Deborah F. Harper, CPC, CERS
President
Certified Employee Retention Specialist
Certified Personnel Consultant
Debbie Harper has been successful in the recruiting industry since 1987. After achieving senior certification and national recognition with an established international recruiting organization, she established Harper Hewes, Inc. in 1993. She is one of fewer than 100 professionals in the US to have earned designation as a Certified Employee Retention Specialist (CERS). Ms. Harper participates in multiple formal and informal recruiting organizations. She has been a featured presenter at the Top Echelon national convention, and has served on an advisory panel for US-Recruiters.com.
She is active in community and professional associations, having served as Vice President and board member for the Rochester Women’s Network, on the board and in leadership positions for the Association for Women in Computing for many years and as founding trustee and past chair of the Rush-Henrietta Education Foundation. In 2003 she was awarded the AWC’s National President’s Award. Ms. Harper is a graduate of Purdue University. Her professional career includes sales, sales management, project management and operations. She is listed in “Who’s Who in American Women.”
To discuss your upcoming search and recruiting needs please contact Debbie Harper @ 585.321.1700 or email her at debbie.harper@harperhewes.com
David M. Miller
Vice President
Prior to joining Harper Hewes, Mr. Miller was Vice President, Operations for Talavara, LLC, a leading provider of automated benefits administration and enrollment software. He was responsible for operations including software implementations and human resources. He brings over 20 years experience in operations and sales with such leading firms as Bolt, Beranek & Newman, Inc. (BBN), Sprint Inc.and Litton Business Systems Inc. He has extensive experience in marketing hardware, data networks, communications products and software solutions to Fortune 500 companies. Mr. Miller also operated his own executive search firm. He has been active in coaching Little League baseball, CYO basketball as well as refereeing high school basketball.