Our Team
Kevin Scholz
Kevin Scholz is the CEO and Founder of Advanced Hires. Kevin has a unique background consisting of over 17 years of law enforcement experience and an explosive results-oriented 15+ year career in business ranging from entry-level sales all the way to CEO along with many management positions in between. Kevin also advises and serves governor in his governor appointed position on the State of Wisconsin Autism Counsel. He is also on the Board of Directors for the states largest business district and on the Board of Directors for the Autism Society of Southeastern Wisconsin…click below to read more about Kevin Scholz…
Tina Rock
Tina Rock is a co-founder and Director of Recruiting and New Client Acquisition at Advanced Hires. Tina is in charge of all recruiting, new client acquisition, and retention. Over the past 18 years in the recruitment/placement space throughout the Midwest, especially Wisconsin, Tina has consistently and successfully recruited, sold, placed, managed, and overseen thousands of placements across various industries, especially within IT. Tina has succeeded in roles ranging from recruiting to managing teams of recruiters to Branch Management levels at a multi-billion dollar placement firm…
Client Testimonial Video
Advanced Hires is committed to finding the best talent and placement within today’s IT market and other markets. We are uniquely positioned with the right ethical leadership, expertise, resources, experience, and passion to find and place candidates for our clients. Those who have worked with us have said they recommend working with Advanced Hires for a variety of reasons, such as our “strategic thinking [and] business and work ethics”, our “people of integrity”, our “phenomenal job with sourcing candidates”, and the fact that we “know the market very well”.
Vicki Johnson
Vicki is a Senior IT Recruiter at Advanced Hires. Vicki is considered one of the best IT Recruiters in the State of Wisconsin and is currently operating at peak levels. She considers herself a career planner for Information Technology professionals. Vicki is extensively connected in this industry and delivers results time and time again. She is a Wisconsin native with deep roots throughout the state. For the past 10 years, Vicki has remained passionately engaged in working with candidates and prospective clients in developing career and hiring plans.
James Hellmich
James Hellmich is a Recruiter at Advanced Hires and recruits primarily for IT roles. James is a driven and goal-oriented talent acquisition professional with three years of experience within full-cycle IT recruiting for a variety of local and national clients. James is well versed in recruiting, especially IT, and a variety of verticals including, but not limited to: the full SDLC, Project/Program Management, Business Intelligence, Infrastructure & Networking, Security, and more. James values relationships between clients and the company and has a humble, genuine approach to recruiting while still being extremely successful in placing candidates. James has a strong investigative side and takes the initiative in tracking down qualified people using his admirable work ethic and unique set of tools provided to him from years of recruiting and Advanced Hires. James is heavily involved within the IT community and regularly attends IT events and functions.
Nicole Johnson
Nicole Johnson is a Recruiter at Advanced Hires and recruits for both non-IT roles and IT roles. Nicole is a Veteran with the U.S. Navy where she served as an EMT, Anesthesiology Technician, and several other roles. Nicole is also a member of the American Legion. Nicole has worked in various capacities in the Health Care industry post-military assignment and takes great pride in making a difference in others. Nicole has several years of experience in the service industry, including managing a business for seven years. Nicole takes great pride in her work and enjoys serving as an employer/employee match-maker.
Marie Sansone
Marie Sansone started with Advanced Hires as an Administrative Intern from Milwaukee Area Technical College and now is our new Executive Assistant. Marie is graduating from MATC with her Associates Degree in the Administrative Professional program. With a newly created position of Executive Assistant to Tina Rock, Marie has shown the value and assets needed for our rapidly growing company. Marie’s background with customer service, organization, and administrative skills has been put to good use! Marie is very excited to join the Advanced Hires team and has enjoyed learning some of the different aspects of recruiting so far at the company.
Our Culture – A Great Place to Work
Advanced Hires is a great place to work. The work-life balance is extremely important, and the positive and upbeat culture, the supportive atmosphere, and flexibility all makes Advanced Hires stand out amongst other companies. “We’re really looking for people that like to have fun in what they do. They need to work in an environment that capitalizes on that energy. We’re not your typical corporate agency. We’re like family.”
