Bob leads projects in our Virtual CIO, Strategic Planning, and Project Management practice areas. Bob, who is a Certified Business Continuity Planner (CBCP), authored our copyrighted Mobility Solutions Methodology.

Bob has twenty years of corporate management experience in the Technology, Merger, and Operations Management fields in the Private Sector. His experience ranges from tactical implementation to senior level strategic planning. He has held positions such as Senior Consultant, Vice President, Executive Vice President, Chief Information Officer, Chief Technology Officer, and Chief Operating Officer.

As the CIO/CTO at Venturi Partners, Bob led the merger team which executed the consolidation of two major utility companies in the southwestern United States to form the third largest utility in the U.S. He also was instrumental in organization of the “Cyber Militia” Homeland Security Initiative which provided technology security for the U.S. in the event of terrorist attacks. In the Public Sector, Bob was the State CIO and the “Mississippi Flood of 93” Emergency Management Coordinator for the State of Illinois.

Jerry heads our local JD Edward's practice and coordinates new client development projects.

Jerry’s extensive career in IT sales, management, and recruiting spans more than thirty-five years. He has a Bachelor of Science degree from Kansas State University and MBA from the University of Houston. He began his career at NASA as a Houston Flight Control Engineer for the first seven Apollo missions, and then served in the military as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Information Technology unit.

For sixteen years following NASA and the Marine Corps, Jerry worked for IBM focusing on midrange systems in the manufacturing and distribution industries. He was the IBM Midwest Area Sales Leader during the early growth years of IBM’s AS/400 systems, delivering new application solutions to over 300 businesses in the Midwest. Jerry’s IT clients included Gill Studios, H & R Block, Layne Christensen and the former Marion Laboratories. Post IBM, Jerry led the IBM business operation for two of IBM’s largest Business Partners - XL/Datacomp and Data Systems International. For XL/Datacomp, Jerry launched the European business unit in London where he hired and trained over 40 IBM midrange specialists over a two year period. 

Prior to joining Spectrum, Jerry founded his own technology resources recruiting business, JL Munson & Associates. Jerry offers considerable experience in identifying, recruiting, and hiring IT sales and technical personnel.

John heads our Recruiting Department. He is responsible for both internal staffing and managing client recruiting engagements. John utilizes Spectrum's Placement Methodology to process and screen individuals in order to present our clients with the most qualified candidates.

John has over eighteen years of experience in what he refers to as the personal/personnel improvement business. John utilizes his strong intuitive skills to find the right “fit” between candidates and clients. He started his career in the recruiting industry with one of the leading national firms, reaching the top 10% of their group nationwide. His experience and commitment to excellence, has driven John to deliver a higher level of service and a personalized touch to both candidates and clients.

John has placed people at all levels into companies in various industries including Information Technology, Financial Services, Manufacturing, and Business Services. He believes that knowing his clients, their environment, mentality, and future growth potential has been a key factor in his recruiting success. John has skillfully fulfilled challenging placements, including instances where clients have searched for over a year to find the right candidate, prior to engaging him. John wore “many hats” working for a specialized consulting firm in the area of eProcurement. He was responsible for hiring thirty-five consultants nationwide which increased their business by seven fold in three years.

John believes that maintaining good communication with clients, including having a clear understanding of their needs and wants, is vital to a successful engagement. Finding the right candidate for a company should be a success that everyone benefits from in the future.

Lori manages Spectrum's Marketing and Communications endeavors. She leverages her experience in the IT industry and her communication skills to promote Spectrum's solutions.

Lori has eighteen years of Marketing and Communications experience in the technology industry. She offers strong strategic planning and project management skills. Lori specializes in promotional marketing including campaign development, identity creation, and print & online advertising. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Kansas State University.

Lori marketed ERP and E-Business solutions for Professional Software Consultants and Intentia (now Lawson).
She was the Marketing Manager at Subject, Wills & Company, an organization offering E-Business, Security, and Infrastructure solutions. She was also a Group Marketing Manager with Smith, Bucklin & Associates (SBA), the nation’s largest association management company. With SBA, she provided strategic planning for marketing programs for the International Oracle Users Group, Encompass, a Compaq Users Group, and the Catia Operators Exchange. Lori also has knowledge of the food, beverage, sewn products, paper, life sciences, and general manufacturing industries.

Jeff leads searches for candidates and clients in the Manufacturing and Operational arena.

He has twenty-five years experience in Information Technology and Manufacturing Operations. He holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Kansas. Jeff began his career by founding HM Services, which provided consulting, contract programming, and support for mid-range IBM systems at a wide variety of Kansas City organizations. The company focused on delivering hardware and software support to growing businesses in the service, manufacturing, and retail sectors.

After eleven years, Jeff became a partner in Stranger Creek Technology, which provided a wide variety of technical services into the PC based network world. The company specialized in providing expertise in Servers, Local Area Networks, and Wide Area Networks. Integrating Novell Netware and Windows Server networks into Wide Area Networks including Internet access, enabled the company to grow to support dozens of businesses. The company focused on areas such as Service, Finance, Manufacturing, and Distribution, while delivering high availability to critical business applications 24/7/365.

Jeff’s understanding of the importance of outstanding talent to perform in key technical roles, led to his transition to the staffing industry in 2003. In his talent acquisition role, he brings both contract and permanent employees together with employers in key technical areas. He works to provide those Research, Manufacturing, Operations, and Information Technology skill sets that are key to a business’ continued growth and success. Jeff works exclusively with those 24/7/365 industries that don’t have the time to wait to resolve immediate challenges. Whether working with national clients such as General Mills, Colgate-Palmolive, and Cargill or local Kansas City based businesses; Jeff strives to provide clients with outstanding talent to fill challenging, crucial roles in Manufacturing, Operations, Research, and IT.