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Our continued success in making strong placements brings us repeat business and referrals. It is the long-lasting relationships we build with clients and candidates that have set the foundation for this success.
"I have collaborated with Bert Davis and his team for nearly twenty years. We have worked together to recruit successful management teams at two companies—W.B. Saunders and John Wiley & Sons, Inc. They really understand that this business we call publishing is a business of long-term people relationships. To their credit, most of the people we have recruited together have built successful careers at Wiley. Bert Davis Executive Search has made a significant contribution to my goal of making Wiley the place to be in publishing."
William J. Pesce
President & CEO
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
"Identifying excellent talent in competitive markets has been a strength of the Bert Davis organization. More importantly over the 14 years we have utilized their services, they have become a partner in helping us fulfill our strategies and goals."
Ronald Schlosser
President
Thomson Learning
"I have worked with Bert Davis for several years, most recently on two senior-level executive searches. Bert took the time to understand the nuances of the positions and our business. The team presented a slate of well-qualified candidates and stayed focused during the lengthy recruiting process."
"Bert himself has always given us the personal attention that we expect, but do not always receive, from executive recruiters."
Maureen O’Connell
President and Chief Operating Officer
Gartner, Inc.
"Search hit the ground running ... we were able to see qualified candidates within weeks (vs. the 6-8 month research "black hole" phase that is typical with many search firms). Bert's connections in the publishing field are astonishing. He knows everyone ... what they did, what they're doing, and probably what they're going to do! He's a delight to work with ... extremely customer focused ... wants to do the best thing for the client ... always!"
Laurane Magliari
Senior Vice President, Human Resources
Gartner, Inc.
“Bert Davis Associates has been a trusted partner for more than 20 years. Bert and his colleagues have been remarkably effective identifying numerous high caliber candidates for a variety of senior positions on my management team – as a matter of fact, two of my most successful and closest associates were introduced to me by Bert.”
Robert Becker
Chief Executive Officer, Legal & Business Unit
Wolters Kluwer
" I have used Bert Davis Executive Search for over fifteen years. The firm has offered high quality services and positions have been filled with excellent candidates on a confidential basis. Bert Davis has consistently performed."
Susan Katz
President and Publisher
HarperCollins Children's Books
“It’s always a real pleasure to work with your team. The searches we have worked on together have produced great fits and have created lasting value. In my experience, it’s your true professionalism (especially your concern and punctilio, your mastery of the process, and your intelligent counsel) that makes a world of difference to all the parties involved in a search. Thank you!”
Barbara Rifkind
President, American ELT and Asia
Oxford University Press
"Having worked with Bert Davis as both a client and a candidate, my experiences with the firm have been incredibly rewarding. He and his colleagues take the time to understand the elements of a perfect match. They are incredibly responsive and know the market and industry better than anyone else. They care about what they do and stay in touch long after a search is complete."
Stephen Perepeluk
President,
Classroom, Inc.
“When I turn to Bert Davis for executive searches, I know I’m tapping into a network of top performers from the publishing industry, backed by Bert’s strategic thinking about the company’s direction and its specific needs. Bert Davis functions not just as a powerful ally but virtually as an in-house expert. He takes the time to understand the organizational structure and culture, and the goals for a position, and then he has a knack for identifying people that fit the blend of company culture, capabilities and experience we are looking for. Bert’s team is discreet, professional and responsive, and they have identified candidates for senior positions that require an extraordinary breadth of skills. Bert Davis has been instrumental in helping me assemble an outstanding team including a Vice-President, Publisher and Marketing; Senior Vice President, Sales; and Vice President, Finance and Operations, all of whom have turned out to be extremely well suited to the demands of their positions. Bert Davis and his staff with whom I have worked, such as Kathy Berlowe, understand that they are more than an executive recruitment firm to me but a strategic partner that plays a key role in filling critical positions. They are a pleasure to deal with and provide support in a collaborative, highly competent and friendly fashion.”
