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Steve Haywood

President and Co-Owner of Nuwest Group, LLC.

Steve joined NuWest in April of 2004 as the General Manager. Three years later, in September of 2007, he purchased with three business partners. Before joining NuWest, Steve spent 11 years at Microsoft in various recruiting roles. He was one of two founding members of the Executive Recruiting Team at Microsoft and has placed many candidates into a variety of senior level positions including Architects and Vice Presidents. After launching the Exec Recruiting Team, he also managed recruiting for the Server and Tools Division as well as the College Recruiting Division. Prior to his work with Microsoft, Steve was one of the first 25 employees at Perot Systems. He was the Technical Consultant and then was a part of the initial team that built the Worldwide Recruiting Organization at Perot Systems and drove the recruiting for new consulting practices in cities such as Atlanta, GA; Colorado Springs, CO; Cedar Rapids, IA and New York, NY. Steve is a graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University with a B.S. in Information Systems and currently lives in Redmond, WA.

stevehay@nuwestgroup.com

Jennifer VeVea

Jennifer VeVea is a Principal at NuWest Exec Search. Jennifer focuses on placement of Software Engineering Leaders including Directors and Vice President’s of Engineering, CTO’s, Chief Architects and Senior SW Engineers.

Jennifer has 18+ years in various Exec Recruiting and HR roles in the high technology industry where she honed her expertise in the recruitment of software engineering talent. Prior to NuWest, Jennifer worked at Microsoft Corporation for 14 years where she held various roles of increasing responsibility including HR Leadership, Staffing Management and Executive Recruitment.

Jennifer joined Microsoft’s Executive Recruiting team in 2002, shortly after this team was founded. In this role, Jennifer was responsible for the recruitment of Microsoft’s top 1% Technical Talent, having been recruited by Microsoft’s CTO Team to establish a specialized Executive Recruitment team that focused on hiring the most senior technical engineering roles in the company. As an Executive Recruiter for this team, known as the “Strategic Recruiting Team” , Jennifer consulted with Microsoft’s Corporate Leaders on recruiting strategy through execution to recruit Architects, Distinguished Engineers, Technical Fellows and Engineering Leaders up to the General Manager and Vice President level, across various Engineering Teams in the company. Jennifer’s abilities in research, pipelining and networking enabled her to establish a network of software industry luminaries from around the world in various fields including, but not limited to: security, search, distributed systems, databases, operating systems, messaging, CRM and ecommerce.

At Microsoft, Jennifer also led Technical Staffing teams and led the HR Management function for an ~800 person organization in the cloud computing area. As an HR leader, Jennifer gained depth in the software engineering business and honed her consulting skills as a part of the Business Online Services leadership team in the areas of employee retention, organizational development, succession planning and change management. Prior to Microsoft, Jennifer held staffing positions and customer service positions at Staffing and software engineering companies.

Jennifer earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Industrial Organizational Psychology from Western Washington University.

jenve@nuwestgroup.com

Mona Veiseh

Manager of MedTemps

Mona joined MedTemps in 2005. Since that time, she has lead the growth of the division into the go-to medical staffing and consulting firm it is known for today. Mona has developed her team and molded MedTemps into the premier medical staffing. Beginning as a staffing coordinator, she has served in every role in her division and intimately knows the challenges and rewards that motivate her team to work hard and deliver the best. Mona holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of Washington, and is an active member of the University’s alumni program that mentors current college students. When she’s not busy recruiting, Mona enjoys spending time with her family, cooking and traveling.

(425) 602-5716 mveiseh@nuwestgroup.com

Diane Friedl

Manager of LabTemps

Diane joined LabTemps in 1996. Soon after joining the company, she attended the Institute of Science Training and Research (ISTR) to learn more about the biotech field in order to better serve her clients. Today, Diane leads the LabTemps team, and is proud of building the firm’s reputation as the region’s premier scientific staffing solution. A Northwest native, Diane received her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Washington. She takes pride in leading her team as the region’s premier local scientific staffing firm. Outside of the office, Diane enjoys travel, gardening and spending time with family and friends.

(425) 602-5719 diane@nuwestgroup.com

Katrina Leise

Manager of WesTech

Katrina joined WesTech in 1996 and began developing business in the Engineering, Manufacturing and IT areas. As the Division Manager and Senior Account Executive for her team, she enjoys meeting new clients and developing strong business relationships. Katrina holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Washington, and remains an active alum and avid Husky supporter. Go Dawgs! Her interests include entertaining, gardening and traveling.

(425) 602-5708 kleise@nuwestgroup.com