Standish Executive Search, a leading executive search advisory firm to mid-sized and smaller companies, announced the addition of Greg Mickelson of Guilford, CT as Principal.

He joins principals Stanley Davis and Kelley Small as they expand the growing firm’s client base.

Prior to joining Standish Executive Search, Mickelson spent five years running two divisions for C. Cowles & Co. in North Haven, CT, where he led the firm’s two contract manufacturing divisions, including metal stamping and plastic injection molding. His role also included leading the divisions to an effective ownership transition which was successfully completed earlier this year.

After earning a bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Connecticut, Mickelson was hired by Procter & Gamble in Cincinnati, and then was recruited by General Electric to work in their upstate New York facility. He developed a reputation for leading successes in product development, technology, engineering, operations, marketing and business development. He earned his Master’s in Business Administration from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

He later joined a Wisconsin family-owned company to run their Contract Manufacturing division. Over the course of 13 years, he helped the company grow from three divisions to six and from $50 million to $180 million while his role expanded to running all six divisions, as president and COO. When ownership decided to exit the business, he divested the six divisions in four transactions over two years.

He then assumed the presidency of a Nashville division of a publicly held firm based in California, where he turned the business around and helped the owner divest the business.

Mickelson is also the founder of The Mickelson Company LLC, a business advisory firm where he has advised CEO clients on developing organization and staffing, strategies, operations, markets, and achieving results.

Of his new role he said, “Stan Davis is a longtime friend and business colleague for whom I have the greatest respect. It is a pleasure to be able to contribute to the continued success of Standish Executive Search.” He continued, “I’ve been a CEO, understand the dynamics of privately held companies and have excelled at building high performance organizations. I enjoy the challenge of finding the right executive fit for a company.”

One of his outside interests is Boys and Girls Clubs where he has been involved for over 20 years, most recently serving as the New Haven, CT Board of Directors president. He worked for the last 18 months to help turn around the fiscally challenged chapter, working with the board to return the organization to fiscally solvent standing.

He and his wife, Amy, reside in Guilford. They are parents to two adult children and share their home with their 120-pound Newfoundland, Maisey. He and his family have traveled extensively to places including South Africa, Russia and Israel.

Stan Davis said, “We enthusiastically welcome Greg to our team. He has earned recognition as an accomplished leader and a valued advisor. He substantially attributes the accomplishments in each case to the talented staffs that he led.” Davis continued, “The broad professional and business expertise that Greg has developed and honed throughout his career, he now brings to Standish clients and colleagues and the New England business community.”

About Standish Executive Search

Standish Executive Search works with business owners, boards and executives to secure the right leaders to support accelerated growth, change or succession. The Standish Model© recognizes that traditional executive search was originally developed to meet the needs of very large companies. The resultant process, support and fees were tailored to the assumption that every business had the same in-house expertise and resources to plan, support and follow-up an executive search. Standish Executive Search was conceived to supplement the resources and expertise of client businesses to assure that they too can successfully address their executive recruitment needs. Standish understands each organization’s distinctive operations, objectives and culture; supports its client companies before, during and after each search; and guarantees the results. The firm draws from decades of business experience. Through their presence in Providence, RI; Manchester, NH; Worcester, MA and now New Haven, CT, Standish Principals serve clients throughout New England, and beyond. For additional information please visit www.standishsearch.com or call (617) 895-8588.