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I have been in the banking search industry for over twenty years of which the last ten have been concentrated in the financial services markets. I was an award-winning producer/manager with a national finance, banking and accounting search organization in their Chicago office where I specialized in the recruitment and placement of experienced banking, finance, and accounting professionals for commercial and real estate bank clients located in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, and Ohio.

Upon starting my own banking search business in 2001, I expanded my geographic focus to include the rest of the United States in the private banking and investment banking sectors. The decision to recently join forces with MRI-Phoenix North was based in large measure on the pre-eminent position it holds within the search industry for bank recruiting as well as the countless benefits derived from working with the organization's domestic and international network of highly skilled recruiting professionals.

Although I now reside in the Valley (Phoenix, AZ), I still specialize and focus my recruiting efforts in the banking industry markets of IL, WI, MI, MN, IN, MO market geography for retail banks, commercial banks, and real estate lenders. Since so many of my senior-level contacts are at the point in their executive careers where they too appear to be moving West, I followed suit.

The meticulous detail I go through to effectively match a client's needs to a candidate's skill sets is the foundation upon which I have built a successful career. I take particular pride in having placed many of today's leading bank executives early in their careers, and it is many of those professionals who makeup my client base today.

Candidates that I continually seek in the banking industry include: commercial and industrial lenders, asset based lenders, commercial real estate lenders, credit analysts/credit managers, private bankers, and operations managers. I additionally work with investment banking candidates from associate to senior managing director level.

Reference Client Comments

December 2003

" Tom came in here and instantly assessed our needs and assisted us in deciding on a competitive salary for our newest assignment." He works diligently to meet and exceed both his client's and candidate's needs in the banking arena. And as such, he does much more than the typical recruiter. By getting intimately involved in shaping the lives and careers of his clientele, Tom finds the rewards of a "job well done" go far beyond just his pocketbook! " Retail Bank VP

June 2005

" Hello Tom! My tardy reply is certainly not indicative of how meaningful it was for you to take the time & drive down for lunch. My thanks are not only for that. Your confidence in my professional capability was truly meaningful. I can never express how grateful my wife & are for your efforts on my behalf. This particular assignment is a dream come true & will afford me the opportunity to finalize my career in a positive note with a great sense of accomplishment and dignity. Thank You " Chuck D. Senior Banking Executive Candidate