The Kforce Story: 50 Plus Years of Great People Delivering Great Results

of the Atlanta office. By then, the IT business was starting to outpace the Finance and Accounting side of the business. Joe began growing the Atlanta team to keep pace with the growth of the business, however, they were locked into their current lease and space was at a premium. “We had to figure out a floor plan that we could squeeze more people into,” Joe said. They cut down the size of the cubicles to the point where the staff dubbed them “veal pens.” “People would get into their cubicles and couldn’t even turn their chair,” said Joe. “They were real troopers, though. They were happy because they got new carpet and new cubicles but they were packed in like sardines.” Emerging Technologies The 1990s saw the rapid growth of information technology. The World Wide Web was born in 1990 and when Yahoo was founded in 1994, it quickly expanded to become one of the Internet’s most popular search engines. Computer technology, and its resulting use, was increasing exponentially, creating a demand for workers who were proficient in whatever latest technology was emerging at the moment. Once again, Dave Dunkel called on his friend, Ray Morganti. Ray had gone from being a vendor to being a candidate when Joe Liberatore placed him in a job with a large insurance company where he became a client, hiring a number of people with Joe’s assistance. This time, however, Dave called Ray with something entirely different in mind. Ray, who is currently vice president of Talent Management Strategy and Operations and chairs the Kforce Stewardship and Community Committee, had been doing work in systems networking and integration before anybody really knew what that was. Recognizing that few people knew how to address the talent shortage that was emerging, Dave asked Ray to meet him at a fast-food restaurant and, over burgers, they created an entirely new service offering called Emerging Technologies. “We concocted this idea of growing talent in a boot camp environment,” said Ray. “Instead of fighting for the talent, we were now growing it. It was the beginning of an overriding theme for Romac International— helping clients leverage technology to do things faster, smarter, and easier.

Romac International’s Emerging Technologies Division brochure hinted at the power of the Internet with the phrase “Virtual Team.”

Romac International produced its first multimedia CD under Emerging Technologies, 1998.

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