Conley & Company Adds Mike Ahearn, Formerly of Charles River Ventures.Business Editors BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 5, 2003 Conley & Company, New England's leading executive recruitment firm specializing in financial, industrial, technology, energy and professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. industries, today announced that Michael A. Ahearn has joined the company as a Managing Director. Mr. Ahearn brings over 25 years of recruitment experience, primarily in the technology and industrial sectors. "When it comes to recruitment of senior executives and Human Resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. consulting for early-stage, pre-public and major public technology and industrial companies, Mike's depth and breadth of experience is unmatched," said Kevin Conley, President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Conley & Company. "We are extremely delighted to have Mike join our team." At Conley & Company, Mr. Ahearn will focus on executive recruitment and human resources consulting for technology and industrial companies. In these roles, he will continue to provide formal CEO coaching and consulting on critical organizational/performance challenges as well as the recruitment of senior executives for leading firms throughout North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . "Joining Conley & Company for me is a natural evolution of a professional relationship that started between Kevin and me many years ago," Mr. Ahearn said. "I'm really looking forward to serving our clients. It's a challenging and an exciting time to be in the recruitment business." Prior to Conley & Company, Mr. Ahearn served as the Recruiting/Human Resources Partner at Charles River Charles River River, eastern Massachusetts, U.S. The longest river wholly in the state, it flows into Boston Bay after a course of about 80 mi (130 km). Navigable for about 7 mi (11 km), its estuary separates the cities of Boston and Cambridge. Ventures, a Waltham, Mass.-based premier venture capital firm, which focuses on early stage data communications data communications, application of telecommunications technology to the problem of transmitting data, especially to, from, or between computers. In popular usage, it is said that data communications make it possible for one computer to "talk" with another. and enterprise software investments. At CRV CRV Curve CRV Crew Return Vehicle (NASA) CRV California Redemption Value CRV Cassa Di Risparmio Di Vignola (Italian bank) CRV Call Reference Value (telecommunications) , he coordinated the firm's executive recruiting activity for over 60 portfolio companies. Previously, Mr. Ahearn served as a Partner of the Boston office for TASA Worldwide, an International Executive Search firm. During 1993-97, he served as Vice President and head of Human Resources at Intuit, Inc. which grew from 200 employees to over 3,500. From 1986-93, Mr. Ahearn held several senior-level positions at Apple Computer, Inc., including head of Human Resources for Apple USA and Worldwide Vice President for Human Resources for Claris. Apple USA grew from less than 1,000 to over 4,000 employees and revenue went from a few hundred million to $4 billion during his tenure in that role. Before joining Apple, Mr. Ahearn spent ten years with Norton Co. (Worcester, Mass.), a $1+ billion international manufacturer of abrasives, ceramics, biomedical bi·o·med·i·cal adj. 1. Of or relating to biomedicine. 2. Of, relating to, or involving biological, medical, and physical sciences. , industrial safety and oil field services/products. His last position was Vice President, Human Resources and Administration (based in Utah) for all of Norton's worldwide oil field services, petroleum and mining businesses. In addition, for one year, he was Acting Managing Administrative Director of Norton's special materials development center (35 MS and PHD professionals, and 60 support staff) in Salt Lake City. Mr. Ahearn holds an MBA MBA abbr. Master of Business Administration Noun 1. MBA - a master's degree in business Master in Business, Master in Business Administration from Boston College Boston College, main campus at Chestnut Hill, Mass.; coeducational; Jesuit; est. and opened 1863. Actually a university, the school's Chestnut Hill campus comprises colleges of arts and sciences and business administration, the graduate school, and schools of nursing and a BA from Amherst College. About Conley & Company Headquartered in Boston, Conley & Company is an executive recruitment firm specializing in financial, industrial, technology, energy and professional services industries. With over 70 combined years of recruiting experience, Conley & Company offers a balanced approach that blends the best practices of the large firms with the responsive attention and agility of a boutique. |
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