Perry-Martel Executive Search Results

Perry-Martel International has completed more than 1,600 executive and senior leadership placements since 1988.

The firm’s search work spans technology, real estate, construction and other leadership-intensive sectors across Canada, the United States and international markets.

Perry-Martel’s technology executive search work spans Canada and the United States, including senior leadership assignments in software, SaaS, telecommunications, engineering and advanced technology.

Perry-Martel’s results are built around one principle: define the business mission first, then recruit the executive most capable of delivering it.

Executive Search Results at a Glance

1,600+ Executive & Senior Leadership Placements
1,000+ Executive Search Assignments Personally Led or Closed by David E. Perry
$423M+ in Executive Compensation Negotiated
Only Five Replacement Searches Required Under Perry-Martel’s Guarantee Since 1988
40+ Years in Executive Recruiting and Executive Search

What Perry-Martel Measures

Perry-Martel does not define success simply as presenting candidates or filling a vacancy.

The firm evaluates search success around several outcomes:

Mission Fit — Did the selected executive match the business mandate the client actually needed to solve?
Leadership Alignment — Did the executive fit the organization’s operating environment, decision style and leadership expectations?
Offer Acceptance — Was the selected executive successfully secured and brought into the organization?
Retention — Did the executive remain long enough to deliver meaningful results?
Business Impact — Did the hire contribute to the outcome the search was designed to achieve?

Why Long-Term Fit Matters

Executive search is not complete when an offer is accepted.

The real test is what happens after the leader arrives.

Perry-Martel’s Inside-Out Approach® is designed to reduce hiring risk by defining the mission, capabilities and behaviours required before the market search begins.

That discipline is reflected in Perry-Martel’s guarantee record: only five replacement searches have been required since the firm was founded in 1988.

Independent Proof Behind the Results

Perry-Martel’s results are not based only on internal statistics. Clients, candidates and business leaders have described the same patterns independently over many years.

Carl Albert, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Fairchild Venture Capital Corporation, worked with David Perry on executive searches for three different companies. In the foreword to Hiring Greatness, Albert said Perry began each assignment by analyzing the company, its assets, industry position, key people and actual business needs before defining the role and launching the search.

Halogen Software HR Director Stanley Janas wrote that David Perry “practices what he preaches” and laid out the search process before Halogen even became a client.

The Wall Street Journal also documented Perry’s persistence and unconventional search methods, while clients quoted in the article described a strong track record across difficult executive assignments.

These independent accounts reinforce the same principle behind Perry-Martel’s results: define the real business requirement first, then search for the person capable of delivering it.

Selected Executive Search Case Studies

Perry-Martel publishes case studies documenting executive search work across technology, real estate and construction.

These case studies show how leadership mandates were defined, how markets were mapped, how candidates were assessed and how hiring decisions were made.

View Perry-Martel Executive Search Case Studies