Jason Baumgarten helps organizations across industries to find and assess CEOs who drive results and inspire senior leadership teams to perform at the highest levels. He also works with boards on director recruitment, CEO succession and identifying next-generation leadership. Jason believes there's a huge opportunity to unlock the potential of top talent to drive differentiated returns. He helps companies from startups to multibillion-dollar global enterprises recruit CEOs, board directors, COOs and other C-level leaders who will have a lasting impact on their organizations. He is also a member of Spencer Stuart’s board of directors. In addition, Jason is active in the Seattle nonprofit community and currently serves on the IslandWood board of directors. Expertise Jason works across industries and specializes in: CEO search CEO succession Boards of directors Additional expertise in: Enterprise technology Software Big data Consumer internet E-commerce COOs and presidents Chief product officers Chief data officers Venture partners Operating partners Heads of strategy Recent work Leading more than 250 CEO and board transitions, including for a major software provider and a consumer marketplace Helping a founder-led company recruit a CEO, resulting in a $3 billion increase in market capitalization since the transition Recruiting two next-gen executives from leading tech players for the board of a Fortune 500 financial services company Finding and assessing the CEO of a service-focused startup, which subsequently secured hundreds of millions in venture capital funding Advising a multinational media company and infrastructure provider on organizational design Previous Experience Associate principal and a leader of the technology, media and service operations practices at McKinsey & Company Program manager at Microsoft Education M.B.A. from Stanford University B.A. in economics from Vassar College