
Cyber Security Executive Search Capabilities
OUR PROMISE
Here to exceed your unique hiring and talent needs.
In the spirit of collaborating, connecting, and cultivating, we differentiate ourselves by building synergistic, flexible, and transparent relationships with our clients - being their partner every step of the way. Comhar Partners was formed with the purpose of having all of the capabilities of larger firms while being more nimble and entrepreneurial in the marketplace. This is exhibited by our qualified people, one-firm approach, and our broad service offerings which include Executive Search, Professional Recruiting, and Talent Advisory Services.
In conjunction with providing talent management services, we provide built-in advisory services with every search. This includes a detailed compensation analysis, an in-depth personality inventory, and the assignment an Executive Coach to provide onboarding and acculturation consulting.
Our adept team of consultants and project managers complete end-to-end recruiting solutions, with an emphasis on collaboration. Comhar Partners uses a proprietary, fully integrated, cloud-based talent management software solution for data management and applicant tracking, to ensure an efficient and effective project for you.
OUR SERVICES
EXECUTIVE SEARCH
At Comhar Partners we understand that attracting top talent for C-suite and Executive Level positions that are considered mission-critical for the organization requires an expert. Our consultants hold a comprehensive understanding of different industries and functional roles to guarantee finding your best-fit leader who will make a lasting impact within your organization. Our consultants work to build an appropriate framework for compensation and retention while identifying industrious and unique leaders that fit flawlessly into your organization. Whatever industry your organization is in, our unique and innovative approach allows our clients' unparalleled resources and unmatched results.
PROFESSIONAL RECRUITING
This contemporary search process offers flexible and scalable talent acquisition solutions tailored to attract professionals at the middle to upper levels of management. With our professional recruiting offerings, we become an extension of your human resources team in order to advance your recruiting process. Our Professional Recruiting Services are cost-effective, scalable, quality-driven, and flexible.
Our cutting-edge technology and support team offer undisputed client care to help fill your position with the highest quality candidate in the shortest amount of time. We provide you with dedicated recruitment teams that will become an extension of your own HR department. Our decisions are data-driven to ensure we only deliver top quality candidates to your company.
TALENT ADVISORY SERVICES
At Comhar Partners, we understand that your goal is to create talent management strategies to attract candidates who have the skillset to take your organization to new limits in the future. Our specialists in Executive Leadership and Cultural Assessment, Leadership Coaching and Development, On-Boarding and Acculturation Coaching, and Compensation Consulting are able to accommodate and understand the needs and aptitude of each individual, in order to make the most of your potential and use your leadership skills to the fullest effect. Whether your organization is looking for a new structure or strategic advisement on compensation consulting, Comhar Partners is here for you.
The need for qualified senior level executives is drastically outpacing the supply.
TALENT ACQUISITION PROCESS

ENGAGEMENT/CONSULTING LAUNCH
Identify the key elements for the search, profile the company, and review the desired education, skills, experience, and cultural fit of targeted candidates.
RESEARCH/CANDIDATE DEVELOPMENT COMMENCED
Build a highly qualified list of calibrated prospects and initiate pursuits of this targeted list.
ASSESSMENT/INTERVIEWS
Initial interviews are completed. Based upon results endorsed by the client, we conduct in-depth interviews and assessments.
PROJECT MANAGEMENT/CLIENT CONSULTING
As the search progresses, we advise the client on all aspects of attraction, assessment, and acquisition.
HIRING/ONBOARDINNG
Negotiate, hire, and monitor the assimilation of the new hire into the client organization and assure successful integration.
OUR EXPERIENCE
Grainger, Inc. is an industrial supply company headquartered in Chicago. They are the leading broad-line supplier of maintenance, repair, and operating (MRO) products. Grainger offers more than 1.6 million quality in-stock products, a consultative sales approach, technical and product expertise, and a premium digital experience.
POSITIONS PLACED:
- Chief Information Security Officer
- Vice President, Group Product Manager
- Director, Sales
- Director, UX Design
- Senior Manager, UX
- Group Product Manager

Protiviti is a global management consulting company based out of California with over 70 offices in 20 countries. They specialize in technology, business process, analytics, risk, compliance, transactions and internal audit.
POSITION PLACED:
- Managing Director, IT Security & Privacy
- Director, Information Technology
- Director, Security & Privacy

As a company built on the foundation of Privacy by Design, for more than 20 years Neustar’s unique capabilities have made them the leader in the field of responsible identity resolution. Neustar enables trusted connections between companies and people at the moments that matter most, with world-class and industry-leading solutions in Marketing, Risk, Communications, Security, and Registry services.
POSITION PLACED:
- Vice President, Security Sales
- Director, Information Technology
- Senior Security Program Manager

VERA is the security platform chosen by the Fortune 500 to secure, track, and control sensitive information that needs to be shared externally. With a keen focus on the user experience for employees and security pros alike, Vera can protect any kind of information, no matter how it's stored or shared, anywhere it travels.
POSITION PLACED:
- Chief Financial Officer
- Chief Technology Officer

Barracuda Networks protects email, networks, data, and applications with innovative solutions that grow and adapt to customers' journeys. More than 150,000 organizations worldwide trust Barracuda to protect them – in ways they may not even know they are at risk – so they can focus on taking their business to the next level.
POSITION PLACED:
- Chief Information Security Officer
- Vice President, Information Technology

RiskVision develops comprehensive risk intelligence solutions for the enterprise. The highly decorated RiskVision platform is the industry’s first risk intelligence solution designed for today’s real-time, big data, threat-centric world. RiskVision’s architecture and design delivers the industry’s best usability, scale, automation and time-to-deployment advantages. RiskVision has since been acquired by Resolver.
POSITION PLACED:
- Vice President, Sales
- Cyber Security Architect
OUR CYBER SECURITY PRACTICE
Our Cyber Security Practice Group is comprised of an experienced team dedicated to assisting organizations with their senior leadership needs through superior service. We focus on searches in the Chicagoland area as well as nationally, giving clients the benefit of local market knowledge paired with broad national reach.
Our consultants understand the dynamic, rapidly changing technology environment and have earned a reputation for identifying first-rate talent that delivers immediate value. We are an innovative and experienced group of management consultants who know the unique challenges of attracting and recruiting highly qualified leaders within the cyber security landscape.
We have successfully led executive search programs across the country, including the Chicagoland market, helping clients build a sustainable competitive advantage. Each consultant brings a wealth of personal experience from both client search engagements and operational roles within cyber security organizations, allowing us to bring practical insight to every engagement.
Regardless of company size or culture, our team consistently delivers outstanding candidates to meet your management search needs. Our industry expertise, professionalism, integrity, and high-touch process have established our Cyber Security Practice as a trusted partner to clients, candidates, and industry leaders both in Chicagoland and nationwide.
YOUR DEDICATED TEAM
