Delivering Talent That Transforms

I had the pleasure of working with Kelly on a large-scale project that required placing ~80 sales professionals in just a few months, in a remote environment. Her ability to manage such a demanding process with grace, efficiency, and professionalism was truly impressive. She demonstrated an incredible knack for understanding the unique needs of our business and fully internalizing our perspectives in the search for the right talent. Kelly wasn’t afraid to provide feedback on how to improve our processes to meet our goals, and we always felt she had our best interests in mind—so much so that we returned to her for a few executive searches at the Commercial executive level, all of which were very successful.

What truly sets Kelly apart is her commitment to building lasting relationships. Long after our larger projects ended, we’ve stayed in touch, and our work has evolved into a valued friendship. Her wit, integrity, excellence in delivery, and dedication make her an outstanding professional—and a great friend (how else do you choose good wine?).

I wholeheartedly recommend Kelly to any organization, especially in high-pressure contexts, for top-tier talent support that goes beyond just “the search” and into understanding the true value of talent in driving business success.

Private Equity Operations Professional

BrainWorks is a pleasure to work with. Their tenacity, responsiveness, creativity and understanding of the FinTech market has meant that they've brought in relevant candidates quickly to the top of our recruiting funnel and helped turn them into amazing and impactful colleagues. When we've needed to make a hire, BrainWorks has been our first stop!

VP of Product, Lendbuzz

Foundation Wellness engaged Kelly Maslow’s team to assist in recruiting and building out a new outside sales team. The BrainWorks team was well prepared to meet our demanding timeline and high expectations of candidates. With the collaboration of Kelly’s team, we were able to deliver 12 sales candidates under the targeted timeline and have built a high-performing team. I would highly recommend BrainWorks to help build out an organization or source targeted high-performing individuals.

Chief Sales Officer, Foundation Wellness

Cindy is one of the most professional recruiters I have worked with. Her diligence and understanding of not only the role but the candidate, makes the process of looking for a position a pleasant experience. I felt very confident working with Cindy, as her no pressure nature and willingness to ensure that not only the role was a perfect fit but that the candidate was happy, positioned me to take my career to the next level. She is a pleasure to speak with and is a champion in her industry. I would highly recommend her.

Mentor / Strategic Advisor / Executive / CISO / President, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation

Cindy is an exceptionally thoughtful, professional recruiter. She takes the time to find out about a person's experience and interests and proposes positions that are good fits on both sides. She guides candidates through the recruiting process and quickly replies to questions. Her approach has enabled her to build a great network in cyber security.

Cyber Security Executive, Verizon

Cindy is one of the best recruiters I've worked with. She stood out from other executive recruiters by her intimate knowledge of the security space, the client and prepping me on my approach and strategy. She has also proven to be able to identify hard to find candidates in a short amount of time and is helping me staff my current needs.

Global CISO & Risk Executive, Board Advisor, BMO Financial Group

I’ve worked with the BrainWorks team on multiple searches over the last couple of years and they have always been a pleasure to work with. They are responsive, thoughtful and efficient professionals who truly understand the Private Equity space. I would highly recommend BrainWorks for anyone looking for a search partner that has expertise with both Investment and Portfolio Operations professionals. I greatly appreciate all of the work that their team has done for us over the years and I look forward to working with them on our future hiring needs.

Director of Talent, Monomoy Capital Partners

Brainworks stands out amongst the crowded space in recruiting because of their professionalism, tenacity, attention to detail, and commitment to excellence. I cannot recommend them highly enough. I have come to rely on Andy Miller and BrainWorks as a strategic partner in building teams and finding great talent. BrainWorks excels at listening well. They ask intelligent questions which elicit details vital to the ideal profile when hiring.

I was the VP eCommerce at Party City, they helped me to staff several difficult to fill ecommerce roles. Later at Cost Plus World Market they again helped me to fill several key ecommerce roles, key to us growing our ecommerce revenue from $25 MM to over $160 million in under four years. I had a particularly difficult Director of eCommerce Operations role to fill. Brainworks was able to source great talent within 30 days from start and the person I hired was one of the smartest and best hires I have ever made.

Chief Marketing Officer, Porch.com

BrainWorks is the best executive search firm I have ever worked with during my 34 years in business. They source, qualified and helped us hire a superior talent for our executive team who will influence and shape our future. All the candidates they presented to us were superior and presented in a timely manner. In fact, we were able to bring this executive on board in less than three months of our initial conversation with BrainWorks. The definitely live by their commitment to quality, speed and results.

President, Amscan

Andy Miller is extremely professional and an excellent resource in recruiting senior level PE executives. In 2015, I was CEO of FeraDyne Outdoors, LLC, a rapidly growing PE backed branded consumer sporting goods business. During a major acquisition integration, I unexpectedly lost an excellent CFO. Within three weeks, Andy had 3 very qualified CFO candidates identified for phone screenings. He was able to help us move the interview process along quickly and efficiently. Within 8 weeks of starting the search, we made an offer to a very qualified candidate. They understand the space and the type of skill sets that are needed in PE. All the candidates that they identified were top quartile with significant PE experience. I will continue using BrainWorks as an excellent resource for terrific executives.

Former CEO, FeraDyne Outdoors, LLC