About Us

HPI is a full service search firm with a difference. Our objective is to help companies increase their effectiveness through the acquisition of people with the talent and the potential required for the business through outstanding executive search services. We are unique because of the following:

• Unbundled Search: We will do the full search for you from developing the specification through On-boarding and relocation counseling for the newly relocated family. But, we will also work with you and only provide the services that you need to supplement your internal resources.

• On-boarding Coaching: We offer On-boarding coaching for the new executive using executive coaches with unparalleled experience across several industries including biotech.

• Assessment: We offer executive assessment services using some of the most sophisticated assessment tools available through our partnership with Profiles International, a leading international Human Resources assessments provider.

The more effective you are in choosing, placing, developing and motivating your people, the more successful you will be in winning and keeping business. HPI can help you in this endeavor with our expertise in finding people, assessing their fit, and strategically launching them.

Who We Are

HPI has three principals:

Jim Holley manages the Executive Search practice, and leads consultation in staffing and development programs, including the use of Internet administered assessments. He also consults in the areas of team and executive effectiveness including team analysis and 360 degree executive and manager evaluation. Jim has some thirty years of US and international human resources experience in Silicon Valley firms and non-profits. He holds a BS degree from Ohio State University and an MPA from San Jose State University. Additionally he has qualified to administer the Myers Briggs Type Indicator through the Association for Psychological Type (APT). Supporting community interests, he also possesses Certificates in Teaching English as a Second Language and Teaching English as a Foreign Language. He also holds an Adult Teaching Credential issued by the State of California.

Shirley Holley, a licensed psychotherapist, focuses on executive effectiveness coaching with a specialty in couples who manage a business jointly. She also uses Myers-Briggs concepts in team development projects. Shirley has over twenty-five years of experience including twenty years in private practice as a psychotherapist. Shirley's BA is from UC Riverside. Her MS is from San Jose State University. She is licensed as a psychotherapist by the State of California. Additionally, she has qualified to administer the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator through the Association for Psychological Type (APT).

David Pilati is an executive coach and senior recruiter. He has a diverse background in driving organizational change, interpersonal skill building, leadership development and mediation, as well as extensive experience in engineering R&D and engineering and management education. David provides executive coaching to managers and executives from many businesses and professions but is particularly effective in developing the leadership potential of highly educated clients with a technological background. His formal education includes a Ph.D. and M.S. in Nuclear Engineering from Stanford University, and a B.S. in Engineering Science from the University of Florida. He is a graduate of the Cleveland Gestalt Institute's Organization and Systems Development program and qualified to administer the Myers-Briggs Indicator.

Affiliates
HPI has a group of affiliates who are engaged on a project by project basis to provide special expertise that may be required to meet a clients needs. We have agreements with research firms, background verification firms and other service firms needed to conduct a professional search.