Company Profile / Value Proposition

McIntyre Associates is a highly specialized executive search boutique, working at the cutting edge of mission-critical Network Security, Infrastructure Software & Web Services. We build senior management teams for pre-IPO / liquidity event companies which enable their customers to secure & manage networks, safely transact eBusiness, leverage customer information and collaborate outside the firewall globally.

Clients include venture capital and private equity firms, as well as F500 corporations spinning-off divisions for liquidity events. Deals typically revolve around next-generation enterprise software, but sometimes include complex equipment technologies as well.

Established in 1987 to provide concentrated recruitment services to organizations pursuing emerging technology initiatives, engagements consistently support "revolutionary versus evolutionary" business environments for clients selling to an early adopter customer base.

We facilitate clients' ability to capitalize on opportunities arising from high-impact industry-changing events and trends which include:

1. Homeland Security / Patriot Act
2. Compliance Mandates (Sarbanes-Oxley, GLB, etc.)
3. Defense Technology Commercialization
4. Wireless (Mesh Networking, RFID)
5. Web Services

Outcomes

Our business methodology comprises a morphing of several skills, lessons learned (scar tissue) & contacts acquired over the last 15 years. This process is energized by a business philosophy based on a risk - reward (equity ownership) mentality, where we work for a combination of cash + stock, with focus on shareholder-driven outcomes (nothing motivates like "skin in the game").

Process

Recruiting / multi-tasking - working for a combination of cash + stock, we are typically retained in the early stages of investment (Angel through Series B) of building pre-IPO companies. We remain intensely engaged throughout the critically important scaling phase of bringing the company to a successful Liquidity Event. We also help after they become publicly traded companies, as circumstances require fresh thought leadership, and contacts.

We deliver industry-specific senior management and board members who are credible to Wall Street, and have a track record of scaling intriguing technology plays into profitable operating companies. Our candidates bring both large company & venture backed startup experience.

We work in a cross-functional model, also helping with industry G-2, messaging, partner development, and deal flow. Industry-specific recruiting is combined with domain-oriented business development to produce results beyond those of conventional, transaction-based headhunting. This functional breadth significantly increases our understanding of issues, opportunities, and problems facing the client, and therefore our credibility in the field.

High profile industry participation; we have advised industry trade associations and standards boards, positioned clients as speakers at selected industry events, set up interviews with major industry publications, etc. See Press Articles