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The best credentials we can offer to our potential client partners are recommendations from our current clients – both candidates and corporate entities. We would like to share some of theirs with you.

Mike Hallman, Investor and Consultant; former President of Microsoft and former CIO of Boeing
Betsy Atkins, Marketing Founder, ASCEND Communications
Chad Waite, General Partner, OVP Venture Partners
Guy Kawasaki, Founder, CEO and Chairman, Garage Technology Ventures; Former Apple Fellow, Apple Computer, Inc.
Barry James Folsom, CEO and Chairman, Laszlo Systems; Former CEO and Chairman, Placeware, Inc. (acquired by Microsoft)

          - Investor and Consultant; former President, Microsoft and former CIO, Boeing
"Charlene has been an exceptional out-of-the box thinker – fast, and not the same-old, same-old as we get from the big-name search firms. I have worked with her on a search for three directors for a board of which I am a member. I highly recommend her to other directors and CEOs."

Mike Hallman serves of the Boards of Directors of Intuit, InFocus Corporation, Digital Insight Corporation and Network Appliance Corporation. He also serves on the Boards of Amdahl and Glovia International, which are wholly-owned subsidiaries of Fujitsu Ltd.

          - Marketing Founder, ASCEND Communications
"Global Associates is an extraordinary search firm because of their diligent efforts to pursue, identify, contact and cultivate leading outside director candidates. Their dedicated focus and understanding of board practices as well as the essence of the qualitative contributions of 'business judgements' are unique. Their energy, commitment, follow-through and execution are outstanding. I strongly recommend them based on my personal experience, having completed two successful outside director searches with them."

Betsy Atkins currently serves on the board of Polycom, Inc. and is Chairman of the Compensation Committee for UTStarcom. In addition, she is a member of the Audit and Compensation Committee for Paychex Corporation, as well as the Audit and Governance and the Governance and Nominating Committees for Wilmington Trust. She is a former board member of Lucent Technologies.

          - General Partner, OVP Venture Partners
Cassandra and Charlene are innovators in executive search. They've provided us with exceptional service to deliver the leaders that help us build the strong companies of tomorrow. In 12 weeks, Global Associates provided three senior, outstanding Board Directors for a public company that we were early investors in. They also recruited an exceptional CEO for one of our portfolio companies in just 10 weeks.

          - Founder, CEO and Chairman, Garage Technology Ventures; Former Apple Fellow at Apple Computer, Inc.
"Cassandra is a great search consultant – better than what you'd pay more for from most big name firms. She has a special gift of bringing top talent in the door."

A noted speaker and the founder of various personal computer companies, Guy was one of the individuals responsible for the success of the Macintosh computer. He is also the author of seven books, including Rules for Revolutionaries, How To Drive Your Competition Crazy, Selling The Dream and The Macintosh Way.

          - CEO and Chairman, Laszlo Systems; Former CEO and Chairman, Placeware, Inc. (acquired by Microsoft)
"In 1999, it was harder to locate a VP of Ops for a software-as-a-service start-up than it was to create good internet business models. Cassandra helped us land a spot-on, world-class executive. Two accomplishments achieved by this executive stand out in my mind: 1) hosted hours quadrupled over a two-year period with 99.98% uptime [8 minutes of outage a month]; and 2) during this incredible usage growth, tech support headcount remained flat! These competitive advantages were achieved because Cassandra was the only search professional whose domain knowledge enabled her to find us the perfect match."