A well known name in executive search circles, David is the managing partner of Perry-Martel International one of North America's top executive search, recruiting and placement firms. On October 1st 2010 David completed his 1000th search project.
Prior to founding PMI, David spent two years years with a regional placement firm where he conducted C-level and board searches for real-estate and construction firms on a global basis. Launching Perry-Martel International in 1988 with partner Anita Martel, David pounced on the opportunity to focus on technology companies.
Throughout his executive search industry career, he has had the opportunity to recruit individual key contributors as well as structure full boards for pre-IPO companies, spinouts and divestitures. David has also conducted cross border recruitment of VP's of Sales and C-level executives for major Canadian, American, European, and Asia Pacific companies.
Many of the executive teams David's assembled have lead successful exits and IPOs. Many more companies are leaders in their respective domains. In 2010 he was hired to recruit the VP Sales for "America's Most Innovative Company".
Nicknamed the 'Rogue Recruiter' by the Wall Street Journal, David is the author/coauthor of four books including Guerrilla Marketing for Job Hunters 2.0 and has written on leadership, executive recruiting and job search, for the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Chicago Sun Times, Globe & Mail and other firms.
Before joining the executive search industry David held several positions in the retail and banking industries.
Active in his community, David funded the Western Quebec Education Foundation from the proceeds of his first book. He is a past Vice Chair of the Canadian Technology Human Resources Board, and a former board member of the Software Human Resource Council. He served diligently as chair for eight of his fourteen years on the Governing Board of South Hull School and maintains an active role in two other high school governing boards. He has maintained an advisory role with the Canadian Advanced Technology Association since 1991 and is an editorial advisor for the Ottawa Business Journal.
David is frequently quoted on trends and issues regarding executive search, recruiting and human resources iin leading business publications including The Wall Street Journal, Operations World, Canadian Business, Venture Wire, Computer World, EETimes, NetWork World, HR Today, as well as the Ottawa Citizen and appears regularly as an executive search, labour market analyst and job search author for CBC News World.
David holds a BA in Economics and Industrial Relations from McGill University and is a commissioned Officer in the Canadian Armed Forces Reserves. He is a recipient of the Top Forty Under 40 Award from the Ottawa Business Journal. David resides in Ottawa with his wife and four children.
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