not an "in-house" PM or as a PM working for a GC or a CM)

Successful candidate experience included:

one PM with electrical construction experience in the automotive space, and
one PM with petrochemical or refinery experience or similar industrial work

Across the Mid-Atlantic, multiple commercial electrical construction professionals with varying levels of experience, including project managers with experience managing projects ranging in size from $.5M to $25M (electrical revenues only), an electrical estimator and a seasoned AutoCAD Technician
For the fastest growing player in the data center services segment of the mission critical facilities space, growing over 30% annually, multiple sales and operations leadership positions, including:
"Top Gun" sales exec to spearhead the penetration of new construction and renovation design-build opportunities in the Mid-Atlantic region. Successful candidate successfully leveraged a strong rolodex of IT enterprise client relationships, introducing these valued clients to world class critical facilities infrastructure and support services.
Manager of Design Build to oversee world class mission critical data center services, ranging from assessment and design to commissioning and ongoing operations; successful candidate subsequently promoted to Director, then to Vice President of Design Build
Houston based Managing Sales Director, US to launch a Texas-based presence and to focus on developing business with key accounts in information intensive segments (e.g. Oil & Gas, Medical, Banking and Finance, Real Estate); successful candidate subsequently promoted to Vice President over all of Central U.S. Operations
Multiple mission critical services sales exec searches in Atlanta, Baltimore, D.C., Houston, Los Angeles, New York City, and San Francisco
Regional, individual contributor Sales Executive, Northern VA, to focus on selling data center related solutions and services into a territory of new and existing accounts.
For a leading manufacturer's representative in the Mid-Atlantic area for commercial mechanical HVAC products used in mission critical data centers, successfully recruited two HVAC Sales Engineers.

First successful candidate had a BSME and an MSME, and successfully cultivated exceptionally strong relationships with mechanical contractors and mechanical design engineering firms, leading to signficant increases in new business.
Second (and most recent) successful candidate (BSME and graduate of Trane GTP) brings a proven track record of success in highly technical, consultative solution selling.
For a privately held integrated commercial construction management firm, consistently ranked in the top 50 electrical contractors

a Project Executive to spearhead the $35M+ electrical portion of the construction of a new American League baseball stadium.
multiple contract commercial electrical project managers ranging from Associate Project Manager to Senior Project Manager, with past successful P&L responsibility for projects ranging in size from $.5M to $25M
For a privately held, profitably growing leader in the commercial electrical construction space, space (tri-state NYC/NJ/CT) metro area, multiple positions including:

Senior Estimator, NYC Local 3: successful candidate had 25+ years experience, was proficient in competitive bids and multiple electronic estimating software programs
Estimator, for NY/CT, Commercial Electrical Construction,
For a privately held rapidly growing national player in the mission critical infrastructure space:

Business Development manager, to spearhead development of national strategic partners, nationwide; successful candidate subsequently promoted to Director of Marketing
Western Regional Operations manager, to spearhead dedicated ongoing mission critical facilities operations and maintenance for a Fortune 10 client
Multiple "bench strength" positions, including Design & Build Project Manager, Senior Estimator, Construction Manager, etc.
For a rapidly growing $280M player in the facilities infrastructure services space, multiple positions including:

VP Sales, Western Region, Western U.S.
Senior Sales Director, Mid-Atlantic, Senior Sales Director, Ohio Valley
Senior Regional Operations Manager, Mid-Atlantic,
Senior Regional Operations Manager, Houston
Regional Operations Manager, Greensboro, Regional Operations Manager, Chicagoland
Senior Sales Director, Florida and San Francisco
For the largest mission critical global packet-switch network services provider:

VP Operations, Americas and Caribbean
For the leading national provider of mission critical enterprise security solutions

VP Business Development, Global Channels
Multiple account sales roles
For a rapidly growing start up in the network security space

Multiple sales reps with IT Security software sales experience
For the leading provider of multi-enterprise architecture solutions (nationally):

Multiple strategic account executives (individual contributors)
Multiple consulting solutions engineers (SEs)
Multiple systems engineers, Systems Engineering (SE) Manager
Multiple Strategic Account Sales Managers
For a leading provider of business continuity solutions:

Regional Sales Manager (western region), Regional Sales Manager (northeast)
Systems Engineering Manager (national), Multiple Sales reps (national)
Closely held pre-IPO broadband networking infrastructure play (Huntsville, AL)

Chief Marketing Officer (promoted to President) within six months
VP of Marketing
For a privately funded Internet Infrastructure and rapid application development services firm:

VP of Marketing (promoted to Chief Marketing Officer) (Tucson)
For a Pre-IPO Internet Infrastructure solutions firm (Baltimore Washington metro area)

CFO with prior successful IPO experience
EVP Global Sales & Marketing
VP HR and Director of Recruiting
Multiple account representatives (nationally)
Multiple consulting engineers, network engineers (CCIEs), instructors (nationally)

(For Industry or Function Specific Mission Critical assignments, see Sales & Marketing Searches, Financial Officer Searches, Finance, Accounting Audit searches, Professional Services Searches, Mission Critical Open Positions (Active Searches), Financial Services (industry) Searches, Healthcare searches, IT Security searches, and Cleared Professional Searches)

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