WHO WE ARE

We are a tight team of seasoned business executives, each with decades of deep operating and subject matter expertise in leadership. In our past careers, we held leadership roles at scale, enabling us to understand the ROI of world-class leadership. We help clients deliver on their human capital strategies. We are experts in executive search, coaching, talent assessment, and organizational advisory, having done it for decades as clients prior to Carpe Diem. Our experiences bring wisdom, perspective, insights, and proven methodologies to our work.

We partner with the Fortune 500, private owners, founders of today’s unicorns, and some of the most iconic brands in the world. We live and breathe our values – transparency, genuine collaboration, and accountability – and have the results to prove it.

Our Core Team


Jeff DeFazio

Jeff DeFazio

Managing Partner

3X Private Equity CEO

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Founder of Carpe Diem Global Partners, Jeff possesses an extensive background as a former CEO of two PE backed companies and one privately controlled. Before founding Carpe Diem, Jeff was a top three global partner in several talent management consulting firms cementing his place as a leader in leadership development, board advisory and executive search. His progressive design of Carpe Diem created a performance-based, client centric ethos by subject matter experts with deep operating experience. MBA Finance University of Chicago.

San Francisco, CA | Tampa/Sarasota, FL

Gail Galuppo

Gail Galuppo

Strategic Advisor & Managing Partner

Board Director, COO & 3xCMO

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Gail brings decades of global marketing and product management leadership experience with prestigious Fortune 500 companies and Private Equity backed organizations. During her career, she covered 200 countries and multiple industries such as Technology, SaaS, Education, Retail, Insurance, Payments, Financial Services, and Consumer Banking.

Destin, FL

Shrikant Dash

Shrikant Dash

Managing Partner

AI Pioneer and Chief Analytics Officer

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As a former C-suite Executive in four F500 companies, Shrikant brings extensive insights to Boards, CEOs, and functional leaders on how to design, hire and deliver world class leadership in functions dependent on AI and ML: Analytics, Compliance, Risk, Data, Marketing, Growth. The authenticity of Shrikant’s experience will quickly help Boards and CEOs wade through hype and reality, creating value, and improving organizational effectiveness.

Nashville, TN

Edel Keville

Edel Keville

Managing Partner

Former Levi Strauss HR Exec

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Edel has held executive positions at multibillion dollar public corporations and has been HR partner to hundreds of global leaders. Her industry experience spans five sectors: retail, apparel, technology, pharma, and consumer goods. As a global citizen, she grew up in Europe, spent over a decade of her career in London before moving to San Francisco as part of a high-potential leadership program.

San Francisco, CA | Austin, TX

Dr. Art Resnikoff, PhD

Dr. Art Resnikoff, PhD

Managing Partner

PhD, Executive Coaching, Board Advisory

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Dr. Resnikoff has assessed and helped the development of over +1,500 c-suite executives across a wide variety of industries: digital, technology, biotech, consumer products and industrial companies. His agility brings clients a breadth of insights unmatched by narrow specialization. The combination of data driven behavioral science, management experience, and industry knowledge brings Boards and CEOs deep meaningful insights to succession, executive development and high potentials.

San Francisco, CA | New York

Michael Whitehead

Michael Whitehead

Managing Partner

Former CIO J&J and McCormick & Co.

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Mike brings decades of executive leadership from dynamic Fortune 500 and private equity owned brands, focused on digital transformation and excellence. Mike has delivered business transformational technology and processes into global Fortune 500s supporting revenue from $2B to $26B as well as with Private Equity owners.

Jacksonville, FL

Fay Wasylyniuk

Fay Wasylyniuk

Managing Partner

Former PepsiCo HR Executive

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Formerly a Senior Human Resources Executive for PepsiCo, Fay brings over 25 years of experience, including 15 years at PepsiCo, as a pivotal HR business partner to executive leaders across North America. Carpe Diem is proud to have her operating experience on the team as we continue to reimagine the client and candidate experience with the Executive Search Industry.

Calgary, Canada

Jamie Farnham

Jamie Farnham

Principal

Global Talent Acquisition leader

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A multi decade operating leader of Global Talent Acquisition and Management, spanning four multinational companies, with capability in Technology, Life Sciences, CPG and Healthcare. As a client side, functional leader in Talent Acquisition, Jamie brings extensive experience advising CEOs, Founders, CHROs and C-suite executives on Talent Acquisition strategy and delivery with a fresh perspective on how clients manage the function in today’s evolving labor market.

Philadelphia, PA

Craig Streem

Craig Streem

CEO/CFO Advisor

American Express, Discover, One Main

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As a recognized leader in the field, Craig brings extensive financial and communications experience advising corporate boards, CEOs, CFOs and C-suite executives on pre and post IPO financial modeling, valuation, M&A, investor branding, messaging, outreach, activist preparation/response, and the critical interdependency of corporate culture and investor branding.

Chicago, IL

Chris Browning

Chris Browning

Managing Partner

2X Private Equity Commercial Leader

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For decades, Chris has led Fortune 500 multinational customer relationships, including Yum Brands, Costco, Walmart, Sam’s, Aldi, Shell Oil, BP, and numerous retail and foodservice customers worldwide. This has left Chris with a deep understanding of the levers and leadership skills needed to drive over-indexed commercial results within some of the world’s most progressive and commercially innovative brands, Tyson Foods, Coca-Cola, and Gallo Winery.

San Rafael, CA

Nadia Morger de Frutos

Nadia Morger de Frutos

Managing Partner

Former Liberty Global HR Executive

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20 years of leadership in human resources and executive search as a global citizen, having lived in Switzerland, the UK, Spain and the US. Fluent in three languages (Spanish, German, English and conversational in French). Led Talent Acquisition, Talent Development, L&D, Employer Branding as well as Change Management for Liberty Global. Deputy Country Manager at Robert Walters. MBA from the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland.

Miami, FL

Dr. Matthew Roberts, PhD

Dr. Matthew Roberts, PhD

Managing Partner

3x Chief Science Officer (CSO)

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Former CSO / CTO at Nature’s Bounty, Pharmavite, and Health & Happiness, CSO and Scientific Advisory Board member at Chromadex. Prior to his C-suite roles, Dr. Roberts was Divisional Vice President of Global Product Development at Abbott Labs and Assistant Vice President of Corporate Venture Capital at Nestlé. Brings extensive insights to Boards, CEOs, and functional leaders on how to design, hire, and deliver world-class leadership in technical, quality, operational, and scientific functions. As a testament to his technical capability, Dr. Roberts’ teams have authored hundreds of patents and peer review publications.

Los Angeles, CA

Craig Kamins, JD

Craig Kamins, JD

Managing Partner

Former McKinsey and Gallup

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Craig brings 20+ years of experience at McKinsey, Gallup, and Korn Ferry helping Fortune 500 leaders and workplace award winners across the technology, manufacturing, CPG, hospitality, and healthcare sectors to better define and enhance their culture. A key focus is on companies facing change or disruption, where the culture may be in flux and where greater “cultural alignment” is required. Craig enables these companies to quickly identify and leverage their cultural strengths and fill the cultural gaps needed to stimulate future growth and performance.

Los Angeles, CA

Brad Daggett

Brad Daggett

Managing Partner

Former Newell Brands GM

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Former Global Vice President of Sales and Trade Marketing at Newell Brands, Brad’s operating experience includes multiple board-level talent assessment, acquisition, and change management experiences. Brad has also led large cross-functional teams in start-ups, large multinationals, and in challenging PE environments. He’s uniquely suited to helping organizations solve complex cross functional challenges.

Chicago, IL

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