Neil Sims

Managing Director

San Francisco

Neil Sims is a Managing Director in the San Francisco office of Boyden and a member of the firm’s Technology Practice Group. Neil joined Boyden after spending 15 years in executive search with his own firm. He built and managed a boutique search practice with offices in San Francisco and Seattle.

Neil’s career in executive search has historically focused on leading edge technology and innovation. His clients include Fortune 500 multinationals along with early-stage and mid-cap companies. He has worked closely with founders and venture investors on new business concepts as well as provided the leadership necessary to bring senior executives to global responsibilities.

Today, along with projects in online search and advertising, enterprise computing, Web 2.0, as well as mobile devices and applications, Neil is building a practice expertise in the emerging Cleantech category. He is leveraging the synergies of a career devoted to the rigors of scientific research and entrepreneurship. Neil offers this emerging category of companies the contextual knowledge required to select executives with the core competencies necessary to drive new product ideas through the development and go-to-market process that will result in commercial success.

Neil has been quoted frequently by both industry and mainstream press on topics related to the leadership of the technology industry and trends effecting the future. Neil works to maintain an expert knowledge of the new directions of the scientific and technology industries. As a company founder and entrepreneur, Neil’s clients are able to leverage both his history in executive search and his first-hand knowledge of the leadership qualities needed to build a company or a division. Neil has a well-established reputation for delivering key thought leaders and targeted skill sets to his clients.