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Dave MacKeen
Chief Executive Officer
Dave MacKeen
Chief Executive Officer
As the CEO of Eliassen Group, Dave MacKeen leads the company’s overall growth strategy. He has held leadership positions within the technology consulting industry for over two decades, including the roles of CFO and president, prior to becoming CEO of Eliassen Group in 2010. Under Dave’s leadership, Eliassen Group has completed its third private equity partnership, with the most recent being Stone Point Capital, thereby positioning Eliassen Group for further transformational growth.
Dave’s leadership accolades include appearing on the Staffing Industry Analysts' annual Staffing 100 North America list for seven consecutive years and nine times overall. In 2022, SIA welcomed Dave into the Staffing 100 Hall of Fame. He was also recognized by the Boston Business Journal as the Citizens Middle Market Executive of the Year. In addition, Dave serves on several boards, including the Bentley Executive Club, Endicott College Board of Advisors, Trustee Associate of St. John’s Prep, and the Van Noy Valor Foundation.
Dave enjoys coaching and playing hockey, playing golf, and family travel.
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Eleanore Doyle
President and Global Head, Life Sciences
Eleanore Doyle
President and Global Head, Life Sciences
Eleanore has more than 28 years of industry experience in both Life Science and IT industries. Eleanore leads global growth and strategy, actively working with our Professional Services and Talent Solution verticals to deliver enterprise-integrated solutions that positively impact people's lives. Prior to joining Eliassen Group, Eleanore spent 18 years in the CRO Contract Research Organization (CRO) industry, where she led global Functional Service Provider (FSP) strategy and delivery. Eleanore has a Bachelor's Degree in Business Studies from the University College Dublin, Ireland.
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Tom Hart
President – Talent Solutions
Tom Hart
President – Talent Solutions
Tom Hart, an executive with over 3 decades of experience, has been with Eliassen Group since September 2012. In his role as President – Talent Solutions, he oversees the talent solutions and consulting regional organizations.
Previously, Tom served as the executive vice president for client management, commercial consulting, talent acquisition, operations management, and information technology for Veritude, a strategic human resources company within Fidelity Investment's Devonshire Investor portfolio of companies. Prior to joining Veritude, he worked for Fidelity's HR Access Solutions in Paris, France, serving as its senior executive from 2004 through 2006.
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Michael Lane
President – Professional Services
Michael Lane
President – Professional Services
A leader with over 30 years of experience, Michael serves as the company's President – Professional Services, where he drives overall strategic growth with specialized capabilities. Before that, he served in various mission-critical roles related to our Business Consulting services, including leading delivery and operations. Before Eliassen Group, he was President and CEO of a private-equity-led manufacturing and technology company. Before that, he was Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing with the same company. Prior to this role, Michael served as a Managing Director at a global consulting firm for 8 years in IT and Risk, and as Chief Information Officer of a public company for 6 years.
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Doug Nelson
Chief Financial Officer
Doug Nelson
Chief Financial Officer
Doug joined Eliassen Group in 2022 and serves as the company's Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Eliassen, Doug served as the Vice President of Finance and Accounting at Agero, a tech-enabled roadside assistance company focused on the OEM and Auto Insurance industries. Prior to that, Doug held senior finance leadership positions at Staples, Inc., and CVS Health. Doug holds an MBA in Finance from the Franklin W. Olin Graduate School of Business at Babson College and a BA in Law from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
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Scott Cordeiro
Enterprise Relationship Officer
Scott Cordeiro
Enterprise Relationship Officer
Scott Cordeiro leads Eliassen Group's Enterprise Client Relationship program, which strategically aligns with our focus on enterprise clients. Before this role, Scott established our Agile practice and helped us develop our Professional Services pillar, where he served as President, guiding the organization through mergers and growing our business in this area.
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Travis Carpico
Executive Vice President – Strategy & Corporate Development
Travis Carpico
Executive Vice President – Strategy & Corporate Development
As the Executive Vice President of Strategy & Corporate Development, Travis Carpico leads all activities related to mergers, acquisitions, partnership, and other strategic growth initiatives for Eliassen Group.
Prior to joining Eliassen Group in 2020, Travis spent nearly 20 years in senior level strategy roles within Fidelity Investments in both the US and Europe. Most recently, Travis led the launch of Fidelity's Stock Plan Services business in Europe, and prior to that, he served as the president of Fidelity Ireland. From 2006 to 2012, he was a senior vice president in Fidelity's Corporate Development and Management consulting group in Boston, preceded by 3 years as the CAO/CFO of Fidelity's HR Access business, based on Paris, France. Travis has significant international experience, and he is fluent in French and Spanish, as well as proficient in Italian and Portuguese.
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Todd Keebaugh
Executive Vice President – Strategy & General Counsel
Todd Keebaugh
Executive Vice President – Strategy & General Counsel
As the Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Eliassen Group, Todd Keebaugh leads and manages the company's legal, contracts, immigration, compliance, and facilities & administration functions, as well as oversees the company's Human Resource department. Todd brings a wealth of expertise to Eliassen Group, having served in a variety of senior executive roles for both public and private sector companies. Prior to joining Eliassen Group, Todd held similar positions at Casa Systems, Inc. and Cognex Corporation, and he previously held senior legal roles with EMC and Raytheon Company. Todd started his career as an attorney with the United States Department of Justice.
