Our recruiting teams and talent leadership work tirelessly every day to meet their goals. It’s this burning passion that drives us to make a difference every day.
Executive Chairman
Stefan Lalos comes to ektello with 30 years of consulting and investment banking experience. In 2001 he founded ITSolutions, a national consulting firm with over 1500 employees, which he sold in 2010 to a New York based private equity fund. Prior to ITSolutions, Stefan worked in investment banking, focusing on the government services industry for Wachovia and BB&T Capital Markets and his IT background includes 10 years of technology consulting and strategic analysis work at IBM, Andersen Consulting, and Booz Allen Hamilton. Stefan earned his MBA from Cornell University and a B.S. in Engineering from Clemson University.
President and CEO
Andrew Watt, President and CEO, has 30 years of experience in the industry, building contract staffing businesses in all sectors and in 30 countries. Andrew’s previous two roles included Global COO for Futurestep, a Korn Ferry Company, and prior to that, he served 13 years as a senior executive with Kelly Services Inc., building and expanding their professional staffing businesses globally. Andrew is a graduate of The University of New Haven and has taken executive courses at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business Executive Education and MIT.
Chief Information Officer
Tony Travaglini has over 39 years of technical Information Technology experience. He’s served as CTO and CIO for over 24 years during his IT career – in addition to serving as Vice president of Trading Technologies for Shearson Lehman brothers systems administration for both Unix and Market Data Trading Systems during his tenure on Wall Street. Tony also managed the network and systems management group for Pepsi Cola before he founded Pivot Technologies Inc., where he served as president and CTO before selling the company in 1998 to publicly-traded company MTM Inc. and staying on as CTO before joining ITSolutions as CTO.
Vice President of Human Resources & Administration
John Vieceli has 30 plus years in Human Resources and holds a Master’s degree in Human Resources from Central Michigan University. His experience includes 11 years as head of HR at Morley Candy Makers, in addition to growing and building the HR teams from the ground up at two previous companies. In his 9th year at ektello, John continues to grow the reach of human resources and strives for smooth Administration of ektello’s business affairs.
Vice President
Mary Stapleton has 32 years of staffing experience with 22 years of specialization in Creative, Digital, and Marketing placements. In 2013, Mary joined ektello to build the Creative, Digital, and Marketing division from scratch. With a team of dedicated recruiters, the division grew quickly and exponentially while adding prestigious brands one at a time. Additionally, Mary’s consultative approach enables her to develop long-lasting client relationships which continue to thrive over the years.
Vice President
Dan Catlin has over 20 years in the staffing industry, in addition to experience as an entrepreneur and in the non-profit sector. Dan has managed $100 million P&L’s for Kelly Services and Talent Tree (Rentokil Initial), with a focus on IT and large account relationships, always focusing on growing people as well as business. In his seventh year at ektello, Dan continues to focus on developing our staff and services to serve both our clients and our talent. Dan graduated with distinction from the United States Naval Academy and served as an officer in the Navy prior to his business career.
Director- Service Delivery
Chrystal Merriam comes to ektello with a background in the marketing and creative space and brings her valuable insight into both her client’s skill-focused job needs, and the talent’s career goals. Joining ektello in 2013, Chrystal helped build out the Digital, Creative & Marketing vision and now leads a team of successful recruiters who specialize in Digital, Creative, Marketing, and IT. Prior to joining ektello she worked in marketing and advertising as a Sr. Marketing Manager on both the client and agency side where she gained her knowledge and love of the creative field. Chrystal calls the Greater Orlando area home and holds a Digital Marketing Graduate Certification from Full Sail University, and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Central Florida.
Director- Service Delivery
Scott Miller joined ektello in 2015 in a Sales & Account Management role where he successfully built a portfolio of both large and enterprise-sized clients. Currently, Scott leads a team within Operations, in which he is working with our current partners to develop both short- and long-term strategies for their staffing needs. Prior to joining ektello, Scott was the General Manager of an advertising media company, Clear Channel Airports. He resides in Detroit and received his B.A. from Western Michigan University.
I’ve been working with ektello for a little over 2 years now and it has been nothing short of amazing. As a staffing agency they really take the time to get to know their candidates. From recruiters like Daniel to HR staff like Angela. They do everything in their power to get the candidate the […]
Deana helped get me a job as a Senior Designer with Yahoo! News and I absolutely could not be happier with her services! She was there for me whenever I needed her and a pleasure to work with! Attentive and fast to respond to any messages I’d send her. Don’t know what I would do […]
Deana is such a pleasure to work with and I would recommend anyone that needs assistance with job placement and wants to work with someone that cares about helping you succeed, come to ektello and ask for Deana she will always do her utmost best to make sure that you are taken care of.
Monica was the best recruiter I have ever worked with. She went to bat for me, consistently was open and honest through the whole process, and eased ANY worries I had. Her communication was phenomenal, and it continued throughout the entire duration of my contract. She did not fill the position and move on – […]
Teaching had been such an amazing experience, but I was looking for a change. I posted my resume and applied for several jobs and even turned down some offers that didn’t feel like the right fit. After not finding anything promising, I was convinced that I would have to spend another year in the classroom. […]
I have been working with the ektello team for almost two years now and have nothing but great things to say about the friendly recruiting team & staff. They have made my growth within my assigned company very much possible. I can’t thank them enough for being placed in the right company at the best […]
Working with ektello has been great! Everyone has been so welcoming and nice which made me comfortable accepting my role and starting my new career path! When I first spoke with my recruiter, Alexis Busse, she explained everything about the role so efficiently and enthusiastically which made me so excited for my new journey! I […]
ektello (Daniel) has been absolutely amazing throughout the entire recruitment process! I have never met such a professional and dedicated recruiter who is solely engaged in every aspect of the process. I cannot thank ektello and Daniel enough for the full support that was given during and after the hiring process. He was always available […]
I want to express my appreciation for my employment with Wolters Kluwer and for this opportunity. You have been great to work with and I look forward to our continued relationship.
Thank you again for everything you have done in the past week. You are an outstanding recruiter and exemplify excellence.