Jay Zanone

Jay is an Executive Search Director with Cordia Resources. He partners with clients to manage C-level searches from CFO and CHRO to critical staff level roles within a company. With 25 years of executive search experience, Jay has personally interviewed thousands of candidates and worked with a wide variety of clients to help with their accounting, finance, and HR recruiting needs. Whether it be retained or contingency placement, Jay has been successful in multiple industries including technology, government contracting, legal, media, and real estate, just to name a few.

His experience in executive search began when he joined Network Companies, a boutique search firm, which was soon acquired by Spherion, a $2 billion global organization. Other career accomplishments include being Co-Partner in the successful firm, Essential Search Partners, for over 10 years, and founding Maple Street Executive Search in 2022, before joining Cordia Resources.

Previous roles include Business Development Manager for BDO USA, the fifth largest accounting network in the world, where he helped expand its commercial presence in the Washington area. He has served in accounting positions with Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman and Kutak Rock, as well as Accounting Manager with Dental Benefit Providers (United Healthcare).

Jay has been a member of both the Tech Council of Maryland Financial Executives Forum and the Northern Virginia Technology Council and is active in many other business networking groups. He chairs the Old Town Village Safety and Security Committee in Alexandria, serving the community where he lives with his wife Jen, teenage son Jack, and Jack Russell Terrier mix named Zoey. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Management with a Finance concentration, and a minor in Economics, from Virginia Commonwealth University. Jay’s mantra is, “Do something you love, and you will do it well.”