William E. Frank, Jr.
Founder and Managing Director
w.frank@stantonchase.com

William founded the Miami office of Stanton Chase International in January 1980 for the sole purpose of providing the highest quality executive search services in the state of Florida.

Initially, due to William's corporate background in real estate and large-scale community development, the primary focus of the firm was on real estate development companies. Since then, the firm has diversified, and, during his many years in executive search, William has completed more than 400 assignments for a wide variety of corporations and organizations, in both the private and public sectors, and in most management functions. He specializes in the real estate, banking and hospitality sectors.  

Prior to founding the Miami office, William was Vice President of Human Resources for the ITT Corporation, a position he held for seven years. During his time with ITT, he had the distinction of being the youngest vice president in the history of the corporation. His previous experience included a variety of senior human resources positions -- all of them employment and recruiting related -- for the Allis Chalmers Corporation and for Wometco Enterprises, two other Fortune-500 companies. Combined with his tenure at Stanton Chase International, William has over 30 years of executive-level recruiting experience.

William graduated from Pennsylvania State University and has been a resident of south Florida for 30 years.

Industry Practice Expertise

• Consumer Products and Services
• Real Estate and Construction

Juan D. Morales
Managing Director
North America Regional Practice Leader - Logistics and Transportation
j.morales@stantonchase.com

Juan brings a distinguished record and broad experience to Stanton Chase. He has provided high-level executive talent consulting services to fledgling and mature organizations, those seeking continued industry prominence and those undergoing turnarounds and M&As. Juan has built a successful search practice by using his special talent and expertise in assessing and recruiting outstanding people for key roles and responsibilities while leading the Miami office. In addition to managing Stanton Chase Miami, Juan also serves as the Practice Leader in Logistics and Transportation for the North America region, as well as its leader for Latin American search activity.

His senior corporate assignments with globally recognized companies have been impressive. Prior to joining Stanton Chase, he served as Vice President of Human Resources for the International Americas Region at DHL Worldwide Express, encompassing 42 countries throughout the Western Hemisphere. In addition, he played a key role in the Global HR Steering Group for DHL International, driving global initiatives to produce bottom-line results.

Earlier career appointments included numerous positions in human resources and operations with United Parcel Service of America. Juan opened new territories in Latin America and held executive roles in domestic and international business units. As Senior Vice President of cargo operations for Amerijet International, the leading cargo airline operating in the Caribbean and Latin America, he restructured cargo operations and human resources to drive dramatic service improvements and increased efficiencies. In conjunction with managing high growth in these emerging markets, he was able to attract and retain talent to ensure sustained results.

Juan is fully bilingual in English and Spanish, as well as bi-cultural. Upon completion of his studies at Michigan Technological University, he earned a Senior Professional in Human Resources designation and is a participating member of the very prestigious Yale Leadership and Analysis Program and part of the ongoing Chief Executive Leadership Institute of the Yale School of Management. He is active in philanthropic, civic, and community organizations and serves as co-chair for the Jeb Bush Florida Classic, the single largest fundraising event in Florida in support of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. He also serves on the Advisory Council to the Miami District Office of the United States Equal Opportunity Commission.

Industry Practice Expertise

• Logistics and Transportation
• Industrial
• Professional Services

Robert L. Beatty, Jr.
Director
r.beatty@stantonchase.com

Robert L. Beatty, Jr. has 20 years of executive search experience, beginning in New York with a firm that specialized in Wall Street engagements, primarily real estate finance and investment banking. He joined the Miami Office of Stanton Chase International in 1991. During his years in the profession, Mr. Beatty has completed hundreds of searches in a wide variety of industries for both private-sector and public-sector organizations.

Prior to his years as an executive search consultant, Mr. Beatty was Executive Vice President, U.S. Operations, with International Bioaccess, a high-technology start-up in New York that manufactured and marketed computer-related products for corporations and for government defense and intelligence agencies. As one of the founding executives, he had P&L responsibility for all domestic operations, to include the research and development effort in Palo Alto, California. His client base was evenly split between the private sector and the federal government, and his duties included substantial involvement with the venture-capital community on behalf of the corporation.

Mr. Beatty's tenure with International Bioaccess culminated 12 years of experience in general management with W. R. Grace & Co., with the Data Processing Division of IBM, and with Wang Laboratories, Inc. At Wang Laboratories, Mr. Beatty successfully built and managed the national accounts organization in New York that had line responsibility, worldwide, for Wang's largest national and international accounts. His relationship with W. R. Grace & Co., which had remained close over the years, precipitated his move from New York to South Florida in 1991.

