Key Takeaways
- • Bespoke Partners, an Austin, Texas-based executive search firm focused on private equity portfolio companies, has added Carrie Kovach as a Partner in its Product and Technology practice, according to a Business Wire announcement.
- • Kovach brings more than 20 years of technology search experience and more than 250 career placements, most recently as a Client Partner at Heller Search, a technology executive search firm.
- • Kovach will lead growth-stage CTO and technology leadership searches and enterprise IT leadership mandates for PE-backed software, fintech, healthcare IT and technology-enabled services businesses.
- • The hire supports Bespoke's plans to expand search capacity in 2027 amid growing demand for specialized technology leadership.
- • Bespoke says it is the largest U.S. firm specializing in recruiting for software and SaaS companies and reports that Bespoke-recruited executives have orchestrated more than 200 portfolio company exits totaling nearly $600 billion.
Summary
Bespoke Partners, which describes itself as the leading executive search firm for private equity portfolio companies, announced that Carrie Kovach has joined the firm as a Partner in its Product and Technology practice, according to a Business Wire release datelined Austin, Texas. The announcement follows what the firm characterizes as a year of strong growth for the practice.
Kovach brings more than 20 years of experience and more than 250 career placements in technology search. Before joining Bespoke, she was a Client Partner at Heller Search, a firm specializing in technology executive search. At Bespoke, she will focus on growth-stage CTO and technology leadership searches as well as enterprise IT leadership across companies of all sizes. Her remit covers CTOs, engineering leaders, CIOs, CISOs and VP-level technology and IT executives responsible for building scalable organizations, modernizing platforms and infrastructure, and strengthening security. Her clients will primarily be private equity-backed software, fintech, healthcare IT and technology-enabled services businesses.
Ryan Bonner, Partner and Practice Lead of the Product & Technology Practice, said that "technology leadership decisions shape how portfolio companies grow, modernize and manage risk," and that Kovach "strengthens our ability to help sponsors and management teams find executives who can deliver on their business priorities." Kovach said Bespoke's focus on private equity and its specialization in software and SaaS create a strong platform for technology executive search.
The firm states that it is the largest U.S. firm specializing in recruiting for software and SaaS companies and that it has placed more than 1,700 executives into private equity portfolio companies. It also says it uses the proprietary Executive Index, an AI-powered talent market mapping platform, which it claims allows searches to be completed in less than half the industry average time. Bespoke's own figures indicate its recruited executives have orchestrated more than 200 portfolio company exits totaling nearly $600 billion; these are company-reported claims and were not independently verified in the source material. Kovach's hire adds capacity ahead of planned expansion in 2027.
Kovach brings more than 20 years of experience and more than 250 career placements in technology search. Before joining Bespoke, she was a Client Partner at Heller Search, a firm specializing in technology executive search. At Bespoke, she will focus on growth-stage CTO and technology leadership searches as well as enterprise IT leadership across companies of all sizes. Her remit covers CTOs, engineering leaders, CIOs, CISOs and VP-level technology and IT executives responsible for building scalable organizations, modernizing platforms and infrastructure, and strengthening security. Her clients will primarily be private equity-backed software, fintech, healthcare IT and technology-enabled services businesses.
Ryan Bonner, Partner and Practice Lead of the Product & Technology Practice, said that "technology leadership decisions shape how portfolio companies grow, modernize and manage risk," and that Kovach "strengthens our ability to help sponsors and management teams find executives who can deliver on their business priorities." Kovach said Bespoke's focus on private equity and its specialization in software and SaaS create a strong platform for technology executive search.
The firm states that it is the largest U.S. firm specializing in recruiting for software and SaaS companies and that it has placed more than 1,700 executives into private equity portfolio companies. It also says it uses the proprietary Executive Index, an AI-powered talent market mapping platform, which it claims allows searches to be completed in less than half the industry average time. Bespoke's own figures indicate its recruited executives have orchestrated more than 200 portfolio company exits totaling nearly $600 billion; these are company-reported claims and were not independently verified in the source material. Kovach's hire adds capacity ahead of planned expansion in 2027.
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