Meet the Squires Group Team

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A graduate of Virginia Tech, Nancy started her career in the Information Technology industry over 21 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 the executive branch of the government.

Through hard work, several companies and mentors later, Nancy acquired a thorough understanding of the IT consulting industry in management, sales and recruiting. After her last position, as director of commercial systems, Nancy decided to start a company that would cater to a smaller group of clients and build a boutique consulting and career placement business.

In 1995, Nancy formed The Squires Group, Inc. and the company is currently experiencing unprecedented growth in business. Nancy provides the strategic direction, concentrates on the financial infrastructure and focuses on core systems management at The Squires Group.

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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 years with Registry/Renaissance, an IT Consulting Firm. As Vice President of Business Development, he led his team to bring in more than $70M in revenue.

Prior to joining The Squires Group, Eric spent two years starting up a healthcare staffing business. At The Squires Group, Eric is responsible for all aspects of operations, including managing sales, business development, recruiting efforts and streamlining internal processes. Eric also participates in The Squires Group’s structural decisions, scope, strategic planning and forecasting efforts.

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An engineer and an MBA from Bombay University, Apurva has specialized in developing and implementing marketing strategies in the B2B environment for the last 21 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 skills allows him to be a change leader and a key influencer in the areas of operational process improvement, marketing and proposal development, financial analyses and strategy development, and solving critical business problems.

Apurva’s first experience with TSGi was in May 2000, when Nancy placed him in a marketing role with an e-commerce company in 2000. Apurva and Nancy stayed in touch with each other over the next few years before Apurva joined TSGi as a marketing manager in 2004.

Tarry is responsible for overseeing select projects and broadening our base of business within the Mid-Atlantic region. Tarry brings a vast knowledge of ERP/IT implementations in both the federal and commercial sectors for our clients. He has successfully led five major SAP ERP federal implementations at five different agencies.

He started in IT over 20 years ago as an SAP Plant and Service Maintenance Consultant. He quickly evolved into a leading ERP Implementation Program and Project Manager who set industry standards for on-time implementations with high-quality standards and cost controls. His 40+ years in the Navy and in the chemical and IT industries gives him a breadth of knowledge and experience which he enjoys sharing with his clients and his co-workers.

Tarry is a U.S. Naval Academy graduate and has enjoyed a long career in the federal and commercial IT/chemical businesses. His career began at FMC, after completing his active duty service as a Naval Officer, and from there he moved on to managing large federal programs at: CBP, NASA, Army Environmental Services, DOI and USDA.

He now lives in Gainesville, VA and enjoys spending time with his wife and grandchildren and getting in a few rounds of golf with his friends.

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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 Tier Accounting Firms. With over 30+ years of experience, in her role as the Director of Resource Management, Jane is committed to making sure our clients find the talent they need while also ensuring that our consultants advance their careers. You will see her contribute on social media advising candidates on how to approach their search for the right opportunity.

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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 passionate water skier and enjoys riding his bike. He also enjoys boating and racquetball.

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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 needs and adding value through The Squires Group’s service offerings. Chad has over 22 years experience in the IT staff augmentation and IT project-based services business. He received a degree in business management from Paul Smith’s College.

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Berry joins The Squires Group with over 12 years of account management, sales, and resource management experience in finance & accounting, healthcare and IT specialty areas. Berry is goal-driven and loves a challenge, which is why she is an ideal addition to our account management team. She plans to help us expand our footprint in the accounting & finance area. Berry attributes her success in this business to her ability to build long term relationships with clients and candidates resulting in a trust-based partnership. She enjoys the process of making the “perfect match” for candidates and clients.

Berry grew up in North Carolina, but has been a resident of Maryland for 22 years, which she now calls home. She currently lives in Arnold, MD with her husband and two daughters. They enjoy spending time together, boating around the Magothy River and taking day trips.

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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 always centered around building long-term business relationships with a core group of clients.

Over the years, Paige has supported large systems integrators including: GDIT, CSRA, SAIC, EDS/HP and mid-sized IT companies like eGloblaltech and Systems Planning and Analysis Corporation. Paige also has deep experience delivering talent to IT and engineering projects. These projects required a wide range of staffing needs for application design and development, systems architecture, systems design and development, information systems security, network/ systems administration, project management, database administration and help desk support.

