Leadership

Douglas Shaener has been in the executive search and staffing business since 1999. He is a highly regarded market leader in the recruitment of senior level Fixed Income, Commodity, Equity and Investment Banking professionals. In 2009 Douglas and his Partner Jason Hanges started the Executive Search, Staffing and Business Solutions firm, Quest Group, LLC, and have grown the business into a multi-million dollar market leader with focuses in Financial Services, Information Technology, Accounting and Finance, Healthcare (Quest Healthcare Solutions), Professional Services and Property Management. Because of Douglas and Jason’s management style, they have been able to create an innovative atmosphere allowing their firm to thrive and grow under the Quest Group umbrella. Quest Group has been recognized with numerous awards since its inception including; Inc.com’s 5000 fastest growing private companies, Best and Brightest companies to work for and one of Georgia’s Fastest Growing companies from AGC.

Prior to founding Quest Group, Douglas was a Managing Director in the Financial Services practice of a large, retained global executive search firm.

Douglas earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Finance with a minor in Economics from Pennsylvania State University.

Douglas is married with three children.

Jason Hanges is Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Quest Group. Since its inception in 2009, Quest Group has been recognized with numerous awards including: Inc.com's 5000 fastest growing private companies, Best and Brightest companies to work for and one of Georgia's Fastest Growing companies from AGC.

Jason Hanges has been in the executive search industry since 1998. He is highly respected as a market leader in the recruitment of senior level financial services professionals across Fixed Income, Equities and Investment Banking for some of the world's largest buy-side and sell-side institutions. He has extensive experience in working with senior management teams to develop and execute successful hiring and growth strategies and has built a reputation as a trusted advisor.

Prior to founding Quest Group, Mr. Hanges was a Managing Director in the Financial Services practice of a large, retained global executive search firm. Before entering the executive search industry he worked at Lehman Brothers in the Commercial Mortgaged Backed Securities Group.

Jason earned a Bachelor's Degree in Economics from Johns Hopkins University.

Jason is married with three children.

Jerry Limonta currently serves as the Managing Director of Quest Group's subsidiary company, Quest Healthcare Solutions. Quest Healthcare Solutions staffs physicians for both permanent and locum tenens positions nationwide.

Jerry graduated from Florida State University and began his career in the mortgage brokerage and banking industry. He moved to Georgia in 2006 and worked for several financing companies including Southeastern Mortgage and Financial Services. His next career move was to Vista Staffing Solutions, where he was a leader in the search and consulting division. In 2010, he joined the Quest Group team as Managing Director of Quest Healthcare Solutions.

Jerry Limonta's leadership at Quest Healthcare Solutions has helped QHS win awards regionally and nationally. Similar to Quest Group, the Quest Healthcare Solutions team prides itself as a successful community leader with a specialized approach to recruiting in the healthcare industry.

John Riley is one of the Managing Directors at Quest Group Executive Search and Staffing Solutions. His property management division works to provide property management companies with qualified candidates for seasonal, temporary, or full-time work.

Previous to his professional career, Riley peaked his interest in business at Michigan's Northwood University. John Riley joined the Quest Group team in 2011, after working at Robert Half as a Division Director for the Officeteam and Accountemps Divisions. While at Robert Half, Riley was an award-winning team member, receiving the President's Club award in 2008 and earning the "$1 Million Dollar Milestone" for recruiting in his second year with the company.

Riley's responsibilities as a leader for the Quest Group team includes recruiting excellent candidates for the Property Management division, using his extensive negotiation skills to attract new clients, and creating an innovative sales and recruiting environment for his team. He works to increase revenue by working with his team and leading the company in team building exercises to increase communication and success throughout Quest Group.

Mandi Dennis works as the Managing Director of Quest Healthcare Solutions, a sister company of Quest Group. As a leader for locum tenens and contingency placement for physicians, Quest Healthcare Solutions recruits the best employees in the healthcare industry, staffing hospitals, urgent cares, and practices across the nation.

Dennis began her career as a receptionist for Jackson and Coker, a physician recruitment firm, quickly working her way up through multiple roles in the company including Radiology Marketing Consultant, Primary Care Recruiter and Account Manager, eventually becoming Surgery and OBGYN Senior Marketing Consultant. After 10 years of gained experience in the healthcare staffing industry, Dennis began as Multi-Specialty Physician Recruiting Consultant for Alliance Recruiting Resources.

With her extensive physician and healthcare recruiting and sales experience, Dennis began working with Quest Healthcare Solutions in 2010 as Managing Director and has led her team to become a leader in the healthcare staffing industry.

Miguel Boland joined Quest Technology Consulting Services, a division of QuestGroup LLC in January 2014. Prior to Quest, Miguel partnered with Fahrenheit IT from January 2011 to December 2013 as the Vice President of IT Consulting. He has also held a variety of roles in the staffing industry; serving as a Division Director, Branch Manager, Vice President of Major Accounts and Regional Vice President for Robert Half International and Allegis Group.

Boland has over 14 years of experience in the industry where he has been heavily involved in recruiting, training, and developing Divisional Directors, Staffing Managers, and Recruiters in various Southeast markets. He graduated from the University of Miami with a Bachelors of Business Administration in May 1999, and a Masters of Information Systems in January 2008.

Tim Clark is the Managing Director of Professional Healthcare Services at Quest Healthcare Solutions, a sister company of Quest Group. He is an expert at leading a team to recruit healthcare professionals, pairing top employees with quality hospitals and medical practices.

