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Retained Executive Search · Since 1997

We recruit the leaders
building what's next
in deep tech.

The Errigo Group specializes in hard tech executive search across three ecosystems — artificial & physical intelligence, semiconductor, and enterprise & communications — from stealth-stage to public, across all functions.

28+
Years Specialized
100+
Companies Served
3
Core Verticals
VC
Embedded Ecosystem
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Leadership teams we've
helped build.

GlobalFoundries
ASM International
Thermo Fisher Scientific
Juniper Networks
Cradlepoint
VAST Data
Apple
Twitter
Aehr Test Systems
Nanometrics
Cymer
Advanced Energy
Kepler
Boston Materials
Flex Logix
Movellus
Xenter
HZO
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Soraa
100+ companies served · See the full client list →

Built for the
hardest searches
in tech.

Most search firms recruit for technology. We recruit for technology that doesn't exist yet — where the margin between the right executive and the wrong one is measured in years and hundreds of millions.

Full Approach
01
Think Like Investors

We evaluate candidates the way your board does — through the lens of value creation, market timing, and team velocity. Every hire is a bet on your company's future.

02
Act Like Operators

We've lived inside these companies and understand what a VP of ASIC Engineering actually needs to do at 10 engineers vs. 100. We match leaders to stage, not just job description.

03
Recruit Like Strategists

Our network in semiconductor and deep tech is deep and exclusive. We reach executives who aren't looking — and know how to compel them. No recycled databases.

The frontier
technologies we
know deeply.

We don't recruit across all of tech. We go narrow and go deep — accumulating years of relationships and pattern recognition in the sectors that are hardest to hire for.

All Verticals
Artificial & Physical Intelligence

AI accelerators & custom silicon, silicon photonics, advanced packaging, embodied AI, and AI-driven medical and diagnostic platforms.

Semiconductor Ecosystem

Process, test, inspection & metrology equipment, plus advanced materials and compound semiconductors — GaN, SiC, InP, and novel substrates.

Enterprise & Communications

Enterprise software, networking, communications, digital platforms, and technology-enabled services where executive talent decides the market.

Embedded in the
venture community.

We're the search firm VCs recommend to their portfolio companies — because we understand how venture-backed companies actually work, what investors need from executive teams, and how to align hiring to milestones that matter to a board.

"The Errigo Group is a great partner and the results are outstanding — measured by the success and impact of Errigo-recruited senior executives across our portfolio."

Dave Whorton · Managing Director, Tugboat Ventures
Client Voices

What world-class CEOs
say about our work.

Clearly at the front of the pack, having helped us successfully hire exceptional leaders to our team. Can't recommend them more highly.

Tom Caulfield
Executive Chairman, GlobalFoundries

They knew as much about the industry as any experienced practitioner — a valuable partner to the management team and Board, not just a sourcer of candidates.

Charles Giancarlo
CEO, Pure Storage

Don's detailed understanding of our business and culture enabled rapid, efficient scaling of our management capability.

Mike Slessor
President & CEO, FormFactor
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Don Errigo

Don Errigo

Founder & Managing Director

Don founded The Errigo Group in 1997 with a singular focus: building leadership teams for the companies pushing the edges of what semiconductors and deep technology can do.

Over nearly three decades, he has placed executives at more than 100 companies — from stealth-stage startups to public companies like GlobalFoundries, ASM International, Cisco, Apple, and Thermo Fisher Scientific.


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leadership team?

Whether you're at Series A or Series D, stealth-stage or public, we'd welcome the conversation.

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