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Joe Gross

President and Managing Partner

For the past 30 years, Joe Gross has built and led high-performing recruiting and HR organizations, attracting top industry talent, while focusing on delivering a legendary customer experience. Under Joe’s stewardship, CIO Partners has been recognized by Forbes as the top executive search firm with a 100% niche in technology leadership engagements and ranked number one by the Atlanta Business Chronicle as a Best Place to Work. Previously, Joe served as COO for the firm while effectively managing, improving, and scaling all company operations.

Prior to joining CIO Partners in 2015, Joe managed client engagement and talent acquisition for a global leader in document management, digital solutions, and data protection. Earlier in his career, he held multiple leadership roles with an executive search and recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) firm that served a diversified $1M-$50B client base. Joe began his career in the technology sector as a professional recruiter and progressed quickly into an account executive and branch manager role for a national IT consulting firm.

Joe is a member of North Point Community Church and actively volunteers his time for service in his local community. Under his leadership, CIO Partners annually tithes 10% of net profits to charity.