Chris May

Executive Summary
A senior executive recruiter and business development expert with an extensive t
rack record developing successful solutions for diverse industries, including fi
nancial services and high-tech companies. Highly skilled as a team-builder, moti
vator and trainer, with a proven ability to leverage available internal and exte
rnal resources needed to achieve success.
Work Experience:
April 1996 - Present Sharp Search Executive Recruiter, Recruiting Mana
ger
Full-time involvement: April 1996-April 2002, March-2006-March 2007, June 2010-p
resent
* Managed a team of recruiting professionals and an internet researcher to co
mplete multiple recruiting projects for positions of all kinds and at all levels
, for various companies, including several in the Fortune 500, many senior finan
cial positions and a broad range of executive positions for high-tech, health-ca
re, publishing and smaller corporate enterprises.
* Increased recruitment fees by 300% over a three-year period, through the tr
aining, development and motivation of an effective recruitment team.
* Pioneered engagement structures, Internet research and networking strategi
es that enabled this boutique search firm to complete numerous search assignment
s that employers had designated hard or impossible to fill.

June 2002 - May 2010 Risk Management Strategies Business Consultant

* Established an accredited, energy performance testing services company for
commercial and residential buildings, working under the Building Performance Ins
titute (www.BPI.org) guidelines as a participant in local utilities' federal Ene
rgy Star programs.
* Consulted a Hamptons-based luxury home-builder on strategic marketing and b
usiness development targeting local architects and other centers-of-influence wi
th pre-construction cost estimating services, resulting in the sale of three pro
jects totaling $8.5 million in new construction.
* Built a team of inside property managers and coordinated outside vendors to
revitalize and grow a floundering estate management practice, increasing the nu
mber of estates under management from four, to fourteen and increasing revenues
250% over fourteen months.
* Successfully spearheaded the response to the DoITT NYC (Department of Infor
mation Technology & Telecommunications) RFP for network security monitoring and
for security testing ("friendly hacking") and secure development of citywide sof
tware platforms.
July 1993 - March 1996 Falconridge Partners, LLC Business Cons
ultant
* Established a nationwide training program in support of life insurance agen
ts at Mass Mutual, Guardian and John Hancock, Life Insurance Agencies, in the es
tablishment of employee benefit programs that provide life insurance.
* Consulted several early-stage and start-up companies on refinements to thei
r business to make it easier for them to obtain pre-IPO financing. Frequently, r
ecommendations included making upgrades and additions to firms' key personnel, w
hich led to an ongoing involvement with SharpSearch and a successful career as a
n executive recruiter.
* Secured $1 million of pre-IPO financing for an internet-based aircraft serv
ices company.
April 1991 - June 1993 Brookstone Partners
Consultant
* Secured a purchaser for the property management contracts for a national sy
ndicator of multi-family housing.
* Obtained rights to manage, redevelop and re-lease a largely vacant 100,000
SF shopping center for a major insurance company.
January 1987 - April 1991 Economic Research Associates
Principal
* Founded this NASD registered boutique investment firm to advise high net wo
rth investors investing in commercial real estate.
* Placed over $30 million in private equity, funding various real estate vent
ures, including $6 million for the development of a country club and golf course
in Vero Beach, Florida.
* Responsible for training, development and supervision of registered represe
ntatives, as well as for managing reporting to securities regulators.
August 1985 - November 1986 Southmark/Envicon Corporation Vice Presid
ent
* Recruited to head up sales of private equity investments in commercial real
estate to high net-worth investors
January 1983 - November 1985 Merrill Lynch Account Executive
* Formally trained in securities industry practices and regulations, and in c
onsultative sales and marketing techniques.
* Established networking programs working with labor unions, community associ
ations and other organizations to develop new business relationships for the fir
m's benefit plans and asset management services.
September 1981 - June 1983 NYC Board of Education Teacher
Education
NYU & Brooklyn College
30 credits completed towards MA in Education
McGill University
BA, Psychology, 1976 - 1979 Summa Cum Laude
Georgetown University
Philosophy & Psychology 1974 - 1975
Left Georgetown to pursue my passion: scientific research and psychoanalysis

Interests:
Politics, environmentalism, vegetarian cooking, hiking, classical music, jazz, a
rt, theater, water gardening, visiting the Berkshires