Based in Spencer Stuart’s Seattle office, Brett Clark-Bolt is a consultant in the firm’s leadership advisory services practice and serves as the head of the firm’s organizational culture and top team performance solutions for North America. Clark-Bolt has extensive experience in executive and operational leadership, strategy, organizational culture, top team effectiveness, executive coaching, and human resources earned through a military and civilian career spanning over 30 years. Before joining Spencer Stuart, Clark-Bolt worked as the executive vice president of human resources at Blucora, a technology company in Bellevue, Washington. Prior to this work, Clark-Bolt was principal and senior vice president of product strategy for a global search firm as well as the CEO for a small software business focused on the auto dealership industry. He also worked as a management consultant at McKinsey & Co., specializing in high tech, retail, and industrials, with a focus on operations work. He began his career with nearly a decade of active military duty, serving in the Army and then the Air Force as an officer, instructor helicopter pilot, and commander. He then served an additional 11 years in the Air Force Reserves. He is a combat veteran and retired from the Air Force Reserves as a lieutenant colonel.