Mr. Beatty's corporate career followed five years in the United States Marine Corps. Airborne- and Ranger-trained by the Army, Mr. Beatty was an infantry and a reconnaissance officer. He left the service as a Vietnam-era veteran with the rank of Captain. Mr. Beatty holds a BA degree from Amherst College . He and his wife, Michele, have three grown children and maintain residences in both South Florida and Massachusetts.

Industry Practice Expertise

• Technology
• Government, Education & Non Profit
• Logistics and Transportation

John A. Farrell
Director
j.farrell@stantonchase.com

John has been with the Miami office of Stanton Chase International since November 1987. His prior experience includes 19 years of business and finance-related positions in the private sector. As one of our senior consultants, he concentrates on the financial services industry but has consulted on a broad range of general management assignments.

Previously, John was with the Bank of Beverly Hills in California, directly responsible for the bank's commercial loan and commercial mortgage production, as well as for all business development activity related to corporate banking. Prior to the Bank of Beverly Hills, John was a member of the Wells Fargo Bank, Commercial Banking Division. He was responsible for the bank's middle-market business development production in Central Los Angeles and Long Beach. In his 12 years of commercial banking, he and the various groups he managed were involved with loan underwriting, correspondent banking, product development, commercial mortgage production, business development management and training.

John's banking career on the West Coast began with Union Bank after he was recruited away from Xerox Corporation in San Francisco. This followed his early career in sales and marketing management with Xerox in Washington, D.C., where his performance was repeatedly recognized with both regional and national awards.

John holds a B.A. degree from the University of Maryland.

Industry Practice Expertise

• Financial Services
• Real Estate and Construction

David B. Miner
Director
d.miner@stantonchase.com

David brings ten years of "Big 6" and entrepreneurial management consulting experience to our firm. He joined us in 1996 with a special focus on international search projects. As such, David works closely with our other Stanton Chase International partners around the world.

Prior to joining Stanton Chase International, David was a manager in the Management Consulting Services practice of Price Waterhouse in Chicago. He began his career in Audit Services, but moved quickly to MCS, where he spent five of his six years at PW. His responsibilities included managing a variety of information technology projects for Fortune-100 clients as well as for smaller firms in a wide range of industries.

David also spent four years as a principal of the Moore Research Group in Philadelphia. With primary responsibility for clients in the northeastern United States, he coordinated and managed confidential consulting engagements in a variety of fields. He also has extensive experience in MIS and in the general world of high technology, strengths that David brings to bear for us abroad.

Between his undergraduate and graduate educations, David was a history teacher and a track coach at St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire. David has traveled extensively abroad and is fluent in French. Heholds a BA degree from Yale University and an MBA from Duke University.

Industry Practice Expertise

• Professional Services

Paul L. Barton
Director
p.barton@stantonchase.com

Paul is a seasoned business executive whose experience spans several industries and includes both large private companies and public companies in the Fortune 300. Most recently, Paul served as the head of human resources for National Beverage Corp., the fifth largest provider of soft drinks and juice products in the United States. Previously, he was a Corporate Vice President of Sun Chemical, a multibillion dollar private company and the world’s leading provider of inks and pigments to the printing industry. His responsibilities included the company’s operations in North America, South America, and Europe.

His earlier corporate experience in the consumer-goods and petrochemical industries includes executive positions with Procter and Gamble, Shell Oil, and BFGoodrich. Paul’s assignments with these companies included functional responsibilities in sales, marketing, operations, strategic planning and human resources. As a Vice President of Procter and Gamble, Paul led an executive team that integrated the acquisition of a billion-dollar, global, health-and-beauty-products company. As a Corporate Vice President at BFGoodrich, he led a team that completed the North American integration of the Geon Vinyl Division, which later allowed taking the division public as a stand-alone company. Earlier in his career, Paul was a business consultant in the Change Management Practice of Ernst & Young.

In addition to his experience in South Florida with National Beverage Corp., Paul has lived and worked in New York, Cleveland, and Toronto. Educated in Canada, he is a graduate of McMaster University. Both he and his wife are active in and support several organizations, including the United Way, Boys and Girls Club, and the Arthritis Foundation. In addition, Paul has served on curriculum review boards and lectured on an ad-hoc basis in the graduate schools at Fairleigh Dickinson University, Baldwin-Wallace College, and Cleveland State University.

Industry Practice Expertise

• Consumer Products and Services
• Natural Resources and Energy
• Professional Services