Our expertise at Novek Executive Search is in matching the skills of our candidates with the needs and opportunities of our client companies. We have developed and utilized a proven process for making successful placements, a process that addresses the needs of both our client companies and also the candidates whom we assist in their careers. We actually take a very old-fashioned approach to solving today's employment problems. We build long-term relationships with our customers, we understand their needs, and we come to work each day knowing that there are no shortcuts to building a business with a commitment to providing quality service.

Our commitment is to the Research Triangle Park area. Our client companies are located here and we pride ourselves in having working relationships with the accounting, financial, technical, operational, sales and marketing professionals who make this area their home. We believe strongly that this focus provides our clients with a competitive advantage in hiring successful employees.

We utilize a proven process that is logical and straightforward. Annually, we connect with hundreds of this area's top candidates seeking our career assistance. Building long-term relationships enable our staff to make recommendations with the confidence that you would expect from your employment partner.

Novek Executive Search brings to each assignment the knowledge, connections, and know-how to get the job done. We understand the importance of having a reliable source for the talent needed to compete in today's competitive market. Top executives in the Research Triangle look for us to be that source.

 

About Howard W. Rhee

Howard W. Rhee is the founder of Novek, LLC, an executive search firm based in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, dedicated to helping high-growth companies attract the senior level talent they need to succeed. He has helped governing boards, presidents and CEOs, and venture capitalists find and develop leadership talent. Howard conducts search assignments for CEOs, senior executives, and Boards of Directors.

Prior to founding Novek, Howard developed extensive entrepreneurial experience in a variety of industries including software, media, energy and biotechnology. For several years, he has worked on technology startups.  He helped over a hundred entrepreneurs develop and grow their companies, while at the Council for Entrepreneurial Development, the largest entrepreneurial support organization in the nation. Previously, he co-founded Internet Games Corporation, a leading games provider, that was acquired by Go2Net in the late 90s. Howard also worked in marketing and strategy for TechTrader, a software company based in Washington D.C, that became Solarmetric and was acquired by BEA in 2005.  Earlier in his career, he worked at MicroStrategy in product development. Howard is a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and has an MBA from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University.

Howard was the president of the MIT Club of RTP (2004-2007), and is now a board member of Leadership Triangle, a non-profit created to build leadership capacity to foster regional awareness and cooperation in the Triangle.

 


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