Testimonials
Our Clients give us more than just compliments – they give us referrals. In fact, our current client base is derived largely from our previous clients and candidates. Here are a few comments from our partners in search.
"Bente Hansen and Associates did an outstanding job helping Amylin fill two very key senior management positions during a critical stage of our company's growth. She and her team spent the time to fully understand our business need and the hard technical requirements for the jobs, as well as our company culture before initiating the searches. She quickly built a pipeline of qualified candidates and kept in constant communication to ensure that the process ran smoothly from beginning to end. The follow-through and professionalism of Bente Hansen and Associates is top notch and I would not hesitate to recommend her for tough executive searches."
Roger Marchetti
Senior Vice President
Human Resources and Corporate Services
Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
"Bente Hansen has provided us with outstanding executive search candidates.Ican especially appreciate their friendly, reliable and transparent process. We have filled some keypositions and expect to remain a long term client."
Jack Lief, Co-Founder, Chairman, President and CEO
Arena Pharmaceuticals
"We partner with Bente Hansen Inc. because they take the time to understand
our vision and corporate culture. I am confident that part of our success
is due to the high quality people we have been able to recruit working with Bente Hansen Inc."
Octavio Diaz, Senior Vice President
EMD Chemicals Inc.,
An affiliate of Merck KGaA
"Over the past 3 years, I have been on the search committees of 5 boards that have hired new executives.
I have had the opportunity to work with a number of professional search firms. By a wide margin, Mary Colacicco and her team at BenteHansen have proven to be the most thorough, principled and helpful firm I have had the pleasure of dealing with. If I could distill my impression of our interactions it would be this: BenteHansen gets it. They make the vetting, selection and interview process feel fresh and effortless while yielding the desired result – a candidate selection that everyone loves. I would recommend Mary and her team to any organization looking to find that "perfect" candidate."
Vince Mudd,
CEO
San Diego Office Interiors
"Bente Hansen recently completed an international executive search for us resulting in the timely placement for a key position. She invested in understanding my requirements at the very beginning, and provided complementary attributes that proved to be critical. Her expertise and professionalism transcended international networks to deliver multiple highly qualified candidates."
Michael J. Martinelli
Vice President
Pharmaceutical Development
Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
"Bente Hansen & Associates have been very helpful, diligent and successful in regards to filling senior management job positions in entrepreneurial companies I have worked with as board/advisory member. Bente brings an excellent understanding and experience of matching people to people and organizational cultures, and is quite personable to work with. I have also found Bente helpful to me in the identification and establishment of network opportunities. I would look forward to working with Bente Hansen & Associates for our next executive search, and recommend her highly to you."
Bo E. H. Saxberg, MD, PhD
Pres., DDO Strategic Services, LLC
"Bente was a tremendous help in filling a tough executive/senior management
position. She took the time to understand our corporate culture and the specific hard and soft requirements for our position before she began her search. She has is a very open communicator who brings a unique combination of professionalism, positive energy and a sense of humor to her executive searches. I will use her again and recommend her highly for future placement needs."
Geoffrey T. Mather
President & CEO
PhDx Systems, Inc.
“Bente Hansen and Associates responded to our need to identify a CEO with foresight and experience in a start up health services company. Their insight into the leadership requirements of the business and clinical culture brought the right person to the table. I have no doubt that Navitas is a growing company with exceptional opportunity because of their diligence. Their professionalism, expertise, market knowledge and attention to specific needs certainly set
them above the rest.”
Carolyn A. “Cad” Dennehy, Ph.D.
Founder and VP of Clinical Services
Navitas Cancer Rehabilitation Centers of America, Inc.
Denver, CO
"Bente placed me into probably the most pivotal position and company experience in my career development, allowing me to advance from Corporate Controller, to Operating Division CFO, to Chief Accounting Officer, to Corporate CFO. Thanks Bente, it turned out to be a good career move".
David Dreyer
Chief Financial Officer
AMN Healthcare
“Aperio Technologies benefited greatly by our association with Bente Hansen & Associates. They were successful in recruiting our CFO and a member of our board of directors, both of whom have made a major impact on our company. Bente and her team were knowledgeable, responsive and professional.”
Dirk G Soenksen
Chief Executive Officer
Aperio Technologies, Inc.
“I found working with Bente Hansen and Associates to be enjoyable. Not only did they deliver outstanding executive candidates, they demonstrated the urgency and flexibility that I needed as the COO of a small biotech company. I would not hesitate to engage them again in my next search for an executive placement.”
Tom Silberg
COO, Tercica Pharmaceuticals
Brisbane, CA
“Somaxon retained Bente Hansen & Associate to recruit a statistician and regulatory person and we have been very pleased with the outcome. Bente and her team were knowledgeable about our industry and took the time to meet with us to thoroughly understand our needs. We pay close attention to the cultural fit and their team showed that they understood this and made it a high priority. We will use them again.”
