Jeff Kaye

President & Chief Executive Officer

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Jeff Kaye is the President & Chief Executive Officer of Kaye/Bassman. In his role, Jeff is responsible for the strategic leadership necessary to ensure the achievement of Kaye/Bassman's performance goals and preservation of the core values established over two decades ago. He pioneered the Client Focused Search approach to the staffing industry which was instrumental in growing Kaye/Bassman's revenue over 600% in the last decade and securing a place in the top twenty-five retained search firms in North America and one of the top five single sites.

Jeff was graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a Bachelor in Business and entered the search profession immediately. In his first year, he was named Rookie of the Year and ranked in the National Top Ten Account Executives with the nation's largest search and recruitment organization. In his second year, he was named National Account Executive of the year. After several years of record setting performances Jeff was named Vice President and began relinquishing personal search responsibilities. He was promoted to Senior Vice President and then to President and Chief Operating officer before achieving his current position.

As an industry expert in executive, professional, and technical search, Jeff is often a frequent keynote speaker in the staffing community. Jeff has been featured on dozens of national training meetings and videos. He has appeared on local and national television including CNN, FOX, and NBC and has been quoted in dozens of publications including USA Today, Wall Street Journal, Business Week, and Fortune.

Jeff and his wife Tracy live in Dallas and have three children.