Bob Gariano founded his executive firm, Robert Gariano Associates, in 2005. The firm serves global clients with recruiting services for senior functional executives, CEOs, and board members. For 10 years before founding his own firm, Mr. Gariano was the Global Sector Leader at Russell Reynolds Associates. Before becoming a recruiter, he was a Senior Operating Executive at GE and Grainger. He has served as an independent Director on the board of Plextronics Corporation.

Mr. Gariano holds an undergraduate degree from Carnegie Mellon University, an MBA from the University of Massachusetts, an MLA from the University of Chicago, and an MS in electrical engineering and IT from Northwestern University. He has completed postgraduate work in financial mathematics at the University of Chicago. Mr. Gariano recently coauthored and publishedFundamental Talent, a book analyzing and describing the attributes of CEO candidates. He has also published more than 60 articles about business leadership and enterprise governance. Mr. Gariano can be reached at rgariano at robertgariano.com.