Sidney Bateman:

Sidney is a graduate of Florida State University with a degree in Communications and has been in the recruiting industry since 1999.  She worked for 5 1/2 years managing the contingent workforce for Maritz, Inc., an international company based in St. Louis.

A world traveler, Sidney has explored Southeast Asia, India, Nepal, Western Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Fiji.  She also competes in triathlons (she recently finished the Vineman 70.3 1/2 Ironman), is an avid snowboarder and loves spending time with friends and family. When she is not traveling, snowboarding or golfing, you can find her watching college football and cheering on her Seminoles.

Lesley Vella:

Lesley graduated from the University of Colorado with a double major in Communications and Spanish.  While she was in college, Lesley spent time in Seville, Spain where she studied at the Universidad de Sevilla.

She has significant experience in the field of recruiting as she spent four years as a senior marketing manager and recruiter for Bernstein Global Wealth Management.

When she is not busy recruiting, Lesley loves to travel, most recently to China and Japan with plans to head to South America next year.  She is an avid skier and hiker who loves to explore local hiking trails and has hiked to the summit of Pike's Peak.  In addition, she places a premium on the time she spends with her mom, dad and brother, David and her four-legged friends Ranger, Riley and Barkely.

Jennifer Hoffman

Jennifer graduated from College of the Canyons with a degree in Psychology. She has been in the marketing & sales industry since 1998 and brings a well-rounded background in web design, marketing, accounting and project management. Jennifer is the Tom Ruff Company "Technology Guru." Her diverse experience includes working for Fanfare Media Works, Scorpion Design and Canaudit, Inc.

Outside of work, Jennifer loves spending time with her boyfriend of 4-years, Justin and their dog, Rusty. Jennifer also likes to visit with friends and family in Simi Valley, CA - Valencia, CA and Denver, CO. She enjoys the beach, being outdoors, animals of any kind, and watching the L.A. Kings & Denver Broncos.

Paul Cox

Paul graduated from Texas A&M University with a BS in Health Education.
Paul has been in the recruiting business ever since he first met and worked for Tom Ruff in Chicago in 1991. He learned the recruiting ropes as an entry-level recruiter working with Tom and then spent the next 14 years placing candidates in promising careers with companies such as Stryker and Johnson & Johnson.

Paul has a heart for traveling the world, is fluent in Spanish and just returned to the states after having lived and worked in Madrid, Spain for the last eight years.

Paul´s passion in life is his family. Married in 2002 after meeting Dawn in a Spanish class for beginners, Paul and his wife have two boys: Samuel, age 5, Benjamin, age 3 and a daughter, Caroline Elizabeth, 1 day old.

Favorite Quote “Adversity doesn´t build character, it reveals it. So you have to decide what you want it to reveal.” Matt Bowman

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