Marc Jennings
President
Langenscheidt Publishing Group
“I’ve had the pleasure of knowing Bert Davis and many of his team members for years, and have used his services at several organizations. Although I have been in publishing and electronic publishing for more than 25 years, the extent of Bert’s network of contacts never ceases to amaze me. Our most recent assignment with him is a great example – Bert Davis Associates turned up a wide range of very high quality candidates from sources we would never have thought of, all within a few weeks of our asking for their help. Bert himself keeps in touch with industry news on a regular basis, whether or not we have his company working on an assignment”.
Rick Noble
CEO
Medical Media Holdings
“Anyone who knows publishing knows Bert Davis and his team. He is perhaps less well-known in the association world. Because of my previous positive experiences with Bert in other searches for other organizations, we turned to his group to help us find a senior-level marketing and sales executive with very specific experience in the educational marketplace. In short order, we were introduced to several extraordinarily well-qualified candidates—and ended up making an excellent hire. Bert also helped us craft a suitably attractive offer, one appropriate to our organization’s culture and its budget. All in all, the entire experience was productive, educational, unvaryingly professional.”
David Beacom
Associate Executive Director & Publisher
National Science Teachers Association (NSTA)
“I am writing to let you know how extremely pleased we are with the services we received from and your staff regarding our search for a publishing professional. The publishing world is completely foreign to us here at the Museum of Science, but as we discussed, a critical component of our emerging strategy to have significant impact in K-12 technological literacy, relies heavily on our ability to publish our new curricular materials. The pool of candidates you provided were excellent, and the search resulted in our hiring an amazing publisher who in just 3 short weeks is already making wonderful things happen for the Museum. I can’t say enough about your team’s responsiveness, follow-through and commitment to a successful completion of our search process. If we ever need to hire another senior publishing professional, you will be our first call. Please feel free to list us among your many fans.”
Wayne Bouchard
Chief Operating Officer
Museum of Science
"The folks at Bert Davis guided me through the process that brought me to my ideal job. They did so with competence, professionalism, and confidence-building friendliness, always committed to my success. Three years later, I'm still grateful to them."
Richard E. Bavaria, Ph. D.
Vice President, Education
Sylvan Learning Systems
"Bert Davis and his team did a phenomenal job in identifying high quality candidates for the position we were filling. Their knowledge of the marketplace and their ability to quickly zero in on the business needs of our organization were remarkable. I would not hesitate to partner with the Bert Davis Executive Search again in the future."
Lisa C. Jones
Director, Human Resources
American Bar Association`
"I have used Bert Davis Associates for more than a hundred searches over the past 20 years. Bert and his exceptional team of recruiters have done a terrific job of finding and securing great talent for us. I would highly recommend them."
Peter J. Quandt
Chairman and CEO
Haights Cross Communications, Inc.
“Bert Davis Executive Search has played a role in my career for over 15 years. As an employee at Random House, and as an employer at Adams Media and Globe Pequot, the team has always been there to help, advise and fulfill my needs. When I want a company to fill my biggest jobs, Sally Dougan and her team are my first call.”
Scott Watrous
President & Publisher
Globe Pequot Press/Lyons Press
"I've been fortunate in partnering with Bert Davis for several searches. In all cases, I know
that I have met professionals I would have otherwise not known, spoken with a wider range of candidates, and in the end hired editors far better prepared to succeed than I might have achieved on my own. The relationship with Bert Davis has been a collaboration and a partnership, with much good cheer and support along the way."
Anne Smith
Vice-President and Publisher, Higher Education
John Wiley & Sons Publishers
"I've used Bert Davis Executive Search now for over 11 years and they're the first search firm I turn to when looking for the "best of class" to hire. Bert and his entire staff are all top level pro's who understand my needs, my business, and my company. I can count on them -- and so can you!"
Charles Lillis
Sr. Dir., Licensing & Content Sales
Marquis Who’s Who LLC
"We have been very happy with the good work that Sally Dougan and the Bert Davis organization have provided with some of our most important senior management and executive searches. The follow through and creative thinking has been outstanding. After some time has passed since we hired key individuals, we remain very pleased with the individuals and the contribution they make each day to both PGW and AMS.
