Dean Bare
Managing Director
d.bare@stantonchase.com

Dean Bare, managing director of Stanton Chase International’s Atlanta office, brings more than 30 years of experience in various business sectors to the executive search process. A principal of Stanton Chase since 2002, Bare offers broad experience in the manufacturing, engineering and technology industries where he has implemented national and international search assignments for key executive positions. These assignments include chief executive, general management, finance, marketing, sales operations, research and development, quality assurance and business development. Clients include global companies such as Schlumberger, a leading oilfield services firm, and Labinal, provider of services and products to the aerospace industry.

Bare’s business experience before coming to Stanton Chase includes senior level positions with leading companies. He helped establish and served as president of the MullingBrooks executive search firm, and before that was with Boyden International, one of the nation’s oldest search firms. Early in his career, he owned and operated an executive search firm, Corporate Source.

Bare’s extensive multidisciplinary experience also includes eight years as division manager of NCH Corporation, a leading specialty chemical company. As executive vice president of The Restoration Company, a large scale disaster recovery firm, he directed the opening of offices in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles.

Born and raised in Tennessee, he received his bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Tennessee. Bare, who has been involved in more than 200 successful executive searches, also dedicates a part of his practice to not-for-profit organizations and major hospital systems in the Southeast.

Industry Practice Expertise

• Financial Services
• Industrial
• Natural Resources & Energy
• Logistics and Transportation

James L. Harvey, Jr.
Principal
j.harvey@stantonchase.com

James Harvey, a Principal in the Atlanta office, has more than 18 years of experience as a retained executive search consultant in a wide range of industries and functional areas. At Stanton Chase he functions as a generalist, with a concentration in the financial services, manufacturing, and retail industries.

Before joining Stanton Chase in 2003, he was Vice President of a boutique executive search firm in the Atlanta area, conducting searches in a variety of industries, including pulp and paper, specialty chemicals and manufacturing.

A native of Pennsylvania who has made Atlanta his home since 1978, Jim began his professional career in human resources management, working for Travelers Insurance Company in various locations throughout the United States. After 11 years with the firm, he became Director of Human Resources in Atlanta for one of the nation's leading furniture retailers. Following that he led human resources management for a fast-growing software development firm, also in Atlanta.

Jim received his Bachelor's Degree in Mathematics from the University of Colorado and did post-graduate work in economics and accounting at Georgia State University.

Jim and his wife Mimi are avid fly fishers who have enjoyed the sport in rivers throughout North Georgia as well as in waters from Alaska to Belize.

Industry Practice Expertise

• Financial Services
• Industrial
• Natural Resources & Energy
• Professional Services

Tony Palmer
Principal
t.palmer@stantonchase.com

Tony received his undergraduate degree in Business Administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill while on a full Navy scholarship. At graduation, he was commissioned as a naval officer and subsequently completed flight school. Tony flew operationally for three years in the Pacific theatre before joining the faculty at the United States Naval Academy. While at Annapolis, Tony managed the leadership development curriculum presented to all first year students. During that time, he also earned his MS in Personnel Management from George Washington University.

Prior to joining StantonChase, Tony was the owner of his own firm as well as a member of a nationally recognized boutique search firm. As a Managing Partner within a national HR consulting practice, Tony and his staff guided many of Atlanta’s larger organizations and their employees through business realignments and restructurings. Tony has executed searches across all functions and at levels from field operations to corporate senior management, with a concentration in the industrial and manufacturing sectors.

Industry Practice Expertise

• Consumer Products and Services
• Industrial

Ajit Thampy
Principal
a.thampy@stantonchase.com

Ajit Thampy has more than 17 years of experience in the life sciences and technology sectors. He is based in Atlanta’s satellite office in Cary, N.C., near Research Triangle Park, the globally renowned center of innovation in life sciences and information/communications technology. Thampy specializes in executive searches for companies in this region, among other areas nationwide. Research Triangle Park is anchored by the cities of Chapel Hill, Durham and Raleigh.

Before joining Stanton Chase, he was a partner in the Cary office of Allen Austin Executive Search where he worked in the firm’s life sciences and technology practice. Previously, he was a senior manager with Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Cambridge, Mass., serving as the primary liaison between regulatory operations and information technology.

Earlier, he was with First Consulting Group, Somerset N.J., as the lead consultant for pharmaceutical companies. He was involved in business analysis and IT implementations. Clients were Aventis, Amgen, Johnson & Johnson, Merck, Unilever and Merck-Medco.

Born and raised in Bombay, India, Thampy began his professional career as a product executive with the Indian subsidiary of Intergraph Corporation. He then worked for British Telecom in England and India as a senior software engineer.

After coming to the United States in 1995, he joined DMR Consulting Group (now Fujitsu) in Edison, N.J., as a senior consultant for American Express, AT&T and the New York City Department of Health, among other clients.

Thampy will receive his MBA in November 2008 from Duke University in Durham. He has a bachelor’s degree in computer engineering from Walchand Institute of Technology in India. Thampy also has a certificate in Project Management from Boston University, and earned the Project Management Professional (PMP) designation from the Project Management Institute.

Industry Practice Expertise

• Life Sciences and Healthcare
• Technology