About our President & CEO
David C. Brown
David possesses over 25 years executive search experience with leading global firms and boutiques. At Russell Reynolds Associates, David spent fifteen years focused on the technology sector and served as leader of the global chief information officer (CIO) practice. Among his broad search experience, he has led dozens of very successful CIO and other IT leadership searches across virtually all industries. He has a knack for helping clients gain market insights while refining their view of the ideal candidate in order to make the best hiring decision possible.
David’s search experience is diverse and includes recruiting CEO’s, CFO’s, CIO’s, general managers and other functional leaders for a wide variety of industries. His deepest experience has been on behalf of technology companies and recruiting technology leaders cross industry. Recent assignments have included recruiting the CIO for White Lodging, CIO of Chobani, Managing Director, BAI Learning and Development LOB, EVP Technology Services for U.S. Oncology, SVP Hospital Strategy, VP IT Practice Services and VP/GM Customer Technology Products for McKesson Specialty Health.
As one of the country's leading CIO recruiters, David has helped a diverse group of companies build outstanding information technology leadership teams. Representative searches include the recruitment of CIOs/CTOs for PPG, Alta Colleges, SSA Global, Equity Office Properties, Reliance Steel and Aluminum, Nissan Americas, SmithBucklin, TreeHouse Foods/Bay Valley Foods, U.S. Oncology and Tomkins PLC/Gates qne Enlivant. David also has helped chief information officers build strong leadership teams at companies including Nuveen, DSW, Sears, Lucent, Westfield and Kennametal.
David spent over 20 years in health care governance most recently serving as a member of the Western Region Board of Directors for Northwestern Medicine. Prior to the merger with Northwestern Medicine, David was treasurer of Cadence Health Board of Directors and previously served as vice chairman of Delnor Health System and chairman of the compensation committee. He is a past chairman of the Delnor Healthcare Foundation.
David holds a B.S.B.A. earned at the University of Colorado, Boulder, CO.
