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We are consistently impressed by Occam's ability to deliver excellent results.
Building a company with a transformative mission requires having the very best people on your team from the very start. That requires a trusted partner who understands both the high-level strategic vision and the details of what it takes to succeed. Occam’s partnership in identifying and recruiting leaders for key positions at insitro has helped us close critical and hard-to-fill roles across scientific and corporate functions. We are consistently impressed by Occam's ability to deliver excellent results, which has enabled our continued growth and evolution.
Daphne Koller
Founder & CEO,
insitro
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The firm has been a true partner to Chemify.
My journey as an entrepreneur has begun with Chemify. I met Occam at an inflection point in realizing the dream. The firm has decisively helped me reify my vision and make it an organizational reality. John and Bill know what it takes to recognize and attract top flight talent with the requisite level of imagination. Their practice is unpretentiously cosmopolitan, uncompromisingly ethical, effortlessly generous and meaningfully strategic. The firm has been a true partner to Chemify.
Lee Cronin
Founder & CEO,
Chemify
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Occam has been a great and valued recruiting partner for Lux.
Occam has been a great and valued recruiting partner for Lux. They impress with business moxie, psychological acuity, ruthless objectivity and speed. A team and search firm apart.
Josh Wolfe
Co-Founder & Managing Partner,
Lux Capital
We trust Bill and his talented team.
Occam stands out in my experience with the search industry in terms of its unrelenting thoughtfulness and commitment to results. At Population Health, we trust Bill and his talented team because of their consistently astute and ethical judgment on people and situations and their enduring commitment to produce mutually beneficial results. And their sense of humor is the icing on the cake.
Clive Meanwell
Chairman & Partner,
Population Health Partners
They know the biotech world inside and out.
Occam approaches their difficult and delicate task with uncommon, if not unique, respect for the candidate and client alike. They know the biotech world inside and out. A firm of consummate professionals.
Terry-Ann Burrell
Board Member, Recursion
CFO, Beam Therapeutics
Occam played a pivotal role in the build of CHARM Therapeutics
Occam played a pivotal role in the build of CHARM Therapeutics with the critical placement of our Executive Chairman, Gary Glick.
Laksh Aithani
Founder & CEO
CHARM Therapeutics
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Occam has been a formidable recruiting partner for Recursion.
Occam has been a formidable recruiting partner for Recursion. Over the past three years, they have helped us make key additions to the senior executive team and board. The firm has consistently provided a unique blend of nuanced and ethical judgement, tireless and creative effort, and strategic insight in helping us develop a holistic organizational plan as Recursion has evolved.
Chris Gibson
Founder & CEO,
Recursion Pharmaceuticals
Occam is well-connected with C-suite and board talent.
Occam is well-connected with C-suite and board talent. They brought us great candidates and were very helpful in the vetting and referencing process. They know the life sciences industry well!
Carol Gallagher
Venture Advisor, NEA
Former CEO, Calistoga Pharma
The search exercise that Occam developed and led was fluidly interactive.
I observed Bill’s work as the founder and a Board member of Semma. He helped us recruit a very effective Chief Executive Officer. Bastiano Sanna was able to reset the strategy, build the organization and ultimately sell the company to Vertex for almost $1 billion. The search exercise that Occam developed and led was fluidly interactive, intelligent, nuanced and thorough. Among Occam’s strengths, I would highlight the engaged nature and thoughtful listening the Occam team brings to the process.
Doug Melton
Founder, Semma Therapeutics
Xander University Professor
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Occam is the search firm that matches the entrepreneurial intensity of its clients.
Thorough, tireless, and professional, and they listen. Occam is the search firm that matches the entrepreneurial intensity of its clients. Results delivered with intelligence, urgency and style.
Frederic Kerrest
COO & Co-Founder,
Okta
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Occam is an extraordinary recruiter.
Occam is an extraordinary recruiter. This special quality comes from their manifest empathy and emotional intelligence as well as procedural rigor. It was they who recruited me into my current role as a first-time CEO at Aviado. In that process, I always felt transparency and concern for me as a person as they assiduously cultivated my candidacy. Subsequently, I engaged Occam in adding a Chairman for my Board. They delivered a formidable result in a nuanced and differentiated fashion.
Lisa Deschamps
CEO,
AviadoBio
Occam stands apart for their rigorously applied intelligence.
I know Occam well, over time and from two different perspectives. The firm has placed me on two Boards, one small but rapidly growing private diagnostic company, the other a large diversified public CRO. I have also engaged them to recruit two key executives, a CEO and a CCO, for a cancer diagnostic company which I started. Occam stands apart for their rigorously applied intelligence, consistent work ethic and deeply useful understanding of human nature.
Alex Dickinson
Founder & Board Member,
ChromaCode
Frequently Asked Questions
What services does Occam provide in global executive search?
Occam Global provides global executive recruiting, board recruiting, and leadership advisory services.
What markets does Occam Global serve?
With associates in New York, San Francisco, London, and Los Angeles, Occam serves clients across Europe the US, and Asia
Are you a specialized life sciences executive recruiter?
We are specialists in recruiting executives and board members for the life sciences but serve a variety of other tech clients as well as venture capital.
What is life science executive search, and how does it differ from other types of executive recruiting?
Life Sciences Executive Search is a specialized recruitment service that helps companies identify and place senior leadership and board-level positions in the life sciences industry. This includes positions in biotechnology, pharmaceutical, medical devices, and healthcare sectors. Occam Global serves both the life sciences and technology industries which uniquely positioning them in techbio executive search, at the intersection of both industries.