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SPI of Chicago, Inc.

SPI of Chicago, Inc. is a talent acquisition, executive search, and recruitment firm headquartered at 521 Devonshire Lane, Suite D, Crystal Lake, Illinois, and a member of the Sanford Rose Associates network of offices. Serving startups through Fortune 100 companies, the firm focuses on identifying, attracting, and delivering high-impact professionals across executive management, engineering, technical, operations, and sales/marketing functions. With market mastery in specialized industrial and science-led domains, SPI of Chicago is deeply embedded in Food Ingredients; Nutraceuticals and Raw Materials; Packaging and Plastics; Polymers, Pigments, Inks and Coatings; Industrial Products; and Biofuels and renewable energy. Clients rely on SPI’s efficient, responsive, and experienced recruiters, who combine established candidate networks with the ability to reach passive talent in the hidden market, ensuring precise alignment on skills, culture, and business goals. The firm’s philosophy centers on three core values—being trusted business partners, offering wide ranging services, and acting as subject-matter experts—underpinned by a rigorous recruiting process and global reach. SPI cites 75 years of combined search experience, 3,712 successful placements, and a 96.6% candidate retention rate, demonstrating consistent long-term fit and delivery quality. Engagements are supported by specialized practice teams; when one team is engaged, clients benefit from the full support and resources of SPI’s national network. Typical mandates span leadership hires, commercial expansion, and technical build-outs across sales, manufacturing, and R&D environments, with hands-on guidance through discovery, role definition, targeted outreach, assessment, interview orchestration, selection, and offer negotiation. By combining niche industry insight, ethical execution, and a consultative approach, SPI of Chicago helps organizations secure the right leaders and professionals who can make an immediate and measurable impact, truly matching the right people with the right positions at the right companies.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentRPOFarmingFood ProcessingFishing & AquacultureIndustrial AutomationOil & GasRenewable Energy

HQCrystal Lake, United States

Pekamiar

Pekamiar is a specialist talent partner focused on helping disruptive startups and scaleups build NextGen, diverse, digital enterprises by uniting executive leadership and high-impact go-to-market and technology talent. The firm’s core proposition blends targeted executive search with hands-on recruiting for sales, marketing, customer success, product, engineering, data, and cloud roles, enabling founders and CXOs to accelerate growth from seed through IPO. Under its Pek’RECRUIT offering, Pekamiar delivers rigorous, insight-led search and selection rooted in a deep understanding of each client’s culture, strategy, and operating model, resulting in shortlists that prioritize capability, trajectory, and diversity. Through Pek’MANAGE, the company provides a Strategic Talent Partnership that goes beyond traditional RPO, embedding with client teams to manage pipelines, hiring operations, and candidate experience at scale during hyper-growth or expansion phases. Complementing this, Pek’TRANSFORM modernizes talent functions across people, process, and technology, aligning recruiting workflows and talent tech stacks to create an engaging, data-driven hiring journey. For unique or complex needs, Pek’TAILOR assembles bespoke solutions that combine executive hiring, GTM build-outs, and digital talent acquisition improvements in one integrated program. Known for its GTM leadership expertise and digital technology recruiting capability, Pekamiar partners with venture-backed and enterprise technology innovators across SaaS, data and AI, cloud, and IT services, serving as an extension of in-house teams to raise hiring quality and velocity without compromising candidate care. Testimonials highlight the firm’s professionalism, market understanding, and coaching throughout the process, reflecting its obsession with delivering exceptional experiences for clients and candidates alike. Supported by ongoing digital insights and thought leadership on topics such as scaling recruitment in hyper-growth and transforming talent acquisition with modern tech, Pekamiar consistently brings a pragmatic, outcomes-focused approach that closes critical skill gaps, builds resilient teams, and strengthens the talent engine that drives sustainable growth.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentRPOSoftware DevelopmentCybersecurityData ScienceLegalAccounting (Audit, Tax)Human Resources

