Overview
Alexis Hennessy is a partner in Heidrick & Struggles’ Los Angeles office. She is the global managing partner of the Venture Capital Practice and a member of the global Technology Practice. Alexis focuses on recruiting customer-facing and go-to-market executives within the software sector. Her placements include COOs and CEOs, heads of sales, and post-sales, which includes customer success, support, and services.
Experience
Alexis works with clients in various stages of growth, including venture capital—and private equity-backed companies and Fortune 500 companies.
Before joining Heidrick & Struggles, Alexis spent more than five years with boutique retained executive search firms catering to private equity funds and private equity-backed portfolio companies. While at these boutiques, Alexis mainly focused on recruiting C-level executives to technology and tech-enabled business services companies and was responsible for marketing, business development, and strategic alliances.
Education
University of California, Los Angeles, Anderson School of Management MBA in Finance
University of California, San Diego, BA in Political Science