Research & Development

Ropella is dedicated to helping companies gain a competitive advantage
by providing customized and strategic talent solutions.

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Our Involvement

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Ropella Industry Expertise

Sophisticated innovation and breakthroughs add value to a company, enabling it to improve existing products, expand its portfolio and succeed long-term in the marketplace. Research and Development requires smart spending of resources and an understanding of the market, so a rudimentary understanding of business, sales, marketing or design experience often help R&D professionals succeed.

A passionate curiosity and an ability to conceive of and implement new solutions power, R&D to undergo the many trials needed to make breakthroughs that will work in the market. The Three Es of R&D are Explore, Evaluate and Execute.

R&D often works with people from many other disciplines, so an ability to communicate and enjoy teamwork is important. Most of all, R&D calls for self-discipline and the persistence efficiently balance cost, feasibility, government regulations and the customers desires.

The Ropella 360 SMART Search SystemSM takes the risk and guesswork out of the hiring process.

With 35+ years as a global search leader, Ropella has proven (many times over) to be well-versed at delivering the most advanced search execution capabilities, solving the most challenging needle-in-a-haystack searches, and managing talent selection and development as a primary asset for ROI.

As a bestselling author of The Right Hire and a highly-experienced practitioner, Patrick Ropella developed the SMART Search SystemSM, regarded as one of the most well-respected, talent-centric executive search solutions available.