Michael Schulman has over 25 years of search experience in the consumer products industry, with a specialization in the Health and Beauty Aid and Nutritional industries. He has also extensive experience in working with clients in exotic fields like genetic engineering and rocket propulsion. He has successfully completed hundreds of assignments, and focuses on recruiting outstandingly qualified candidates to fill a wide array of positions for client companies. Excelling in the placement of Executive, Technical, Administrative, and Sales/Marketing positions, Michael has helped build many client companies. Large consumer product companies to small contract manufacturing organizations, have attested to Michael's expertise. These firms include nationwide industry leaders as well as start-up/venture capital backed firms.

Prior to creating XEC Solutions, Michael was Chief Operating Officer of Search West, the largest West Coast based executive search firm. Michael earned his BA in Psychology and did his graduate work in Educational Psychology, specializing in Counseling and Guidance. His seven years of counseling experience combined with his background in search, aided him in developing an evolutionary resource in candidate/client matching called Critical Values Analysis. CVA allows candidates and clients to match up based on a carefully developed hierarchy of values and activities that demonstrate those values. The benefit of CVA is that through it’s use, companies can hire employees that stay longer, produce more results, are more loyal, and are happier members of their team.

In addition to Critical Values Analysis, Michael is adept at helping his clients establish a Superior Performance Profile in the development of position descriptions. The Superior Performance Profile defines the top performer as opposed to the adequate performer that most job descriptions describe. The benefit to you is that these new employees will outperform those that you hired under the old style of candidate evaluation. Superior performance means, more profit and faster results.