Get to know The Overture Group. The Overture Group finds the right people for your organization so you can keep moving—and pick up speed. As one of the Midwest’s premier professional/executive/management search and interim placement firms, we tap into a network of the top finance, accounting, human resources, operations and technology professionals to find your fit. With expertise in every element of the hiring process, we can guide you from pre-search preparation to post-placement training. We’ll find you people so perfect, you won’t be able to imagine how you ever got along without them.

1. SUCCESSFULLY ORCHESTRATED RECRUITMENT
AND INTERIM STAFFING
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2. With the right talent, everything clicks. The trick is finding the right
people while keeping your business moving forward. The wrong
hire or an extended vacancy can make you lose momentum. Put
the right person in place and you’re on a better pace than ever.
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3. AN OVERTURE SEARCH OFFERS
Value-added services. Job descriptions, success profile development, compensation benchmarking, compensation package
design, leadership and management assessments, on-boarding and follow-up.
Dedicated project resources. Hiring efforts powered by the Center for Recruiting Excellence (CRE), Project Management Office
(PMO), research, quality assurance, candidate tracking systems and more.
Experienced stewards. Team members with at least 15 years of experience and strong connections to the community and a
variety of industries.
A thorough grasp of your business. By conducting an extensive client interview, we gain a solid understanding of your
business, your culture, your needs and your goals.
The Overture Group finds the right people for your organization so you can keep moving—and pick up speed. As one of the
Midwest’s premier professional/executive/management search and interim placement firms, we tap into a network of the top
finance, accounting, human resources, operations and technology professionals to find your fit. With expertise in every element
of the hiring process, we can guide you from pre-search preparation to post-placement onboarding.
EXECUTIVE, PROFESSIONAL AND MANAGEMENT SEARCH
The right partner for the right person for the job.
The Overture Group is your partner in continuous
productivity. Many search and placement firms can find
people for a position, but The Overture Group finds
candidates that do more than fill an opening—they
complement your team and elevate the effectiveness of
your business. Before we so much as draft a job description,
we get to know you and your team and determine your
exact needs. Then, we tap into our network of highly skilled
professionals, quickly delivering you your perfect fit.
INTERIM MANAGEMENT
Talent in the nick of time.
An unexpected vacancy can slow your momentum—
unless you have a talented individual ready to step to the
fore. The Overture Group provides interim replacements
ready to take on day-to-day responsibilities and support
your long-term strategy. Our rich network and in-depth
industry knowledge ensure that interim professionals
come aboard with full knowledge of your organization and
their responsibilities.
ROLES WE FILL.
Professional, management and
executive positions in:
• Accounting/Finance
• Human Resources
• Operations
• Information Technology
• General Management
INDUSTRIES WE SERVE.
• Manufacturing
• Wholesale/Distribution
• Professional Services
• Not for Profit
• Financial Services
• Healthcare
EXCEPTIONAL RESULTS.
90%
of our people that we
have placed in the past
three years are still
working for our clients.
THE HEARTLAND OF TALENT.
With a strong Midwest focus, The Overture Group is able to introduce our clients to the best talent in the region. Our strong
Midwestern roots have allowed us to cultivate a network that’s unmatched by national recruiting firms. We know the area
markets, industries and where to look to find the right people for your job.
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4. LEADERSHIPTEAM
Brandi Adam Mueller graduated with her
Bachelor’s degree from the University of
Northern Iowa and is a Dale Carnegie
graduate. She is now a Managing Director
with The Overture Group, playing a leading
role in creating efficient and effective
work productivity. Always dedicated to
getting clients exactly what they want and
need, Brandi is a seasoned professional
with more than a decade of executive
search experience.
Successfully completing over 150 positions
in the Midwest, Brandi is known for her “can
do” attitude and direct style of recruiting.
She is an active member of Daybreak Rotary
and is involved in the United Way. Brandi
is also a 2009 Leadership of Five Seasons
Alumni and a 2010 Corridor Business
Journal “40 Under 40” recipient.
When Brandi isn’t focusing on making talent
connections, she enjoys spending time with
her family, traveling, cooking and eating
good food and relaxing on the water.
BRANDI ADAM MUELLER / Managing Director, IA / bmueller@theoverturegroup.com
Bob Lindeman is a Managing Director of
The Overture Group. For more than 25 years,
Bob was a Partner and Managing Director at
the fifth largest accounting and consulting
firm in the Unites States, which focused on
middle market companies. Bob consulted on
executive- and management-level searches,
ownership and management succession plan
development and transition planning, financial
and strategic planning, operational and process
improvement, sales force compensation,
annual and long-term incentive plans and
organizational and succession planning.
Bob currently serves on three privately-held
company boards as well as the board
of directors for Catholic Charities. He has
also served on the Executive Committee of
the American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants (AICPA) and a past member of the
board of directors of McGladrey and Pullen, a
national accounting firm. Bob is a member of
the Society for Human Resource Management,
WorldAtWork (American Compensation
Association), the Illinois CPA Society, AICPA,
the Institute of Exit Planners, the National
Association of Corporate Directors (NACD),
the Private Directors Association (PDA)
and Vistage, an international business
networking association.
BOB LINDEMAN / Managing Director, IL / blindeman@theoverturegroup.com
John Liacone is a Managing Director with
The Overture Group. He has decades of
experience providing executive search, interim
staffing, human resources management and
career transition services that have helped
guide organizations and individuals to meet
their goals and objectives.