HQMillburn, United States

Eleven Mortgage NMLS #2143

Eleven Mortgage, also known as 11 Mortgage, is the wholesale and correspondent lending division of Ark-La-Tex Financial Services, LLC (NMLS #2143), built to help mortgage brokers close more loans with precision, speed, and concierge-level support. The company’s team averages more than 20 years of wholesale and correspondent experience and pairs relationship-focused Account Executives with a proven operations staff and a modern broker portal to streamline every step from registration to funding. As an approved Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Seller/Servicer and a Ginnie Mae issuer, Eleven Mortgage offers a full product menu spanning Conventional conforming and high-balance options, FHA, VA, USDA, Jumbo, Non-QM, and renovation financing, plus features such as 2/1 temporary buydowns, lender- or borrower-paid mortgage insurance, extended new-construction locks up to 12 months (with additional restrictions), and streamlined refinance paths like FHA Streamline and VA IRRRL where eligible. Their approach emphasizes direct access to underwriters, common-sense credit decisions, and an appraisal strategy built on trusted appraiser relationships rather than AMCs to improve speed and quality. Turn-time transparency is a hallmark, with updates across LE, setup, underwriting, conditions, docs, and funding—highlighting an operating model designed to move fast without sacrificing accuracy, including document prep measured in hours and the capability to fund in minutes under the right conditions. Underwriting leverages DU and LPA with manual options when appropriate, accommodating scenarios such as borrowers with thin or no credit under program guidelines, and aligning DTI and credit decisions to AUS findings. Brokers gain fast access to rates, lock desk support, and a client servicing hub to simplify post-closing needs. Guided by core values, rigorous licensing and compliance, and technology that’s friendly, simple, and fast, Eleven Mortgage consistently elevates broker and borrower experiences in the wholesale channel—on a scale of one to ten, it aims for eleven.

Permanent RecruitmentContract StaffingExec Search & Interim MgmtBankingInsuranceInvestment ManagementConstructionArchitectureInterior Design

HQPlano, United States

Echelon Payments

Echelon Payments is a U.S.-based payment technology and merchant services provider that delivers secure, transparent, and personalized solutions for businesses that accept payments in-store, online, and on-the-go. With over 20 years in the industry and a nationwide network of local sales partners, the company emphasizes trust, transparency, and long-term relationships, offering locked-in, fixed pricing with no hidden fees or surprise rate increases. Echelon combines robust PCI compliance with advanced fraud and chargeback prevention to safeguard transactions, while its merchant portal provides real-time data and reporting that helps owners make informed, profit-boosting decisions. Its flexible toolkit spans smart terminals, virtual terminals, full POS systems and integrations, mobile readers for curbside or off-premise payments, direct online ordering, in-app payments, and support for contactless, EMV, digital wallets, gift cards, and more—backed by programs that speed cash flow with next-day funding and interchange optimization to reduce processing costs. Echelon tailors industry-specific solutions across restaurants (from quick-service and fast-casual to full-service, bars, food trucks, and catering), retail (including liquor, gift, boutique, hardware, grocery, and convenience), services, B2B, and nonprofits, ensuring seamless checkouts and cohesive omnichannel experiences. Distinctly “local-first,” the firm prioritizes live, expert support over automated systems so merchants can rely on a dedicated advisor who knows their market. Echelon also invests in its partner ecosystem, offering portfolio ownership and long-term value creation for sales partners, contributing to strong retention and service continuity for clients. The company operates as EPSG, LLC and is a registered Independent Sales Organization of Merrick Bank (South Jordan, UT), Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas (New York, NY), and Woodforest National Bank (Houston, TX). Recognized for growth and industry leadership, Echelon’s focus on security, innovation, and service helps thousands of businesses streamline payments and improve cash flow.

Permanent RecruitmentContract StaffingRPOBankingInsuranceInvestment ManagementLuxury GoodsHotel ManagementCulinary Arts

HQMelville, United States

Torre.ai

Torre.ai, a product of Torre Labs, Inc., is building the new global job network for remote and local work across full-time, flexible, freelance, and internship opportunities. The platform combines a candidate-first marketplace with enterprise-grade recruiting tools, using AI to automate the process from sourcing to selection while predicting mutual fit between candidates, roles, teams, and leaders. Branded elements like Emma, its AI recruiter, can source, match, rank, and even manage applicant pipelines automatically, while Reach helps companies attract up to 20x more matching candidates with a configurable daily budget. Torre’s integrated ATS streamlines screening, messaging, and progression at scale, and its APIs and MCP server expose endpoints to discover, filter, and prioritize candidates programmatically. Beyond matching, Torre provides cultural fit assessments for companies and candidates, professional genomes, psychometrics, language testing, a skill graph, salary calculation, job distribution, candidate databases and reactivation, referral programs, and career sites—plus a built-in messenger to keep hiring conversations moving. Employers can hire directly with zero platform fees or engage third parties, and the ecosystem supports remote-first teams, BPOs, and distributed organizations worldwide. Committed to fair and open recruitment, Torre documents how its technology promotes equity and removes bias, reinforced by its FAIR manifesto and no-discrimination stance. For hiring teams, Torre centralizes all tools—post, search candidates, manage workflows, analyze funnels—in one place; for professionals, it acts like a digital talent agent, offering personalized search, preference controls, and transparent insights to accelerate career outcomes. Used by startups and global enterprises alike and backed by early investors and operators, Torre provides the protocols and infrastructure for the future of recruitment, reducing time-to-hire, expanding access to diverse global talent, and enabling a more human, data-driven hiring experience that is always free and always open.

