Our Recruiters
Corey Morrill, President & Co-Founder
All recruiters say the right thing...very few do the right thing.
Corey Morrill is the President and Co-Founder of Bridgeway. Corey was a Vice President of a Super Regional Bank, Charter One, with direct responsibility over 150 Banking Centers. In that role, he launched an affinity banking program responsible for generating over 35k consumer checking accounts in its first year. He also successfully built the bank's Northeast Ohio Business Development Team, responsible for commercial relationship management. Corey has been recruiting since 1997, and prior to Bridgeway Search Group was the Vice President & Partner of a local, independent staffing firm. While successful, he saw the inefficiencies of a smaller, independent organization and recognized the value proposition of joining the largest recruiting organization in the world: MRINetwork™.
Don't take our word for it…ask our clients:
"Corey and his team take a personal vested interest in our departments. You can see that they take pride in helping us to hire the top talent in the market place. An unsuccessful search with another recruiting company led us to Bridgeway. They far exceeded our expectations on the first search and haven't let us down since. I would encourage any recruiting department that uses external firms today to consider Bridgeway. We've clearly seen the difference."
A.Steinmeier, AVP, Citizens Bank.
Contact Information:
Office: (216) 621-9700 ext. 200
Fax: (216) 621-9710
E-mail: cmorrill@bridgewaysearch.com
John DiVitto, EVP, Managing Partner & Co-Founder
Banking Practice
John DiVitto is a Managing Partner of Bridgeway Search Group, a recruitment solutions leader within the Banking, Accounting, and Finance industries. As a Group Leader in the Mortgage Department of a super regional bank, John was a consistent Top 5 performer of over 50 officers. John's knowledge of the inner workings of a bank lend directly to his strategic advantage in identifying the top talent in the marketplace. He selectively finds organizations that offer aggressive career opportunities and matches those positions with documented top performers of area competitors.
John has been involved in recruiting since 2002 where he has personally been involved identifying, recruiting and contracting top performers including sales executives, mortgage lenders, commercial lenders, and branch managers.
John also possesses an MBA with a focus in Finance from the prestigious Case Western Reserve University located in Cleveland, Ohio.
Contact Information:
Office: (216) 621-9700 ext. 101
Fax: (216) 621-9710
E-mail: jdivitto@bridgewaysearch.com
James Thomas, VP, Managing Partner
Accounting & Finance Practice
Northern Ohio Market
Recruiting is the most pure sales position in business today. It isn’t about convincing people to buy your product, it’s about understanding a client’s needs (company or individual) and creating a solution that helps them become more successful. You won’t find a stronger sales person in this area than Jim Thomas.
Jim discovered his aptitude for sales while in college. While working through his final year of college for a marketing organization, Jim was recognized as their #1 annual producer in the country out of over 1200 other college intern sales representatives.
Upon graduating from Baldwin Wallace College (BS Chemistry), Jim accepted a position in medical equipment sales. After leading his team in sales for 3 of his first 5 months and surpassing 140% of his production goals, Jim was awarded a Team Leader position with responsibility for building and maintaining a team of 10 Inside Sales representatives. In Jim’s final year there, his team ranked in the top 3 of all teams for 10 of 12 months, with 4 Number 1 finishes.
At Bridgeway, Jim holds the office record for fastest placement upon hire, finding his first client/candidate match in just 8 days! He has become a passionate student of the MRINetwork Way™, and brings a tight structure to the process of hiring that inevitably benefits both company and individual alike.
Contact Information:
Office: (216) 621-9700 ext. 103
Fax: (216) 621-9710
E-mail: jthomas@bridgewaysearch.com
Joe Stepan, Market Manager
Accounting & Finance Practice
Southern Ohio Market
Over 11 years, Joe has won more awards than his office wall can support.
Among those:
- #1 Annual Sales Volume Team Producer
- #1 Branch Manager- Branch Customer Service Ranking
- #1 Top Sales and Profitability Producer- Division
- #1 Ancillary Sales Producer- Market
- President's Award- Annual Business Growth and Retention
Joe began his career with Enterprise Rent-A-Car. Joe fast tracked through this organization receiving promotions from Manager Trainee, Manager Assistant, Assistant Manager, Branch Manager and finally Senior Account Executive for their fleet Services Division in his 4 years there. He next spent 3 years with a major private corporation where he worked with Super Regional/Large Community Banks and financial institutions providing back office outsourcing solutions. This role led him to Allianz Inc., the well known International provider of asset management, insurance, and banking services. At Allianz, Joe assisted fortune 250 and Middle Market enterprises with their credit management programs. Most noteworthy in this role was consultation with a major national bank that resulted in them realizing $10 Million Dollars in bottom line revenue growth through a progressive credit management program.
Joe's business sophistication and passion to support his clients will earn the confidence of any company or candidate he engages.
Contact Information:
Office: 216.621.9700 x106
Fax: (216) 621-9710
Email: jstepan@bridgewaysearch.com
Veronica Ybarra, Market Manager
Accounting & Finance Practice
Central Ohio Market
Veronica Ybarra began her sales career as a Timeshare Sales Representative with Bluegreen Corporation. She was named "Salesperson of the Year" in her first year with this publicly traded company that was recognized as one of Fortune Magazine's 100 fastest Growing companies. She was quickly promoted into a Senior Sales role and eventually assumed a Branch Sales Management position.
