Focus Search Partners Team

Michael Caggiano

Managing Partner

Michael Caggiano is a Managing Partner with Focus Search Partners. In his role, Mike is charged with growing new revenue streams for FSP, both from inside and outside of the Vaco Holdings family of companies.  

With over 20 years of experience, most recently with an S&P 500 global firm, Mike has executed hundreds of searches for both public and private companies around the country. In his last role, Michael was the co-head of U.S. search operations and instrumental in propelling the firm to #1 in the U.S., as ranked by Forbes.  

Based on the East Coast of the United States, Mike has developed and trained executive search managing directors in the U.S. and abroad. With experience as a former CEO, president, COO and CFO of various enterprises, as well as a CPA firm partner, Mike brings a client-focused perspective to every search. He began his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers.  

Mike’s industry expertise spans professional services firms, manufacturers, government contractors, nonprofit organizations, technology development companies, sports and entertainment groups, banking and financial institutions, and private equity firms.  

Mike has held board positions with several charitable organizations, including the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society in Washington, D.C., the Tuberous Sclerosis Alliance, Women Thrive International, The Giving Back Fund and was the founder of Jewelry for Good, a nonprofit dedicated to creating a new funding source for charities from donations of unwanted gold and silver items. He is an avid outdoorsman and boater, a general aviation pilot, and plays golf and tennis.  

Mike holds a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from Virginia Tech. 

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