Eliassen Group LLC, an IT staffing firm based in Reading, Massachusetts, acquired SafeNet Consulting, a provider of IT staffing based in Minnetonka, Minnesota. The deal aims to provide clients with a wider range of services and access to a greater professional network of candidates as well as expand Eliassen’s Midwest presence.

“Not only will our clients benefit from expanded expertise across Eliassen’s areas of specialization — like application development, data sciences and analytics, cybersecurity, and financial and risk advisory — our consultants will now be connected to opportunities for roles nationwide,” Kelli Schnieder, SafeNet’s president and CEO, said in a press release.

SafeNet was founded in 1994.

“SafeNet comes to Eliassen with a wealth of incredible experience, wonderful clients and an impressive group of talented professionals,” Eliassen Group said in a press release.

Eliassen ranks as the 14th-largest IT staffing provider in the US. The company’s previous acquisitions include Foothills Consulting Group, an IT staffing provider based in Burbank, California, in 2022 and Fidato Partners LLC, a provider of retained and contingent search, in 2021.