Leadership


Nancy Squires – Founder and CEO
A graduate of Virginia Tech, Nancy started her career in the Information Technology industry over 22 years ago. She “fell” into the business after several years as a legislative aide for a congressman on Capitol Hill. By answering an ad for a technical recruiter, Nancy started on the road to a very different career from… Read more »


Eric Galasso – President
A magna cum laude graduate from the College of Journalism at the University of Maryland, Eric has over 30 years experience in the staff-augmentation and IT consulting business. Eric started his career with Temps & Company where he spent seven years learning all facets of the business. Following Temps & Co., Eric spent another seven… Read more »


Apurva Shah – Director of Marketing and Operations
An engineer and an MBA from Bombay University, Apurva has specialized in developing and implementing marketing strategies in the B2B environment for the last 22 years. Since joining TSGi, Apurva quickly developed a solid understanding of all the aspects of a staffing business by working closely with Eric. Apurva’s unique blend of analytical and creative… Read more »


Jane Myers – Director of Resource Management
Jane is a Baltimore native and a graduate of the University of Baltimore. Jane joined The Squires Group in 2006 bringing a depth of knowledge and passion for recruiting to our organization. She began her career focused on Accounting and Finance and transitioned into the IT sector while working for one of the Nation’s Top… Read more »


Mike Parker – Controller
Mike joins The Squires Group with 30 years of financial management, strategic planning, cost analysis and accounting experience – not to mention 18 years of government contracting experience. Mike has an MBA in finance from Johns Hopkins University and a B.S. in economics from the University of Maryland. He’s local to the Annapolis area, a… Read more »
Account Management


Chad Chasser – Business Development Manager
Chad joins The Squires Group as a Business Development Manager after a successful 12-year career with major software consulting companies, including iGate Mastech Professional Services and Ness Global Services, where he managed principal client relationships for EDS, IBM, American Express and Ernst & Young – North America. Chad focuses on building client relationships, serving client… Read more »


Paige Umbel – Business Development Manager
Paige brings over 20 years of Business Development experience to The Squires Group. Her experience spans the spectrum of delivering talent solutions for both IT and engineering related projects. Throughout her career, Paige has been responsible for delivering solutions to new clients as well as broadening business relationships within current clients. Her main focus has… Read more »


Matt Kilkeary – Senior Account Manager
Matt, a Northern Virginia native, is a Senior Account Manager at The Squires Group. In this role, Matt is responsible for strategic planning, business development and direct account support. Matt brings over 15 years of combined IT staffing and management experience to The Squires Group team. He has expertise in staff augmentation, project support, and… Read more »
Resource Management


Jane Myers – Director of Resource Management
Jane is a Baltimore native and a graduate of the University of Baltimore. Jane joined The Squires Group in 2006 bringing a depth of knowledge and passion for recruiting to our organization. She began her career focused on Accounting and Finance and transitioned into the IT sector while working for one of the Nation’s Top… Read more »


Matt Kilkeary – Senior Account Manager
Matt, a Northern Virginia native, is a Senior Account Manager at The Squires Group. In this role, Matt is responsible for strategic planning, business development and direct account support. Matt brings over 15 years of combined IT staffing and management experience to The Squires Group team. He has expertise in staff augmentation, project support, and… Read more »


Lara Joy – Senior Resource Manager
An Annapolis-area native and McDaniel College alum, Lara enhanced The Squires Group’s ERP, finance and HR staffing teams by bringing over 14 years of recruiting experience. Lara has a competitive spirit and amazing attention to detail, which is why she is our lead in the training and development of our Resource Management Team. She also keeps… Read more »


Ed Kennedy – Resource Manager
Ed brings to The Squires Group over nine years of finance & accounting executive staffing experience with a boutique staffing company in the DC metro area. Prior to that, Ed worked five years with CoStar Group, a commercial real estate intelligence firm. Ed’s vast experience working in a variety of financial industries (real estate, private… Read more »


Julie Kreidel – Resource Manager
Julie joins The Squires Group as a Resource Manager. She has a bachelor of science degree in Business Management from University of South Carolina, Coastal Carolina. She brings over 20 years of experience in resource management, sales, and account management. Initially, she started her career as a recruiter for a professional services firm and was… Read more »


Paul Noble – Resource Manager
Paul brings over 14 years of high level IT resource management experience to TSGi. His ability to listen to and understand candidates’ and clients’ wants and needs are his biggest assets to his success. “Not trying to force matches” is what helps him in developing a trusted relationship. He also loves to immerse himself in… Read more »


Bill Hill – Senior Resource Manager
Bill joins The Squires Group with nearly ten years of Technical Recruiting experience in the D.C. metro region. He has supported clients of all sizes across the private and public sectors, while simultaneously developing a diverse network of professional consultants through a candidate driven approach that focuses on relationship development and transparency. Bill graduated from… Read more »


