Agency Three: Strategic career advisory for C‑suite technology executives

Companies hire executive recruiters — you hire us

Agency Three: The Problem We Are Solving

The executive market is opaque and political; roles can appear larger than the authority they offer, decision-makers are not always visible, and feedback is partial by design. We act as your strategic counterpart, helping you see the dynamics clearly so you avoid misaligned moves and advance with clarity, influence, and intent.

Q. Have you ever noticed how visible you are when headhunters are chasing you and how invisible you become when they're not?

Why This Matters

Your career is the largest asset you own: Care for it intentionally.

Executive recruitment process visualization

Over the next decade, your career will create more value than any investment portfolio you hold. Yet strategic career decisions are often made through timing, instinct, or reactively through recruiter outreach.

Our Expertise

How we are solving this

We help empower Technology Executives to Master their Recruitment Journey

We work with senior technology leaders to:

Clarify your leadership narrative

Define what you are known for and ensure it resonates with the market you want to influence.

Navigate executive search with intention

From first outreach to final negotiation, we help you maintain clarity, control, and confidence in how you are positioned.

Secure roles that set you up to succeed

Scope, authority, influence, support. We ensure you enter environments where you can deliver lasting leadership impact.

This is not interview coaching.

This is strategic counsel for leadership, value, and trajectory.

Agency Three: working in practice

Executive Search Advisory

We help...

Shape the market's perception. We help you turn early recruiter calls into defining moments, leaving headhunters with a clear sense of your value, leadership DNA, and impact.

Move from introduction to shortlist. Gain clarity and control in how you navigate the headhunting process so you progress quickly toward real opportunities.

Lead the conversation, don't follow it. Learn to spot genuine mandates, frame your story with precision, and position yourself as a peer (not a candidate).

Leave a lasting market impression. Ensure every conversation builds recognition and influence.

Reverse Due Diligence

Working with you, we can help you...

Assess the opportunity before you commit. We help you evaluate company culture, leadership dynamics, and strategic positioning to ensure alignment with your career goals.

Understand the competitive landscape and market forces that will impact your success in the role.

Make informed decisions with deep market intelligence and strategic analysis tailored to senior technology leaders.

Alignment

We provide...

Stakeholder mapping and political navigation. Understand the real power dynamics and decision-making processes within target organizations.

Leadership narrative development. Craft compelling stories that resonate with boards and demonstrate transformational impact.

Cultural integration strategies. Position yourself as the leader who can bridge technical excellence with business transformation.

Expert Negotiation

With your expertise we can help...

With package expertise. Navigate complex compensation structures, equity considerations, and benefits to get the full picture of your worth.

Secure decision-making authority. Negotiate scope, reporting lines, and organizational influence that enable real leadership impact..

Protect your position. Build in safeguards and clarify expectations to ensure you have the resources and authority needed to succeed.

Leadership Profile

Bryan MacDonald

Founder & Principal, Agency Three

The Mission

I am launching Agency Three because senior technology leaders are navigating the highest-stakes career decisions without a strategic counterpart. Search firms represent the company. Coaches focus on performance. What's missing is someone who sits on the executive's side of the table — helping them shape their narrative, navigate pivotal transitions, and secure roles where the mandate and environment allow their leadership to scale.

Agency Three exists to give senior leaders leverage. We help you clarify your narrative, position yourself with intent, and move into roles where the mandate and environment allow your leadership to scale.

Professional Overview

Bryan has over 25 years' experience in executive search and digital leadership advisory. In that time, he has conducted more than 7,000 interviews with CIOs and senior IT leaders and has led 500+ global C‑suite mandates with a near 100% success rate.

He founded Agency Three to level the field to give senior technology executives the same strategic advantage companies have when they hire boards, advisors, and consultants. Agency Three provides confidential, one‑to‑one strategic counsel for CTOs, CIOs, and CDOs, helping them clarify decisions, sharpen positioning, and move through complex transitions with leverage and clarity.

Before founding Agency Three, Bryan built The Digital Board, a platform that connected Boards, CEOs, technology leaders and investors around one goal; improving the quality and impact of technology leadership at the top of organisations. Through The Digital Board, he helped global enterprises strengthen leadership culture, align technology with strategy, and turn digital ambition into measurable value. Those experiences shaped the foundation for Agency Three: a firm created to represent and empower the executives driving that change.

He is also the Co‑Presenter of Beyond the Tech, a podcast exploring the bold decisions, inflection points, and leadership journeys of senior technology executives.

Advisory & Boards

Signifly | Board Member

Advising on strategy, leadership development, and growth, while leveraging a global technology network to drive new business opportunities.

Nodes (Monstar Lab) | Chair of Global Advisory Board

Working closely with the leadership team of this high‑growth digital product development agency on scaling strategy, talent, and international positioning. Built and structured global advisory boards across the US, Middle East, and Europe.