Mike Mangini Joins Ignition Search Partners as Senior Associate in San Francisco Office

San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) December 13, 2010

Ignition Search Partners, an emerging talent acquisition and advisory firm for early stage technology start-ups, announced today that Mike Mangini has joined the firm as a senior associate based in San Francisco.

In his new role Mangini will be responsible for recruiting senior-level assignments for clients in the digital media, Internet/E-commerce, mobile and SaaS markets.

“Mike possesses a wealth of talent as a two-time entrepreneur and he will play a key role in helping our clients and partners build out world-class teams,” said Mark Jacobson, Founder and Managing Partner of Ignition Search Partners.

Mike Mangini brings 10 years of solid research, investing and entrepreneurship skills to the Ignition Search Partners team. He was founder and CEO of National Sports Exchange, an award-winning social web-based platform for fantasy sports which was acquired and became part of Yahoo! Mangini was also a principal for Bari Capital, a private R&D vehicle focused on alternative investments. Mike holds a Bachelor of Science in Finance from Bentley University.

“Ignition is executing a superior business model and attracting tier-one opportunities through partnerships with the biggest names in the industry. I am proud to be part of a team that sets the bar for high-caliber placements and investments,” said Mike Mangini.

Ignition Search Partners is a first of its kind talent acquisition and advisory firm that merges the best practices of executive recruiting with the perspective and commitment of a venture capital firm to build teams capable of breakout success.

Founded in 2009 by a collective of research-driven investors, entrepreneurs and executive talent scouts, Ignition Search Partners specializes in working with start-ups and emerging growth businesses in the internet/e-commerce, digital media, SaaS and mobile sectors to accelerate and improve their ability to attract senior leadership as well as key impact engineers and product managers.

Traits of Talent
Ignition has devoted significant resources to gain perspective on the optimal competencies and the key Traits of Talent that drive success in entrepreneurs. The team applies this knowledge in quantitative and qualitative measures to develop a talent profile tailored to each client’s stage-specific requirements and takes a systematic approach to identify world-class candidates that go beyond the obvious.

Headquartered in San Francisco, Ignition also has offices in Boston.

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