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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 14 years of combined IT staffing and management experience to The Squires Group team. He has expertise in staff augmentation, project support, and talent acquisition. Over the last nine years Matt has supported both commercial organizations as well as government agencies with their IT needs.

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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 Tier Accounting Firms. With over 30+ years of experience, in her role as the Director of Resource Management, Jane is committed to making sure our clients find the talent they need while also ensuring that our consultants advance their careers. You will see her contribute on social media advising candidates on how to approach their search for the right opportunity.

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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 14 years of combined IT staffing and management experience to The Squires Group team. He has expertise in staff augmentation, project support, and talent acquisition. Over the last nine years Matt has supported both commercial organizations as well as government agencies with their IT needs.

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An Annapolis-area native and McDaniel College alum, Lara enhanced The Squires Group’s ERP, finance and HR staffing teams by bringing over 13 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 our sSocial media sites buzzing with interesting opportunities and words of wisdom.

From her prior tenure with Ingenium Corporation, as a Corporate Recruiter/HR Specialist and FSO, Lara developed a strong network of technical professionals throughout the cleared community and continues to utilize her network to make successful placements here at Squires.  Lara’s full life cycle recruiting expertise and ability to match skilled professionals to meet our client’s needs, through relationship development of both clients and candidates, makes her an essential asset to The Squires Group Team.

In addition to Lara’s technical recruiting experience, she developed a financial and accounting network while working with Accountants International.  Lara has managed a high volume of positions and placed individuals from CFO to accounting/clerical level positions both contractually and on a direct hire basis.  Lara has placed professionals in a wide array of industries, including Federal, State and Local Government Agencies, Not-For-Profits, Healthcare, Government Contracting, Fortune 500 companies and small local businesses.

Lara and her husband currently reside in Severna Park, MD with their Shih Tzu, Lucy.

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Ed joins The Squires Group with over six 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 equity, and investment management) helps us expand our network of candidates and clients as we continue to grow our accounting & finance practice.

Ed grew up in upstate New York and played baseball, football and rugby. He is a graduate of SUNY Cortland. Ed’s competitive nature is ideal to team with Berry Sprague as she continues to win market share for our accounting & finance practice.

Currently, Ed resides in the Annapolis area with his wife, son, and the family Boxer (Roxy). They enjoy spending time together watching sports, going to festivals, and going on hikes.

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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 15 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 quickly given the opportunity to start their PeopleSoft Federal Practice. Julie has experience working with federal and commercial clients implementing a broad range of technologies and providing professional services, including PeopleSoft, Oracle EBS, Data Management Solutions, Portal & Collaboration, and SharePoint.

Julie is originally from Northern Virginia. She recently crossed the river and now lives in Ellicott City with her husband, daughter and English Bulldog.

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Drew is a Richmond, VA native, who brings an extensive background in technical recruiting, leadership and sales experience. He also has four years of NCAA basketball and golf experience.

He started his post-collegiate career in the automotive sales industry. After deciding that was not what he wanted in a long-term career, he began his technical recruiting career with Apex Systems and had great success placing IT professionals in a broad range of clients including most Fortune 500 companies, financial services, telecommunications, business services, healthcare, and government. Drew has managed a high volume of positions placing professionals in a wide spectrum of IT talent needs including Network and Systems Administration/Engineering, User Support, Information and Cyber Security and Applications Development. In his last role, he worked as a Market Analyst for Apex Systems, which was a strategic position supporting the international sales teams by helping them with data visualization to help in the company’s overall business development efforts.

Drew brings expertise in full life cycle recruiting, leadership and project management. He is also passionate about continuing to apply his knowledge in Information/Cyber Security, Application development, emerging technology, business strategy, and data-based decision making to help fill our client’s talent needs.

