VISUS GROUP - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Director of Business Development
While in college, Catherine sold and recruited in the staffing industry. After graduating from Bellarmine University, Louisville, with a BA in business management and finance, she spent a number of years teaching English to French high school students at Lycée in Paris.
Upon returning to the US, Catherine joined PNC Bank first in commercial lending and eventually assuming a VP Commercial Lending position. As a Senior Manager in IT Project Management at Kemper Financial, she also added professional training and development to her responsibilities.
Crisel has conquered both the academic and professional worlds. With a Bachelor's degree in Communications, majoring in Advertising and Public Relations, Crisel has always been passionate about the power of communication and how it can be used to shape perceptions and drive change.
Crisel attended Assumption College, an exclusive girls' school, where she honed her communication skills and developed a strong sense of community. She worked as a Marketing Officer, where she gained invaluable experience in crafting effective marketing strategies and campaigns for a pharmaceutical company.
Despite her busy schedule, Crisel found love and started a family. She is now happily married with two beautiful children, who inspire her to be the best version of herself every day.
Currently, Crisel works full time as the Head of Marketing at Visus Group. As the Head of Marketing, Crisel oversees the planning and implementation of marketing activities of the company. Her creativity, strategic thinking, and attention to detail have helped her to deliver exceptional results.
As the Office Manager, Ella Agaser is mainly responsible for keeping an eye on Tom and his daily work activities. From scheduling, reviewing, prioritizing, and responding to emails, creating and organizing documents, maintaining records, and performing any other task that helps him to get by "stress free" in his daily office schedule. She also assists the team in any way she can and is considered the "go to" person for matters related to the office.
Job Titles:
- Coordinator
- Operations Manager
- Roundtable Coordinator & Operations Manager
Emma Kosnik serves as the RoundTable Coordinator and Operations Manager for Visus Group. As the RoundTable Coordinator, Emma plans RoundTable events, communicates frequently with RoundTable members, welcomes new attendees, and works to create a strong network of growth-minded executives. With the help of her amazing team, Emma consistently innovates and improves what the RoundTable can offer their clients. She is passionate about creating "community", both in the RoundTable Program and in the Visus Group team.
Emma graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2019 with a bachelor's degree in communications. Immediately after college, she worked for L'Arche Chicago, a non-profit organization that provides housing and creates communities for people with and without disabilities. Emma spent 2 years as an assistant learning how to care for and live with folks with disabilities. At Visus, she brings her experiences from L'Arche to further build the People-Centric Business her parents founded.
Job Titles:
- Director of RoundTable Membership
Joe has been involved in the Staffing Business for over 20 years. He has held a number of positions in this space including individual contributor, Branch Manager, VP of Sales and VP, General Manager. His contributions have propelled a number of organizations to superior performance, meeting and exceeding their goals and objectives for growth and profitability.
Joe graduated with a B.S. degree in Mathematics from SUNY New Paltz. His early career was in the IT hardware and software space before transitioning into Staffing, His last position prior to Visus was V.P. of Sales for a well-known ATS company.
In his spare time, he is an avid cyclist and reader. He is a dedicated Husband, father and grandfather.
Job Titles:
- Executive
- Financial Advisor
Tom Kosnik - Founder, President
Job Titles:
- Consultant
- Founder
- President
- Compensation Analysis
Tom Kosnik is the staffing industry's leading expert offering a unique combination of business consulting acumen and experience to independent staffing firms. Tom advises on all aspects of running a staffing firm including organizational performance; change management; strategic planning; financial analysis; compensation plan design; process and profit improvements and business value enhancement to help staffing firms across the country improve operations and the bottom line.
In 1995, Tom started the Presidents' RoundTable program to improve leadership capabilities of independent staffing firms' management through creative idea generation, sharing, collaborating and addressing industry challenges. The RoundTables have expanded to include CFOs, COOs, and CMOs.
Tom is the only consultant for independent staffing firms with a degree in Organizational Development (M.A. from Bowling Green State University) and a B.A. in psychology from Seattle University. He has a Masters of Divinity degree from Catholic Theological Union and is also certified with the Center for Creative Leadership. This specialized educational and professional background equips him with a unique skill set for guiding independent staffing firms.
Job Titles:
- Sales and Marketing Alignment Expert