IT Staffing Report: Dec. 1, 2022

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TEKsystems’ president takes CEO role at Allegis Group; Mastech Digital names CEO of Mastech InfoTrellis

Allegis Group and Mastech Digital Inc. (NYSEAMERICAN: MHH) announced changes in their executive suites.

Allegis Group

Allegis Group, which ranks as the largest staffing firm in the US based on revenue, announced its president, Andy Hilger, will step down from the role at the end of this year. The group also announced that Jay Alvather will take on the new Allegis Group CEO role effective January 2023.

Alvather has served in various executive leadership positions for more than 25 years, most recently serving as president of TEKsystems, Allegis Group’s largest operating company and the largest IT staffing firm in the US.

“I am excited to take on this new role — supporting and enabling our amazing team members as they create significant opportunity for our customers, consultants and contract employees,” Alvather said. “As we have done for nearly 40 years now, our network of specialized companies will continue to grow and transform to meet the needs of our global customers while we reinforce our cultural legacy of strong relationships and superior service.”

Hilger is stepping down after holding various strategic leadership roles across the Allegis Group network of companies over the past 25 years. The company noted that while he will be stepping out of his day-to-day leadership role, Hilger will remain involved as a strategic advisor.

Both Hilger and Alvather have appeared on SIA’s Staffing 100 list of most influential people in the industry.

Mastech InfoTrellis

Mastech Digital appointed Michael Fleishman as CEO of Mastech InfoTrellis, effective Nov. 14.

Fleishman has more than 27 years of digital technology experience and most recently spearheaded digital transformation for capital markets at IT services giant Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. (NASDAQ: CTSH) as head of digital transformation sales - cloud, data, AI, applications for BFS North America. Prior to that, Fleishman held several leadership roles at IBM, Virtusa and Unisys.

As CEO, Fleishman will lead Mastech InfoTrellis’ data and analytics services segment. He takes over the role from Ganeshan Venkateshwaran, who resigned on Nov. 1 after seven months in the position.

“Michael has the knowledge, reputation and drive to be successful at Mastech InfoTrellis, and I’m looking forward to working as a team to build value for our constituents,” Mastech Digital CEO Vivek Gupta said.