Anju Abel is senior vice president of strategic global partnerships for LanceSoft Inc., which ranks as one of the largest staffing firms in the US with revenue of $127 million. She leads new business development and account sales, branding and marketing, global development, and diversity and inclusion. Abel has overseen the expansion of the business into EMEA, Asia-Pacific and Australia. A proponent of diversity, she also launched Uptech, a training and deployment platform focusing on candidates from underrepresented demographic groups. She is recognized as both a leader — she sits on LanceSoft’s advisory board — and an approachable mentor within the staffing industry.