Global Partners for Cleantech, Big Data
and Global Manufacturing Talent Attraction

Clients

Practice Areas

Global Manufacturing

Where we started.  Global reach with particular strength in confidential searches in hard to reach markets and/or launch, market entry situations.

Big Data

“We wanted flying cars, instead we got 140 characters.” –Peter Thiel  Not with us.  We are helping build companies making fundamental changes to the way the world works and enabling the Internet of Everything.

Clean Tech

Our most active practice.  We have built the teams of many of the world’s leading firms in this realm (many from scratch) and continually adapt to the dynamic and changing landscape of the sector.  We are all in on Cleantech.

What Clients Say

Mike McMillan, EVP Finance & IT, & Chief Financial Officer, GETRAG

Without hesitation I would recommend Chris Turzo and Chris Turzo and Associates. Chris helped me find and recruit a quality candidate in an otherwise difficult market in Eastern Europe. Unlike many recruiters, Chris focuses on quality rather than quantity.

Marc Suarez, Director, Operations Platform Management at UTC Aerospace Systems

Chris is hands down the best executive recruiter I have ever worked with. His genuine interest in fully understanding both client company and executive needs separate him from others. It has been a tremendous pleasure working with Chris.

Mark Kalow, Director at SmartCloud, Inc.

I have known Chris for several years as we served on a Non-Profit Board togther. As Chairman at Andalay Solar, I led the search for the CEO. Chris presented his firm, methods and industry background to the Board and we retained him. We knew we needed help as the search was tricky. We needed a…

Christopher Morgan, Co-Founder and President, Ikanow

I had the pleasure of working with Chris to help shape our executive team, hiring strategy and ultimately bring on board key resources. Chris’s deep market expertise and research driven approach help to quickly distill our business needs which he translated into immediate action and results. It is a pleasure working with Chris and without…

Filippo J. Mecacci, Global Director of Finance, Kennametal

Chris is the best recruiter I have worked with. He is highly intelligent, motivated and understands cultural diversity allowing him to be at ease in international environments. He is highly successful and works with passion.

Jim Balcom, CEO, PolyFuel, Inc.

You guys did a great job for us recently here at PolyFuel.  Our CFO resigned unexpectantly, and we needed someone to replace him as soon as possible.  Within one week of contacting your firm, you were able to present an outstanding candidate, with exactly the right skills and experience to fit our unique needs. You…

Brooks W. Herring, Corporate Executive Officer, Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K. and Vice President, Solar Frontier K.K.

One of my responsibilities at Solar Frontier as Vice President – International Business was to initiate market entries and launch sales teams in both the U.S and Europe in support of our 900MW CIS plant expansion. I turned to Chris and we retained Chris Turzo and Associates to help build out our executive and sales…

Caroline Stockmann, CFO at Save the Children International

Chris is a great person to know, both when recruiting and looking for a new role. Although we worked together only virtually, he was very effective indeed in arranging a number of relevant interviews. He did not waste time, was honest and ethical, and really has a ‘nose’ for a good fit/match. It was a…

Nigel Cockroft, US General Manager at Jinko Solar USA Inc

Chris has provided recruiting services for my group at two of my recent companies. He is very experienced in the Sales and Marketing space for the US Solar industry. On each occassion he has identified, screened and placed high quality candidates efficiently and professionally.

Wolfgang Lange, CEO, Solar Frontier Europe

My colleagues from our corporate office in Japan suggested that I use Chris and Chris Turzo and Associates to help us staff some key positions in our European business. At first I was skeptical about having someone based in California find me people in Germany, Italy and France. I was pleasantly surprised that Chris was…