Duran Human Capital Partners (HCP) is a leader in Human Capital Services, specializing in the high technology and life science industries. Our strength in recruitment compliments our development of HR strategies to create the most talented and effective Human Capital pool for our clients.

Robert L. LoPresto
Robert L. LoPresto is Managing Partner of the Retained Executive Search Practice at Duran Human Capital Partners. Duran HCP has been ranked in the top 300 Hispanic owned businesses in the United States. Bob. serves clients in a broad range from start-ups to Fortune 100 companies. He has participated in placing over 1,000 senior executives in his 49 years in executive search and corporate human resources management. He was formerly President of the High Technology Practice at Rusher, Loscavio & LoPresto.

Prior to joining Rusher, Loscavio & LoPresto, Bob was Founding Managing Director of the worldwide high technology practice and Vice President/ Managing Partner of the Palo Alto office for the world's largest executive search firm for 10 years. He has 24 years of human resources management experience with Levi Strauss, Syntex, American Microsystems, Fairchild and McGraw-Hill.

Bob was a senior member of the Board of Directors and past President of the Northern California Human Resources Association (NCHRA) and was a member of the National Employment Practices Committee of the Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM). Bob was a founding member and past president of the Association for Corporate Growth (ACG), Silicon Valley Chapter and currently serves on the Board of Directors. He is also on the advisory board of the Silicon Valley Association of Startup Entrepreneurs (SVASE). He previously served on the boards of the Institute for Research on Women and Gender at Stanford University, the Career Action Center (formerly the Resource Center for Women), the National Consortium for Black Professional Development, and chaired the board for the Committee for Jazz at Stanford University. He also served on the Board of Trustees at the Montalvo Center for the Arts and the San Jose Symphony.

Bob was a founding member of the Employment Management Association (EMA) in 1969 and served on EMA's Board of Directors and as President. In 2002, he was honored by EMA and SHRM granting him lifetime membership for his leadership roles in both organizations. In 2005, Bob was also granted lifetime membership for his 18 years of leadership in NCHRA. Bob is co-author of the Reference Checking Handbook for S.H.R.M. and the Handbook of Human Resources Administration by McGraw-Hill. Bob received his B.A. in Business from Rutgers University and his M.A. in Psychology from Seton Hall University.

John L. McDonald
John L. McDonald is a Senior Partner in the Retained Executive Search Practice at Duran Human Capital Partners bringing over 30 years of corporate management and consulting experience together with eight years in senior executive search. Prior to joining Duran HCP, John was Vice President of the High Technology Practice at Rusher, Loscavio & LoPresto. John's corporate background provides direct knowledge and valuable insight to assist clients in the definition and refining of their needs and requirements and in identifying, assessing and proposing high impact candidates. John's professional management and corporate consulting experience has ranged from over 15 years at IBM Corporation to include management positions at Amdahl, Hitachi and Storage Technology corporations. He was founder and President of The Phoenix Group consultancy serving clients ranging from startups to Fortune 500 companies.

John began his career at IBM where, in addition to management experience, he served at IBM's Advisory Representative to the White House. John has headed corporate marketing programs, international channel programs, services marketing organizations and served as general manager of a customer education and consulting business unit.

John holds a B.S. degree in Business Management and a MBA from Stan Jose State University. John is involved in the community having served on the Graduate Business School adjunct faculty at Golden Gate University, Santa Clara University and San Jose State University. He was a founder and past President of the Saratoga Resident's Association. John is a past member of the Board of Directors and Executive Council for Goodwill Industries of Santa Clara County, past Vice President and Board Member of the San Jose State University Alumni Association, past Chairman of the Fund for Excellence in Education and an Area Coordinator for the United Way of Santa Clara County.