Harris Allied is driven to build great teams and careers.
Global financial services organizations know it. Technology leaders and startup enterprises know it. The talent these organizations need to drive innovation and growth know it, too.
No matter where you are in your career—whether you're seeking a team or building one—we form long-term partnerships with our clients and candidates based on trust, honesty, objectivity and professional goals.
Our approach is based on three intertwined principles.
1. Serve the mission. We see the big picture clearly through the lens of an expert talent market advisor. We know that life-changing decisions are based upon our recommendations, as are company fortunes. We consult with clients to ensure their corporate objectives are met and candidates receive consistent communications.
2. Act with integrity and conviction. We use discretion, consistency, clarity of communication, and reliability to build trust and understanding, and accelerate our clients businesses. Our approach allows us to objectively assess the strengths of qualified candidates and make deliberated recommendations, to act as a filter and a promoter. We’re passionate about placing the right people in the right roles at the right time.
3. Partner for life. We know that every assignment has potential to develop a client for life—a relationship based on trust, empathy, and a deep understanding of professional and business goals. We use this personal approach to cultivate enduring relationships with people and their organizations. Our network of contacts and clients, built over the last 25 years, includes top investment banking firms, hedge funds, privately owned companies and financial suppliers.
Our Leadership
Kathy Harris
Kathy Harris is a Managing Director with Harris Allied a women-owned business, and a member of NAWBO. With a focus on Technology and Quant Analyst recruitment, her expertise is the recruiting and placement of professionals for corporate growth initiatives. Her strength lies at the convergence of technology and business, making her uniquely qualified in a constantly evolving industry. She is regarded as a consummate professional who consistently delivers great results to clients while maintaining discretion, judgment and integrity throughout the search process.
Growing up in a family where her engineer father, among other things, evaluated emerging computer technologies for IBM, and a brother who is now a Senior Project Manager at Harvard University, dinner table conversation was both creative and visionary. This fueled her passion for the innovative application of technology to solve business problems and the people who solve them.
A graduate of Rutgers University in New Brunswick, where she received a BS in Psychology, Kathy’s first position was as a placement counselor for a staffing firm. After a few years, Kathy was recruited by Huntington Learning Centers, the first tutoring center for children in the country, and worked directly for Eileen Huntington. From there she was asked to run the Admissions Department of a technical school.
After senior positions with the Solomon-Page Group and Robert Half International, Kathy was recruited by Liquidnet, a premier institutional investment network that facilitates institutional equities trading for asset management firms worldwide.
Kathy has been the recipient of several awards, including Chairman's Club Winner for IT Search based on revenue growth, and the President's Club Winner for her individual contribution to IT Search. She is a Member of the Board of Directors of the Agahozo-Shalom Youth Village in Rwanda and Chair of the HR and Compensation Committee.
Jeff Kronisch
Jeff Kronisch brings an extensive background in executive search and technology consulting to Harris Allied, where he directs the firm’s recruiting efforts. Prior to joining Harris Allied, Jeff placed tech professionals with Web 1.0/2.0 Digital Media firms and led the recruitment effort for the integration of two major financial services firms.
Jeff has also held senior positions with Three Pillars Recruiting where he specialized in the Digital New Media space and on site at UBS where he supported the Investment Bank. At Kforce Technology Staffing Jeff was known as a professional who treated both consultants and clients with respect, integrity, and exceptional service.
We filter the noise
for candidates and companies
We’re keen observers of the talent market—matchmakers who put the right person in the right place at the right time. We take on the toughest searches, form long-term partnerships based on trust, honesty, objectivity and professional goals.
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Media
We're always keen observers of trends and new ideas, and sometimes the media seeks out our point of view on strategies and trends. Either way, we’re here for you as a resource to keep up with what's happening in our dynamic industry. Take a look, then give us a call if you want to know more.
Harris Allied
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