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Lead5 Gives Executives 5 Ways to Elevate Their Careers

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Pursue Hidden Jobs First

The Lead5 Community – comprised of our members, research team, and proprietary technology – delivers hidden jobs faster, maximizing your universe of opportunities. See what our members are saying or browse recently closed positions.

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Network With Exclusive Hiring Contacts

We not only provide you with their information, we advise you on the best outreach strategy. Members receive a free consultation to perfect their approach.

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Exchange Thought Leadership

The Lead5 Executive Community allows you to contribute and learn about career strategies that work.

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Hone Your Executive Skillset

Connect with career experts and discover exclusive content to take the next step in your career.

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Connect With Peers

The Lead5 Community provides meaningful ways to connect to leaders who work inside and outside your function.

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Proven success — meet a few of our executive members...

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"I used Lead5 to pursue hidden executive job opportunities and was impressed by the high response rate.Lead5 does a great job of sourcing executive positions and contact information that are unavailable to the masses."

- Andres Munoz
EVP, Business Solutions, Odin Automotive
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"Lead5 helps me discover opportunities and private equity deals that I was previously unaware of, helping me keep the pulse of the market in near real-time. As a CFO, this intel is incredibly valuable to me."

- Paige Wisdom
Board of Directors, Morgan Stanley Bank NA
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"Lead5 is a powerful networking tool that allowed me to proactively discover and connect with hiring decision makers at companies that interested me. It's great that there's now a service like this which was built by accomplished executive recruiters for executive clientele."

- Jim Bell
Chief Financial Officer (Former), GameStop
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"I love how Lead5 gives executives immediate and the earliest-possible access to unlisted opportunities. I'm not actively seeking a new role at the moment, but I still like to check-in to Lead5 and learn the latest news about executives entries and exits, as well as getting the latest news on private equity deals. This helps me keep the pulse of the marketplace"

- Ari Tiktin
Product & Marketing Executive, CNBC
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"I strongly recommend Lead5 to other executives seeking C-Level positions. In fact, I believe Lead5 has reset the bar and it is now a requirement to be competitive. I truly feel for the first time in the search process that I have an edge and an inside track."

- John Ellsworth
General Counsel (Former), ScanSource
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"I've used Lead5 to identify C-level openings before the formal search process even began. Doing so enabled me to gain an early foothold and maximize my potential options. I've been very impressed by Lead5's ability to identify these opportunities and deliver them to me."

- Rob Crowl
Chief Financial Officer, Flagship Credit Acceptance
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"Thanks to the filtering capabilities of Lead5, I was able to locate a local opportunity that I would not have learned about otherwise which was aligned with my search criteria.As a result of the good intel available on Lead5, I was able to rapidly connect with the right PE firm partner, saving hours of research.I would recommend Lead5 to CFOs looking to connect to emerging private equity deals."

- Biff Jennings
Chief Financial Officer (Former), Sequential Technology
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"Lead5 does the heavy lifting when it comes to locating and summarizing relevant data for each opportunity; this would be more than a full-time job for anyone attempting to gather this information on their own."

- Brad Wright
Chief Financial Officer, PMC Consolidated Holdings
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"Lead5 has helped me better identify who I should be speaking with for the opportunities I am interested in pursuing."

- Mike Henricks
Chief Financial Officer, Community Brands
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"By using the Lead5 contact information I have had a surprisingly high success rate (80%) in setting up networking calls and meetings."

- John Ambrose
CFO, IT & Operations (Former), Fannie Mae

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The Team

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Josh Wimberley

Co-Founder & CEO

Josh serves as CEO of Lead5. In Josh's previous role as Head of the Financial Officer Practice in North America for Korn/Ferry International (NYSE: KFY), he focused on recruiting CFOs across multiple industry sectors. Josh's 20 years in traditional executive search makes him uniquely equipped to understand and address the pain points associated with the executive job search process.

Josh had a distinguished career with Korn/Ferry as he was the youngest partner in the firm at the time of his promotion and one of the youngest practice leaders in the firm's history. In addition, he has been quoted on various leadership and succession topics in the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg News, and CFO Magazine.

Josh left Korn/Ferry in 2013 with a vision of creating an online exchange, empowering candidates with intel and transparency on the executive search process.

Josh received his bachelor's degree in management, magna cum laude, from Baylor University.

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Mike Russ

Co-Founder & COO

Mike is the Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer of Lead5. His responsibilities as COO include operations, search, business development, and partnership marketing.

Mike comes to Lead5 from Ivie & Associates, a marketing communications firm where he served as Senior Vice President of Operations, leading two business units for the company. During his tenure, he successfully developed and implemented operational solutions both domestically and internationally.

Mike holds a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt. Mike is motivated by a philosophy that focuses on growing profit through improved business processes, stronger analytics, and team development.

Mike holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Speech Communications from Texas A&M University and an MBA in Finance and Operations from UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School.

Lead5 Advisory Board

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Bob Collins - Chairman

Founder and CEO, Robert Collins Group
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James Mendelsohn

Chief Operating Officer & Chief Revenue Officer at Breakout Capital Finance
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Brennan Murray

Partner, Talent at Cressey & Company
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Dave Justus

Chief Financial Officer, Kareo
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Jeremy Fudge

Managing Partner at Berry Appleman & Leiden, LLP

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