Drew Norris – Senior Resource Manager
Drew is a Virginia native, who brings a competitive mindset and extensive background in technical recruiting, leadership, and market analysis. Drew started his technical recruiting career with Apex Systems and had great success placing IT professionals in a variety of skill categories including cyber/information security, application development, data engineering/analysis, and user support. While there, he… Read more »
Sourcing Team


Cathy Colianni – Recruiting Sourcing Specialist
Cathy has more than 25 years of administrative experience. She supports the Account Management and Resource Management teams, is one of the smiling voices you’ll hear when calling the office, and is responsible for making sure the office runs smoothly and never runs out of coffee! An avid sports fan, Cathy and her family live… Read more »


Donna Hill – Recruiting Sourcing Specialist
Donna joined The Squires Group with over 10 years of experience as a data analyst. Donna worked for a few local government contractors and was responsible for providing information engineering support in the areas of data administration, data standardization, and data modeling for large shared databases. After 6 years of living in Boston and taking… Read more »


Jen Thornberry – Recruiting Sourcing Specialist
Jen comes to The Squires Group with over 25 years of administrative assistance experience. She spent most of her career with various trade associations, which helped in honing her customer service skills. She’s one of the cheery voices you’ll hear when calling the office. In addition to answering our phones, Jen supports the recruiting and… Read more »


Jan Upton-Lloyd – Recruiting Support/Sourcing Specialist
Jan Upton-Lloyd, a native Californian, joined Nancy Squires and the fledgling Squires Group in 1996 as its first employee. She was our original bookkeeper and she also joined Nancy in recruiting and account management. Jan is an avid reader who has developed a healthy global perspective. This has helped her connect with candidates and clients… Read more »
F&A


Mike Parker – Controller
Mike joins The Squires Group with 30 years of financial management, strategic planning, cost analysis and accounting experience – not to mention 18 years of government contracting experience. Mike has an MBA in finance from Johns Hopkins University and a B.S. in economics from the University of Maryland. He’s local to the Annapolis area, a… Read more »


Sandi Rewers – Accounting Specialist
Sandi has over 30 years of office administration experience. She is one of the friendly voices you hear when you call into the office. As part of the infrastructure team, she manages timesheet submissions and works directly with Mike and DelVenus in the accounting department. She lives in the Baltimore area with her husband and… Read more »


DelVenus Sanders – Accounting Specialist
DelVenus Sanders brings more than 11 years of accounting, office management, and administration experience to The Squires Group. Her primary focus includes accounting duties, such as accounts receivable, payable, payroll, bank reconciliations and financial reporting. Prior to joining TSGi, DelVenus supported several top executives in the construction, real estate and architecture industries. As a Magna… Read more »
Operations


Apurva Shah – Director of Marketing and Operations
An engineer and an MBA from Bombay University, Apurva has specialized in developing and implementing marketing strategies in the B2B environment for the last 22 years. Since joining TSGi, Apurva quickly developed a solid understanding of all the aspects of a staffing business by working closely with Eric. Apurva’s unique blend of analytical and creative… Read more »


Sheila Montgomery – Contracts/ HR Manager
Sheila is a Maryland native and brings more than 25 years of office administration experience to The Squires Group. She has a strong background in the legal field as well as office administration/management, human resources and accounting/finance. Sheila’s primary focus is contract management and human resources as it relates to our clients and subcontractors. In… Read more »


Rachel Miller – Contracts Assistant
Rachel joins The Squires Group as a contracts assistant. She is a cum laude graduate of Louisiana State University – Shreveport with a bachelor’s in general business administration. She is an organized, dedicated, quick learner who brings 9 years of experience working as an administrative assistant. Rachel supports Sheila with contracts administration and processing all… Read more »


Amy Ladd – Facility Security Officer (FSO) and Executive Assistant to the CEO
Amy brings more than 22 years’ experience as an executive/personal assistant working for companies like Legal Sea Foods, Frito Lay and Arnold Worldwide to Squires. She also has over 10 years of experience working as our Facilities Security Officer (FSO). Amy is a graduate of Salisbury University and lives in Annapolis with her husband, daughter,… Read more »


Joanne Furton – Executive Assistant to the CEO & Assistant Facility Security Officer (AFSO)
After graduating from the University of Maryland, Joanne worked for Martin Marietta and completed the Manufacturing Development Program which encompassed all phases of manufacturing. From there she moved to Northrop Grumman as an industrial engineer and worked in the Manufacturing and Software Services Division, developing a commercial material procurement strategy. She had the lead responsibility… Read more »