Eric Allison

Eric is a serial entrepreneur with a high degree of experience in both Mergers & Acquisitions and Staffing & Recruiting, with over 30 years of industry knowledge and expertise. Having been a Staffing firm owner multiple times over, Eric has an in-depth understanding of both the buy-side and sell-side of M&A.

Eric has a proven track record as a global staffing executive, having owned and founded various Staffing & Recruiting firms such as Allison & Associates, Parallel Consulting, a technology staffing firm that he grew from 0 to $32 million in 2 years, Pulse Healthcare Staffing, Mobile Medical Staffing, and Global Response; additionally, having lead and grown, AppleOne, where he built the first IT Staffing Division, and was the head of 4 branch offices, and Hall Kinion, now KForce, which he managed to grow the business units from $3MM to just under $20MM in 3 years. From the success Eric gained through founding and selling his own Staffing & Recruiting firms, he began his own advisory as Managing Director at Golden One Ventures.

Today, Eric is widely prominent in the Staffing & Recruiting industry as a dynamic and passionate visionary with remarkable M&A instincts targeted at achieving lucrative strategies. He has completed multiple cross-border M&A transactions in the US and Asia and is a valued member of Staffing Industry Analysts, American Staffing Association, TechServe Alliance and Alliance of Merger & Acquisitions Advisors.