With more than two decades of experience at global professional services firms, Mr. Santora combines the application of the global and national markets with the unique understanding of the southern California marketplace. He has built a strong reputation with clients and candidates alike with his dedication and commitment to their business interests, requirements and solutions. He specializes in senior-level executive assignments and consulting successfully placing C-suite executives and key functional roles at private and public companies; whether founder-owned, emerging growth, midsize and Fortune 500 organizations. He blends the dynamic elements of executive search with the objective perspective of consulting providing a client focused executive and organization solution. 

In addition to Mr. Santora’s leadership responsibilities, he is a member of the Firm’s Global Technology Market, focusing on the product and service capabilities of this field, as well as a member of the Global Industrial Market, crossing all industries and sectors from healthcare to aerospace. Lastly, he is an active part of the Firm’s Chief Financial Officers Center of Expertise in North America, and the Real Estate Sector within the Global Financial Market. 

Prior to his career in executive search, Mr. Santora spent 10 years as a principal with the Business Consulting Group of Arthur Andersen. He planned and implemented projects for clients on a wide range of value added strategic and operational initiatives; improving processes, revenues and cost channels. With a solid career in professional services, including public accounting 'DNA,’ Mr. Santora embraces a trusted business advisor philosophy to his business relationships. Early on in his career, he worked in operations for Izod Lacoste, at one time a General Mills Company, which provided an appreciation for the importance of brands representing high quality, and customer focus.

Mr. Santora is a member of UC Irvine’s Executive Education Advisory Board. He is a lecturer at UC Irvine’s School of Business and has appeared widely throughout his career in print in such publications as Investor’s Business Daily, International Business, Boardroom Reports and The Orange County Register.
 
Mr. Santora earned a bachelor’s degree in communications from the Herbert H. Lehman College part of The City University of New York.