Clark spent four years as a member of the U.S. Coast Guard before entering the staffing industry. He began his first staffing position as a Recruiter for The Hart Group. He went on to hold numerous staffing recruitment positions among firms including HR Solutions, McCarthy and McNeil, and again at The Hart Group where he spent 10 years as the Director of the Search Division.

He spent two years as Practice Manager of Professional Search for the Solomon Edwards Group before becoming Quest Healthcare Solutions' Managing Director of Professional Healthcare Services.

Clark has over 18 years of professional staffing experience and leads his team with highly-recommended professional leadership and recruitment skills.

Phyllis Michels is currently the Managing Director of the Accounting, Finance & Professional Services Division at Quest Group Executive Search and Staffing Solutions. She has been a member of the Quest Group team since 2011, making her an asset to the company and clients with staffing needs.

After attending Arizona State University, Michels worked for Basilone-Oliver Executive Search. While there, she made excellent connections and gained experience allowing her to be hired at firstPRO, Inc. as the Vice President of the Accounting and Finance Division. At that time, it was a start-up boutique firm, Michels was the 3rd hire in their new Atlanta office. During her ten years at firstPRO, she gained the strategic partnerships that led her to Quest Group Executive Search and Staffing Solutions.

Phyllis's responsibilities at Quest Group include hiring team members that would be a valuable asset through excellent leadership skills and creating strategic partnerships with companies in need of direct-hire staffing, and providing her own market intelligence expertise to her team and company as a whole. As a Managing Director at Quest Group she is also a decision-maker for the staffing firm, allowing her experience to grow and thrive within the Quest Group environment.

Steve Petchel is Managing Director for Quest’s full line of service offerings in the Northeast. He joined the company in October of 2015 and brings nearly 30 years of successful experience in the IT Consulting, recruiting and staffing space. Prior to joining Quest Group, he spent over 6 years as EVP for TechLink Systems where he took a company that lost money in 2009 to one that at peak, was producing revenue in excess of $34 MM and well beyond target profitability on the bottom line. During his tenure, he took a predominate VMS service model to true commercial consulting, opening a recruiting/development center offshore and a Philadelphia office location.

A product of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, Steve began his career in retained search, serving as a producing VP after learning the business, then owning his own firm. He held successful Senior Management roles with CDI Corporation (10 years), GES (3 years) and The Computer Merchant (7 years).

Kamal attended The University of Memphis where he was introduced to the staffing industry. Over the last 15 years he’s lead Business Development within banking and finance. His industry knowledge and ability to multifunction allows him to foster lasting client relationships.

Prior to joining Quest Group Kamal worked as Market and Branch Leader for local staffing firms. He’s an Atlanta native that joined Quest Group in 2015 to manage to Professional Staffing Services division.

Nick Holowiak works as a Managing Director of Quest Group within the Professional Staffing Services division. A consummate professional, who specializes in Human Resources & Operations and Talent Acquisitions, Nick joined Quest Group in 2011 as a founding member of the “Accounting and Finance Staffing” division. He has over 5 years industry experience and prides himself on delivering on his word. Building, coaching and mentoring a successful recruiting team and providing value to his clients is something he excels in.

Nick is a proud member of the Bulldog Family, having graduated from the University of Georgia with a Bachelor’s Degree in Management (Human Resources) in 2005. Prior to embarking in his Talent Acquisitions/Staffing career, Nick held positions held at Ameriprise Financial and Enterprise-Rent-a-Car.

Shaun is the Managing Director of the Information Technology Division of Quest Group in Atlanta. After studying Computer Science and Sales & Marketing at Tuskegee University, Shaun joined a systems integration firm and was responsible for developing a touchscreen control system to control prison facilities. While traveling the country implementing this new technology, he became well verse in the disciplines of Application and Database Development, Project Management, and Systems Integration.

In 2008 Shaun decided to leverage his technical background to recruit IT professionals for clients in Atlanta at Robert Half. Throughout his time in the IT Staffing & Recruiting industry, he has been a part of two successful startups, been awarded President's Club honors, and has impacted many careers in Atlanta, and across the country.

At Quest Group, Shaun has the unique privilege of leading and growing an exceptionally talented team of Account Managers and Recruiters, who make the magic of connecting people with opportunities happen daily.

Don has strong experiences in a variety of industries and has built a career in defining product strategy, leading partner relationships, and driving the implementation of agile and lean startup methodologies. True to Quest Group values, Don has a passion for bringing solutions to market that delight customers. Don builds high performing teams that deliver solutions to organizations ranging in size from startups to Fortune 100 enterprises across a number of industries. His continued focus on the customer’s unique environment and creating value make his team highly sought after in the consulting space.

Prior to joining Quest Group, Mr. Finley operated a consulting firm focused on all aspects of product development in small to large enterprises. Prior to consulting, Don held executive roles in Technology and Product Management and was responsible for the product strategy, technology deployment and execution of new product development.

Mr. Finley earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science from Ohio University.

Joanne Feeney is Managing Director for the Northeast Division for QuestGroup. With offices in both Philadelphia and New York, she specializes in delivering Quest’s full spectrum of IT Solutions to customers on a national basis. Joanne’s career spans over 20 years in Information Technology in a number of roles with both Regional and National companies. Starting as an IT recruiter out of school, she has held increasingly responsible roles in recruiting management, Business Development, Sales Management and most recently East Coast Director for a national consulting company. Joanne is a graduate of Chestnut Hill College in Philadelphia, is a Washington, DC native, and resides in Philadelphia.