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Building Blocks Executive Search / Principal-led intelligence

Executive search for companies advancing healthcare through technology, data, and AI.

Combining 25+ years of healthcare and life sciences technology experience with modern talent intelligence and principal-led execution at every stage.

25+ yearsExecutive search experience
150+Leadership searches completed
Principal-ledFrom discovery through acceptance
Selected client relationships
CondorWebMDPopuliPanalgoNorstellaVarixMMITCitelineHealthgradesEpocratesDispatch HealthAstraZenecaTruven Health AnalyticsReachMDCardinal HealthQuest DiagnosticsFolia HealthPatientPointIPM.aiOliveElsevierDoximityDMDTRC HealthcareConcertAIClarivate AnalyticsClarify Health SolutionsInflexxionCornerstone AIsomethings
01 / Our approach

The search is personal.
The intelligence is modern.

Every search begins with a clear mandate. Modern market intelligence expands the field of potential candidates. Experienced judgment determines who belongs in the conversation.

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Define the mandate.

Understand the business, establish the requirements, and shape a search grounded in what success actually demands.

An evolving search, from mandate to close. Select a stage to explore.
02 / Markets we serve

Healthcare &
Life Sciences Technology.

Executive search for healthcare and life sciences companies whose products and services are built around technology, data, analytics, and AI.

Healthcare technology

Advancing care
and delivery.

Healthcare AI, clinical platforms, digital health, provider and payer technology, healthcare data, analytics, and revenue-cycle infrastructure.

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Life sciences technology

Advancing life sciences
through technology and data.

Real-world data and evidence, pharmaceutical analytics, precision medicine technology, research platforms, and technology-enabled services.

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03 / Search in practice

Finding talent
at the intersection.

A mandate is rarely defined by one capability. The search is about understanding which qualifications must come together.

FunctionalexpertiseIndustryknowledgeOperating experience
How we evaluate talent

Not three qualifications.
One intersection.

The right candidate is rarely defined by a single qualification. Every mandate requires a specific combination of functional capability, relevant industry knowledge, and experience operating in the environment the role demands. Our search focuses on where those requirements come together.

Troy Frank, Founder and Managing Principal of Building Blocks Executive Search
04 / Principal-led by design

The experience stays
close to the work.

Building Blocks is led by Troy Frank, who remains directly involved throughout each engagement, from defining the mandate and mapping the market through candidate assessment, negotiations, and placement.

One point of accountability. Direct involvement. A search practice built around the work itself.

Troy Frank / Founder & Managing Principal
05 / Market Pulse

Original thinking.
Visible intelligence.

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Research visualization uses published aggregate observations. It does not infer individual candidate flows.
06 / Begin a conversation

Let's start
a conversation.

Direct, experienced perspective on the mandate, the market, and the people who can move the business forward.

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