As July 4th approaches and our nation prepares to celebrate its 250th birthday, we at Herd Freed Hartz find ourselves in a particularly meaningful moment of reflection. Our firm was founded 25 years ago on July 4, 2001 – that alignment has always felt significant.
When accomplished people hit a career transition—when the job is over, when they decide it’s time to move on, when they’ve spent years excelling at what they do and suddenly have to figure out what comes next—the question that stops them cold isn’t a strategic one. It’s the simplest one: “What is your ideal job?”
Our Herd Freed Hartz executive search team was honored to partner with CopilotKit on a retained executive search to find their new VP Enterprise Sales.
CopilotKit (founded 2023, headquartered in Seattle) is the #1 open-source platform for connecting AI Agents with user-facing applications
Our Herd Freed Hartz executive search team was honored to partner with Exact Electric on a retained executive search to find their new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Exact Electric is a Seattle-based, non-union electrical contractor providing electrical construction and service solutions across the Puget Sound region
Our Herd Freed Hartz executive search team was honored to partner with Paramount Hotels on a retained executive search to find their new Director of Sales – Hilton SeaTac.
Paramount Hotels is an independent, family-owned boutique hotel group with properties in Seattle, Portland, and Maui. With legacy properties in prime downtown locations, Paramount delivers timeless service and amenities with a modern, artful boutique twist.
Our Herd Freed Hartz executive search team was honored to partner with Greer Tank on a retained executive search to find their new CFO. Founded in 1952, Greer Tank & Welding is a multi-site industrial fabrication and tank manufacturing business serving customers across Alaska and the Lower 48
Our Herd Freed Hartz executive search team was honored to partner with Cascade Coffee on a retained executive search to find their new Director of Manufacturing.
With our firm having a front-row seat to thousands of executive interviews across industries, company stages, and economic cycles has taught us one thing: the best interview questions don’t feel like tests. They feel like conversations that unlock something real, something a polished résumé simply can’t show you.
So to mark our 25th anniversary this year, we asked our executive recruiting team to compile our favorite 25 interview questions we have found most insightful.
Chugach Electric Association, Inc. is Alaska’s largest electric utility, proudly serving more than 90,000 members across Anchorage and northern Kenai Peninsula. As a member-owned cooperative, Chugach Electric is deeply rooted in the communities it serves and committed to delivering safe, reliable, and affordable power while advancing a cleaner and more resilient energy future.
Our Herd Freed Hartz executive search team was honored to partner with Northwest Administrators on a retained executive search to find their new SVP, IT Operations & Infrastructure in Seattle. Since 1958, Northwest Administrators Inc. has been a trusted third-party administrator with a long-standing reputation for delivering accurate, compliant, and member-focused benefit administration services.
