Advanced Hires is proud to announce Mario Cortez as Vice President of Operations. Mario brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to address the significant demand for IT (Information Technology) talent and significant changes within industry trends for such talent.
Mario Cortez has a unique blend of leadership experience in the IT industry that consists of Client Support, Field Operations, Technical Services, Project Management, and Business Transformation. Most recently, Mario was the Vice President of Client Services at VCPI where he served a large team of IT Service Management professionals who provide technical support to healthcare providers across the U.S. Mario is a graduate of Marquette University where he received his Bachelor of Science Degree in Leadership and Organizations with a concentration in Organizational Development. He also holds a certification in ITIL (IT Infrastructure Library), HDI Support Center, and Project Management from Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE).
Kevin Scholz, CEO at Advanced Hires, states, “Mario is an excellent fit for this role and Advanced Hires is very excited to add Mario’s personal and professional character to our passionate team. Mario has successfully grown and overseen clients’ technical expectations in his prior leadership roles. He brings a unique peer-to-peer perspective with our existing and prospective clients. Mario adds substantial value with how plugged in he is to the IT community. This is important because the demand for IT talent and how to address such demand has completely changed in just the past two years.”
“I am very excited to be joining the team here at Advanced Hires,” said Mario Cortez. “With the growing IT skills shortage and high demand for top talent, I am thrilled for the opportunity to partner with our clients and candidate prospects to make great connections.”
Advanced Hires is proud to share the importance of community commitment with Mario as well. Mario is very passionate about his involvement in our local community. Mario sits on the IT Computer Support Advisory Board for MATC and is also an active volunteer with IT United, Hunger Task Force, and Our Next Generation. Mario has also served on advisory boards with Marquette University and the Wisconsin Pathways Network.
Kevin Scholz continues, “One thing that makes Advanced Hires different from other placement firms is how plugged in and the pulse we have with respects to industry trends and changes and how to continuously adapt recruiting strategies and tools to address the actual real time (and future) demand for IT talent in this ever-changing IT environment. Mario’s leadership, perspective, experience, and involvement will further enhance the pulse we have in the IT industry in a way that further maximizes our ability to align open IT positions with available talent.”
Call or email Mario Cortez today – (414-909-9000) / (MarioCortez@AdvancedHires.com) to discuss how Advanced Hires can best maximize alignment between open staffing roles and available talent.
About Advanced Hires
Advanced Hires is a Milwaukee, Wisconsin based, client-driven talent acquisition and placement firm headquartered in the Third Ward. Clients range from small companies to Fortune 500. Advanced Hires is uniquely positioned with the right ethical leadership, expertise, recruiting tools, experience, and passion to best maximize alignment with open positions and available talent. Advanced Hires’ objective is to earn client trust, repeat business, and referrals by providing highly qualified candidates. Advanced Hires provides direct placements, contracts-to-hire, and project placement services for ANY IT role from Help Desk to the CIO and everything in-between. The Team at Advanced Hires has placed and have overseen thousands of highly successful placements throughout their careers, earning trust and testimonials from clients of all sizes throughout the Midwest from small companies to Fortune 500 Companies.
