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Chris Carmon
President
carmon@thecarmongroup.com
www.linkedin.com/in/chriscarmon
Chris founded The Carmon Group in 2002. With over 16 years' experience in professional search, Chris has provided talent acquisition services for Fortune 100 & 500 companies, small to midcap businesses, privately held corporations, non-profits, and start-ups. He has a keen ability to quickly assess the culture of a business, especially privately-held and/or family owned companies to qualify talent who represents the best fit to their culture.
Chris has over a decade of hands-on experience working in various manufacturing in technical sales and consulting prior to beginning his search career. Chris is a distinguished member of the Crain's Business 40 Under 40.
Chris married his high school sweetheart, Laura. They reside in Avon, Ohio with their two children Emily and Christopher Jr. Chris is active in CYO sports and continues to coach CYO basketball. He is currently the Commissioner for Holy Trinity's basketball program. Chris was the former president and current trustee of the Our Lady of Mount Carmel School Foundation based in Cleveland, Ohio.
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Chris Calogeras
Vice President
calogeras@thecarmongroup.com
www.linkedin.com/in/calogeras
Chris has over 16 years' experience in executive search, providing talent acquisition services for businesses within the public and private sectors, both nationally and internationally. He is an expert in the necessary components of a successful search from client assessment and position proofing through execution, research and onboarding of talent. Areas of expertise include commercial, engineering, operations, supply chain and finance. Chris is a graduate of Cleveland State University.
Chris and his wife Colleen reside in Richfield, Ohio with their two daughters, Riley Marie and Chloe Parker. Chris cherishes spending time with his family and their numerous rescued pets.
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Jeff Gross
Senior Consultant
Jeff is an accomplished retained search professional, author and consultant. He has over 16 years of retained executive search experience serving as Associate for Lamalie Amrop, Associate Director for Heidrick & Struggles and Director of Research for The StratfordGroup. His depth of experience includes levels: CEO, CFO, SVP, CIO, VP, Director, Manager, Senior Analyst and industries including Manufacturing, Automotive, Biotech, Consumer Packaged Goods, Financial Services and Chemicals.
After 25 years of consulting with top organizations, Jeff Gross dedicated a full year to capture his research, experiences and insights to share with business leaders as he authored and published Workforce Planning: 90 Day Action Plan Handbook in February of 2009 and Workforce Planning: 90 Day Action Plan Field Manual in June of 2010.
Gross graduated from California State University and lives in Hudson, Ohio with his wife Fran and their very spoiled dogs Gideon, Gracie and Gabriel. |
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Mark Fiala
Organizational Architecture
President
markfiala@oahumanresources.com
www.linkedin.com/in/markfiala
www.oahumanresources.com
The Carmon Group and Organizational Architecture have developed a partnership to create a unique blend of retained search services with Human Resources best practices…which better serves our clients with an expanded service offering within the talent acquisition and retention space.
Mark Fiala brings over 15 years of strategic human resources leadership to provide you with solutions to your business' needs in talent management. As a member of senior management himself, Mark has led the Human Resources functions in both privately-held and public companies with revenues exceeding $500 million. Mark understands your needs and can provide solutions to help you achieve your organization's goals.
Prior to Organizational Architecture, Mark held senior human resources positions in the retail, specialty chemical and mortgage industries. Additionally, he has experience in the insurance and health care industries. He holds the designations of Certified Employee Benefits Specialist and Senior Professional in Human Resources. Mark earned his MBA from Ohio State University.
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Ron Fini
Director, Business Development
fini@thecarmongroup.com
www.linkedin.com/in/ronfini
Ron has 16 years' experience in executive retained search. Ron conducts senior-level assignments for a diverse clientele in the areas of aerospace, industrial products, and electronics manufacturing. Ron excels in functional search recruitment and has successfully completed searches in engineering, operations, business development, human resources, information technology and finance throughout his career. Ron began his career as an Applications Engineer with ABB and holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering degree from Cleveland State University. His education and early career have given Ron a solid foundation and advantage as a search professional.
Ron is married and resides in Highland Heights, Ohio with his wife Paula and two children, Vincent and Nicolas. Ron is involved in various fundraising activities for his local parish and continues to be active in CYO sports with his sons. Ron is a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE).
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Caren Lewarchick
Senior Project Manager
lewarchick@thecarmongroup.com
www.linkedin.com/in/carenlewarchick
Caren has over 5 years' of experience working in executive search recruitment. She has succeeded in fulfilling positions for a multitude of industries for functional roles in engineering, operations, quality, supply chain, business development and finance. She received a BA in Human Ecology from The Ohio State University.
Caren and her husband Todd reside in Rocky River with their two daughters, Amelia and Cate. Caren is active in Rocky River Early Childhood PTA and an avid runner and practices yoga.
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Angela Andrews
Office & Administrative Manager
Andrews@thecarmongroup.com
www.linkedin.com/in/angelaandrews1
Angela is responsible for managing all office related functions at The Carmon Group including accounting, human resources, marketing, community outreach and vendor management. Additionally, she is responsible for providing administrative support for our search team relative to projects with our clients.
Angela brings over 15 years of corporate, human resources, sales support, marketing, accounting and event planning experience to The Carmon Group. Prior to joining The Carmon Group, she was employed by the Greater Cleveland Auto Dealers Association (GCADA). Angela was responsible for maintaining and developing relationships with over 250 clients, vendors and customers. Her expertise includes major event planning and while at GCADA, she led the team responsible for hosting the annual Greater Cleveland Auto Show and exhibitors covering over one million square feet of exhibit space.
Angela obtained her BA in Family and Consumer Studies from Kent State University and is an alumna from Magnificat High School. She and her husband Bob reside in Bay Village with their three daughters, Claire, Madeline and Charlotte.
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Jim Herget
With over 30 years of experience in retained search, Jim brings a wealth of knowledge to guiding and fulfilling the needs of businesses in high level searches. Jim served as a Principal with Spencer Stuart, as Managing Director with Korn/Ferry International and Sr. Partner/Practice leader with Lamalie. He is a graduate of Holy Cross College and has a MBA from Case Western Reserve University's Weatherhead School. Active in civic and community endeavors, he is a recipient of the Cleveland Jaycees' Ten Outstanding men of Cleveland Award and has been recognized by the National Center for Voluntary Action and the Small Business Administration for his service. |
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John Warfel
John is a licensed business coach, specializing in helping business owners implement new ideas and strategies to help achieve professional and business goals. He has 35 years experience including President of Warfel Enterprises, LLC, President of Westfield Financial Corporation, and President and Vice Chairman of Oswald Companies. He has a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Wittenburg University and a Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriter Degree. John also serves the community with his involvement in the American Heart Association, Playhouse Square Foundation, United Way and Cleveland Rotary Club, to name a few. |
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Deb Mills-Scofield
Deb owns her own consultant company, helping organizations create and implement innovation-based strategic plans. Deb is also a partner at Glengary LLC, in Cleveland, Ohio. With more than has 20 years of experience in strategic planning, execution and innovation with manufacturing, service and high-technology companies from large global companies to early-stage, Deb has also been involved in several carve-outs and start-ups, including her own. She blogs on various sites in addition to her own, including Harvard Business Review, Forbes, Innovation Excellence, etc. and is recognized as one of the top 40 bloggers on innovation. After graduation from Brown University, Deb went to AT&T Bell Labs, designed and patented an integrated multimedia-messaging platform recognized as one of AT&T/Lucent's top revenue generating patents. She is also a visiting scholar in Brown's E-MBA program, and she teaches at Oberlin College. |
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