David works with CEOs, presidents, and business owners to bring their organizations up the level of performance and profitability they need to compete and win in the knowledge economy.
Nicknamed the “Rogue Recruiter” by the Wall Street Journal, he is also the award-winning author of Guerrilla Marketing for Job Hunters 3.0 and five other books on recruiting and job search.
He has three decades, experience recruiting senior executives as managing partner of Perry-Martel International Inc., where he has personally closed more than $250 million in deals on five continents.
David is frequently quoted on trends and issues regarding executive search and recruiting in leading business publications including the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Fortune, Forbes, Chicago Sun, Globe & Mail, Toronto Star, Washington Post, Christian Science Monitor, London Evening Standard, Human Resources Executive, and CIO Magazine.
An active member of SHRM, he was formerly a member of the board of directors of the Software Human Resources Council and Vice Chair of the Canadian Technology Human Resources Board. A graduate of McGill University, recipient of the Forty Under 40 Award and the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal.
David lives in Ottawa, Ontario with his partner Anita Martel and adult children, Christa, Corey, Mandy, and Shannon,
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