North American-based Caldwell Partners, a retained executive search firm, has recruited Adam Charlson as a partner based in the company’s San Francisco, California office.

Charlson, with 15 years’ executive search experience, joins from Korn/Ferry International, where he served as a senior client partner and leader of the firm’s global software practice.

He was previously a principal consultant with Spencer Stuart in the San Francisco bay area, where he conducted executive searches in the enterprise technology arena.