Overview

• Founded in 1979 by Haskel Thompson as the first executive recruiting firm dedicated exclusively to the Convenience Store and retail/wholesale petroleum sectors
• Recognized as the foremost authority in downstream executive recruiting, serving 80% of the industry within a short period after founding
• Headquartered at 12734 Kenwood Ln, Fort Myers, Florida with 8 employees and $34,391,000 annual revenue
• Developed the ’15-steps to Hiring Excellence’ process, which became the gold standard for convenience store and petroleum companies to avoid bad hires
• Maintains a proprietary database containing tens of thousands of pre-qualified operations experts across multiple seniority levels

Specializations

• Convenience Store & Petroleum Retail executive recruiting (founding specialization since 1979)
• Downstream Oil & Gas executive recruiting including refining, terminals, and alternate fuels sectors
• Supply-chain, logistics, and transportation executive placements across the petroleum distribution network
• Engineering, manufacturing, and construction roles within downstream operations
• Human resources, environment, health, and safety positions specific to petroleum and convenience store industries

Services & Approach

• Executive recruiting for roles from District Managers to VPs of Marketing and Directors of Fuel Procurement
• Succession planning and labor staffing evaluations for downstream operations
• Implementation of the ’15-steps to Hiring Excellence’ process to prevent bad hires
• Access to proprietary database of 10,000+ qualified candidates across convenience store and petroleum sectors