Jarvis Walker

What Jarvis Walker does

Jarvis Walker (The Jarvis Walker Group) is a boutique executive search firm founded in 1971 and headquartered at 30 Vreeland Road, Florham Park, New Jersey. The company specializes exclusively in recruiting information technology professionals, operating on both contingency and retained search assignments for corporate clients primarily in the tri-state area of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. It is a private firm operating under SKG Inc., a holding company that also houses two affiliated practices: Technology Resource Management (TRM), which supplies IT professionals on a contracting and consulting basis, and The Foster McKay Group, which recruits finance, accounting, and tax professionals. Headcount is reported in the 11–50 range.

The firm offers a single core service — executive search in information technology — spanning job categories that include Architects, Data Management, Development/Analysis, Infrastructure, and PM/PMO/Management/Executive roles. Its value proposition is anchored in long-established relationships with IT professionals who typically do not respond to unsolicited inquiries, which grants the firm access to passive candidates unavailable to competitors. Distribution is conducted through direct client engagement; candidates are sourced via the company website's job board, email alerts, RSS feeds, and a LinkedIn company page (@the-jarvis-walker-group). Mr. Dan Jarvis serves as the principal contact for the firm, with day-to-day operations conducted from the Florham Park office.

The firm operates without proprietary technology, public APIs, or software platforms; its competitive differentiation rests on relational capital built over more than five decades and its boutique scale, which allows partners and associates to provide direct, personalized counsel to both client companies and candidates. Current job listings extend modestly beyond the historical tri-state base, with placements in Bristol County, MA and Mansfield, MA, suggesting some flexibility in client engagements. There are no disclosed revenue figures, funding rounds, M&A activity, or publicly verifiable financial metrics in the available data.

Name

Jarvis Walker

Legal name

The Jarvis Walker Group

Website

https://jarviswalker.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1971

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Jarvis Walker is a boutique executive search firm founded in 1971 that recruits information technology professionals on contingency and retained basis for corporate clients in the New York tri-state area, operating under holding company SKG Inc.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

IT Executive Search Services

NAICS

Executive Search Services (561312)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

C-Suite & Board Search (BPACAAAA)

Keywords

• Executive search services
• IT recruitment
• Technology staffing
• Talent acquisition
• Contingency retained search

Headquarters

HQ city

Florham Park

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Executive Search Services: The firm earns fees for successful placements of information technology professionals with client companies. Services are offered on both contingency (fee upon successful placement) and retained (engaged upfront with staged payments) basis.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Jarvis Walker is a boutique executive search firm that recruits information technology professionals for client companies in the tri-state area (NY, NJ, CT). The firm conducts both contingency and retained search assignments for IT roles ranging from individual contributors to executive positions, leveraging established relationships with IT professionals who typically do not respond to unsolicited inquiries. Founded in 1971 and operating under SKG Inc., the firm places high-caliber candidates across categories including Architects, Data Management, Development/Analysis, Infrastructure, and PM/PMO/Management/Executive.

Product overview

Jarvis Walker operates as a boutique executive search firm specializing exclusively in Information Technology recruitment since 1971. The company offers a single core service—executive search in IT—which includes identifying, recruiting, and placing high-caliber candidates for challenging and rewarding career opportunities. The firm recruits on both contingency and retained basis for client companies across various industries in the tri-state area. Jarvis Walker is affiliated with two other search practices: Technology Resource Management (TRM), which provides IT professionals on a contracting/consulting basis, and The Foster McKay Group, which specializes in finance, accounting, and tax recruitment.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Executive Search in Information Technology Boutique executive search service recruiting information technology professionals for client companies throughout the tri-state area. The firm conducts both contingency and retained search assignments for roles including Architects, Data Management, Development/Analysis, Infrastructure, and PM/PMO/Management/Executive positions, leveraging established relationships with IT professionals who typically do not respond to unsolicited inquiries.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Technology Resource Management (TRM)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAffiliated practice under SKG Consulting that provides information technology professionals on a contracting and consulting basis. Complements Jarvis Walker's direct hire executive search services.
• The Foster McKay GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAffiliated practice under SKG Consulting that specializes in the recruitment of finance, accounting, and tax professionals. Provides complementary executive search services to Jarvis Walker's IT focus.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Heidrick & Struggles: Global executive search firm with a dedicated IT and technology officers practice. Comparable to Jarvis Walker because both place senior IT leaders, though Heidrick operates at a much larger scale with global reach and serves Fortune 500 clients; Jarvis Walker competes in the same end market at a boutique level.
• Korn Ferry: Global organizational consulting firm with a major executive search and IT leadership practice. Comparable to Jarvis Walker in serving CIO/CTO-level IT mandates, but with vastly broader service offerings (RPO, consulting, assessments) and international reach that Jarvis Walker lacks.
• Spencer Stuart: Global executive search firm with a strong technology officer and CIO practice. Comparable to Jarvis Walker because both fill senior IT leadership roles, but Spencer Stuart operates globally and across functions, while Jarvis Walker is regionally focused and IT-specific.
• Russell Reynolds Associates: Global executive search firm with a dedicated technology officers practice. Comparable to Jarvis Walker in placing CIOs and senior IT executives, but Russell Reynolds operates globally and across industries at significantly larger scale.
• Robert Half: Large staffing and recruiting firm with a dedicated technology division placing IT professionals. Comparable to Jarvis Walker in serving IT hiring needs, but at much larger scale and broader scope (contract, contract-to-hire, direct hire across all levels) versus Jarvis Walker's boutique senior/executive focus.

Direct peers

• Heller Search Associates: Boutique IT executive search firm specializing in CIO, CTO, and senior technology leadership placements. Highly comparable to Jarvis Walker — both are specialized IT search boutiques focused on senior/technical IT roles, with similar fee structures and a relationship-driven approach to passive candidates.
• Halbrecht Lieberman Associates: Boutique executive search firm specializing in technology and digital leadership placements. Comparable to Jarvis Walker as a similarly-sized IT-focused search boutique with a relationship-driven model targeting senior technology candidates.
• Direct Recruiters: Boutique executive search firm focused on IT and technology leadership placements. Comparable to Jarvis Walker as a specialized IT search boutique serving similar mid-market and enterprise clients for senior technology roles.

Others

• The Foster McKay Group: Sister firm under SKG Inc. specializing in executive search for finance, accounting, and tax professionals. Comparable to Jarvis Walker as a sister boutique executive search practice under the same parent holding company, with shared back-office and cross-referral dynamics.
• Technology Resource Management (TRM): Sister firm under SKG Inc. providing IT professionals on a contracting and consulting basis. Comparable to Jarvis Walker as a related SKG affiliate serving IT workforce needs, but with a contract/staffing model rather than direct-hire executive search.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/the-jarvis-walker-group

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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