Allan B. Hechtman is a Managing Director with Harvard Group International (HGI). In his 35+ years as an executive search and recruitment consultant, Allan has earned a reputation as a premier high-integrity professional business "partner" and talent resource who consistently exceeds his clients’ expectations for performance and superb service. He attributes his enduring success to his abilities to build lasting collaborative client relationships and to identify, evaluate and bring forward only “best-in-class” talent who directly and immediately positively impact his clients' businesses. He has successfully completed more than 400 mid (Senior Manager/Director) to senior level (VP, SVP, EVP, “C” Suite) executive and Board search projects. Allan’s executive search practice focuses on midsize to global clients in a wide variety of industries including but not limited to: CPG, Casual Dining and Quick Service Restaurants, Retail, Beverages, Hospitality, Financial Services/ Insurance, Automotive, Real Estate, Healthcare/Pharma, Technology and Sports/Entertainment. His professional background includes more than four decades of diverse experience in Sales, Marketing, Business Development and Recruiting, starting with Xerox in his native Chicago. In 1981, he moved his family to Coral Springs, Florida and founded Allan B. Hechtman, Inc., an executive search firm specializing in the recruitment and placement of top quality middle and senior level marketing and advertising professionals for select Fortune 500 companies and leading advertising agencies nationwide. Allan holds a Bachelor’s degree in Journalism (Marketing & Advertising) from the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri. He also has completed several nationally recognized sales training courses. Allan and wife, Robin reside in Boca Raton, Florida. They have two daughters, Marnie and Jodi, and three grandchildren. He enjoys golf, biking, music, movies, reading, traveling and spectator sports.