About Us

About Ajilon

We help administrative, non-clinical healthcare, human resources, and supply chain and logistics specialists find the right temp or permanent fit.

Where specialty professionals find top jobs.

You've got a very specific area of expertise. So do we. Our recruiters and staffing specialists work with only the best administrative, non-clinical healthcare, human resources, and supply chain and logistics professionals in the country. That's all we do. Every single day. For employers and for job seekers. In over 60 offices in North America.

Sure there are staffing agencies out there that can help almost anyone find a job. Doing almost anything. Almost anywhere. But you're a different kind of professional. Shouldn't you work with a different kind of professional staffing agency?

Certified Great Place to Work

Great workplaces are built through the day-to-day relationships that employees experience — not a checklist of programs and benefits. At Accounting Principals, Inc., our parent company, 87 percent of employees say their workplace is great. Great Place to Work® is the global authority on high-trust, high-performance workplace cultures. Through proprietary assessment tools, advisory services, and certification programs, including Best Workplaces lists and workplace reviews, Great Place to Work® provides the benchmarks, framework, and expertise needed to create, sustain, and recognize outstanding workplace cultures. Great Place to Work®'s annual research is based on data representing more than 8 million employees from thousands organizations of varying sizes, industries, maturity and structures in over 90 countries.

Get to know our leaders

The folks on our leadership team have just the right balance of recruiting expertise and real-world industry experience. Find out how they got to where they are today and how they can help you succeed.

David Alexander, President Finance, Office, Healthcare

David Alexander is President of Adecco Group North America's finance, office, and healthcare divisions, which include the leading brands Accounting Principals, Parker + Lynch, Ajilon Professional Staffing, Paladin and Soliant Health. Show more

After leading the company’s healthcare divisions for 13 years, David’s role expanded in October, 2015, to include executive leadership of Adecco Group’s finance and office brands.

David began his career in healthcare staffing in 1992 when he founded Atlanta-based Elite Medical. Elite found a niche by providing traveling and contract healthcare professionals to medical facilities throughout the country. By 2002 he led the company to number 218 on Inc. Magazine's list of 500 fastest growing companies in the country. Later that year, David sold Elite to MPS Group as its platform into the healthcare industry. Elite Medical was subsequently re-branded as Soliant Health.

David is the past president of the Georgia Association of Personnel Services and served on the board of the Georgia State University College of Health and Human Sciences. He holds a BBA and MS in strategic management from Georgia State University where he was recognized by the school's Robinson College of Business as one of the Outstanding Young Alumni. Show less

Kathy Gans, Senior Vice President

As the Senior Vice President, Kathy Gans is responsible for directing and overseeing the West region for several professional specialty staffing brands including Accounting Principals, Ajilon Professional Staffing, Parker + Lynch and Paladin Staffing. Show more

In addition to being over the West region, Kathy oversees the Temporary Staffing Verticals for both Accounting Principals and Ajilon Professional Staffing. Kathy also serves as the national Executive Director for the Ajilon Professional Staffing business line for the entire organization.

Kathy joined Ajilon Professional Staffing in 1998 and served in various roles and responsibilities to spearhead the company's growth within the Orange County/San Diego region. Her rich and diverse experience included the talent acquisition, employee development and enterprise-wide training of Ajilon colleagues, many of whom now hold various leadership roles within the organization. She has successfully led an enterprise-wide initiative in developing operational efficiencies, infrastructure and a sales driven culture in the Southern California market. During her tenure with Ajilon and Accounting Principals, Kathy's significant professional experience has helped drive company performance and results during economic challenges and industry down-turns. She also has been recognized for various awards and distinctions including Vice President on multiple occasions and was most recently awarded the 2008 President's Leadership Award. Show less

Trent Beekman, Senior Vice President

Trent Beekman is Senior Vice President of the accounting, legal and office specialty brands at Adecco Group North America, part of the world's largest recruitment and workforce solutions provider. Show more

Trent is responsible for the East region and Permanent Placement Vertical, which includes the development and implementation of strategies and tactics that increase our search and permanent placement business across the country. In addition to ensuring that our search and permanent placement services are well positioned from a marketing and delivery perspective, he is also responsible for developing and implementing processes and procedures to maximize the mutually advantageous relationships between our search and perm business and our contract staffing teams. Trent also oversees Parker + Lynch Consulting.

Trent has been with the company since 2002. He has gained diverse experiences and held multiple positions throughout his career in the staffing industry, with proven expertise in growing sales and leading large profitable territories. Trent has been recognized for his success by winning the 2002 Rookie of the Year award and 2007 Top Area Manager Award. He holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Oklahoma. Show less

Kim Gottschalk, Senior Vice President

Kim Gottschalk is the senior vice president for Accounting Principals and manages the Mid-West region as well as overseeing Paladin. Show more

Kim is responsible for multiple lines of business, including Accounting Principals, Parker + Lynch, Ajilon Professional Staffing and Paladin. Kim joined Accounting Principals in 1998 after graduating with a dual degree in accounting and business management from Saint Xavier University in Chicago and practicing public accounting at Ernst & Young.

During Kim’s tenure she has been a top contributor and has been integral in building successful teams for all Accounting Principals divisions. Kim focuses on continually strengthening the organizations' service offerings with the overarching goal of providing the best candidates to clients and providing the best opportunities to candidates. Kim is dedicated to delivering training and best practices to teams that ensure excellent service is provided to candidates and clients alike.

Through the years Kim has contributed to national training initiatives in both content and delivery capacities. Her expertise in executive search and staff augmentation led Kim to join the senior leadership team in April 2013. She has since led a webinar on the topic of "Managing Multiple Generations in the Workplace" and has also spoken on the FOX Network regarding the employment market in Chicago and the Mid-West. Show less

Tisha Danehl, Vice President

With 7 promotions and 4 awards in 18 years, Tisha has had a progressive career with Ajilon. Show more

Starting as a Staffing Manager with Accounting Principals, Tisha was promoted to the Managing Director of the Burbank, CA branch. After relocating to the Midwest, she was in charge of 5 Chicagoland offices including Milwaukee as a Regional Vice President. In her latest role as the Vice President for the Ajilon brand, Tisha supports and drives growth on new service offerings for contract and direct hire on a national level. She has a passion for in helping others grow in their career, learning while having fun and celebrating personal and professional milestones. She received her Bachelors Degree in Accounting from Kean University in New Jersey. Show less