ERIC FISHKIND - President
Mr. Fishkind received his undergraduate degree from the University of Bridgeport, majoring in communications and business. Eric spent his first 17 years with a then emerging company called Standard Tinsmith. At Standard Tinsmith, Eric did business-to-business sales which was particularly valuable as it was his first introduction to sales at an emerging company. At the end of the 17 years, Eric was longing for a position that offered him more responsibility, so he moved to Candidates On Demand as Executive Vice President. Eric was responsible for coordinating the sales programs with offices in Florida, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Texas, Oregon and Hyderabad, India. After 7 years of managing national and international sales teams in a variety of industry verticals, Eric decided with his experience and success in the executive search industry, in addition to his incredible network of colleagues, to open his own firm, Vision Group Global Consulting, LLC.
JOHN NORCROSS - Managing Partner
John has 7 + years of IT and Sales Experience coupled with 4 + years of full life-cycle recruiting experience within many niche verticals including; I.T., Telecom, Software Development, Engineering, Semiconductor, Construction, Sales, Healthcare and Research. John received his CompTIA A+ and Microsoft MCSE certifications in 2002. Following school, John worked as a Technical Support Manager for Compact Presario, Inc in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. John began his staffing career in 2005 at Oxford international and worked exclusively in the Telecom industry placing Senior Telecom Engineers at fortune 500 companies such as Sprint/Nextel, T-Mobile, Cingular/AT&T, Alcatel/Lucent and Cisco Systems. After gaining experience as an individual contributor while working at Oxford International, John was recruited by Eric Fishkind, who at the time was the Executive Vice President at Candidates on Demand Group (CODGI). While at CODGI, John managed a team of Executive Recruiters, performed training sessions and worked with Executives to implement new resources and procedures. In 2009, John came to VGGC as a Managing Partner with ambitions to join other successful professionals in the industry who share the same principles and creative ideas for developing business.
GAVIN BLACKMAN - Managing Partner
Gavin has more than 7 years experience in managing major Fortune 100 & 500 accounts in the Engineering sector, as well as full life-cycle recruitment for the Engineering, IT, Telecom, Sales & Pharmaceutical industries. He has worked his way from the ground up, starting in telephone sales then moving onto Account Management at Oxford International. Gavin quickly picked up on Hardware and Software skill-sets and became a skills trainer for Oxford. After gaining a substantial amount of experience in Account Management, he decided to move onto full life-cycle recruitment and joined Candidates On Demand Group where he managed several teams of recruiters throughout the years. Gavin recently joined Vision Group Global Consulting (VGGC) to become a managing partner with some of the most prestigious recruiters in the country.
SCOTT ZELLER - Managing Partner
Scott received his undergraduate degree in Business and Corporate Communications from the City University of New York. Born and raised in NYC, in 2008 Scott and his Wife decided to relocate to the South Florida area from Staten Island, NY. He has over 5+ years of direct Recruitment and Sales experience focusing on many different areas which include: Information Technology, Telecom, Healthcare, Accounting, Finance, Engineering, Sales etc. Scott's successes in the staffing industry are a result of his persistent worth ethic and his strong relationship building abilities. He understands his client's needs and is skilled in finding creative ways to source qualified candidates for them on a national level.
