Fusion (fu·sion, noun) - a merging of diverse, distinct, or separate elements into a unified whole.

Alex co-founded Fusion to go “all-in” on the firm belief that successful executive search is a craft. It is a partnership and a service-oriented business, not an industrial process that can be scaled. We stand for low volume and high ownership. It requires our co-founders to work diligently on every aspect of the search, providing advice and counsel and supporting the visions of entrepreneurs. Alex focuses exclusively on Engineering Leadership searches (CTO, VPE and Head of). He is a one-trick pony and is proud of that.

Prior to Fusion, Alex spent five years leading and building the engineering practice at Artisanal Talent, where he focused exclusively on Engineering Leadership roles. Alex enjoys working across all stages and domains of companies. This year alone, he’s worked with companies from Seed through Public and Consumer to deep infrastructure. What unites these searches is a shared commitment: to partner with founders and teams we admire and trust, locking arms in the pursuit of transformational talent.

Andrew co-founded Fusion with the vision of building a Partner-led firm that delivers exceptional outcomes to companies through a highly-specialized focus area. He conducts Product Leadership searches (CPO, VP, and Head of) and has placed over 100 PM Leaders over his career.

Prior to Fusion, Andrew spent five years at Riviera Partners, where he focused exclusively on Product Leadership roles as well, and overall has spent over a decade in Executive Search. Andrew enjoys working across all stages and domains of companies - from Series A through Public, and from Consumer to Infrastructure.

Dirk co-founded Fusion with best in-class quality as the north star for client delivery and talent relationships. He leads Design Leadership searches (CDO, VP, Director and Head of) leveraging a rich depth of experience working alongside some of the most successful companies in tech. Companies such as Affirm, Amplitude, Asana, Brex, Cloudflare, Coursera, Credit Karma, Dropbox, eBay, Gusto, Handshake, Hubspot, Instacart, Okta, PayPal, Plaid, Roblox, ServiceNow, Uber, Venmo, Walmart and Zapier have entrusted him to attract their most senior design leader(s).

Prior to Fusion, Dirk was the eleventh employee at Riviera Partners where he helped scale the company to over one hundred and fifty people as Senior Partner and a member of the Operating Committee through acquisition. He built the design practice and led a hundred plus design and engineering engagements over the course of twelve years.  Dirk is passionate about supporting the careers of design leaders and advancing the function of design within the product development process.