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Experienced judgment. Modern market intelligence. Personal accountability.

A principal-led search practice where market research expands the field and experienced judgment determines what matters.

BUILDING BLOCKS·Principal-led executive search
The principal

Experience behind the work.

Building Blocks is led by Troy Frank, bringing more than 25 years of executive-search experience across healthcare and life sciences technology.

His work spans executive leadership, functional leadership, and specialized senior positions across technology, data, analytics, AI, and related markets. That experience informs both where to look for talent and how to evaluate capabilities that transfer across industries.

Every engagement remains personally led, from defining the mandate and mapping the market through candidate assessment, negotiations, and placement.

How we work together

One principal. Every phase.

01 / Define

Understand the mandate

Agree on the business need, responsibilities, and requirements that matter.

02 / Map

Examine the market

AI-enabled research broadens coverage across relevant and adjacent companies; experience informs which backgrounds transfer.

03 / Deliver

Lead through close

Candidate engagement, assessment, client communication, negotiations, and placement are managed directly by the search principal.

Markets we know

Healthcare & life sciences technology.

Healthcare technology: Platforms serving providers, payers, care delivery, and healthcare operations.

Life sciences technology: Companies serving life sciences customers through data, clinical technologies, analytics, AI, and enabling services.

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Let’s start a conversation.

A direct conversation about your leadership priorities, the talent market, and where experienced search judgment can contribute.

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