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Meet the Hire Velocity Team

Written by HV | January 2011

In our last blog post we discussed about the importance of making sure your organization and the RPO firm you choose are compatible with each other. We also commented on the importance of choosing an RPO with the experience to back what is promised in the Service Level Agreement. At Hire Velocity, we are confident that you will be impressed with our experienced team and will enjoy the long-lasting partnership created when you make the move to outsource your some or all of recruiting tasks.

We would like to virtually introduce you to the Hire Velocity top management team. While we focus on the top management in this post, but we can assure you that our entire team is experienced in the recruiting industry. Hire Velocity understands the importance of having qualified and caring employees. For that reason, we have high standards when choosing to add new members to our team.

Valeri Marks

 

Valeri is the Chief Executive Officer at Hire Velocity. She has been CEO or President for the past 10 years of private or public companies. The entire team was excited when she joined the team in July 2009. Since her addition to the team, Hire Velocity has been named on the Inc 5000 list of fastest growing private companies.

Valeri has over 28 years of service industry experience. Her experience spans raising funds, selling companies, integrating acquisitions, and an IPO. Valeri has an MBA, with distinction, from the University of Michigan.

Byron West

 

Hire Velocity considers itself very lucky to have Byron West as our President. As a seasoned recruiting entrepreneur, Byron provides the vision and leadership at Hire Velocity. With over 20 years as top management in recruiting companies, Byron is excellent at understanding critical personnel needs without organizations and their importance to success.

Before his move into the entrepreneur world, Byron was a member of the Navy’s Submarine Division. He uses his military skills to assemble efficient and effective teams. He is directly involved in the hiring and training of our team members, ensuring that each one is qualified to be working within the company. As an advocate for efficiency and innovation, Byron demonstrates his intense desire to overcome obstacles and win for his customers.

Byron graduated from Penn State University with a degree in Civil Engineering.

Matt Dawson

Matt Dawson is Hire Velocity’s Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer. Hire Velocity is happy to have such an experienced individual to oversee finance, accounting, human resources, and all administrative/back office functions. Matt is also responsible for developing relationships with strategic partners and reviews competitive analysis.

Matt has over 12 years of experience in the Fortune 500, private equity, and smaller entrepreneurial companies across the business services and healthcare sectors.  His expertise encompasses all facets of finance and business strategy, including capital-raising activities, business valuation, turnarounds, due diligence and financial modeling.

Matt is a graduate of University of Louisville with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting. Matt also holds an MBA from University of Tampa.

Jennifer Maher

Jennifer Maher joined the Hire Velocity team in September as the Senior Director of Client Services. Jennifer joins the team with over 12 years of experience in RPO, staffing, and outsourcing organizations across the retail, telecommunications, consumer electronics, and manufacturing verticals. Her experience includes restructuring and building high performing, high volume service delivery organizations, consultative selling, selecting and implementing new technology solutions, and advanced sourcing strategy design.

As Senior Director of Client Services, Jennifer is responsible for the service delivery across all clients. She has led multiple teams to successfully hire 5000+ people per year across the United States and Canada, while reducing time to hire, increasing overall quality of hire, and reducing turnover.

Jennifer is a graduate of the University of Miami with a Bachelors Degree in Business Administration in Accounting.

Now that you know our team, we invite you to contact us to set up a time to talk. It is hard to judge the quality of our team from a blog post and we are confident you will be impressed with us after talking with the team. You can contact us here.