Bespoke Partners, the leading executive search firm for private equity portfolio companies, today announced that Carrie Kovach has joined the firm as a Partner in its Product and Technology practice.

Carrie’s arrival builds on a year of strong growth for Bespoke Partners and its Product and Technology practice. At Bespoke, she will focus on growth-stage CTO and technology leadership searches, as well as enterprise IT leadership across companies of all sizes, serving private equity-backed software, fintech, healthcare IT and technology-enabled services businesses. Her remit includes CTOs, engineering leaders, CIOs, CISOs and VP-level technology and IT executives who build scalable organizations, modernize platforms and infrastructure, and strengthen security. Her addition supports the firm’s plans to expand its capacity in 2027 and meet growing demand for specialized technology leadership.

“Technology leadership decisions shape how portfolio companies grow, modernize and manage risk,” said Ryan Bonner, Partner and Practice Lead of Bespoke Partners’ Product & Technology Practice. “Carrie brings deep experience across the technology leadership team and a clear understanding of transformation and AI adoption. She strengthens our ability to help sponsors and management teams find executives who can deliver on their business priorities.”

Previously, Carrie was a Client Partner at Heller Search, a firm specializing in technology executive search.

“Bespoke’s focus on private equity and its specialization in software and SaaS create a strong platform for technology executive search,” said Carrie. “I look forward to working with sponsors and management teams to recruit leaders who understand both the technology agenda and the business outcomes it needs to support.”

About Bespoke Partners

Bespoke Partners is the leading executive recruiter for private equity and the largest firm specializing in recruiting for software and SaaS companies in the United States.

Bespoke-recruited executives have orchestrated more than 200 portfolio company exits totaling nearly $600 billion.

Bespoke Partners is Built Different, with a unique firm structure, functional role focus and deep expertise in 28 software subsectors. Bespoke’s data-driven services utilize the Executive Index, a comprehensive AI-powered talent market mapping platform. The Executive Index enables Bespoke to complete searches in less than half the industry average time.

The firm has placed more than 1,700 top-performing executives into private equity portfolio companies.

Successful searches include CEOs, CFOs, CROs, CMOs, CCOs, CPOs, CTOs, CIOs, CHROs, Board Members, Operating Partners, Vice Presidents and many more.

Learn more at www.bespokepartners.com.

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