COO & SVP of Prod Dev NEEDED‏

We are conducting an executive search for the Chief Operating Officer and SVP of Product Development for a global 3.0 Web company with offices in Europe and the United States. The company has developed a very unique, patent-pending, and web-based technology that enables the user to combine and evaluate existing knowledge into potentially valid new knowledge. Need a COO/SVP who has successfully managed and led operations and product development for a company that generated revenues through online advertising. This position will be headquartered in the United States. Board is open to location of the candidate. However, candidates must be comfortable to travel to Europe twice a month, while building the U.S. team. Candidates must have the proven ability to manage a distributed product development team. Board is willing and able to put together the right package for the right candidate. The focus is on hiring the best candidate. Company culture is extremely entrepreneurial, intellectual and creative. Need a leader who is extremely strong at creating and executing a strategic plan. Company has already raised significant equity from some very well known investors. This is an excellent opportunity to get into a company in a pivotal leadership role before it closes its Series B. Please let me know if you know someone that would be a good match for this opportunity. Whenever you refer someone to us that we place, we will send you a check for $1000 as a Referral Bonus. Please make sure the person you refer mentions your name so you can get credit for the referral. Or send me the person's contact info and we will contact the person directly. (Phone number and email address preferred.) We also have several other executive positions open with other clients, so please check out the list on our website: www.matchstar.com. Listed below my signature is additional information about this opportunity. Also, the complete job description is listed on our website, along with all of our other open positions. TO APPLY FOR A POSITION, PLEASE CLICK HERE TO GO TO OUR WEBSITE: http://www.matchstar.com/job_listings_open.html * CLICK ON THE POSITION: COO & SVP Prod Dev - Open Location Thank you very much for your time. Sincerely, Carolyne Carolyne P. Connor, Founder & PresidentMATCHSTAR VENTURE SEARCH {!http://www.matchstar.com/}1395 Piccard Drive, Suite #180Rockville, MD 20850415.520.4600 (direct)415.276.1900 (fax)connor@matchstar.com MatchStar Venture Search will be featured with a monthly blog on the home page of the AlwaysOn Network. The blog, titled "Ask The Recruiter," is a Dear Abby of sorts for the tech exec community, where MatchStar President Carolyne Connor fields Q&A from company executives and candidates searching for world class people and growth opportunities. The monthly blog can be found on the home page of AlwaysOn at www.AlwaysOn.goingon.com or directly at http://www.goingon.com/blog/CPCrecruit. POSITION: Chief Operating Officer and SVP of Product Development. This is senior management position reporting directly to the CEO. However, you will only have a small team reporting to you initially. Need someone that can roll up their sleeves and do whatever it takes to get the job done, while building out a team. COMPANY: Global 3.0 Web company with offices in Europe and the United States. The company has developed a very unique, patent-pending, and web-based technology that enables the user to combine and evaluate existing knowledge into potentially valid new knowledge. Company has already raised significant equity from some very well known investors. This is an excellent opportunity to get into a company in a pivotal leadership role before it closes its Series B. LOCATION: This position will be headquartered in the United States. Board is open to location of the candidate. However, candidates must be comfortable to travel to Europe twice a month, while building the U.S. team. Candidates must have the proven ability to manage a distributed product development team. COMPENSATION: Board is willing and able to put together the right package for the right candidate. The focus is on hiring the best candidate. This is a key position, reporting directly to the CEO. Compensation includes base, bonus, stock options, and full benefits package. MANAGEMENT STYLE/CORPORATE CULTURE: This position reports to the CEO. The CEO is based in Europe. He will only hire someone who is a team player and does not need to be micromanaged. Basically, he prefers to agree to a set of objectives making sure that the objectives are clearly outlined and understood by the individual, then let the individual execute the plan. But, he expects the individual to keep him informed of progress. Individual must be able to go to the CEO when in need of help. He will only hire someone that is very entrepreneurial and passionate with a burning hunger for success; someone with a vision. He wants people with new ideas and strong opinions, but able to move in a fast paced, ever-changing start up environment. He needs someone that can hit the ground running. POSITION REQUIREMENTS: -- Must have recent and significant experience in a position as an Officer, SVP or VP with responsibility for managing and growing Operations and Product Development at a company that generated revenues through online advertising. -- Must have a successful history of developing web based products and releasing them to commercial success. -- Must have a deep knowledge of Web 3.0 (semantic web technologies). -- Must have a history of using RAD frameworks. -- Prefer someone with experience in the life sciences space. -- Prefer someone with some equity fund raising experience in the venture capital arena including investor relations. Experience packaging and presenting financial and company information to board members and potential investors would be ideal. -- Prefer candidates with experience working in a dynamic (i.e. "startup") environment is preferred as well as a successful track record building a web company. Need someone who enjoys the entrepreneurial atmosphere of a small company, but has been through the experience of scaling up an enterprise to significant organization size and revenues.