ATS Services/Dunhill Staffing Becomes Talagy

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Mon Jun 1, 2009 10:15am EDT

Delores Kesler Announces New Investors and Management Team

JACKSONVILLE, Fla., June 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Today Delores Kesler, chairman and
founder of ATS Services, a national provider of staffing and employment
services, announced new investors, a new management team and a new company
name.  Effective immediately, ATS Services and Dunhill Staffing Systems will
operate as Talagy, a term which literally means Talent in Action.  Derek
Mercer, Kesler's nephew, will assume the role of chairman of Talagy and Amy
McGeorge, a 20-year veteran of the human resources industry, will become
president and CEO.  Kesler will serve as chairman emeritus.  

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Mercer is no stranger to ATS Services or the staffing industry. He was the
director of information technology for ATS Services nearly twenty years ago. 
In 1996, he founded Vurv Technology, a global provider of on-demand talent
management software that grew to over $50 million in annual revenue,
delivering software to more than 350 enterprise clients and nearly 2,000 small
and medium businesses.  In 2008, the company was acquired by Taleo, a public
company, for approximately $128.8 million, providing a return to Kesler who
was the company's first investor having provided a loan to Mercer to start the
business.  Now it's Mercer making the investment -- in the business that
launched Kesler's storied career.

McGeorge is a career human resources executive.  As COO of Vurv, she reversed
more than $12 million in annual losses to annual profit while increasing
revenue by more than 20 percent and gross margins by 23 percent.  Prior to
that, she spent nearly a decade overseeing operations for CitiStreet, a global
provider of employee benefits services where she was COO, and served as a
managing consultant for Hewitt Associates, the world's largest multi-service
provider of HR consulting and outsourcing.

"This is an exciting time in the growth and evolution of ATS, and I'm pleased
to allow the next generation of leadership to take the helm," said Kesler. 
"Mercer and McGeorge are among the best in their field, and I can't think of a
better duo to take this company to the next level."  

While the products and services previously offered by ATS/Dunhill will remain
the same, Talagy will offer a different delivery model.  "ATS operated with
multiple brands and business units.  Talagy will consolidate products,
services, processes and technology under the Talagy brand, offering clients
better access to every type of staffing from one entity," said McGeorge.  "Our
goal is to break through the noise to deliver high-quality candidates while
making the recruiting process more efficient and user friendly."  

ATS Services was created by Kesler in 1977.  Throughout her tenure, Kesler led
her company to great success, eventually forming a parent company that merged
with three other staffing firms.  The resulting business split into two
ventures: AccuStaff (now Modis/MPS Group) and ATS Services (now Talagy). 
Kesler took AccuStaff public in 1994, becoming the first woman in Florida and
one of the first women in the U.S. to lead an IPO.

About Talagy: 
Headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida, Talagy provides employment services to
clients and candidates nationwide in a variety of industries. For more than 50
years, Talagy has been doing business across the country under a variety of
great brands such as ATS and Dunhill Staffing and specializes in Temporary
Staffing, Professional and Executive Search, Recruitment Process Outsourcing
and Professional Contract Staffing.  For more information, visit Talagy.com. 


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SOURCE  ATS Services and Dunhill Staffing Systems

Heather Surface, +1-904-588-4140, Heather@surfacecommunications.com, for ATS
Services and Dunhill Staffing Systems
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