John started his career more than 25 years
ago in the financial industry as a Manager/
Director of Information Technologies. John
has worked in various talent management
environments including corporate recruiting,
consulting, contingency, executive retained
search/interim staffing, career transition
services and as a Human Resources Manager.
Prior to co-founding The Overture Group
in 2010, he was a Director with the fifth
largest accounting and consulting firm in the
United States.
John earned a BS degree in Information
Technology with a secondary focus on Business
Law/Accounting from Northeastern Illinois
University in Chicago. He has completed
graduate studies in Business Administration
at Dominican University in River Forest, Illinois.
John is an active member of both the Human
Resources Management Association of Greater
Chicago and the Society of Human Resource
Management. He also volunteers and is the
sponsor/founder of the CFO Leadership Group
in the greater Chicago area. John sits on the
Career Management Committee for Financial
Executive International’s Chicago chapter.
JOHN LIACONE / Managing Director, IL / jliacone@theoverturegroup.com
At The Overture Group, we’ve assembled the best team to assemble your team.
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5. We are supported by a staff of Directors and Associates with a
wide breadth of experience. Working as a team, we are able to use
our collective expertise to find the best candidates for the job and
ensure their successful transition into your organization.
EXPERIENCE.
Every team member draws on extensive experience in retained search and recruiting. We have served in many
capacities during our tenure with large and mid-market corporations and professional services firms.
KNOWLEDGE.
We understand your specific industry and unique needs. Our proven methodology translates into creative, flexible and
scalable solutions.
LEADERSHIP.
Every Overture executive leads in the professional community—we head two of Chicago’s largest CFO clubs and remain
active in alumni networks.
PARTNERSHIP.
Our personalized consultations reflect a desire to build lasting relationships.
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6. METHODOLOGY / THE SCIENCE BEHIND THE HIRE.
Refined through years of search and placement experience, The
Overture Group’s hiring methodology ensures that we find the
next invaluable member of your team. We begin the process by
helping you clearly define the skill set needed to be successful
in the position. We then develop or redefine the job description
for the position to be filled, either for a permanent placement
or interim basis. And finally, we work with you to determine the
personality traits that will best fit your organization. Once these
critical steps are completed, we’re able to begin sourcing the best
potential candidates to present to you. When the final candidate
is selected and your offer is accepted, we assist you with the on-
boarding process to assure the success of the hire.
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7. I am extremely satisfied with the search that The Overture Group
performed for Shive-Hattery. They took the time up front to
understand what qualifications I was looking for and also the type
of person that would fit into the team. I believe this up front work
helped them deliver a group of highly qualified candidates that all
would have been great additions to the Company.
Jake Young, Shive-Hattery, Inc.
The Overture Group is not your ordinary search/placement firm.
I have been working with them for close to four years now. Brandi
Mueller and Chad Melloy partner with me for my hiring needs.
They provide high quality candidates who have been thoroughly
screened before being presented. I appreciate the high level
of customer service I receive from Brandi and Chad. They work
diligently to understand my hiring needs, in addition to providing
outstanding “candidate care” to the individuals they are working
with. I strongly recommend The Overture Group’s services.
They are truly top notch in the industry – definitely one of the best!
Jamie Rogers, Transamerica
We’ve worked with other search firms that didn’t put nearly as
much advance work into identifying what our particular needs were,
not only for the position in general but at the moment in time of
the hiring. We appreciated the care and thought they put into the
process and the attention they put into specific needs that we had.
Gregory Heidrich, Executive Director / Society of Actuaries
Our experience with The Overture Group led to a very successful
addition to our firm. Looking back on the entire process, we were
fortunate to engage a firm that was capable of providing us the
hands-on guidance and support that The Overture Group delivered
and highly recommend them to others.
Robert Gross, Senior Managing Director / Prairie Capital Advisors
Every detail in the hiring process was handled. The amount of time
and energy Overture put into the search would have been a full-time
job for an internal person and, quite honestly, would not have been
as professional and in-depth. At the end of the process, you will end
up with the perfect candidate—but more importantly, throughout
the process, your every question, thought and concern will be
answered professionally promptly.
Amanda, Controller / Family-Owned Manufacturing/
Construction Company
In my career I have dealt with numerous executive search firms,
but none as satisfying as my experience with The Overture Group.
Overture made my decision “difficult” because of the slate of qualified
candidates that I was able to interview. The search process was
completed in the timeliest and most efficient manner, thereby greatly
reducing the lead time to bring this qualified individual on board.
Howard Laga, President / Penray
• Client interview
• Needs assessment
• Job description,
development, success profile
• Salary benchmarking
• Strategy meeting
• Direct research
• Develop target list
• Position marketing,
networking/posting
• Phone screen
• Develop interview list
• Initial candidate assessment
• Candidate development
• Candidate slate
presentation to client
• Client interview process
• Background check
• Leadership assessment
(optional)
• Offer strategy
• Onboarding
• Client/candidate follow-up
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8. Visit theoverturegroup.com, or contact one of our executives
ILLINOIS IOWA
550 Warrenville Rd.
Suite 210
Lisle, IL 60532
630.352.4029
425 2nd St. SE
Suite 1225
Cedar Rapids, IA 52401
319.366.3688
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