Oliver Degnan
Oliver Degnan is an Advisor and strategic partner with Advanced Hires. Oliver has served as a Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and Chief Information Officer (CIO) for over 10 years, including organizations such as IBM Watson and Common Ground Healthcare among others. In his position as CEO at MoreTalent, a partner of Advanced Hires, Oliver works with a team of highly successful executive innovators in providing real-world executive leadership workshops and 1:1 leadership coaching taught by highly accomplished executive leaders with a proven track record of corporate profitability and product innovation. Oliver adds tremendous value to Advanced Hires in the Information Technology (IT) space when it comes to qualifying and professional guidance to top quality IT candidates, including CIO’s CTO’s VP’s of IT, and many other IT and non IT positions.
Dr. Bill Mitchell
Dr. Bill Mitchell is an Advisor and strategic partner with Advanced Hires. Dr. Mitchell is the former CEO of Aguila, a Foxconn company, and former Vice President Business Operations Americas at Foxconn. Dr. Mitchell is a well-known career coach, coaching many C-level individuals at Fortune 100 companies. He is also an Organizational Psychologist. Dr. Mitchell is the COO of More Talent. Specifically, at Advanced Hires, Dr. Mitchell helps mentor and coach new candidates during those initial several months after being placed into a new position at an Advanced Hires client. Dr. Mitchell is an experienced CEO and Leadership Coach with a demonstrated history of working in the electrical and electronic manufacturing industry. Dr. Mitchell is skilled in Nonprofit Organizations, Coaching, Communication, Thought Leadership and Corporate Growth.
Kevin Scholz & Tina Rock Working Together
Kevin Scholz and Tina Rock of Advanced Hires are solid business partners! In 2016 Kevin and Tina struck out on their own, investing in their new company and proving their strengths in business and life. Kevin brings to the table leadership values and big picture ideas, while Tina identifies companies to seek out, working on a more day-to-day scale. They make an outstanding team; combining Tina’s familiarity/relationships within the industry together with Kevin’s business drive and knowledge, they are the best people to have in your corner.
Lam Nguyen
Lam Nguyen is currently a dedicated Recruiter with Advanced Hires. Tina originally hired Lam during her tenure with a Global recruiting firm, where Lam worked for over five years . Tina describes Lam as one of her best recruiters as she has Accounting and Finance experience while in a Software Development firm in addition to being an owner of her own businesses. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting from the University of Iowa.
Ethan Scholz
Ethan Scholz is an Intern at Advanced Hires. Ethan is skilled in many Adobe programs and is responsible for the design some of our videos, pictures, business cards, gift cards, and is currently working on a project that will involve after-effects. He also helps assist short-films that Advanced Hires sponsors with fighting scenes, camera angles, scripts, editing, and other responsibilities. He enjoys anything creative and is 100% self-taught, including many Adobe programs. Ethan is a very hard worker, reliable, and extremely creative. Now at the age of 15, Ethan can envision, draw, sketch, and execute graphics from inception to final draft, seeing through highly professional and complex graphics, images, and videos.
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Clients RAVE About Advanced HIRES…
A good reputation in a very short period of time
The Milwaukee market is a small reputation and reputation is everything; both from a leadership and an organizational perspective. Advanced Hires has already developed in a good reputation in a very short period of time.
—Greg Vertelka
Director of IT – City of Sheboygan
In it for the long haul
It’s so critical to have business leaders at the table helping to really design how we procure pathways for young people that want to get into information technology. There have been a variety of ways that we’ve connected with Tina and Kevin.
They have been very generous with their time. We have had a variety of meetings with businesses around information technology and how we want to better direct our training and resources. They’ve been very generous about participating in mock interviews and have reviewed resumes of students.
—Peter Coffaro
Chief Program Officer – Employ Milwaukee.
Devotion to excellence
I think what sets Advanced Hires apart is the experience and the devotion to excellence to finding the perfect alignment between what the customers are looking for and what’s out there in the marketplace. They bridge that gap. Advanced Hires constantly connects people and opportunity
—Oliver Degnan
SVP and CTO – IBM Watson Health