Who We Are

Our history

James M. Kittleman & Associates, Inc. was established by Jim Kittleman at a time when the profession of executive recruiting was just emerging. Jim had been a management consultant at Booz, Allen & Hamilton (BAH) in Chicago and was inspired by Gardner Heidrick, who along with John Struggles, left BAH in 1953 to start an executive recruiting business. In 1956, Spencer Stuart also left BAH to start his own recruiting firm.