In the capacity of various senior management positions at two different companies, I have had the pleasure of working with Mr. Matt Takahashi and his firm, Executive BioSearch, Inc., to help me seek out and hire quality candidates. Mr. Takahashi is the consummate professional; he is fair in his negotiations and always takes the time to understand my company's needs and the requirements of the position before embarking on a search, or recommending a candidate.

Unlike many other recruiters with which I have worked, Mr. Takahashi listens closely to my wishes, and then acts upon them. He and his firm work diligently on my behalf, and he has consistently provided me with high quality candidates that met or exceeded my acceptance criteria. His assessment of candidates is both honest and accurate. More importantly, he is more concerned with finding the candidate that meets my criteria rather than presenting a sub-standard candidate that may be currently available. This is a quantum leap from the majority of recruiters working today, and it has been much appreciated.

Because Mr. Takahashi thoroughly screens candidates before bringing them to my attention, he has saved me time and effort, and ultimately provides a good value for my company. No candidate that Mr. Takahashi has ever presented, and I have hired, has ever failed in their new role. I will continue to use Mr. Takahashi in the future, would recommend he and his firm highly.

Pete L.
Pharmaceutical / Medical Device Service Provider

Thank you for all your assistance in our hunt for a new National Sales Manager. The guidance and insight you brought to the search was very appreciated and helped us move forward quickly when our team was without a leader. Your representation of Executive BioSearch was both professional and courteous.

I would highly recommend you and your organization to any of your potential clients for a number of reasons. In particular, let me list a few:

• Your experience in the life science industry along with your multiple contacts in this field afforded you a good understanding of our needs and the quality of the candidates available. It was easy to communicate our requirements and you clearly understood our needs.
• This led to providing a list of quality candidates that met the basic requirements we had outlined for the position. The list was better than anticipated. In addition, your suggestions for telephone pre-interviews really helped move the process along and get to the "real contenders" in very short order.
• I was extremely impressed with your honesty and candor when reviewing candidates. Your "tell it like it is" style left no doubt in which direction to proceed and really saved time.
• I have gone the route of hiring ourselves and after this experience would not make that decision again.

Your candidate has now been on the job for six months. I am extremely pleased with his performance and ability to step directly into the position and begin moving the sales team forward without skipping a beat. In fact, his sales team is consistently running 10-13% above plan. The return on investment for using Executive BioSearch is self-evident. Not only are we running above plan, but also we continue to upgrade our sales staff's abilities and knowledge.

Without hesitation, I would use Executive BioSearch, and you in particular, again. Thanks again for your professional assistance and good luck in your endeavors.

Gary B.
Biomedical Instrument Manufacturer

Executive BioSearch spent a lot of time researching exactly what the needs of our business were and what skills that the candidates required in terms of technical as well as the business commercial skills. We continued to refine our requirements as we went through our process. We had continuous feedback and I that helped us arrive at the ideal candidate for us.

The candidate we hired has met our expectations and has been fully trained. He had an immediate impact and closed some deals as our Director of Business Development.

We had a very good experience and Matt and his team were very helpful and helping us select the best candidate for our company. I would recommend them to other people as well.

John K
Biotech / Pharmaceutical Services Provider

I've worked with several recruiting companies and I would place Matt alongside with the best I've worked with. The key characteristics are a promptness to the situation and listening to the client focusing on the key activities at the right time. Matt was a very good listener I think that he asks some very good questions. He tried to understand the situation and get feedback and he took the steps appropriately. I would rate his understanding and listening skills as very high. I would rate him very high during the hiring negotiations and his timeliness met our expectations. His follow-through was excellent and the Director of Business Development we hired is doing excellent. He impressed the people that he met with and is very keen to join the business.

Executive BioSearch did a very good job for us. they out performed the other recruiters that were working on the position. They spent a lot of time finding out exactly what we were looking for in a candidate in terms of background, experience, availability for travel, etc. We felt that our search was a difficult one because there was not a very large candidate pool with the qualifications we were looking for. Not only were we looking for a specific skill set, selling style, and amount of sales experience, we also needed candidates that had a working knowledge of our company's technology and it's markets. Many sales people have experience with drug discovery, HTS, or chromatography. But we needed people who could sell in the markets related to nucleic and oligo nucleotide products, PCR and sequencing. Executive BioSearch understood how important this was and delivered the appropriate candidates.

The candidates that were presented had been screened very well and were more qualified than those we got from other recruiters. It saved us a lot of time and they were very prompt and professional in handling the search. Again, the amount of time they took to understand our needs, saved us a lot of time in the search process

Chris B
Life Science Supplier

We felt that Matt presented good candidates. It seemed as though he really had screened them well, he talked to them enough to understand their personal style. Matt did not just bring forth resumes he had on file. He summarized the candidate's experience accurately. Matt was honest with me when he felt that a candidate might be lacking. He understood what we were looking for - and he delivered it.

Richard G
Scientific Applications