Mr. Andrew S Bridges

biography

The depth and quality of a company's talent pool can determine whether that organization will lead its market and industry, or merely follow those competitors who attract better, brighter, more talented people. What distinguishes high performing companies from merely average performers in this war for talent is not better human resources processes, but the fundamental belief in the importance of talent. What distinguishes Andrew, is his belief that his job is to find the most talented individual for each search he does for his client companies. Andrew delivers Talent!

Being part of an award winning team (Top 5 Office 2001, 1999, 1998, 1997, and 1996) has catapulted Andrew into a successful recruiting career. Andrew brings over 10 years of successful sales & technical management that has positioned him to have a successful recruiting career. Andrew has focused heavily in the technology field from an executive, sales and technical perspective. Along the way Andrew has managed to win a few awards including, Pacesetter Awards 1999, 2000 (our “quota maker’s” club), Andrew had his best second and third quarter in 2001, Andrew was the third most productive (Revenue) recruiter in July 2001 (out of 7000 recruiters in the system). In our award wining office, Andrew was the Number One recruiter in 2001 and Andrew achieved his Certified Senior Account Manager, (CSAM) designation (a “CPA” for recruiters) in June of 2000. Through our internal Conferview program Andrew has been asked to share some of his knowledge and help train rookies and tenured recruiters. In 1991, Andrew went through “Partnership Selling” training and to this day when Andrew engages with a client Andrew feels like he is a member of the team. Andrew holds a certificate in Behavioral Interviewing an important tool in the hiring process today. Andrew holds a Bachelor of Commerce (1991) degree from Dalhousie University (Rated in the top 10 university's in Canada). Andrew enjoys physical conditioning, hockey and gardening. He and his wife Tracy reside on the north side of Charlotte and have two small boys and 2 dogs.

Andrew specializes in senior-level recruitment in the Executive and Information Technology area. Andrew offers expertise in the search for executives as well as newly created and traditional security positions that focus on preventative measures and cost efficient solutions. Andrew looks for the following kinds of people who can adrenalize an organization; C-level executives, managers and individual contributors for sales, marketing and technical roles in the software, consulting services and security sector. Find out more about Andrew and his award winning practice at http://www.mrkannapolis.com