Eqs & Partners

EQS & Partners provides Strategic Advisory, Consulting and Coaching to high potential companies, business owners, entrepreneurs, executives and professionals that leverage over 40 years’ experience and privileged networks to create sustainable value and innovation. Adriane Quintero and Jim Szurek created EQS & Partners after the paths of this dynamic duo converged in 2001 and having the opportunity to work together for a couple of years after repatriating back home to Chicago after working on strategic assignments between Europe and Latin America. Their meeting was as the result of an introduction by key staff member that worked with the maverick former Senator Peter Fitzgerald. In 2002, Adriane was winding down her appointment as Hispanic Affairs Director for the State of Illinois and joined Jim in playing a key role in taking SPANUSA, a boutique executive search firm specialized in bilingual talent, to the next level. While providing leadership for SPANUSA, they had the privilege in making a difference in partnering with very strategic clients that further expanded networks via interacting with hundreds high potential executives, professionals and university students via our career coaching outreach program. After having made life changing impact on the careers of so many and continually increasing requests for consulting, creating EQS & Partners was a no-brainer. Since 2005, EQS & Partners has been partnering with client to build upon and create shared successes. In 2015, our activities converged and created a quantum leap with M&A via our exclusive collaboration with KC&A.