Edward J. Savage, III
Managing Director
Southern California Regional Operating Center
e.savage@stantonchase.com

Edward is a founding member of Stanton Chase International Los Angeles and a former Chairman of its US operations. Prior to this he co-founded and was COO of Kors Marlar Savage & Associates, and served as Vice President/Managing Partner and member of the executive committee for Korn/Ferry International in Los Angeles.

Edward holds a Master's degree in Public and Industrial Administration from the University of California, Berkeley, and a BA in Liberal Arts from Louisiana State University. He is also a graduate of the Stanford Executive Program. He serves as a board member and committee chair for the Chief Executives Organization, area Vice President of the World Presidents Organization, and is a member of both the Stanford Business School Angel Fund and the Los Angeles Venture Association.

Industry Practice Expertise

• Consumer Products and Services
• Life Sciences & Healthcare
• Professional Services
• Natural Resources & Energy
• Logistics and Transportation

Steve Duffy
Director
s.duffy@stantonchase.com

Steve is responsible for the leadership and development of the National Financial Services practice, as well as the development of the Southern California Financial Services practice. His background in the financial services industry spans 31 years, including a stint as senior Vice President of City National Bank in Los Angeles. He spent eight years as Vice President/statewide Sales Manager -- first with Bank of America, then with Union Bank of California -- and served as Vice President/Commercial Loan Manager at Wells Fargo and as Vice President, Corporate Finance, at Morgan Olmstead Capital, which later merged with Wedbush Securities.

Steve holds an MBA and a Bachelor of Science in Business from the University of Southern California, and he attended the Pacific Coast Banking School.

Industry Practice Expertise

• Financial Services
• Government, Education & Non Profit

William L. Ross
Director
b.ross@stantonchase.com

Bill, a Director in the Los Angeles office of Stanton Chase, has been engaged in senior level executive search since 1997. Today Bill’s skills and responsibilities run the gamut of the executive search profession from client acquisition to project management, search strategy and execution. Before joining Stanton Chase International as a Research associate in Los Angeles, Bill was employed by a top four, global, retained, executive search firm and worked in their global private equity practice. During that period of time Bill focused on Partner, Board, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer searches for private equity fund clients and their portfolio companies. Prior to that he worked with a well-regarded boutique retained executive search firm with a primary concentration on serving clients in the venture capital and emerging growth technology markets.

Throughout his career Bill has focused on recruiting at the board, president and vice president levels in all functional areas for companies involved in financial services, manufacturing/distribution, high technology, pharmaceutical, medical device, not for profits and consumer goods and services.

Bill holds a Bachelor of Arts in Applied Arts & Sciences degree from San Diego State University.

Industry Practice Expertise

• Financial Services
• Industrial
• Government, Education & Non Profit

Sami Revah
Principal Consultant
s.revah@stantonchase.com

Sami joined Stanton Chase in 2007 to expand the firm’s coverage in the Southern California marketplace. His focus is in the technology, aerospace and manufacturing sectors and he possesses over 25 years experience in international sales, marketing, business development, operations and consulting. He has opened new territories and market sectors for a number of software and aerospace companies, including Wonderware, Adexa, Thinque Systems, MetaExchange, FASTXchange, Smiths Industries, GEC Aerospace, and Singer-Kearfott.

Sami spent the first part of his career in various engineering roles with the Hughes Aircraft Company before turning his focus toward sales and marketing. Since then he has built and managed sales and marketing teams and created and launched multi-channel partnership and distribution programs in Europe, North America and other global markets. He has conducted business in over 40 countries worldwide.

While residing in The Netherlands, Sami established and ran a European headquarters operation for Wonderware, a US-based software company, managing all sales, marketing and support activities in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. During that period, he increased sales in the region from less than $1 million to over $30 million.

In 2001 Sami launched Global Vantage, a consulting company that offered services to clients in the areas of international business development, sales and marketing optimization through channels and training in negotiation, influence, sales and other timely topics.

Industry Practice Expertise

• Industrial
• Logistics and Transportation
• Professional Services
• Technology

Mike Hagerthy
Consultant
m.hagerthy@stantonchase.com

Mike has been in the executive search and interim management business for over 15 years. His early career was in banking with Union Bank and Imperial Bank where he rose to the title of Senior Vice President. Mike has served as Director of Marketing for three major public accounting firms including Deloitte & Touche. Mike was also a co-founder of IMCOR, the nation’s largest provider of “C” level interim executives working in troubled companies and turnarounds. That company was successfully sold to a public company, which is now Spherion. He utilizes his background and experiences to serve our Financial Services, Private Equity and other Industrial clients.

He holds a Bachelors degree in Business Administration and an MBA from CSULA. He has been active in Boy Scouts and numerous other youth programs near his home in Palos Verdes.

Industry Practice Expertise

• Financial Services (including Private Equity)
• Industrial

Robert Shirilla
Advisory Director
r.shirilla@aol.com

Bob is a former Senior Partner of Stanton Chase where he managed the consumer goods practice with clients in North America, Asia, and Europe.  He is currently an Adjunct Professor of Management at Colorado State University-Pueblo.

Prior to executive search, Bob held senior marketing positions with Kraft Foods and ConAgra at the Group Manager level.  He also held senior positions in financial services with Citicorp and American Savings at the Executive Vice President level.  He served as a consultant with the Boston Consulting Group, Inc.  He was Co-Founder and President of Computerized Vehicle Registration (CVR), today a national company. 

Bob received his B.A. in Economics, Magna Cum Laude, from UCLA and his MBA, with Honors, from the Harvard Business School.  He is a retired Army full Colonel and a graduate of the Army War College and the Command & General Staff College.  He has served on the President’s Commission for White House Fellows and on the Board of Governors of Goodwill Industries.  He is listed in numerous publications, including Who’s Who in America and has and published many articles on economics, banking deregulation, marketing, and foreign policy. Furthermore, his foreign policy publications were presented to the Conference of Southeast Asian Nations in Sydney, Australia.