Art will celebrate his 40th year in the contract technical staffing business in 2008.
Starting in 1967, Art worked as a contract designer for various clients around Northeast Ohio. His career in sales and management began in 1976 with Butler International. Then, in 1980, Art joined the national technical staffing agency Salem Technical Services, where he went from Regional Manager to being named President of Salem in 1989. Salem was sold to H.L. Yoh Co. in 1992, and as part of the acquisition, it was written into the purchase agreement that Art remain on-board. Serving Yoh as Senior Vice President he oversaw eastern operations in excess of $100 million annually. In 1996, Art left Yoh to partner in CPI of Ohio LLC.
Throughout his career he has been focused on operations and sales. He has sustained major accounts over long periods of time through outstanding delivery of service to his customers. He continues to look for new, creative ways to package and present Advancement as a uniquely different offering. Advancement has an excellent staff that supports its operations with a long tenure (eight-plus years on average, which is unusual for the contract staffing business).
Ray founded Advancement Corp. in March 1971, maintaining an active involvement in sales, recruiting and the day-to-day management of the business until it was sold. Since selling the company, Ray has remained a valuable recruiting consultant to the new ownership of Advancement.
Christine is the Human Resources and Business Services Manager. Employed with Advancement for eight years, she currently oversees all of the company's employee benefit programs, coordinates payroll, billing activity and work with our outside vendors, and also manages the Staff Leasing and Pay Rolling placements for Advancement. Christine has had over 20 years in Human Resource Management and over 15 years in Business Management.
Tim serves us as Information Technology Manager. He had five years of network management experience before joining Advancement and PPI in 2004. He has rebuilt the network from the ground up and now manages all computer and networking equipment, databases, Web sites, firewalls, network security, and building security. Tim strives to keep us up to date with technology.
Josh Healan is the Director of Business Development for Advancement. He began with the company in early 1997 working his way through the engineering department, to information technology, and then into sales. Josh left for a period of time and specialized in helping companies like PTC, UGS, Microsoft, and Hewlett Packard market to manufacturing executives. During this time, Josh had the opportunity to gain an in-depth understanding about the needs and challenges facing major manufacturers today, one of the most critical being the recruiting and staffing of highly skilled professionals. He came back to Advancement in 2007 and is responsible for the growth of existing clients as well as the acquisition of new business.