Thanks again."
Kevan Lyon
Executive Vice President Merchandising and Distribution
Advanced Marketing Services
"You and your colleagues did a simply masterful job on this assignment. We are very grateful and look forward to serving as strong references for the firm. I am certain that we will be working together often in the days ahead. Thank you again."
Rick Allen
President & CEO
Sporting News
"I have worked with Bert Davis Executive Search for over ten years. They are always responsive and focused on my goals as an employer. They know the magazine business inside and out and have a strong sense of how to match the right person for the right job. The team at Bert Davis has always worked with me as a long term strategic partner. These folks are real pros and I highly recommend them."
Tom Masterson
VP Worldwide Circulation Director
BusinessWeek
“The Bert Davis Team went into action as soon they got the assignment. They delivered multiple candidates for all of my jobs and I was able to quickly hire the key people I needed--this is team work personified--great work Team! Thanks.”
Geoffrey Pickard
Publishing Director
Journal of Accountancy
American Institute of CPAs
“As the chair of our search committee I was heavily reliant on the Bert Davis staff assigned to us. From our very first discussion I was very impressed with their knowledge, professionalism, attention to detail and determination to find the right candidate for us.
We agreed from the outset that our goal was to identify and hire a person within a timeframe that would ideally suit us. Admittedly it was aggressive, but the Bert Davis team assured us they would utilize all their resources to make it happen.
Not only did we find the candidate that exactly fit the needs we had set forth for the organization, but we were able to do so within our original timeframe. IMPRESSIVE!
It was sincerely a pleasure to work with the Bert Davis firm. I would not hesitate to call on them again should the need arise and would highly recommend them to a colleague if asked.”
Mark Shaw
President/CEO
AAA Ohio Auto Club
"I've worked with the professionals at Bert Davis for well over ten years, and found them to be capable, caring and tremendously easy to work with.
They are extremely knowledgeable about all facets of the publishing industry, very well plugged in, and absolutely on target when it comes to matching quality people and quality companies.
If one is looking for a top drawer executive search firm in the communications marketplace in general - and magazines in particular - look no further than Bert Davis."
Peter Kendall
Vice President & Associate Publisher
Harper's Magazine
"On a scale of 1 to 10, your applicant is a 12! In short, we couldn’t be more delighted. He’s a world class addition to our team in every sense of the phrase. On a related note, your folks have done a terrific job with your other two recent assignments with us. In both instances, your staff has demonstrated a unique grasp of the nuances of the position, as well as the type of person we were looking for. The quality of the candidates was uniformly high, which put us in the enviable position from choosing amongst a number of well qualified people. Moreover, the entire process was professionally managed from start to finish. Thanks again for a job well done!"
Ken Benvenuto
President & CEO
Data Transmission Network
"Congratulations on having concluded a successful search for our new press director. We at LSU are excited that your candidate will be leading the LSU Press. Your firm was certainly instrumental in our achieving this outcome. In fact, I have told the chancellor that he made a wise decision when he authorized hiring Bert Davis, Inc."
"Here I want especially to salute Kathy Berlowe. Her professionalism, her attention to detail, her responsiveness, her good cheer all simplified and facilitated the task of the search committee. We thought her marvelous. But she impressed more than the committee. The staff person in the Office of Academic Affairs, who worked with the committee, pronounced Kathy first among all the search firm people she had worked with over the years. High praise indeed."
William J. Cooper, Jr.
Boyd Professor and Chair, Search Committee
Louisiana State University
University of California Press
"We have just completed a search for the Director of our University of California Press. After an initial attempt to recruit on our own, we learned of Bert Davis' special expertise in finding strong leaders in the publishing arena and engaged their assistance. The agency worked closely with us every step of the way, bringing us excellent candidates and providing excellent commentaries to help us find the perfect fit."