Philip Jochelson, MD
Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer
Somaxon Pharmaceuticals
"Your knowledge of BIOCOM's realistic needs, your vision for the organization and your experience within the local business community resulted in hiring the right individual for the right job and at the right time. Thank you for your professionalism and for your important contribution to improving the level of our professional staff at BIOCOM/san diego. Your effort will pay dividends to our membership in the quality of service they receive in the future."
Joseph D. Panetta
President and CEO
BIOCOM/san diego
"For the past four years I have had the pleasure of knowing and doing business with Bente Hansen. Her integrity, working to understand your business and putting the right people with the right company is the best I have seen. Our product line is used in many diverse markets from High Technology to the Craft Industry. Bente Hansen & Associates did a fantastic job of finding the right people to manage our business in these diverse markets. I highly recommend Bente Hansen & Associates for your personnel needs."
Kevin Mulvihill
President & CEO
Wilshire Technologies
eStudySite retained Bente Hansen & Associates to conduct a comprehensive national search for a senior clinical manager with very specific skill sets and experiences. With highly specialized qualifications, a demanding schedule and challenging objectives, Bente Hansen & Associates was able to successfully present five highly professional, qualified candidates for extensive interviews to our company. We are very pleased with the professionalism and results oriented strategies Bente Hansen & Associates developed for our company and look forward to a long relationship as we grow.
Steve Kenney
President & CEO
eStudySite
"I remain continually impressed with Bente's energy and her genuine interest in thoroughly understanding the needs of a company before embarking on a search to fill an executive position."
Michael J. Kucha
Timeline Ventures
"At Bente Hansen & Associates, their persistence, market-knowledge, objectivity, and sensitivity to our needs got us a top-notch executive with the equally important ability to get things done in our organization. There's no question that we will use Bente's services again as our company grows."
Rick Day
President/CEO
Daycom Systems, Inc.
"We have been very impressed with the ability of Bente Hansen & Associates to locate an outstanding executive to lead our growing company; he is a great match for our needs. All aspects of the search were facilitated in a timely and astute manner. I highly recommend Bente Hansen & Associates."
Kurt O. Lund, Ph.D.
President & CEO
Applied Chemical & Engineering Systems, Inc.
"Bente Hansen & Associates goes the extra mile to learn your culture and will look for solutions, not just people, to help your business grow. Finding the right talent is important. Finding the right talent at the right time is critical. Bente Hansen & Associates does both."
Jackie Townsend
CEO
Townsend Inc.
"Bente Hansen & Associates was successful in developing a slate of highly qualified candidates for both a VP-Clinical Affairs and a VP-Regulatory Affairs and Quality Assurance for Provasis Therapeutics. We hired two exceptional candidates with 20 years of directly relevant experience in our market."
Terrance J. Bruggeman
H3D Ventures
Formerly with Provasis Therapeutics
"Bente Hansen & Associates did an outstanding job of recruiting a senior level corporate development professional for Advanced Tissue Sciences. They quickly provided a number of highly qualified candidates that met our requirements. We are very happy with the service and result we obtained."
Mark J. Gergen
Executive Vice President, Amylin Pharmaceuticals
Formerly with Advanced Tissue Sciences, Inc.
"Spend a few minutes with one of the partners at Bente Hansen & Associates, describe your immediate and future needs, then sit back and get ready for the array of possibilities! Near term, long term, interim, permanent, Bente Hansen & Associates will save you time and money."
Palmer Ford
Formerly Managing Director
SAIC - VCC
"Bente Hansen doesn't just fill a job opening for you — she works to build your team. I knew that our hire of a senior sales and marketing executive would be our most critical hire, and I built a position spec that was very hard to fill! And yet, Bente found us a person who truly made it all happen for us. Our senior executive has not only been our most valuable asset but he turned out to be a partner for a lifetime."
Vicki Marion
President and CEO, Viadux
Formerly with JABRA Corporation
"Having been on both sides of Bente's recruiting business, as an employer looking for a specific candidate and as a candidate placed into one of her searches, I can truly say that Bente Hansen & Associates is one of the best in the business. Bente is a very thorough, professional recruiter that I would highly recommend for your most important executive placements."
Raleigh Wilson
CEO, Rivet International
Formerly with JABRA Corporation
"I have worked with Bente Hansen on searches in a variety of different disciplines. Her experience and market-knowledge is extraordinary. With each search, she has been able to quickly identify and target qualified candidates that can hit the ground running. She always manages to find candidates that exceed my expectations."
Michelle Anson
Manager, Human Relations
Iomega
“There is great value in working with people who really know the industry and have an extensive network of senior level contacts. Bente Hansen & Associates understand factors shaping the future of the sector and the capabilities required to compete in this evolving context.”
Warren Parker
Chief Executive
Landcare Research
New Zealand