Who We Are
541 Advisors is an executive search and growth advisory firm serving professional services firms, their financial sponsors, and their ecosystem partners. With strong connections across the industry—from startups to global organizations—we leverage our deep market and trend insights to provide both strategic advice and tactical execution of expansion plans. Our expertise covers go-to-market, technology, operations, strategy, and advisory disciplines. We support growth initiatives, executive transitions, and team development, striving to be long-term, trusted partners for our clients not just another transactional vendor.
What We Do
Our common sense engagement model allows us to meet clients where they are at.
Advisory
541 Advisors serves as a trusted partner in crafting effective growth and talent strategies. Utilize our extensive expertise in areas like go-to-market strategy, talent and organizational design, and ecosystem partnerships.
Executive Search
The 541 search team is led by elite consultants with a track record of success specific to the professional services market. We have driven results with clients at all stages of growth, from the largest consultancies to pre-investment boutiques.
Professional Search
We are a full-service talent acquisition partner committed to helping our clients scale their organizations. This often means assisting in strategic team build-outs to support growth initiatives at the individual contributor level.
Strategic Introductions & Board Search
We maintain a network of professional and technology services executives who are interested in engaging with private equity firms. These executives are often leveraged for diligence engagements, board seats, advisory roles.
Meet Our Team
Patrick Meade
Managing Partner
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James Macedonio
Partner & Co-Founder
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Mikolaj Zadecki
Partner & Co-Founder
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John Donovan
Managing Director
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Adam Peterson
Director
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Case Studies
Successful partnerships with consulting & professional services clients
Big 4: Cloud Engineering Practice Build
Scaling of this industry leader’s Cloud Engineering business. Included hiring 10+ PPMDs and dozens of Senior Managers, Managers, and Consultants. We partnered with practice leaders and talent acquisition over several years to rapidly scale the leading Cloud Engineering business in the US market.
Big 4: Private Equity Data & Analytics Leader
Executed the search for a Private Equity D&A leader at a Big 4 consulting firm. The client had a strong track record of assisting PE clients with diligence and transactions, but wanted to expand into value creation initiatives leveraging Data & AI. Facilitated the hire of a D&A leader from consulting who later transitioned to an Operating Partner role with a large private equity fund.
Managed Service Provider: CEO
Partnered with a middle-market private equity fund to lead the search for a CEO as part of a roll-up of smaller MSPs. Facilitated the hire of a 3X CEO who had led PE-backed MSPs to exit and overseen aggressive M&A and integration activities.
Digital Services Firm: Sales Buildout
Partnered with the CEO, CRO and regional sales leaders of this PE-backed digital services firm to hire a VP of Sales and 3 "hunter" Sales Executives with experience selling Digital, Data Analytics, and Cloud services.