Permanent RecruitmentContract StaffingRPOAll industriesSoftware DevelopmentCybersecurityLegalAccounting (Audit, Tax)Human Resources

HQMorelia, Mexico

Knak Digital

Knak Digital is a specialist recruitment firm focused on building high-performing Marketing, Technology, and Sales teams for small and mid-sized businesses across the Mid-Atlantic and the broader DMV metropolitan area, including Washington, D.C., Baltimore, and Northern Virginia. Guided by the belief that speed matters but quality and alignment matter more, the firm pairs embedded recruiting with focused search to help hiring leaders slow down just enough to clarify role scope, align on must-haves, and avoid mis-hires that look good on paper but fail in practice. Its delivery model spans three core offerings: Direct Hire for one-off, high-impact, or specialized roles where quality and fit are paramount; an Embedded Partner option (recruiting as a service) that places a fractional recruiter inside the client organization to own pipelines, collaborate with hiring managers, and flex with changing priorities; and Project-based staffing to deploy experienced contract professionals for defined projects or temporary needs without administrative or payroll burden, ideal for skill gaps, extended initiatives, or parental leave coverage. The firm fills individual contributor through senior-level roles across Marketing (branding, design, paid media, social, creative services), Technology (software, AI/ML, DevOps, cybersecurity), and Sales (growth/revenue, BDR, proposal writing, capture). Recognizing AI’s rapid impact on both tech and marketing functions, Knak Digital emphasizes sustainable talent pipelines and cultural alignment, sourcing AI-ready professionals who can deliver immediate value while supporting long-term goals. Beyond search, candidates and clients benefit from job listings, insights, resources, and resume review services that modernize job search materials for the AI era. As a women-owned business with WBENC and SBA WOSB certifications, Knak Digital combines local market knowledge with a hands-on, partnership-driven approach, providing decision support through offer and ensuring every engagement is tailored to the client’s timeline, hiring volume, and outcomes. The result is hiring that sticks—teams built for capability, cohesion, and growth.

Permanent RecruitmentContract StaffingRPOSoftware DevelopmentCybersecurityData ScienceAdvertisingJournalismGraphic Design

HQMount Airy, United States

BRYANT GROUP (Advancing Great Leadership)

BRYANT GROUP is an executive search and leadership advisory firm headquartered in Irving, Texas, recognized by Forbes and Inc. for excellence in leadership and search strategy. For more than 37 years the firm has partnered with over 300 organizations and positively impacted 10,000 leaders, staying true to its purpose of advancing great leadership. BRYANT GROUP serves mission-driven sectors—higher education, healthcare systems, and nonprofit and philanthropic organizations—where leadership quality directly influences donor engagement, community trust, and institutional outcomes. Its retained executive search practice focuses on permanent placements for senior and executive roles, with particular depth in advancement, development, and donor relations, as reflected in recent searches for Directors of Development and Donor Relations at leading colleges, universities, and health system foundations. The firm’s methodology is intentionally human-centered, emphasizing culture alignment, mission fit, and long-term performance; as articulated in its insights, it believes emotional intelligence and understanding the person behind the resume is the decisive edge in executive hiring. Beyond search, BRYANT GROUP designs leadership development projects that strengthen teams and accelerate performance, and delivers individualized and team coaching to help leaders navigate change, amplify influence, and build resilient cultures. Clients routinely cite a personalized, caring, strategic, and hard-working approach that represents organizational mission and values with integrity while helping candidates align strengths and aspirations to the right opportunity. With a national network and decades of sector-specific expertise, BRYANT GROUP offers a full lifecycle partnership—recruiting, developing, and coaching leaders—supported by an active calendar of blogs, podcasts, events, and complimentary consultations. This integrated model enables institutions to build powerful teams, elevate donor experience, and realize ambitious goals, making BRYANT GROUP a trusted advisor for boards and executives seeking lasting leadership impact.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentSOW/ProjectsHigher Education (Faculty, Administration)Corporate Training & CoachingE-Learning & Online EducationMental Health CareVeterinaryFundraising

