About GRN San Francisco The GRN SF Team
The GRN SF Team  
How We Work  
Recent Placements Our current staff consists of three partners and two researchers.
Compensation & Timing  
Contact us In building the team, we’ve chosen to focus on individuals with deep experience of working in their
industry. Rather than look for people with solely a recruiting background, we have hired experienced
business people from the advertising, marketing, digital communication and technology spaces.
   
  All of our team has been trained extensively in our process and use of our data base. That training
is then supplemented during the year with topic specific seminars.
   
 
  Ben Barnes  bbarnes@grnsanfrancisco.com
  Managing Partner of Global Recruiters of San Francisco, Ben is a proven executive with 25 plus
years experience in the communication and marketing industries.

Before joining GRN, Ben was President/CEO for the Asia-Pacific Region and a member of the
Executive Committee of the World Wide Board for Foote, Cone and Belding (FCB). During his 12
year tenure he grew his Region from $80-900million in billing. Prior to FCB, Ben was with Grey and
McCann Erickson.

His experience includes managing networks, offices and client business. Key industries that Ben
has worked with are Package Goods, Telecom, Automotive and IT. Proctor & Gamble, Glaxo Smith
Kline, Dell and Smartone were past clients.
   
   
 
  Marina Prytkova  mprytkova@grnsanfrancisco.com
  After graduating from Wisconsin International University in Kiev with BA in Business, Marina spent 5 years working in the Ukrainian film production business. She started with Director's Research, then moved up to Line Producing and finally to running a Post-Production Studio. The experience gave her a strong understanding of the full cycle process for film production -- while working with people from all around the world taught her to come up with solutions in an ever changing environment and to provide effective communication between teams with different working styles. Marina has worked with such prominent directors as Jos Stelling, Olivier Megaton and many others.

In 2010, Marina won a Green Card in the global lottery, giving her the chance to move to the US. Her love for all things tech and fresh ideas brought her to San Francisco -- the heart of innovation. Marina believes her background in production, technology and working with/organizing creative development is a great match for contributing to GRN San Francisco's growth.

In her spare time, Marina enjoys face painting, cooking, traveling, music and photography.