Rob Wolgemuth is a Managing Director at ZRG Partners. Rob has experience leading search projects for Board Directors, CEOs, and other senior-level executives for many global diversified industrial and industrial distribution organizations. He has broad experience working as a search consultant for publicly traded, family- owned, and private equity-owned enterprises. Rob began his career as a management consultant; focused on human performance and change management.
In his current role, with ZRG Partners, Rob is entering his thirteenth year as an executive recruiter. With experience leading search and talent management assignments on behalf of industrial clients across a range of financial structures, from Fortune 500 publicly traded companies to smaller private equity and family-owned enterprises. Rob takes a hands-on approach to facilitate organizational and human capital change. Rob is passionate about finding the very best talent based on his client's needs.
Prior to joining ZRG, Rob was co-founder and managing member of an asset management firm named Insight Investments, LLC for nine years. He began his career in management consulting with Accenture, where he worked for six years. During his tenure at Accenture, he worked as an executive within the Change Management practice. Rob led large-scale organizational change projects paired with digital/technology transformations for clients including Allstate, State Farm, CNA, and Amoco (now BP).
Rob is active in the community both in non-profit and civic organizations. He volunteers significant time coaching his kids in various youth sports programs, including lacrosse, which he played in college. Rob and his family lived in the Nashville, TN area until recently relocating to back to the Chicago area, where they are from originally. In the past, Rob has volunteered his time serving on the City of Wheaton (IL) Liquor and Tobacco Control Commission, as well as several non-profit and church-related boards.
Rob earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Wheaton College (IL).
Nate Frank serves as the President of Executive Search for ZRG.
In early February 2014, Nate joined ZRG Partners LLC as part of ZRG's acquisition of New Directions Search. Nate joined the New Directions Search team in 2001 and served as President from 2012 through early 2014.
Prior to entering executive search, Nate played professional basketball in Europe and began his career in sales and marketing in the financial services sector.
Nate has spent a decade and a half in executive search, and throughout that time his focus has been the industrial sector. Nate's clients range from large, publicly-traded firms to private equity and family-owned businesses spanning an array of industries including capital equipment, automotive, building products, and specialty materials and chemicals. He has leveraged his expertise in Operations and Supply Chain into such industries as medical device, food and beverage, and consumer products.
As the US industrial sector has globalized, Nate’s practice has expanded to meet the changing needs of his clients. He has led searches in Europe, Asia and South America and has a network that spans the globe. At any given time he is likely to be leading a search outside of North America. Nate has lived abroad in Dublin, Ireland.
He has a BA from Wheaton College and an MBA from Northern Illinois University.
Nate resides on Chicago's west side and is an avid fan of Chicago sports and of the city's vibrant music scene. He is active in leadership within his church and volunteers with organizations that provide aid to Chicago's homeless. Since 2001 he has led a week-long youth basketball camp in Northern Spain.
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