Meet Carroll Partners
Kevin Carroll has recruited in biopharma for 23 years and Carroll Search Partners focuses on recruiting C and VP level executives for entrepreneurial biotech companies.
Prior to starting Carroll Search Partners, Kevin was retained exclusively by Third Rock Ventures for two and a half years to recruit CEOs and CBOs for the firm’s new companies. During that period, he also successfully recruited CEOs, CBOs, CFOs, VPs of Human Resources, CMOs, and independent board members for the firm’s new and existing portfolio companies.
Prior to his Third Rock Ventures’ engagement, Kevin worked with boutique executive search firms Bowdoin Group and Euromedica. He began his career in the life sciences industry in 1994 as a representative for Bristol Myers Squibb. Kevin also worked as an investigator with Bishops, Wall Street’s oldest due diligence firm and military experience includes several years as an Army Aviator/Officer. Kevin’s education did not stop after graduating from Providence College. He has completed executive leadership programs at Cornell, MIT Sloan, and Worcester Polytech in addition to attending the MBA program at Boston College.
In 2011, Kevin partnered with Steve Rauscher to help establish BioPharm Physicians, a highly focused search practice concentrating exclusively on Chief Medical Officers and senior physician executives for biotech companies. In addition to collaborating on physician searches, Carroll Search Partners and BioPharm Physicians organize networking events for the Boston Chief Medical Officer Network.
Terri Angotto’s retained executive search career has spanned more than 25 years with experience gained at both premier global search firms as well as the most highly regarded life sciences boutiques. Terri has planned and executed the strategy to develop ideal candidate matches with each client’s specifications. She has supported private equity, venture backed and publicly traded biopharma and medical technology clients. She has repeatedly engaged on projects where “best/first in class technology” drove the need for exceptional talent to be identified. Terri spent the first 18 years of her career at Heidrick & Struggles, serving as the chief researcher and recruiter to the Global Head of the Life Sciences Practice. She was a Founder of Heritage Partners and also worked for Catalyst Advisors, both highly specialized boutique firm working exclusively in biopharmaceuticals. Terri can quickly differentiate the best talent and coach clients on successful talent acquisition strategies.
Greg Cello assists Carroll Search Partners in candidate research and mapping projects for the commercial, financial, and physician executive talent markets.
Greg has analyst experience from Biogen and Brooks Hill Partners.
Prior, Greg served as an Army Captain with the 82nd Airborne in Afghanistan. He was a Pre-Med, microbiology major and Division 1 swimmer at Providence College.
Our Approach
Carroll Search Partners’ approach is based on over 55 years and hundreds of successfully completed executive searches.
A former public company CEO turned executive search professional once said, “Executive search is one of the easiest undertakings to describe but one of the most challenging to actually do. I don’t know how firms can delegate the work to junior people when hiring the right leaders is so vital to a client.”
At Carroll Search Partners, veteran life sciences executive search professionals take to time to understand not only our clients’ functional needs but also their operating context, strategic vision, and critically…their culture.
In our firm, senior partners execute. Senior partners not only visit our clients but also do the research, conduct the out reach and represent our clients’ opportunities to the talent marketplace. Feedback from our clients and candidates has confirmed many times that being contacted by a veteran professional gives an edge in attracting the best executives available in the highly competitive battle for top executives.
Carroll Search Partners approach is to operate in the best interest of our clients and as an extension of the client in the field. We coordinate with our clients so that we not only understand their needs but share their story as they would themselves.
No surprises. Transparency. Asking tough critical questions of our clients and candidates and sharing early and often are hallmarks of the way we operate. We provide scheduled formal as well as real time informal updates throughout the search processes we conduct to ensure expectations are aligned and all involved are able to make the most informed decisions.
We stay in close communication with all involved throughout the evaluation process, negotiation, and for the year after a hired candidate has started to ensure a successful hire.
Our Process
- Interview the key stakeholders
- Develop a position overview that captures the opportunity and expectations
- Develop a target list
- Identify candidates
- Interview candidates
- Present the most qualified prospects
- Client interviews and selection
- Carroll partners lead candidate client negotiations
- Carroll partners assist with onboarding
Teams Based on Strategy
Carroll Search Partners philosophy is that clients retain us not only for our veteran team’s ability to search but also to represent their company to the talent marketplace. We work together as a team starting with listening to listening and understanding client needs, researching our targets, contacting prospects and introducing an opportunity.
