Chris graduated Cum Laude from Washington State University with a degree in Business Administration and a concentration in Human Resources Management. He has worked with Puget Sound area companies for the past 20 years as a Senior-level Human Resources Professional. Before joining Scout Recruiting in 2000, Chris was an Associate Partner/Director of Human Resources for MarchFirst (formerly USWeb) and has also held the following positions: Director of Human Resources at Intermec Technologies, Human Resources Manager for Honeywell, Employee Relations Analyst for Shell Oil, Human Resources Representative for Boeing, and a Technical Recruiter for Paccar-Information Services.

Hope earned her degree in International Studies from a small private college in Northern California. Part of her undergraduate degree included a one-year cultural immersion program in a remote village in Nepal. She has worked within the staffing industry for the past 10 years. She is a certified Professional in Human Resources (PHR), a certified Human Resources Manager and an experienced Technical Recruiter and Sales Manager. Prior to founding Scout Recruiting in 1998 she worked as an on-site technical Recruiter for an international manufacturing company, and held several senior-level sales and recruiting positions for area high tech consulting firms.

One of her recent projects included a complete needs assessment and implementation of a Recruiting department for new Wireless Professional Services Company in Bellevue, WA. This included staffing the company from 12 to approximately 80 employee?s, implementation of a web-based recruiting infrastructure and staffing an entire Human Resources department, including the Vice-President of Human Resources.

She is a member of the Society of Human Resources Management (SHRM), the Women?s Business Exchange, and the Human Resources Consultants Network (HRCN).