"With our search now completed, we are confident that the best qualified candidates were brought to our attention and that our choice, of which we are very proud, was the best informed it could be. If every search we conduct could run as smoothly as this one, it would be great indeed."
C. Judson King
Provost and Senior Vice President-Academic Affairs
University of California, Office of the President
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"My relationship with the Bert Davis agency has been long lasting, mutually profitable, and enjoyable. The relationship, although primarily a business relationship, also has a personal aspect to it, so that I always felt that they had my best interests in mind. Thanks to this relationship, when they told me there was a position open I might be interested in, I paid attention and pursued the opportunity, despite not having been in the market to change jobs at the time. This action resulted in my securing an excellent position with an exciting, growing educational publishing company."
"The corporate culture of the company I joined was an excellent fit, allowing me to contribute to the best of my ability. This fit happened because of our long standing relationship; my Bert Davis consultant knew me well enough to accurately predict that the position I now have would be mutually beneficial, for both myself and my current company."
Jay Shenk
Vice President, Operations
Sundance Publishing
"Over the years I have worked closely with Bert and his people on a number of high level job searches, and in every case I have found them to be extremely responsive to my needs, and the needs of the organization. They are diligent about educating themselves about the kind of personal and professional qualities of the applicants that I am looking for, and they have taken the time to understand the company's organizational needs. Time after time they have been very astute in analyzing the strengths and weaknesses of the candidates they were recommending to me. They have been very adept at matching the prospective employee's career aspirations to the position in question. And Bert himself has always given me wise council as I make my final decision, and his advice on negotiating a winning package with the candidate is invariably spot on. "
William Shinker
Senior Vice President, Publisher
Penguin Putnam Inc.
"I've relied on the Bert Davis team for their discretion, professionalism, and keen sense for matching talented people to the right opportunity. As a nonprofit publisher, Island Press is a unique organization, and the people at Bert Davis have shown the judgement and sensibility necessary to assess our needs and find top people who can help us both advance our mission and build our business. Based in Washington, DC, we often need to hire from outside our local area. The Bert Davis team is excellent at conducting national searches and working through the negotiation points and logistical issues involved in a relocation for both the employee and employer. Their commitment to making a long-term fit, and their continued follow-up to ensure that a placement is working, is proof of the high standard of care that makes them the best in the business."
Dan Sayre
Vice President and Publisher
Island Press
"I have worked with Bert Davis and his team on various matters since1997, and I have found them to be unfailingly courteous, uncommonly effective and omnicompetent in their line of endeavor. Bert himself offers consistently wise counsel, as when he gently but firmly urged me to meet with a job candidate who didn't precisely fit the job profile at hand. It turned out to be one of the best hires I ever made.
The vast Bert Davis network, coupled with Bert's sensitive understanding of the psychology of job seeking and job filling, renders Bert Davis Executive Search a valuable resource for anyone like me. I would turn to Bert and his people without hesitation for any executive search needs I might face."
Robert W. Merry
President and Publisher
Congressional Quarterly Inc.
"I have been working with Bert Davis Executive Search for many years, previously at Macmillan Publishing Company and now at LearningExpress. I rely on them to bring top talent in a short amount of time. They have succeeded in making some very difficult hires who have worked out brilliantly."
Barry Lippman
President and CEO
LearningExpress
"Bert Davis has been critical in not just finding but in retaining our best senior management talent. Not only does the firm pay enormous attention to detail in matching us with suitable candidates, they never feel their job's finished as long as the hire is with the company. The firm's determination to find the right candidate is matched only by the good humour and patience they go about their work.
I can't think of a better firm with which to work in the media space."
Richard Burns
Chairman
Manhattan Media LLC.
“We engaged Bert Davis to search for two senior positions in publishing business. We worked with Sally Dougan on the first search and were so pleased with her client focus, knowledge of the industry and professionalism, that she was the only person we would consider for the next search. I have reached out to Sally for industry information and she responded to these requests with the same enthusiasm, professionalism and comprehensive response irrespective of the fact that there was no fee associated with my request. A true business partner.”
