• Founded, built and managed all business operations for a boutique professional recruiting firm focused on the permanent placement of accounting and finance professionals in the Chicago area. • Managed, hired and trained two executive recruiters.• Established banking relationships and held full profit & loss responsibility. • Recruited and placed candidates. Developed and managed client relationships. • Maintained QuickBooks accounting system and interfaced with outside accountant.

• Increased permanent placement revenues from approximately $63 Million to approximately $91 Million.• Improved average fee percentage from 21% to 27% and the permanent placement standard fee schedule from 33% to 35%• Consistently exceeded corporate revenue growth goals• Managed, hired and trained 10 Regional Perm Directors responsible for growing permanent placement revenue. • Architected a permanent placement infrastructure. Designed and implementing methodologies and practices for all personnel associated with permanent placement across the entire organization. • Increased executive recruiter headcount from approximately 190 to 330.• Designed and supervised the delivery of Ajilon’s High Intensity Training (HIT), a week-long class held monthly at Ajilon’s corporate university and offered to all newly-hired executive recruiters. Functioned as the lead instructor for all permanent placement trainings.• Developed a 30-day new hire chronology that was implemented nationwide. This was monitored by Regional Perm Directors and resulted in consistent new hire training throughout the organization. • Implemented a 2-day training program for new hires covering the basics of candidate recruitment and client development. • Participated as subject matter expert in print and online media including CFO magazine, CareerJournal, WebCPA and JobsInTheMoney.• Reported directly to the CEO and worked extensively with the COO and EVP. Participated in many Executive Team meetings to discuss the Permanent Placement line of business and strategies.REGIONAL PERM DIRECTOR (2000 TO 2005)• Managed approximately 75 executive recruiters across 18 offices in the Midwest Region.• Produced the national Rookie of the Year from 2001 to 2005.• Increased executive recruiter per desk average by approximately 10-15% annually.• Received the 2004 Ajilon Employee Excellence Award in recognition for accomplishments and successes in the area of permanent placement.

• Voted 1997 Rookie of the Year in the Central region.• Produced $612,000 in permanent placement revenue in 1998. This resulted in a #1 ranking in the Central Region out of approximately 120 recruiters, a #11 ranking worldwide, and Reach for the Stars recognition for exceptional performance.• Specialized in the recruitment and placement of accounting & finance professionals