David Perry & Perry-Martel International in the Media

The Wall Street Journal — “No Excuse For Failure” Drives Rogue Recruiter

The Wall Street Journal profiled David Perry’s unconventional approach to executive search, tracing his path into recruiting, the persistence and creativity behind difficult senior-level searches, and the “no excuse for failure” philosophy that shaped his work. The article also documented Perry-Martel’s search record and quoted clients who had used David repeatedly for challenging executive assignments. Read The Wall Street Journal profile →

The Wall Street Journal — Snack Vendor or Undercover Job Recruiter?

A second Wall Street Journal feature focused on the lengths David and other aggressive headhunters went to in order to identify executives who were not looking for jobs, including the now-famous story of David renting a snack truck to track down the technology leader a client wanted. The principle still holds: the best executive may not be looking, applying, or sitting in a database. You have to find them. Read the Perry-Martel reprint →

Chicago Sun-Times — A Recruiter’s Dream Team

When a newspaper went looking for business leaders companies would hire “in a heartbeat,” local recruiters declined the assignment. David Perry accepted. The resulting Business section feature asked him to assess six high-profile executives on leadership, adaptability, experience, character and business impact — positioning him as an executive-search expert evaluating leadership talent. Read the Chicago Sun Times article.

Ottawa Business Journal — David Perry: Success Hinges on Your People

Ottawa Business Journal profiled David Perry and Perry-Martel International’s approach to executive search, identifying Perry as Managing Partner of the firm and documenting PMI’s work in technology recruiting, international assignments and leadership search. The article reinforced a principle that has remained central to Perry-Martel ever since: business performance ultimately depends on getting the right people into the right leadership roles. Read the Ottawa Business Journal article →

Manage HR Magazine

Manage HR Magazine profiled Perry-Martel International’s executive-search methodology, long-term client relationships and record of more than 1,600 executive and senior leadership placements, highlighting the Inside-Out Approach®: understand the business, leadership environment and required outcome before defining the executive needed to deliver it. Read the Manage HR profile →

Ottawa Citizen — Recruiters Adapt to Changing Requirements

The Ottawa Citizen profiled David Perry and Perry-Martel International during a period when executive recruiting was changing rapidly, highlighting the firm’s work in technology search and the growing need for recruiters to understand not only the role being filled, but the business environment, market pressures and leadership requirements behind it.

Canadian HR Reporter — The Search for High-Tech Talent

Canadian HR Reporter featured David Perry’s perspective on the challenge of finding and recruiting scarce technology talent, reinforcing Perry-Martel’s long-standing position in the Canadian tech sector and the importance of going beyond conventional candidate sources to find people with the capability to deliver.

Engineers Outlook — Hiring Leaders for an Industry 4.0 World

Engineers Outlook published David Perry’s work on how Industry 4.0 is changing leadership requirements, arguing that organizations cannot solve tomorrow’s problems using yesterday’s job descriptions as technology, AI, automation and market disruption reshape what leaders must be able to do. Read Hiring Leaders for an Industry 4.0 World  

Engineers Outlook — Leadership and MES Transformation

David also wrote for Engineers Outlook on leadership and execution around Manufacturing Execution Systems, reinforcing a core Perry-Martel principle: technology transformation is rarely just a technology problem — it is a leadership, alignment and execution problem. Read the Engineers Outlook article →

Recruiter Startup Podcast — David Perry on Executive Search and Mission-Critical Hiring

On the Recruiter Startup Podcast, David Perry discussed why executive search should begin with the business outcome, not the résumé; how to define success before starting the search; and why mission-critical hires require a methodology built around evidence, fit and results rather than candidate volume. Watch the Recruiter Startup Podcast →

Recruiter Hangout — David Perry on Executive Recruiting, the Inside-Out Approach® and Finding Leaders Who Deliver

On Recruiter Hangout, David Perry discussed the research and business analysis behind executive search, why the strongest candidates are often not actively looking, and how Perry-Martel’s Inside-Out Approach® starts with the company, the market and the required outcome before defining the executive needed to deliver it. Watch the Recruiter Hangout interview →

Technology, Innovation & Canadian Capital Formation

Perry-Martel’s national technology executive search work is backed by decades of recruiting assignments across software, SaaS, telecommunications and advanced technology, supported by client references, industry relationships and published media coverage. That work now connects to a broader Canadian technology challenge through Canada Flowthrough Shares, founded and led by David Perry to advocate for extending Canada’s Flow-Through Share mechanism to qualifying technology companies and unlocking more private Canadian risk capital for startups and scaleups.

Ottawa Business Journal — Flow-Through Shares for Technology

In an Ottawa Business Journal op-ed, David Perry argued that Canada’s Flow-Through Share mechanism could be extended beyond mining to technology, connecting capital formation to Canadian ownership, commercialization and the ability of growing companies to attract the leadership required to scale. OBJ later covered the campaign’s post-budget strategy and identified Perry as Managing Partner of Perry-Martel International and lead organizer of Canada Flowthrough Shares. Read the op-ed → | Read the follow-up coverage →

Canada Flowthrough Shares

Canada Flowthrough Shares brings together business, technology, tax, legal and investment voices around one central question: how can Canada use more private Canadian capital to help Canadian technology companies build, scale and remain owned here? The initiative grew out of Perry’s decades working with Canadian technology companies and observing the recurring gap between world-class innovation and the capital required to commercialize and scale it. Explore Canada Flowthrough Shares →