Veronica graduated from Bowling Green State University with a 4.0 GPA as a Broadcast Journalism Major. She worked in the newsroom at Bowling Green's local station (BG 24) and was eventually promoted to anchor. She is also an active member of her Sorority: Kappa Tau Alpha.
Her educational awards include the National Honor Society, Ohio State Board of Education- Award of Merit, Golden Key National Honor Society, United States Hispanic Leadership Institute- Certificate of Merit, and Ohio State Board of Education- Certificate of Recognition for Proficient Honors.
An extreme extrovert, Veronica builds strong and trusting relationships with the candidates she engages.
Contact Information:
Office: 216.621.9700 ext. 110
Fax: (216) 621-9710
Email: vybarra@bridgewaysearch.com
Dave Birger, Market Manager
Banking Practice
Southeast Market
Candid…Insightful…Vehement. After speaking with Dave, these are the adjectives you would use to describe him. A highly competent sales professional, Dave spent 2 years with a telecom company out of college where he was recognized as the top producing rep in Ohio for 2006. This award was a demonstration of both his ability to win new business and more importantly his ability to delight his clients as illustrated by his "best in market" retention rate. What does this mean to you? Speak with Dave and you’ll know he means what he says and says what he means. He’ll work harder to maintain your relationship than he did to earn it. That is a trait too rare in sales people today. A graduate of the University of Tennessee with a double major in business and psychology, Dave will sing the Volunteer fight song as he celebrates your next career move with you.
Contact Information:
Office: 216.621.9700 ext. 104
Fax: (216) 621-9710
Email: dbirger@bridgewaysearch.com
James Bollenbacher, Jr., Market Manager
Banking Practice
Mid Atlantic & New England Market
"For most people, it's not what they are that holds them back, it's what they think they are not." This, a quote by one of Jim's early sales mentors and Best Selling Author John Maxwell, helps propel Jim in his business efforts daily. Jim is the greatest asset any financial institution or top banking professional in Pennsylvania can have in their corner. Whether it is finding the next impact commercial lender for an organization on the move, or supporting a proven player in considering options outside of their current organization, Jim will "out care" his competition every day.
A 2005 Graduate of The Ohio State University's Fisher College of Business, Jim began his sales career in mortgage lending, where he was part of a team recognized in the Top 5 of almost 80 with a National Lending Institution. In just his second full month of originating loans, Jim led his region in Monthly Sales. Referred to us through a mutual acquaintance and based in California at the time, our opportunity was enough to convince him to move back to the Midwest. We couldn't be happier with that decision and are confident you too will recognize his competence in a single conversation.
Contact Information:
Office: 216.621.9700 ext. 105
Fax: (216) 621-9710
Email: jbollenbacher@bridgewaysearch.com
Steve Norton, Market Manager
Accounting & Finance Practice
Western Pennsylvania Market
Steve Norton established a quote still discussed within our organization while he was in the final stages of our hiring process: "The excitement of this opportunity is that it plays the most crucial role of any vendor/partner for a company: helping to build the strongest organization in their marketplace. In the end, nothing matters to the success of a company as much as the talent they possess internally. Within that, we can have an extraordinary impact on the careers of those individuals we represent and endorse to these companies. No other sales role offers that dual reward."
Steve certainly had a track record that offered him options. With 2 years of sales experience at eBlueprint, Steve earned his place as one of the leading representatives in the organization and as a recruiting target for us. His discipline and strength of character was developed while at The University of Dayton where he was a 4 year member and 2 year letter winner of their National Championship football program. He graduated with a Major in Marketing and Minor in Communications.
Contact Information:
216.621.9700 x108
Email: snorton@bridgewaysearch.com
Jessica Orsky, Market Manager
Sales Practice
Northeast Ohio Market
Contact Information:
Office: 216.621.9700 ext. 113
Fax: 216.621.9710
jorsky@bridgewaysearch.com
Josh Hammond, Market Manager
Accounting & Finance Practice
Philadelphia Market
Contact Information:
Phone: 216.621.9700 ext. 112
Fax: 216.621.9710
jhammond@bridgewaysearch.com
Matt Lamb, Market Manager
Accounting & Finance Practice
Chicago Market
Contact Information:
Phone: 216.621.9700 ext. 107
Fax: 216.621.9710
mlamb@bridgewaysearch.com
Bret Lamb, Market Manager
Banking Practice
Southwest Market
Contact Information:
Phone: 216.621.9700 ext. 111
Fax: 216.621.9710
blamb@bridgewaysearch.com
Katie McVey, Project Coordinator
Banking Practice
Behind every great search is a great coordinator who builds the long list of potential impact players for a position. We'll put Katie up against any Coordinator in the industry for this.
Katie began her professional career in sales in the mortgage banking field. She was recruited into the staffing profession with a national firm, promoting to a position of Lead Recruiter within 2 years. In this role, she was monumental in helping her office receive national recognition, being ranked in the top 4 of all offices for 11 consecutive months.
To compliment her strong background, Katie has a BS from Bowling Green State University with a specialization in Human Resource Management.
When you experience a successful search campaign with one of our recruiters, please take a moment to recognize the foundation for that success… Katie McVey.
Contact Information:
Office: (216) 621-9700 ext. 100
Fax: (216) 621-9710
E-mail: kmcvey@bridgewaysearch.com
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