Rick DeRose Managing Partner Communications Services Philadelphia Metro

Rick is the Founder and Managing Partner of Technology Executive Group. In addition to overall management responsibility for TEG's administrative and financial operations, Rick collaborates with his team to develop and implement strategies aimed at expanding the firm's capabilities and creating global brand awareness in its highly specialized sectors.

Rick leads the Communications Services Practice and has excelled in recruiting top senior and C-level executives to rapidly growing companies-Hybernia Atlantic, Windstream Communications, Cbeyond, RCN, NTTA and Neutral Tandem among them. As many firms have stepped up their M&A activities to drive expansion strategies in recent years, Rick has responded to the burgeoning needs of his clients by establishing a further expertise recruiting CFO talent within public and private equity-backed communications and technology companies. Prior to founding TEG in 1995, Rick spent a decade progressing through an array of leadership roles at Cable and Wireless Communications, the global communications firm. Rick earned a B.S. with Honors in Accounting from St. Joseph's University and an M.B.A. from Drexel University.

Since 2010, Rick has also served as Managing Partner of International Technology Partners (ITP), a global alliance of technology search firms whose mission is to provide global clients with senior level executive search solutions as they upgrade and expand into new regions around the world. He is an active member of several local and national executive technology committees and, in addition to ITP, serves on the boards of Magellan Hill Technologies and the Virginia-based Telecom Hub. Rick's charitable interests are many and include Food for the Poor, Big Brothers Big Sisters and The Multiple Sclerosis Society. Rick and his wife, Colleen, have two children and reside in New Jersey.

We have worked with TEG on successfully filling a number of key vacancies for our Company.  What separates Rick and his team from other firms is their level of professionalism and yet they have a very personable style.   They took the time to get to know our business, speak with the hiring managers and researched to fully understand our business’ requirements.  TEG is also very flexible in their approach on delivery of their service and open to discussions on revised timelines, changes to role, and regular update calls, the smaller details which make all the difference in getting the process to a conclusion.  They also regularly provided feedback on the market and what we as a company needed to do to secure our successful candidate.

Recently when hiring for a C level position, we chose TEG as our sole recruiter due to the relationship built up with them, their discretion and previous successes and always they delivered for us.  It is a pleasure working with TEG and I would highly recommend them to other Companies who are looking for a dedicated team to help with their search. 

Niamh Kelly
VP Human Resources
Hibernia Atlantic

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