Management
Mark Aylward
Mark has over 20 years of experience in IT Staffing as a recruiter, account manager, manager and business owner in local, national and international markets. From January of 2006 until December of 2007, Mark has been the Branch Manager for the Central Florida operations of Strategic Staffing Solutions. This position was the result of a 2-year employment agreement, which stemmed from the sale of Mark’s company, I-Tech Solutions to Strategic Staffing Solutions in January of 2006. In January of 1997, Mark founded I-Tech Solutions. I-Tech was a technical staffing firm specializing in temporary and permanent placement of Information Technology resources nationally. Mark founded I-Tech with one partner and after building a profitable entity, he and his partner sold the company to Strategic Staffing Solutions in January of 2006.
Prior to co-founding I-Tech Solutions, Mark was Southeast Regional Manager for Computer Professionals, Inc. While at Computer Professionals, Mark managed three offices and 350 consultants. Mark's region was responsible for generating over $40 Million in annual revenues.
In 1993, Mark Co-Founded Career Enhancement International. First year revenues were $2.5 Million. In year two, Career Enhancement double it's first year’s revenue and in year two Computer Professionals acquired Career Enhancements.
Mark holds a BBA in Marketing from the University of Notre Dame. He resides in College Park, FL.
Jeff Jackson
Jeff has over 15 years of experience in IT Staffing as a recruiter, account manager and business owner in local, national and international markets. From February of 2003 to December of 2007, Jeff provided recruiting consulting services to several large multinational system integration firms. His success delivering to these firms resulted in business opportunities that are in part, the impetus for the creation of Lucid Solutions, LLC. In June of 1997, Jeff co-founded Everest Consulting Group, which he sold in January of 2003. Everest Consulting was a technical staffing firm that specialized in providing technical resources to customers on a contract basis. Jeff was instrumental in building Everest to 200+ employees with 4 offices in the U.S and 3 overseas. At its peak in 2002, Everest’s annual revenues were in excess of 24 million.
Prior to founding Everest Consulting Group, Jeff was a Regional manager for Sai People Solutions, Inc. where he began his career in IT staffing as a recruiter in 1992.
Jeff holds a Bachelors degree in Business Administration from Louisiana State University.
Lucid was founded in 2007 by two people with over 35 years of combined experience in the Information Technology Staffing business. We have experience with Fortune 500 clients as well as small and medium size businesses. Because people with strong recruiting experience run the firm, our ability to identify qualified resources and qualify them in a timely fashion positions us as a leader in time-to-market as well as quality.
