Rick Cannellos and Rudy Smartt, principals and partners of Cannellos-Smartt Associates, LLC (CSA), have over 50 years of combined experience in hiring key executives in many industries including: pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, medical devices, telecommunications, consumer products, and financial services; both as senior executives themselves and as executive search consultants. Their many years of industry experience in key functional areas including Marketing, Sales, Finance, Accounting, Manufacturing and Consulting make them uniquely qualified to fully understand clients' needs and to match the right candidates to them.

The principals have established and maintained professional relationships with hundreds of industry professionals, with whom they have worked over many years as colleagues, clients, potential and placed candidates, and informed sources. From these relationships, CSA has compiled an impressive database of thousands of industry executives who enable them to get searches off to a fast start.

A successful search needs the commitment of the client and CSA to ensure a strong partnership for the duration of the assignment. Building a strong partnership requires the following:

• Pre-search briefing to provide a thorough understanding of the search assignment
• Agreement on an appropriate search strategy
• Development of clear objectives
• Definition of each individual's role in the search process
• Creation and drafting of a comprehensive Position Description
• Setting a timetable for key events (updates, interviews, etc)
• Signing the search contract

Cannellos-Smartt Associates, LLC (CSA) is an executive search partnership focused on several industries including: pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical devices, telecommunications, consumer products, and financial services. Using our extensive network of industry leaders, we have established an excellent track record for filling key executive positions in a wide range of functions and therapeutic categories, including Marketing, Finance, Accounting, Business Development, Sales Management, Research & Development, Medical Affairs, Regulatory, Global Supply Chain, Manufacturing, and Human Resources.

CSA has earned a reputation for personal attention to detail in all phases of the searches we conduct, thereby guaranteeing accurate and focused communication with clients and candidates on the status of each search.

Our strategic goal is to maintain a limited list of clients, so that we may actively recruit qualified candidates from a larger list of companies than other firms whose broader client base restricts their ability to recruit.

Because we have a reliable network of contacts with African-American, Hispanic, Asian, and women’s professional organizations, we are able to reach and provide clients with a broad and diverse pool of candidates on each search we conduct.

With offices in Hillsborough, NJ; Boston, MA; and Sarasota, FL, CSA has the ability to provide personal attention to clients throughout the United States.

Additionally, CSA employs seasoned Executive Search Consultants and knowledgable Market Research Assistants to manage and keep all searches on track.