engineering consulting services, engineering staffing company

OUR MISSION: To be a best-in-class provider of
engineering staffing, recruiting & project solutions.

What does it mean to be “Best-in-Class”?

Delivering the highest-caliber technical resources.

Executing faster than any of our competitors.

Being highly knowledgeable about the industries, technologies and engineering skill disciplines we serve.

Always acting in the best interest of our clients and consultants.

The Pivotal Difference

World-class engineering recruiting engine

We don’t employ rookies as recruiters. Our recruiters have at least five years’ engineering and technical recruiting expertise in the practice areas they serve.
We are onshore focused.
Our unique combination of technical and domain experience enables us to refer the right consultants faster — most often in less than 48 hours.

Our core values

Integrity • Accountability • Innovation • Urgency • Flexibility

The Pivotal service experience

Recruiting-first mindset.

At Pivotal Engineering, recruiting is our most important core competency.

Technical and industry expertise.

We provide better service by being more knowledgeable.

Focus.

By being for more focused on specific disciplines and proactive in recruiting, we are able to provide the right engineering candidates in less time.

Partnership mentality.

We are not a transaction-oriented organization. Our success is based on creating the right solutions for our clients and finding the right opportunities for our consultants.

Deliver an exceptional service experience.

We strive to provide the best service to every client and consultant.

Leadership

We have been building a team that understands the core principles that began our company. Our Management Team is focused on our consultants, our clients and our staff. Success can be achieved for everyone on our team, across the board. Meet our team below.

Engineering

Pete Niejadlik
Vice President, Strategic Accounts
Mike Moutsoulas
Recruiting Manager
Chris Simms
Director, Engineering Sales
Chris Simms joined Softworld in June of 2014. Chris is responsible for leading, managing and continuing to drive the Engineering Sales group. He brings more than 20 years of overall recruiting and sales experience. Chris has been involved in full life cycle staffing throughout his career within the DOD/Government sector, Commercial, Biotech, Industrial and Energy related fields.

Chris holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration and Marketing from Fitchburg State College.
Roy Wells
Recruiting Manager
Roy Wells joined Softworld in the beginning of 2016. Prior to joining Softworld, Roy had 10 years’ experience primarily working within Engineering companies providing national staffing services across the country. He is currently the Recruiting Manager for a team of 5 recruiters within the Engineering Sector of Softworld.

The Engineering team focuses on staffing various engineering needs across the country including, but not limited to: Embedded, Mechanical, Electrical and Civil. The industries these positions cover include both commercial and defense within the federal government.

Corporate

Michael Shuman
Founder & Principal
Michael founded Softworld in 1993. As founder, he currently works with the executive team on the overall strategy, direction and goals of the firm. Michael began Softworld with a simple concept: The technology staffing world was not focused on the right thing. The primary business of technology staffing firms is to seek out great technologists, forge strong relationships with them, qualify their talents and represent them well in the marketplace in order to drive their careers with clients that need great technology professionals. Focusing on the careers of Softworld’s consultants drives satisfied consultants and clients. Michael created an environment where consultants are truly part of the Softworld team. To this day, it is at the forefront of how we do business.

Prior to founding Softworld, Michael was a consultant in application development. Working as a consultant formed many of his opinions of what Softworld needed to become.

He received his Bachelor of Science in business administration from Washington University.
David S. Teitelman
Chairman and CEO
Dave joined Softworld in July 2002. He is responsible for the growth and development of the company’s business practices throughout the United States, and for creating a world-class work environment for all of the Softworld team. Dave is also responsible for overseeing the recruitment of senior management, identifying and developing new lines of business, strategic accounts and initiating partnerships with selected businesses and organizations.

Dave brings over 30 years of successful experience in building companies. An entrepreneur with an MBA and a unique blend of functional experience as a technologist, marketing specialist and business executive, Dave has led a variety of technology ventures to achieve dramatic revenue growth, significant bottom-line contributions and an entrenched competitive position.

He received his undergraduate degree from Southern Connecticut State University and his MBA from the University of New Haven.
Robert Marini
CFO
Bob has over 25 years of progressive experience in finance, operations and strategic management for technology-centric services and products ranging from advanced materials to end-to-end embedded applications for data communications and e-business solutions. Before joining Softworld in 2016, he was senior vice president and chief financial officer at several early- to mid-stage B2B\B2C companies including The NanoSteel Company, Viridien Technologies and DI.Com. Prior to that, Bob was Instron Corporation’s director of finance for the Pacific Rim and South America. In addition, he has held financial positions for Nuclear Metals and the Raytheon Company.

Bob received a Bachelor of Science in finance and management from Northeastern University, as well as a master’s in business administration in financial management, accounting and operations from the Northeastern University D’Amore-McKim Graduate School of Business. He also served as the vice chairman of the National Council for Northeastern University, and is a member of both the IMA and Financial Executives International (FEI).
Mark Finocchario
Chief Operating Officer
Mark joined Softworld in June 2011. He is responsible for architecting the Softworld recruiting program and leading recruiting teams across the country. This includes search strategies, consultant care, creation of custom client delivery models and advanced screening programs. Mark works closely with Softworld clients to align our delivery engine to their specific hiring needs.

Mark has been in IT staffing since 2002, and his experience ranges from startups to large national staffing firms. He is a career recruiting specialist having held many positions within staffing including technical recruiter, practice lead, recruiting manager and director of delivery. He has a long track record of success delivering talent to clients across the country using a thorough and disciplined recruiting approach that puts the needs of clients and consultants first. In addition to building high-performing recruiting teams, Mark has been successful in creating new practices, opening new locations and launching new divisions aimed at meeting the specialized needs of clients and consultants.
Tim Southwick
Chief Revenue Officer
Tim joined Softworld in Feb 2014. He is the founder and former managing partner of the Life Sciences division at Softworld.

Tim has spent the last 20 years helping the nation’s leading companies overcome the challenges that they may face, across all points in the business lifecycle. Tim has done this by providing each of his clients with their own, unique, end-to-end solutions that directly support their business goals. Specializing the life sciences financial services, government, education, manufacturing and software development industries, Tim is a true business partner to all of his clients.

Tim received a Bachelors of Science from Bentley University where he majored in accounting. Tim is also a current member of the Bentley Executive Club.

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