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Board of Advisors
Jim Zagelmeyer
President & CEO, FA& O Works
Prior to joining FA&O Works as its President and CEO, Mr. Zagelmeyer was the Interim Executive Vice President of a
large multinational staffing firm. He was responsible for firm wide Sales and Marketing and its specialty staffing
recruitment lines including, Finance and Accounting, Information Technology, Creative, Human Resources, and
Administrative.
Preceeding that role Mr. Zagelmeyer was the President of Futurestep North America, a Korn Ferry International company
(KFY) NYSE. In that turnaround role Mr. Zagelmeyer was responsible for all operations in the United States and Canada.
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During his 4 year tenure with the firm, the business grew to become the most profitable business within the global Korn Ferry business portfolio.
Today, it is recognized as one of the leading global Recruitment Process Outsourcing businesses.
Under a separate service line called Project Recruiting, he led the creation of several key practice areas including Finance and Accounting, Healthcare, Sales and Marketing, Human Resources, and Information Technology.
Mr. Zagelmeyer was the Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer of White Amber, the world’s first end to end web based Vendor Management tool utilized in the staffing industry, and served on its Board of Directors. This business was originally funded by its founders and some of the leading private equity firms such as Venrock, RRE Ventures, First Union Capital, and Infinity Capital. White Amber was acquired by the Taleo Corporation of Canada and subsequently launched a successful initial public offering and is traded today under the symbol (TLEO) on the NYSE.
Mr. Zagelmeyer has extensive commercial and specialty staffing industry experience and was the Executive Vice President, North America for Corestaff Services. He was responsible for the company’s global sales organization, it’s Vendor on Premise programs, the U.S. Accounting staffing business, the direct hire business, and its Information Technology and Information Services staffing businesses.
Gordon Cook
Director of HR at DZ Bank