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Rob Waddell
Executive Vice President – Chief Information Officer
Rob Waddell
Executive Vice President – Chief Information Officer
For the past 35 years, Rob has been a driving force of change and innovation by leading organizations in creating value through the thoughtful adoption of technology, building strong leadership teams, creating a culture of superior customer service, and creating strong strategic supplier relationships to ensure mutual and reciprocal success. As a leader in providing global talent solutions, he is committed to leveraging technology to transform how companies and individuals manage the rapidly shifting workforce demands and complexities of the global talent marketplace.
Prior to joining Eliassen Group, Rob held the positions of SVP, CIO, and CTO at Apex Systems for 16 years. Rob brings demonstrated exceptional leadership and team-building strengths that generated optimum productivity and performance excellence in his prior position. Over the last 16 years, he has established a strong track record for achieving corporate objectives, exceptional P&L results, organizational restructuring, effective team building, and supplier management to facilitate corporate growth of $2b in annual revenue.
Over the course of his career, Rob has held general management, innovation, and other executive leadership positions at industry-leading companies, including Boeing, Capital One, Markel, and Apex Systems.
Rob frequently collaborates on topics of global business and technology strategy, digital disruption, technology enabled services, innovation, and human capital. He is a graduate of Virginia Tech and holds a degree in business management and completed strategic coursework in the Master of Information Technology program.
Rob is based in Virginia where he is active in multiple advisory boards and charities. In his free time, he is an avid runner, enjoys hiking, biking and surf/fly fishing.
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Mindy Diaz
Senior Vice President
Mindy Diaz
Senior Vice President
Mindy Diaz brings over 25 years of experience across business strategy, operations, risk, and regulatory compliance. In her role, she is responsible for developing, implementing, and managing growth strategies across our Business Consulting practice, including large strategic accounts and our financial services vertical. Mindy is known in the industry for her integrity, trust, commitment to doing the right thing, collaborative approach to solving problems, and delivering sustainable outcomes that last. Prior to joining Eliassen, Mindy was a founder of Credere Group, a highly successful business consulting firm, and she started the Denver office for a Fortune 500 consulting firm, building one of the largest and most successful consulting practices in the history of the firm. Before then, she was a key leader in establishing internal audit and compliance functions for an insurance company and was in the audit practice with a global consulting firm.
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Peg Murphy
Senior Vice President – Strategic Accounts
Peg Murphy
Senior Vice President – Strategic Accounts
As the Senior Vice President of Strategic Accounts, Peggy Murphy oversees Eliassen Group's enterprise client accounts, ensuring a high quality experience for IT staffing and consulting solutions across all regions and practices. Peggy joined Eliassen as an account executive in 1995, managing sales planning and execution prior to her promotion to vice president of sales for the New England region, overseeing sales strategy.
In addition, Peggy co-founded Eliassen Group's Women in Leadership group, an organization developed with the hope of inspiring rising female leaders.
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Scott Hampoian
Senior Vice President – Sales
Scott Hampoian
Senior Vice President – Sales
Scott began his professional career as a salesperson with a professional services firm, helping them to develop their "start-up" markets of Atlanta and Jacksonville. Subsequently, he took a branch leadership role with the firm in 1996, moving to Chicago to open that market for them. Scott moved back to Boston to take a VP of Sales role with the firm's Allied Healthcare Staffing division.
In 1999, Scott launched a new IT Staffing Division in Phoenix and ultimately grew this new division to over $36 million in revenue with 3 office locations. In 2006 Scott sold this company to an IT service management company, where he stayed on as a Director of National Accounts and Strategic Accounts for over 10 years, focusing on the Finance and Healthcare Verticals.
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Todd Collier
Vice President – Recruiting
Todd Collier
Vice President – Recruiting
Todd Collier has over 25 years in the staffing industry and has been with Eliassen Group since 2011. In his role as Vice President of Recruiting, he is responsible for overseeing and leading the New England recruiting team. In addition, he leads the Consultant Advocate Program and the internal CAP team that makes the program possible. The Consultant Advocate Program ensures that all Eliassen consultants have the greatest levels of support, care, and attention possible.
Prior to joining Eliassen Group, Todd held roles at Sullivan and Cogliano and Oxford Global Resources. During his time At Eliassen, he has also held the role of Director of National and Tri-State Recruiting.
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Kris Kurcoba
Vice President – Mid-Atlantic and Central Region
Kris Kurcoba
Vice President – Mid-Atlantic and Central Region
Kris is Eliassen Group’s vice president of the Mid-Atlantic and Central regions, responsible for all sales, recruiting, and operations in Columbus, Reston, Baltimore, Bethesda, and New York. Kris started his career in staffing in 1998 with TEKsystems where he was a recruiter and then moved into a sales role supporting the Maryland and Washington DC Metro market. Throughout his career, Kris has received many awards and accolades including: 7 time sales contest winner, Recruiter of the Year, Salesperson of the Year and was an executive management award winner.
