Pat Haro

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Patrick K. Haro is a native of Santa Clara, California and was a Drum Major of the DCI World Champion Blue Devils Drum & Bugle Corps before beginning his career as an Apprentice with a leading Silicon Valley retained executive search firm in 1984. Later, Mr. Haro lived abroad for 16 years (Hong Kong & Singapore) where he led the Asia Pacific Region & India for an international retained executive search firm before repatriating to the United States to lead their Americas & EMEA Regions.

Mr. Haro is credited with a number of innovations, including the introduction of the industry-leading 3-Year Candidate Warranty™ and Search Decoupling™, the first significant new product in the executive search industry since the advent of retained executive search in the 1950’s. 

As a Gig Economy Leader, Mr. Haro developed an online platform providing DIY Party Hosts with Day-of-Event help, while providing 2.2K+ top Food & Beverage Professionals with the means to participate in the Gig Economy. He is an advocate of the “Side Hustle” as a means to reduce workforce income inequality by providing salaried employees with access to the benefits of Gig Economy participation.

Mr. Haro received a Bachelor of Science (Organizational Behavior) from the University of San Francisco, an MBA from the University of Chicago, a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt and an Agile Leader Certification from the Six Sigma Global Institute and is a Certified Sommelier with the Court of Master Sommeliers.