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 Todd Jackowitz is the President and founder of Jackowitz & Company. He has conducted senior level search assignments in a variety of industries with a specialization in the Financial Services, Life Sciences and Technology industries. He has recruited senior executives across all major business functions from the level of Vice President to that of Chief Executive Officer.
Prior to founding JCo. Todd was a principal with an executive search firm wholly owned by Fidelity Investments, for over thirteen years. He joined this firm as an Associate performing candidate development for multiple search assignments and then was given responsibility as Director of Operations, managing Research, Candidate Development and Administration for the business. He was promoted to Vice President in 1996 with responsibility for account management and business development. In 1998, Todd was featured in a PC Week article entitled "Recruiters: Friends or Foes" for successfully recruiting IT talent in a tight labor market.
Prior to this, Todd was a Business Consultant for another Boston-based search firm, owned by Fidelity Investments. He began his career as a Financial Analyst with State Street Bank and Trust and then as Pricing Analyst for several of Fidelity Investments' Select Mutual Funds.
Todd is a member of several professional and educational organizations including the Boston College Career Advisory Network, the Boston College Fund Executive Committee, the New England Human Resources Association, the Direct Marketing Association and The National Investment Company Service Association (NICSA).
In 2005, Jackowitz authored a chapter entitled "Methods for Hiring Top Talent" in the newly published book Inside the Minds: Staffing Leadership Strategies published by Aspatore Books.
Mr. Jackowitz holds a Bachelors degree in Economics from Boston College and an MBA degree in Business Administration from Bentley College.
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 Tom Valle is a Senior Vice President of Jackowitz & Company. He is responsible for search assignments and client relationships in the Financial Services, Life Sciences, and Technology industries. Tom has also managed senior level searches for many of JCo.'s clients in the Not-for-Profit sector. His projects have included all major business functions, including general management and Chief Executive Officers.
Prior to joining JCo., Tom spent over six years with an Executive Search firm which was owned by Fidelity Investments, as both an Associate and an Account Manager. In addition to managing senior level search assignments, Tom also hired, trained, and directed the firm's in-house Research team.
Tom previously served as Deputy Chief Secretary and Senior Advisor to then-Massachusetts Governor Paul Cellucci. He also served as Governor Cellucci's Campaign Manager and as Deputy Campaign Manager for two other Massachusetts Governors: William F. Weld and Mitt Romney. Earlier in his career, Tom founded and ran his own political consulting and public relations firm.
Tom holds an A.B. from Bowdoin College (with Honors in Philosophy) and received an M.B.A in Finance (with High Honors) from Boston University. He serves on the Career Advisory Networks of both of these schools as well as on the Boards of Directors of two Not-for-Profit organizations. Tom has lectured at Boston University on a variety of topics including Salary Negotiations and he is the author of an Executive Report on Employment Negotiations which was published by Aspatore Books.
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 Ted is responsible for developing and managing client relationships and executing search assignments to enable organizations to achieve their strategic goals. Based out of San Francisco, Ted is also responsible for developing and managing the company's west coast office, in concert with the rest of the Jackowitz team. Ted's search work focuses on the investment industry, financial services in general, non-profit organizations, and other dynamic enterprises with a special challenge or mission which require the addition of a highly skilled and uniquely suited leader.
Prior to joining JCo., Ted spent 16 years with The Capital Group Companies, Inc., one of the world's largest and most respected investment management firms and parent of the American Funds. Beginning in 1993, he created and led the executive recruiting function, building it to a team of 6 professionals which completed over 400 search assignments in the last 10 years. This work at Capital was characterized by an unusually high level of retention of top talent. He achieved the role of Vice President in the Human Resources group at Capital, working out of offices in southern California and San Francisco.
In addition to personally conducting senior level searches, Ted worked extensively with leaders at Capital on issues such as strategically designing recruiting tactics to pinpoint desired talent, implementing and coaching others in effective candidate assessment methods, evaluating internal versus external talent, and conducting integration coaching for newly hired management. His functional expertise cuts across most major business areas, especially marketing and distribution, financial management, human resources, communications, portfolio management/investment research, and general/operations management.
Prior to The Capital Group, Ted spent 6 years with the global search firm, Korn/Ferry International, in Los Angeles, working as part of the financial services practice and rising to the level of Principal. He managed search assignments across many functions and built a client relationship with The Capital Group. Before being drawn to the art and business of executive recruiting, Ted spent 6 years in banking (Chase Manhattan Bank in NYC and The First National Bank of Cincinnati) as a credit analyst and commercial loan officer.
