Karl Aavik
President @Intrepid Consulting Group
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WORK HISTORY
President @Intrepid Consulting Group
Oak Brook, IL, US
Intrepid Consulting Group is a retained executive search firm that focuses in several areas including information technology, industrial and service industries. We are highly successful in those domains due to our unique operating model. We differentiate ourselves from other search firms in the following areas:General Management Experience: Our consultants all have hands-on experience in general management, with their success dependent upon the hiring and development decisions they have made. This gives us the insight and experience to understand the importance of the key hiring decisions our clients must make.\"War for Talent\" methodology: Hiring the right executives is critical to the future of any company. We bring the proven candidate identification and development methodology from the best search firms in the business, such as Spencer Stuart, Russell Reynolds and Egon Zehnder, and apply it to our client\'s leadership needs.Focus: We are driven by search execution, not by sales. Whereas a typical search consultant can carry a workload of 10 to 20 active assignments, we limit our consultants to no more than 4 active assignments at one time. This allows us to give our clients the focus required to address their needs faster and with higher quality.Fixed Fees: We operate exclusively on a fixed fees basis. By employing a fixed fee agreement, we avoid the conflict of interest most search firms create, particularly when assessing and comparing “high-priced vs. low-priced” candidates.We know leadership: We pride ourselves on our ability to identify and attract the best leadership talent in your industry. With both educational and professional experience in the industrial and technical domains, we are able to understand nuances of a candidate’s background beyond what a “generalist” search consultant can deliver.
EDUCATION
The University of Chicago Booth School of Business
M.B.A., Strategy, Finance
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
B.S., Mechanical Engineering
SKILLS
ABOUT KARL AAVIK
Karl Aavik retired from Intrepid Consulting Group, the firm he founded, in December of…
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