Paula Beveridge

Paula founded kp associates in 2002 after a successful career with two respected Northern Ohio boutique retained search practices and as an entrepreneur. Beginning in the early 1990’s as a Researcher/Recruiter with a regional firm, within one year Paula had become the “go-to” candidate development specialist for especially difficult assignments or when a customer demanded results within extremely tight deadlines. Five years later, Paula had risen to Project Leader, managing teams of search and research professionals in the completion of the firm’s most challenging searches as she brought new clients into the practice.

Paula founded her own solo retained search practice in the late 90’s. She completed search assignments for clients in information technology, retail, and manufacturing. In 1999, Paula brought her expertise to a national boutique retained search firm where, within one year, she established records unbroken to this day in personal production, new client development, and speed of candidate slate presentation.

Since founding kp associates, Paula and her team have successfully completed multiple assignments for Chief Financial Officers, Chief Technology Officers, and functional Vice Presidents, General Managers and Directors for a select group of clients ranging from privately held and family owned enterprises to mid-cap enterprises to publicly-traded Fortune 500 corporations. kp associates celebrated its 5-year anniversary in late 2007 with record sales, and unmatched results in search closure cycle time, new hire retention and performance, candidate diversity, and customer satisfaction (over 90% of kp associates’ searches are completed for current clients or client referrals).

In Paula’s words, “As kp associates continues to grow, we recognize that it is our commitment to deeply understanding our clients' cultures and talent acquisition needs that has enabled us to meet the standards of integrity, performance and customer service defined by our clients' brands and reputations. But the real foundation of our market leadership is the exceptional people who have entrusted us with their most critical search assignments and the progression of their high-potential careers."

Kristin Beveridge

As Director of Research and Sourcing, Kristin is the newest addition to the kp associates team, joining the firm in late 2007 after an exceptionally successful career in wireless telecommunications sales and sales management. Kristin brings proven energy, innovation and tenacity to the always-challenging effort to research, identify and recruit the highest-performing, most difficult to locate “A-Players” demanded by every kp associates client.

After serving as an Intern/Summer Associate for one of the nation’s largest cellular service providers, Kristin was hired as a Customer Service Representative after completing her undergraduate degree in Economics Management from Ohio Wesleyan University. Less than 5 years later, Kristin was managing one of the company’s largest and most profitable group of retail outlets, including its largest store in the Northeast Ohio market area. In her final year before joining kp associates, Kristin set records for customer service and satisfaction, sales growth, store profitability, and personal and team sales performance.

In addition to supporting kp associates’ searches for its current clients, Kristin will lead kpa’s entry into the wireless, RF, and cellular markets. In Kristin's words, "I am very excited about the opportunity to help the kp associates team pioneer this new market space. My goal will be to help our high technology clients build the global teams of A-Players needed to compete in this constantly changing, extremely competitive industry."