Partner - Information Technology

David L. Kuhns is ERI’s Information Technology Partner based in New York. He has 25 years of communications and information technology experience, including 15 years as an executive recruiter. He has successfully completed dozens of top-level recruiting assignments in most functional areas.

David is founder and Managing Director of Banyan Group E.S.C., a respected New York-based search firm focused on venture capital-backed companies in the IT space.

He was formerly a Partner with the global search firm Ray & Berndtson, where he concentrated on the communications and information technologies industries and

co-headed the firm's new media practice. Earlier in his career, David served as a communications industry specialist with Russell Reynolds Associates, another leading international search firm.

He is a former Assistant General Counsel of HBO, the entertainment company. He also co-founded and served on the board of Citicom Radio Corporation, a television and radio station group with broadcast properties in Massachusetts, New York and Ohio. In addition, he is a co-founder of Urban Logic Inc., an international consulting firm that works with state and local governments to organize and finance large-scale technology infrastructure projects.

David holds a BA degree from Denison University and a JD degree from the University of Pittsburgh.