Michael Shirley Associates, Inc., is a retainer-based executive search firm founded in 1990 specializing in nationwide senior-level management assignments in most industries and job functions including banking/financial services, healthcare, information technology, insurance, and utility energy services.  Our founder began his career in executive search in 1980.

We are considered in the U.S. search industry as one of the more significant firms based in the central Midwest and were named by Ingram's Magazine of Kansas City as one of the Top 100 Fastest Growing Companies in 1994, 1995, 1996 and again in 1998. The firm has been recognized for quality and professionalism within the industry and by Executive Recruiter News.