Bond International Software named Tim Giehll as group CEO. In addition, Bond and TempBuddy announced a partnership that will include the integration of TempBuddy’s mobile offering with Bond software.

Private equity firm Symphony Technology Group (STG) acquired Bond International Software on 4 November 2016  followed shortly thereafter by the acquisition of Ireland-based TempBuddy  on 23 November.William Chisholm, Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer, STG, comments, “Bond and TempBuddy deliver a unique and compelling solution that addresses both sides of the recruitment and staffing equation: permanent or direct hire, plus the ever-growing contingent workforce. By leveraging each other’s strengths of world-class staffing software and award-winning technological innovation alongside STG’s backing and strategic input, they are poised to become global staffing software market leaders.”

Giehll returns to Bond to lead the new partnership. Giehll had served at Bond as global chief marketing and strategy officer in the US before serving as chief revenue officer at staffing software firm Avionté and, most recently, at freelancer management system provider Field Nation, where he served as executive VP of operations. Roderick Smyth, CEO of TempBuddy, will be taking on the broader role of Chief Product and Strategy Officer.

Whilst sharing joint leadership, the two companies will retain separate corporate structures allowing them to operate together, but also separately so that staffing companies can choose their own CRM and still benefit from TempBuddy’s revolutionary contingent workforce software.

TempBuddy is an online tool for managing contingent workers. It allows workers pick their jobs via their smart phones. It then enables workers to check in from the worksite using a smart phone, without need for a time clock, and verifies the worker is on site using GPS from the workers’ smart phones.

Regarding the strategic direction of the two companies Giehll, explains, “With the unification of Bond’s time-tested staffing solutions and the Uber-like user experience of TempBuddy, we will create a new mobile-based software solution that will revolutionise the global staffing industry.”