Ed Sweet

Ed Sweet is a deep functional specialist in Go-To-Market leadership within high growth software, cloud and AI companies. He is a leader within the San Francisco office and a member of the Technology Practice.

He partners with transformational and growth-oriented companies, covering the full range of stages, from Private Capital portcos, through to the largest public hyperscalers and Fortune 500 companies. He has led close to 300 searches including COO, President, CRO, WW Sales, Channels, Customer Success, Sales Operations, Vertical Leaders, Segment Leaders, Sales Engineering, as well as regional leaders for EMEA.

Prior to Russell Reynolds, Ed spent over a decade at Heidrick & Struggles and was a key member of their Software Practice. During this tenure, he relocated from London to San Francisco in 2018, having spent four years in London focusing on EMEA leadership roles for US Headquartered Software companies. He has also previously worked at a pan-European boutique search firm focusing on the technology and professional services verticals.