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Tom Renda
Vice President – New England Region
Tom Renda
Vice President – New England Region
As Vice President of our New England Region, Tom Renda leads business development and delivery for talent solutions and strategic consulting. Prior to joining Eliassen Group in 2013, Tom worked for Kforce Professional Staffing for ten years during which time he held various leadership positions. He began his professional services career with Renaissance Worldwide.
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Chad Durden
Vice President – West Region
Chad Durden
Vice President – West Region
As vice president of the West region, Chad is responsible for all sales, recruiting, and operations for Eliassen Group from Texas to the West Coast. Chad's charter is to grow current Eliassen Group offices and teams, as well as drive westward expansion by opening new offices to support our geographically expanding client base.
Chad has been in the technology consulting and staffing industry for over 20 years. He began his career as a technical recruiter and moved up through sales, management, and executive leadership. Prior to joining Eliassen Group, Chad worked in the industry at Kforce and TEKsystems.
Chad is a graduate of Texas State University with a Bachelor's of Business Administration in Management. Over his time in the industry, he has excelled at growing people in their careers and significantly scaling offices and regions.
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Jason Kline
Senior Vice President – Agile Consulting Services
Jason Kline
Senior Vice President – Agile Consulting Services
In his role as the Senior Vice President of Agile Consulting Services, Jason leads all aspects of the Agile consulting practice, including client discovery, solution design, and delivery execution. Working collaboratively with his team, Jason endeavors to help clients transform to become adaptive organizations by developing unique Business Agility capabilities, allowing them to increase value delivery, predictability, and customer satisfaction by rapidly sensing and responding to increasingly fast-changing business conditions.
Prior to joining Eliassen Group in 2020, Jason held leadership roles at a global consulting firm and a boutique Agile consultancy. Before assisting clients in a consulting capacity, Jason spent 20 years in technology leadership roles in the SAAS, information security, and location-based services industries.
Jason resides in San Jose, California, with his wife and 3 daughters.
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Brandon Pallott
Executive Vice President - Global Head of Sales
Brandon Pallott
Executive Vice President - Global Head of Sales
Brandon is a collaborative sales executive with over 20 years of life science industry experience who has displayed consistent success in driving sales and go-to-market strategies in both the clinical and commercial arenas. Brandon has held various roles in his career on both the CRO and sponsor side, and he has also been involved in the launch of over 15 novel pharmaceutical products across various therapeutic areas, disease states, markets, and healthcare settings. At Eliassen Group Life Sciences, Brandon will lead our high performing, client-centric global sales team with a focus on a consultative approach to fulfilling our clients needs. Brandon holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a concentration in Marketing from San Jose State University.
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Greg Coir
Executive Vice President, Global Operations
Greg Coir
Executive Vice President, Global Operations
Greg leads operational delivery of our Global FSP services for Clinical Operations, Data Sciences, Quality and Regulatory Compliance. Greg has more than 25 years of proven experience in bringing enterprise solutions to Life Sciences and Healthcare organizations. Prior to joining Eliassen, Greg co-founded a highly successful Healthcare resourcing company and was President of a Life Science outsourcing provider. Greg is a graduate of Merrimack College’s School of Business Management.
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Peggy Murray
Senior Vice President – Global Head of Clinical Operations
Peggy Murray
Senior Vice President – Global Head of Clinical Operations
Peggy is an approachable, passionate, and dynamic operations leader with over 30 years of experience in all areas of Clinical Operations, including academic, medical device, and CRO companies. Her diverse experience combined with a solutions-minded focus and clinical customer vantage point elevates our ability to understand our clients’ short-term goals and long-term strategy, optimizing the service Eliassen Group Life Sciences provides them. Peggy holds a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics, Chemistry, and Biology from the National University of Ireland at St. Patrick’s College, Maynooth Co. Kildare.
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Antony Goncalves
Managing Director, Data Sciences
Antony Goncalves
Managing Director, Data Sciences
Antony has more than 27 years experience managing Biometrics, Clinical Data Management, and Project Management solutions in EDC (Medidata RAVE, Oracle Inform), SAS, MS Project, MS Access, and Clinical Data Repositories. Antony offers diverse leadership and management experience and has a proven ability to manage and lead global cross-functional teams to deliver and deploy quality Biometrics and Data Solution services to include extensive experience managing global FSP teams. Antony has a Bachelor of Science in Management from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth.
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Steve Bené
Vice President – Talent Acquisition and Delivery
Steve Bené
Vice President – Talent Acquisition and Delivery
Steve Bené has over 20 years of experience building high-demand outsourcing teams for clients in Clinical Operations, Data Sciences and Quality and Regulatory Compliance. Steve leads global talent acquisition and delivery ensuring business continuity for our consulting and FSP clients. Previously, Steve was the Director of Recruiting for The Panther Global Group and Division Manager for Patriot Technical Consulting. Steve is a graduate of Boston University.
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