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Testimonials

In their own words, hiring managers and candidates share how Ken Leiner Associates helped transform their companies and careers. Email marisa@ITsearch.com to share your own testimonial about working with us. Enjoy, and thanks for visiting! – Team KLA

Stephen Ripley, BetterUp

I tell my connections, “If you’re open to opportunities, these are the people (recruiters) you need to call.” I had an amazing experience with Ken Leiner Associates. I would say individualized service, exceptional coaching, and honest feedback are three things that stood out. Ken was really, really engaging and very, very personalized, which made a Continue Reading

Sara Hobson, VP, Federal Sales at CyberRes, a Micro Focus line of business

“I have worked together with Ken and Ken Leiner Associates for about 15 years both as a hiring manager and individual looking for a new role. KLA always delivered quality candidates at previous companies I worked at, so why not do it again? When I joined CyberRes, a Division of Micro Focus, it was to Continue Reading

Jim Reilly

Jim Riley has worked with KLA for both job opportunities and hiring staff. Here’s what he has to say about us… (Please note correction to last name as Riley)

Based in the Washington, DC area, Ken Leiner Associates is a leading executive search firm focused on recruiting sales, technical and marketing talent at all levels. KLA has a long term track record of success recruiting teams for technology vendors, Value Added Resellers, systems integrators, professional services firms, and commercial corporations. We are the premier search firm in the United States focused on building US Federal and State & Local and mid-Atlantic sales teams. We attract the most powerful sales talent in the business. How? We leverage deep industry knowledge, an extensive network of “A” players, and a legendary team of recruiters who monitor the latest trends and development… We have helped hundreds of industry professionals build successful and lucrative careers… The candidates we’ve placed have generated billions of dollars in revenue for their companies–some of the world’s best–and have helped many of them go public, get acquired, or simply grow their business significantly… We take a collaborative and consultative approach with each search… And, we’re passionate about helping to build great careers and great companies–by working with the best and nurturing the rising stars.

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Clients

KLA’s clients are small, mid-size and large vendors of software, systems and professional services in various niches of technology, including business intelligence, big data, network and data security, storage, enterprise applications, virtualization, software as a service and cloud computing. Our clients rely on KLA to build their sales, marketing and technical teams in the Washington, DC area and throughout North America.

Awards & Recognition

KLA has consistently ranked as one of the top search firms in the DC area in the Washington Business Journal’s annual Book of Lists, that highlights the region’s biggest public and private companies. KLA has also received top industry recognition.

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Clients

Awards & Recognition

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