Company Profile

Founded in 1997, The Diestel Group provides executive search and management consulting services. We work for industry leaders, Fortune 1000, and emerging growth companies. The Diestel Group is a results-oriented executive search firm that delivers leadership capital to its clients.

Clienting with us is appropriate when the positions are senior level and critical to the success of the organization. Our clients receive a level of service that involves a genuine commitment to the client organization. The work performed by our consultants is thorough and timely, assuring our clients the best possibility of success. We strive to perform in a manner that allows our work to strategically impact the overall success of the organization and the executive team. Our client relationships are built for the long term.

We are highly effective at solving recruitment problems quickly and effectively. Our search efforts help organizations build and retain the management team. Our focus on thoroughness allows us to help our clients create teams that are capable of solving both tactical and strategic issues, thus adding value to the organization. From the start, we have used non-traditional research approaches, our action-search methodology, and industry specialization to bring exceptional leadership to our client companies. Our initial clientele had confidence that we would provide them with the best leaders in their industry...and we did.

We have successfully provided fast growing, young companies as well as Fortune 1000 companies with the best entrepreneurial management in the field. With these great leaders, our clients have been able to develop technology and products that have impacted both their own respective organizations as well as their industries.

As our firm has grown, so have our capabilities to better serve clients. Our specialized areas have expanded and our ability to better serve our clients has increased. Our success has stemmed from our thorough, intensive research, our active-search methodology, and our strategic partnerships with our clients.




Principal Profiles


JILL PERELSON

Jill brings over fifteen years of business recruiting and search experience in the Salt Lake City market to the partnership. She has an in-depth knowledge of local industry leaders and resources and is heavily networked throughout the community. Her expertise is in working with senior level management in a consultative approach. This approach has resulted in the placement of executives and managers in the areas of operations, finance, marketing and sales and human resources. Jill has been successful working with clients defining positions, recruiting top level talent, and helping companies integrate professionals into their organizations. Additionally, she is President and Managing Director of a staffing firm in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Jill actively participates in the Wayne Brown Venture Capital Conference and helps emerging companies through mentoring and consulting. Her professional background is in the legal and financial services industries.

 

BRENT JESPERSEN

Brent recruits for both Fortune 1000 and entrepreneurial companies with a focus on operations and engineering positions. He also leads the Diestel Group Consulting Practice. Brent has built a significant practice with technology based companies. He is particularly adept at recruiting for critical hires that impact the overall success of the client's business. His strengths are in identifying, selling, and relocating executives for his clients. Previously, Brent worked as an Associate at Thorne, Brieger & Associates - a leading executive search and consulting firm in New York City. He also worked for The Information Technology Group where he recruited for leading IT companies and was the top producer. Brent began his career as an Associate at RBL & Associates in New York City where he was a technical recruiter. RBL & Associates created, launched and managed hotjobs.com until it sold to yahoo.com for over 400 million dollars in 2001. Consulting assignments have included executive coaching, leadership interventions, organizational and team analysis and strategic development. Brent has been instrumental in helping clients and executives gain new skills for effective collaboration and decision making.

Brent received a Bachelors degree from BYU-Hawaii in Organizational Development and did his graduate work at Columbia University. He is a member of several non-profit organizations and information technology associations.




Contact Info

THE DIESTEL GROUP
Executive Search - Delivering Leadership Capital

SALT LAKE CITY OFFICE
2755 East Cottonwood Parkway
Suite 580
Salt Lake City, Utah 84121

801.365.0400 tel
801.365.0401 fax


partner email addresses:


Paul Jespersen
paulj@diestel.com


Jill Perelson
jill@diestel.com

Brent Jespersen
brent@diestel.com




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