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Carla has been a Resource Manager with The Squires Group since 2006. She has 20 years of expertise in the recruitment field within both staffing and corporate recruiting. Her previous recruiting position was with Tele-Communications Systems Inc. in Annapolis where she focused on both technical and professional recruitment for a variety of corporate and professional service projects in the Mid-Atlantic region. Carla has also developed relationships with accounting and finance professionals in the Baltimore area while working at Robert Half. She managed a high volume of positions and placed individuals from CFO to the accounting/clerical level on a direct hire basis. Carla is a perfect example of how The Squires Group network works since she was referred to us by a friend of The Squires Group and through her network Jane, Brenda and Sheila have joined the Squires Team – she embraced social networking before it made it to the Internet! Her breadth of both accounting & finance as well as her 16 years in IT & ERP recruiting continues to contribute to her success here at The Squires Group. Carla is looking forward continue to expand her network to grow with the Squires Group and help more professionals advance in their careers.

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Brenda joined The Squires Group as our Recruiting/Marketing Assistant after four years as a loan office/operations manager of a local mortgage company. Prior to that Brenda was a technical recruiter for six years with a staffing agency and three years with Corvis Corporation. Brenda’s focus is on supporting our Resource Managers in all aspects of their efforts to meet our clients’ needs.

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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 in Pasadena, MD.

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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 time to raise her son, Donna is back in the Northern Virginia area and has been working with TSGi for the past eight years. Her responsibilities include supporting our Resource Managers in all aspects of their work. She also assists the Marketing Team by designing and sending candidate email campaigns and developing the quarterly newsletter. She is motivated by projects that are challenging and works to produce a positive, rewarding outcome.

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 marketing teams by supporting them in their day-to-day activities. Jen loves living in Annapolis.

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 from all parts of the world.

Jan was in this role until her husband, Kevin, retired from the Annapolis City police force in 2003 and they moved to the mountains of western Maryland and then Pennsylvania. Since 2005, Jan has been the owner of a seasonal antique store, River’s Edge Antiques in Confluence, PA.

Jan recently rejoined the Squires Group on a part-time basis doing reference checks and helping Apurva in developing marketing collateral that gets published on our corporate website.
Jan and her husband enjoy seeking out antiques and collectibles for the store and her Etsy shop by attending auctions and estate sales.

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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 passionate water skier and enjoys riding his bike. He also enjoys boating and racquetball.

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, four children and their dog, Buddy.

DelVenus Sanders brings more than 10 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 cum Laude graduate from the University of Phoenix, Rockville, MD, with a degree in Business Accounting, DelVenus complements the skills on our accounting team.

DelVenus currently lives in Bowie, MD with her husband and daughter. They enjoy spending time together outdoors (in the country).

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An engineer and an MBA from Bombay University, Apurva has specialized in developing and implementing marketing strategies in the B2B environment for the last 21 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 skills allows him to be a change leader and a key influencer in the areas of operational process improvement, marketing and proposal development, financial analyses and strategy development, and solving critical business problems.

Apurva’s first experience with TSGi was in May 2000, when Nancy placed him in a marketing role with an e-commerce company in 2000. Apurva and Nancy stayed in touch with each other over the next few years before Apurva joined TSGi as a marketing manager in 2004.

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 and accounting/finance. Sheila’s primary focus is contract management as it relates to our clients and subcontractors. In addition, she also plays a key role in supporting Apurva Shah with day-to-day operations and processes/procedures for the office. Sheila resides in Howard County, Maryland.

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 5 years of experience working as an administrative assistant. Rachel supports Sheila with contracts administration and processing all agreements related to Independent Contractors of TSGi.

When Rachel was younger, she obtained diverse experience as she moved from state to state while her father was in the Air Force. She currently resides in Odenton, MD living with family, raising her son, and tending to her Chihuahua, Tinker Bell.

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Amy brings more than 20 years’ experience as an executive/personal assistant working for companies like Legal Sea Foods, Frito Lay and Arnold Worldwide to Squires. Along with Amy’s FSO role, she assists Nancy with whatever comes her way. Amy is a graduate of Salisbury University and lives in Annapolis with her husband, daughter, and Boxer.

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 for developing material and labor quotes for new business proposals. Joanne joins The Squires Group after taking time off to raise her children. Her role is to assist Nancy in a wide variety of activities.

Joanne is a native Maryland resident and currently resides in Millersville with her husband and three children.