Sparks Group (formerly SPARKS, Sparks IT Solutions, and Sparks Personnel) is the Washington DC Area's leading temporary staffing and full-time recruiting services provider. Whether you are seeking your next opportunity or looking to add talent, Sparks Group is the ideal partner for you! Each of our four divisions (Sparks Office, Sparks Accounting & Finance, Sparks IT, and Sparks Creative) specializes in placing professionals in temporary/contract, temporary-to-full-time, and full-time roles across a diverse array of staffing categories, positions and levels including: office/administrative, customer service, human resources and talent acquisition, legal support, government and cleared personnel, mortgage/banking, accounting and finance, contracts and procurement, information technology and creative/marketing.

NFF is a leading Technology Solutions provider, specializing in Data Center Virtualization, Unified Communications, and Secured Network Infrastructure in DC metro area. NFF has extensive experience in delivering key support services in critical 24x7 “Zero-Downtime” environments. NFF's experience has culminated in development of an effective methodology which enables their clients to drive their business objectives based upon strong, functional and cost effective IT solutions. NFF’s winning solutions are launched based on thorough Technology and Business Operations Assessments as dictated by industry best practices.Please email Michael McDonald to find out more about NFF's capabilities and services, or visit them online at www.nffinc.com

AboutWeb is a leading provider of IT Solutions primarily to Federal agencies, large integrators, and government related organizations. We specialize in custom web applications, mobile development, and cloud/virtualization, and have built a growing cybersecurity practice for civilian, DoD and intelligence agencies. We are an Adobe solutions partner and specialize in Adobe technologies as a solution or providing highly skilled consultants for subject matter expertise and/or short and long-term consulting engagements across North America.Please see my Summary for additional information.

Staffing and government contracting firm. COO-level position - #3 in charge at the company, after the owner and managing partner. Primary vertical businesses -- Federal staffing and staff augmentation (clerical, IT), IT staffing, and direct hire. Responsible for all staff and contractor payroll, weekly/monthly/annual financial data by division/branch/company, sales analysis, collections, and office operations.Served as interim IT division director, directing sales and recruiting teams.

Work Skills Corporation provides employment & training services to persons with barriers to employment, as well as at-risk persons. I led two teams of job developers and job coaches, along with vocational assessment coordinators. Responsible for obtaining county, state and federal funding through a variety of programs. Wrote grants, supervised on- and off-site programs, maintained company metrics for employment-related programs,

Responsible for 10 field branches, 5 onsite managed service programs, direct sales channel of $1M+ accounts. Sold/closed/implemented 2 national accounts and onsite vendor-managed staffing programs; managed all territory sales/account representatives as well as all branch managers. Oversight of merger and consolidation for 3 acquired companies in Michigan. Helped to identify retained or divested branches and employees.

Managed multiple offices and on-premise staffing locations in Michigan and Ohio. Managed sales and operations staff and carried a book of business consisting of major potential staffing contracts. Bid on, won and implemented staffing relationship with Fortune 500 auto supplier, valued at $2M annually. Achieved the largest sales increase - 46%+ - for a region in states of Ohio & Michigan. Successfully cold called, approached, qualified, bid on and landed multi-million dollar multi-state (and Puerto Rico) staffing contract for a Fortune 500 company as their single-source vendor, worth up to $6.5M annually.

Reviewed WIA proposals, allocated training funds for local workers, reviewed county, state and federal guidelines for workforce training and development.

Managed branch staff of Business Development, Recruitment, and National Account Management staff, carried personal book of business as well. In 3 years, ran a 400% sales increase and a 600% profit increase, consistently ranking in the top 20 nationally in gross profit.