United States: Global Perspective, Local Leadership

The United States remains the world's largest executive talent market and one of its most influential centres of innovation, investment and business leadership. From the technology giants of the Pacific Northwest to the international commercial hubs of New York and Miami, organisations face increasing competition for leaders capable of navigating growth, transformation and international complexity.

For clients operating across these markets, success depends upon more than executive search expertise alone. It requires advisers who understand regional business cultures, industry dynamics and the realities of leadership at the highest level.

That is the strength of Friisberg's capability across the United States and the Americas.

Through our Managing Partners, Dave Hill and Luisa Guzmán, clients gain access to exceptional executive search expertise and teams spanning technology, industrial markets, manufacturing, consumer businesses, professional services and international leadership, all supported by one fully integrated global partnership.

Leadership Across the Americas

Based in Miami and New York, Luisa Guzmán leads executive search assignments across the United States and Latin America, bringing more than twenty-eight years of executive search and leadership advisory experience across the Americas and Europe.

Her career has been built on advising multinational corporations, privately owned businesses, family enterprises and international investors on the appointment of senior executives who can succeed across diverse markets, cultures and jurisdictions. With extensive experience throughout North America and Latin America, Luisa brings an understanding of executive leadership that combines commercial insight with genuine cultural fluency.

Miami has become one of the world's most important international business gateways, connecting North America with the rapidly evolving economies of Latin America. Combined with Friisberg's presence in New York, Luisa supports organisations whose leadership challenges increasingly extend beyond national borders, helping clients identify executives capable of operating successfully across complex international markets.

Her work reflects a simple principle that has always underpinned successful executive search: understanding people is every bit as important as understanding businesses.

Technology Expertise at the Heart of Innovation

On the West Coast, Dave Hill leads Friisberg's Seattle and Tucson offices, bringing one of the most distinguished careers in global technology executive search.

Over more than twenty-five years, Dave has held senior executive recruiting and executive search leadership positions with Google, YouTube, Amazon, Microsoft and Expedia, advising some of the world's most influential organisations through periods of extraordinary innovation and growth.

His experience is exceptional both in breadth and depth.

At Google, Dave helped establish the Vice President Executive Recruiting practice while leading executive hiring across Google Devices & Services, Platforms & Ecosystems, YouTube and Core Engineering. Prior to this, he built YouTube's executive search capability from the ground up during one of the platform's most significant periods of expansion.

During almost a decade at Amazon, he led executive recruiting across Amazon Web Services, Prime Video, Amazon Studios, Amazon Music, Kindle, Alexa, Advertising, Twitch, Ring, Whole Foods and many of the company's fastest-growing global businesses. Earlier leadership positions at Microsoft and Expedia further strengthened his expertise in identifying executives for organisations operating at the forefront of technological innovation.

Few executive search professionals have worked so closely with companies that have fundamentally changed the way the world communicates, consumes information, builds software and delivers digital services. That experience gives clients access to insight developed through decades of advising businesses where leadership decisions have global impact.

Seattle continues to rank among the world's foremost technology ecosystems, home to global innovators, cloud computing pioneers, artificial intelligence leaders and venture-backed growth companies. Together with Friisberg's presence in Tucson, Dave's practice provides clients with direct access to one of North America's most dynamic executive talent markets.

One Integrated Capability

While Dave and Luisa each bring distinct market expertise, their greatest strength lies in the way they work together as part of Friisberg's international partnership.

Knowledge is shared across borders. Sector expertise is combined across international teams. Research, market intelligence and executive networks are brought together to support every assignment, regardless of geography.

Whether advising a technology business scaling internationally, an industrial organisation strengthening its leadership team, a private equity investor building portfolio leadership or a multinational appointing senior executives across multiple jurisdictions, clients benefit from our experienced teams working collaboratively across one integrated global organisation.

International Reach. Local Expertise.

Increasingly, leadership challenges do not recognise national boundaries.

Organisations require executives who can lead across cultures, manage international operations, accelerate growth, drive transformation and build high-performing teams in rapidly changing markets. Identifying those individuals requires advisers with deep sector expertise, extensive executive networks and first-hand understanding of the environments in which those leaders operate.

Friisberg's capability across the United States reflects exactly that philosophy.

Our offices in Miami, New York, Seattle and Tucson work closely with colleagues across Europe and the wider international firm to deliver executive search and consuktancy serviecs that are vinformed by local knowledge, strengthened by international collaboration and focused on one objective: identifying exceptional leaders who create lasting organisational success.

For almost five decades, Friisberg has built its reputation on trusted relationships, partner-led delivery and cross-border collaboration. Our presence across the United States and the Americas continues that tradition, providing clients with the insight, experience and international perspective required to secure leadership for the challenges of today and the opportunities of tomorrow.

Speak with Our Team

Whether you are strengthening your executive leadership team in the United States, expanding across the Americas or appointing senior leaders with international responsibilities, Friisberg brings together local expertise, global perspective and partner-led delivery.

To discuss how our Managing Partners can support your leadership ambitions, please contact Dave Hill, Luisa Guzmán or your local Friisberg office. We would be delighted to start a conversation.