Maria Curatolo
Vice President, Human Relations
Church Pension Group Services Corporation
"I have had a long, productive relationship with Bert Davis. The quality of the candidates they bring to a search is outstanding. They go beyond simply matching skills and experience to a job description and look deeper into what makes an ideal fit for my organization and a candidate. They take the time to understand the drivers of the business and the organizational culture and target their searches accordingly. I've been particularly impressed with their ability to bridge the new and old economy— ultimately helping me find the people who bring both strong fundamental business and information industry skills as well as new, innovative approaches to building business."
Kevin Thibodeau
Vice President,
Caliber Learning Network
"Bert, as you know sometimes things just fall into place. Amazing but true. You have been a great help in my career. Thanks."
Joe Tessitore
President
Collins
“Hi there! I just wanted to let you know that everything you told me about SPI and why I should take the job here has come through! Frank is awesome to work for, I was made Vice President last month, the sales teams have been split in 2 so now I am building my own team to focus on the content aggregators and secondary publishing market. I have not been so psyched about my career in 15 years – I absolutely love what I'm doing every day! I have YOU to thank for it!!”
Lori Silverstein
Vice President, New Business Development
SPi Publisher Services
"Bert Davis has been instrumental in helping us fill mission-critical positions. They dug deep and gave us a broad choice of qualified candidates in a short amount of time. I enjoyed working with their responsive and capable team and would do so again."
Sally Elliott
CEO
Aplia
"I've known some of the key executives at Bert Davis for almost 20 years and continue to work with them today. That alone should tell you something about the high regard that I have for Bert Davis and his team. They are thorough, reliable, and extremely professional. They are greatly respected throughout the media industry and know all the key players. I highly recommend Bert Davis to anyone with executive personnel needs in the publishing or communications fields."
Peter Bergen
President
Weekly Reader
“I have worked with Bert Davis for over thirteen years and on placements running the full gamut of trade publishing—from senior level executives and editors, to sales representatives and publicity staffers. With Bert and his excellent team, you get more than a high caliber search organization. They have a deep appreciation for the way publishing works, the balance between buttoned-down business skills and creative flair that is an essential combination in developing publishing talent.
Bert has an uncanny ability to anticipate your needs, sometimes even before you have articulated them in your own mind. I have come to rely on Bert as trusted adviser on matters ranging far beyond the immediate issues of recruitment. I would say, without reservation, that Bert has been an integral part of the start-up and rapid growth of the Perseus Book Group. We couldn’t have come so far, so fast without him and his colleagues at Bert Davis Associates. Thanks, Bert!”
Jack McKeown
President and CEO
The Perseus Books Group
"I have engaged Bert Davis as a strategic partner and talent provider since 1990. In the fourteen plus years that has spanned both my work at Simon & Schuster and WRC Media they have provided me with professional service, timely execution and fees that were commensurate with a job well done.
To differentiate them from others I have used, I would say that they use the longstanding experience in the marketplace and an earned knowledge of the best candidates and their sources together with a sense of understanding and urgency on behalf of the client. In my experience, although we may have differed on a candidate or two, the discussions were well informed, thorough, and usually gave me a perspective and insight to which I would never have been exposed.
As you can imagine, I have done numerous transactions with them over the past fourteen years and would not hesitate to recommend to you that you add your name to their client list."
Marty Kenney
President/CEO
WRC Media
"I wanted to take a moment to sincerely thank you and your team for everything that you did to bring us our new VP of Nursing Books. I know it was a challenging placement, and we are very appreciative of all the hard work that you and your organization put forth to make it happen. Great job!"
Jay Lippincott
President
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
"Bert Davis Associates exceeded our expectations. We were on a seemingly impossible schedule to replace a senior executive who decided to retire early. Each member of the firm was responsive and thorough. They brought us top-notch international candidates, and we were able to hire an outstanding executive in time to ensure a seamless transition."
Madeleine Jacobs
Executive Director and CEO
American Chemical Society
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