Hayden Brown is chief marketing and product officer at Upwork Inc., the largest B2B human cloud platform; the company is used by more than 30% of the Fortune 500. Brown says the biggest motivation for her is meeting the many individuals whose lives have significantly changed for the better because of opportunities they received through [...]
Sue Burnett, president and founder, celebrated Burnett Specialists’ 45th anniversary this year with her staff from five Texas cities. Since the company’s ESOP started in 2010, hundreds of staffing employees and staff members are vested owners of Burnett. The Houston Business Journal named Burnett Specialists as Houston’s No. 1 Direct Hire Firm and No. 2 [...]
Tara Burns is chief operating officer of Peoplelink Group, the 45th-largest staffing firm in the US with 2018 revenue of $375 million. With her work-hard-play-hard philosophy, Burns has helped facilitate organizational growth, bringing together a unified and collaborative team and a deep dive into restructuring Peoplelink’s training and career development opportunities. She aims to continue [...]
Amy Bush has been delivering outsourced talent solutions for two decades — but becoming president of RPO provider Sevenstep made 2018 a monumental year. She finds inspiration and success by taking an active role in delivery. Her hands-on approach has produced a 20% increase in revenue across 50-plus countries, a 33% increase in client base [...]
What drives Jessica Calzaretta forward in the staffing industry is not as much the industry itself as what Insight Global stands for — putting people first. The company was named by Fortune as one of the Best Large Workplaces for Women in 2018 and 2019; it also ranks as the third-largest IT staffing firm in [...]
Teresa Carroll was executive VP of Kelly Services Inc. and president of Global Talent Solutions, managing a $2 billion P&L. In addition, she was general manager of sales, marketing and human resources. Under her leadership, the KellyOCG business posted double-digit CAGR in revenue and earnings over the past five years. Carroll developed and inspired others [...]
As president of Special Counsel, The Adecco Group’s legal staffing brand, Laurie Chamberlin is responsible for running the company’s legal solutions, search and staffing businesses across the US, China and London. This year, Chamberlin celebrates her 20th year with the global staffing giant and earns a spot on this list for the second time, thanks [...]
Jodi Chavez is group president of the Randstad Accounting and Finance line of business and directs the field organization for Randstad Professionals, Randstad Life Sciences and Tatum. Chavez is a member of the Abilities in Motion Business Resource Group, which combats bias against people with disabilities in the workplace, and is executive sponsor for Leaders [...]
Dana Coonce is executive VP of talent and performance for Medical Solutions, the fifth-largest healthcare staffing firm in the US. In this role, Coonce oversees all aspects of the company’s human resources discipline, spearheading the strategy and alignment of initiatives with all business units. Under her HR leadership since 2018, the company has redefined its [...]
As VP of ManpowerGroup Solutions Tapfin, Jolie Cooney has played an instrumental role in the sales, deployment and expansions of a number of Tapfin’s global clients in 2019 and was a key player in its sales team supporting the first MSP in Israel. Cooney is a key leader within the Tapfin global program management office, [...]