Outside of his profession, Ted has made significant commitments to non-profit organizations such as American Bach Soloists, Porchlight Theater, Bridge-the-Gap (a tutoring program for disadvantaged school age children), Tamalpais High School, The Urban School of San Francisco, Williams College, and Hampshire College.
Ted earned a bachelor's degree in History and Economics from Williams College in Williamstown, MA, where he also met his wife and set college records in track and cross country.
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Paul Mataras joined Jackowitz & Company, Inc. in September 2011. Prior to joining the firm, he was at Managing Director Rand Thompson Consultants, an executive search boutique in New York that specialized in building teams for emerging and evolving businesses through its unique candidate network. There, he helped build on to the established practices that were closely aligned to his financial services career. At JCo, Paul will continue to build client relationships in all sectors of the Financial Services industry, with specific focus in Asset Management, Research, Capital Markets, Alternative Investments, and Investment Banking.
Prior to his new role in executive search, Paul spent over 20 years on Wall Street working on complex, high-risk transactions and investments, ranging from leveraged lending to high yield portfolio management to private equity. Paul began his career with Chemical Bank in 1986, first completing the Chemical Bank Credit Training Program (16 month) and then as an Analyst working his way up to Vice President of relationship management and loan origination in the Middle Market Division. In 1989, he was selected by senior management to join the Origination Group of the Middle Market Structured Finance Group that was responsible for the origination and management of complex middle market transactions, largely involving LBO and recapitalizations on behalf of private equity sponsors. In 1992, he joined Primerica Corporation, the predecessor company to Citigroup, as a Director of Corporate Finance, where he conducted projects for the CEO ranging from acquisition due diligence, strategic reviews, and financial reporting. Following the acquisition of Travelers Insurance Companies by Primerica, Paul began working on the integration of the two firms’ Investments Departments. Beginning in 1994, he took on formal investing roles within the combined department that included Private Placements, Restructuring & Workouts and Investment Grade Corporates. In 1995, he joined a new Portfolio Manager as a Senior Analyst to form the High Yield & Distressed Group. In 2003, he was promoted to Co-Portfolio Manager and Executive Member of the Investment Strategy Committee. In 2006, following Citigroup’s divestiture of all insurance company assets and the birth of his twin daughters, Paul pursued a life-long entrepreneurial itch and acquired a struggling food manufacturer in Bucks County, PA that specialized in volume production of artisan desserts to premium retailers, such as Starbucks, QVC and Harry & David. Following a successful operational restructuring and turnaround, Paul exited through the divestiture of its two divisions to strategic buyers in 2010.
Paul earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance, graduating summa cum laude from Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA. He also earned a Masters of Business Administration through the Executive MBA Program at the Stern School of Business at New York University, New York, NY.
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 Susanne
Talbot is a Principal at Jackowitz & Company. She is responsible
for conducting senior level searches across a variety of industries.
Prior to joining JCo., Susanne was the Director of Human Resources
at Informio. She has a strong history of aggressively
recruiting top talent in the Telecommunications and Technology
industries. As
a member of the management team at Informio, Susanne’s top
priority was to attract and retain the best people in the industry
to support corporate goals. She also has a solid track
record of elevating company performance through progressive
human resource programs. Susanne has successfully managed
all aspects of human resources including recruitment, employee
relations, compensation, benefits,
and organizational
development.
Prior to Informio, Susanne was a Human
Resources Manager at Razorfish (formerly i-Cube). In this
position, she was a key member of the
HR team during the company’s explosive growth and managed all
human resources services for the 500 employee Boston office.
Susanne was also an HR Specialist at Shiva Corporation.
Susanne holds a Bachelors Degree in Management and Entrepreneurship
from Rivier College.
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Mike Derderian leads the research function within Jackowitz & Company.
Prior to joining the firm, he served in a Legal Research role for
Kirkland & Ellis, a large law firm located in Washington, D.C.
Previously, he worked in two governmental roles within the Commonwealth
of Massachusetts. Mike graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree cum
laude from Boston College with a major in History and minor in Business.
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Joan Callahan heads up the administrative function
within Jackowitz & Company. Previously, she held senior administrative
positions with another executive search firm in the Boston area.
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