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Trish Gillis
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NEWS RELEASE
MACKEEN APPOINTED AS PRESIDENT OF TECHNOLOGY STAFFING DIVISION
Wakefield, MA (May 15, 2009) – Eliassen Group, a leading technology staffing and biopharmaceutical consulting and training firm, announces the appointment of Dave MacKeen as president of their Technology Staffing Division.
MacKeen, an executive with 16 years experience in the technology staffing industry, will continue to serve as Chief Financial Officer to Eliassen Group corporate. As president of Technology Staffing, MacKeen will add sales and recruiting to his responsibilities. His corporate CFO responsibilities include accounting/finance, human resources and legal.
MacKeen joined Eliassen Group in 1999. He was named Chief Financial Officer in 2002. In this role, he has been a leader in the growth of Eliassen Group, including company acquisitions and the development of eClinical Solutions. In recent years, Eliassen Group honors included consecutive mentions on the Inc. 5000 and the Boston Business Journal’s Pacesetters lists. Both lists recognize companies with significant year-to-year growth.
He is currently president of the New England Chapter of TechServe Alliance (formerly NACCB), an organization that promotes best practices in Eliassen Group’s technology staffing industry. “It is an honor to step into the president role at Eliassen Group,” stated Dave MacKeen. “I enjoy working with this great team of experienced account executives and technical recruiters. I share their commitment to putting great technology consultants to work at premiere companies throughout the country.” “In this appointment, we are recognizing Dave MacKeen for his efforts and leadership abilities,” said Eliassen Group CEO Ken Dreyer. “As Eliassen Group celebrates our 20 year anniversary, we will look to Dave to continue to lead the Technology Staffing Division into our next decade.”
A graduate of McCallum Graduate School’ s MSA program at Bentley College, MacKeen was elected to the Bentley Executive Club Board of Directors in 2008. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
About Eliassen Group
Eliassen Group, headquartered in Wakefield, MA, is composed of two divisions: Technology Staffing and eClinical Solutions. The Technology Staffing Division provides services to clients nationwide in industries including healthcare/pharmaceutical, financial services, government, education, life sciences, manufacturing and software development. eClinical Solutions is a provider of electronic data management solutions for pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device companies. eClinical Solutions offers deep clinical data expertise to its clients through strategic consulting services, training, documentation and implementation of clinical software systems.
For more information, go to http://www.eliassen.com or call 800-354-2773.
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