HQIrving, United States

Susan Ascher

Susan Ascher is a speaker, author, and leadership and career coach who helps organizations and professionals raise the bar in leadership, collaboration, communication, and business development. Based in Short Hills, New Jersey, she partners with clients ranging from emerging leaders to senior executives through one-to-one coaching, team programs, and keynote engagements designed to improve executive presence, accelerate sales performance, sharpen public speaking and presentation skills, and navigate career transitions. Her core offerings include Business Development Coaching, Leadership Coaching, Career Coaching, and Public Speaking Coaching, delivered through practical frameworks, clear accountability, and an action-first philosophy captured in her mantra that waiting is not a strategy. Susan is the Founder of The Sphere of Excellence in Communication, an initiative focused on elevating leadership and team dynamics through better messaging and collaboration, and Course Connections, a program that teaches professionals how to use the game of golf as a strategic business development and networking tool. A two-time author, her books—Dude, Seriously, It’s NOT All About You! and Dude, Seriously, Get Your ASK in Gear!—explore modern communication and leadership in the digital era, offering actionable insights for building influence and advancing careers. Drawing on experience that includes leading a staffing business earlier in her career and delivering enterprise-scale coaching to large healthcare organizations, Susan brings commercial pragmatism and measurable outcomes to every engagement, helping clients align goals, clarify narratives, and execute with confidence. Whether preparing leaders for high-stakes presentations, guiding teams through behavior change, or coaching professionals on career strategy, she blends straight talk, empathy, and humor to create momentum and lasting impact.

SOW/ProjectsTotal Talent MgmtExec Search & Interim MgmtManagement ConsultingLegalAccounting (Audit, Tax)Project ManagementAll industriesSenior Executives

HQMillburn, United States

Fuel Talent

Fuel Talent is a Seattle-based, award-winning recruiting firm founded in 2013 by industry veteran Shauna Swerland, known for building high-performing teams across the Pacific Northwest and beyond. As a woman- and minority-owned business, the firm has earned recognition for its culture, community impact, and growth, including honors such as Inc. 5000 and regional Best Workplaces accolades. Fuel Talent partners with startups, high-growth companies, and established enterprises to hire for core business and technology functions, with dedicated practices spanning Tech & Engineering, Design & UX Research, Marketing, Product, Administrative Support, HR & Operations, Sales & Customer Success, Finance & Accounting, and the C‑Suite. Its services include recruiting and staffing for permanent and contract roles, complemented by professional and managed services and a growing practice in generative AI consulting. The team emphasizes a modern, high-touch methodology—combining complex Boolean sourcing, rigorous resume vetting, structured phone screens, face-to-face engagement, and thorough reference checks—to deliver a curated shortlist aligned to role requirements, culture, and values. Clients cite the firm’s ability to present only well-qualified, on-target candidates, integrate seamlessly with internal recruiting teams, and maintain transparent communication throughout the process. With a strong technology pedigree and a track record supporting leaders across venture-backed startups and enterprises alike, Fuel Talent also conducts executive searches for senior leadership and C‑suite positions. The company is committed to diversity, long-term relationship building, and philanthropy within its community, and extends its thought leadership through the “What Fuels You” podcast, featuring hundreds of conversations with CEOs and business leaders. Headquartered in Bellevue, Washington, Fuel Talent continues to evolve its offerings to meet changing market needs while staying focused on one outcome: connecting exceptional talent with organizations where they can thrive and create lasting impact.

Permanent RecruitmentContract StaffingExec Search & Interim MgmtSoftware DevelopmentCybersecurityData ScienceHuman ResourcesTechnical WritingProject Management

HQBellevue, United States

Management Performance Associates

Management Performance Associates (MPA Careers) is a U.S.-based contingency recruitment and staffing firm that has helped employers build winning teams since 1998. Serving clients across all 50 states, MPA focuses on sourcing and placing high-impact professionals who lead teams, projects, and operations, with a track record in roles spanning administration, brand and category management, finance and accounting, human resources, marketing, nursing, operations, sales leadership, and supply chain management. The firm’s industry footprint centers on consumer packaged goods and food and beverage (including wine and spirits), home health and broader healthcare settings, information technology, logistics and transportation, and manufacturing. MPA’s model is risk-free for clients and candidates: there is never a charge to candidates, and employers pay a fee only upon successful placement. Complementing its recruiting services, MPA supports candidates with interview preparation resources, LinkedIn optimization guidance, and practical tools such as a cost-of-living calculator to inform relocation decisions. On the client side, the team engages as a true partner, aligning on role requirements and cultural fit while maintaining speed and rigor throughout the search. The company also provides temporary and part-time staffing solutions—including regularly scheduled merchandising programs—to help brands and retailers meet seasonal, promotional, and project-driven needs. Known for responsiveness and a relationship-driven approach, MPA leverages long-standing networks and professional affiliations, including Top Echelon and the National Association of Personnel Services, and maintains a commitment to social responsibility by donating 10% of each fee earned to the client’s charity of choice. Headquartered in Newport Beach, California, MPA combines nationwide reach with specialized market knowledge, delivering consistent results for consumer brands, healthcare providers, IT teams, logistics operations, and manufacturers seeking top talent that advances business performance.

Permanent RecruitmentTemporary StaffingContract StaffingFashion & ApparelFood & BeverageConsumer ElectronicsVeterinarySoftware DevelopmentCybersecurity

HQNewport Beach, United States

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