Kevin Smith

Kevin Smith

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Staffing Expert in Legal, HR, Marketing, Hospitality, Executive Support, Reception and More
New York, United States

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  • Gainor Staffing
    Vice President of Business Development
    Gainor Staffing
    Sep 2025 - Current (1 year 2 months)
    A career move to Gainor Staffing allows me to better serve my community of legal & professional services leaders with flexible, cost-effective temp and perm staffing solutions rooted in Gainor’s values: trust, integrity & impact. Looking forward to building new partnerships & continuing to help clients align growth with great talent.
  • Yorkson Legal
    VP, Director of Contract Sales Operations now Regional Sales Manager
    Yorkson Legal
    Sep 2019 - Sep 2025 (6 years 1 month)
    Develop relationships with legal hiring managers at various fortune 1000 corporate legal departments and AM Law 200 law firms. Grow Yorkson Legal's temp business, primarily substantive placement of contract staff via seconded attorneys and paralegals as well as specialty and foreign language e-discovery projects. Train sales team to help grow the business.
  • Yorkson Legal
    VP
    Yorkson Legal
    Jul 2017 - Sep 2025 (8 years 3 months)
    Yorkson Legal is a legal staffing firm that provides seconded attorneys and temp paralegals for substantive projects, document review, and a variety of legal matters at Fortune 1000 and AM Law 200 clients. Our innovative and cost effective staffing solutions are on a temporary, temp-to-hire, or even permanent basis. We love competing in the marketplace by supplying large litigation cases with attorneys for document review and other substantive matters. For more information please go to www.yorkson.com.

    We are a certified Women’s Business Enterprise (WBE) by the Women's Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC)
  • Forrest Solutions
    Director, Enterprise-Wide Business Development
    Forrest Solutions
    May 2016 - Jun 2017 (1 year 2 months)
    As an outside sales professional, I sell and install onsite outsourcing & staffing solutions. I focus on People, Solutions, and Technology. Clients like PWC, NY Times, and Y&R hire my team to increase the service levels of their non-core business functions, drive down costs, and take care of their people. My firm has been an industry leader for 40 years, providing clients with access to a broad suite of services. The company's daily operations are overseen by the owners themselves and a tenured Executive Leadership team, underpinned by innovative technology, the deepest network of talent in the industry, and 40 years of relationships in the New York market. My group is the recipient of numerous quality and performance awards and boasts exce
  • Community College of Philadelphia
    Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurship, Marketing, and Management
    Community College of Philadelphia
    May 2011 - Jan 2015 (3 years 9 months)
    Promote and educate students regarding CCP business course materials. Self-taught how to write a new course from scratch and self-taught how to build online courses from scratch in order to educate diverse students by lecturing online and in person. Performed lectures for various business courses including marketing & personal selling, management principles, and fundamentals of entrepreneurship.
    • Achieved 90% of student learning outcomes!
    • Selected by dean teach the first ever entrepreneurship course at the Community College of Philadelphia!
  • Smith Solutions powered by Proforma
    Senior Account Executive
    Smith Solutions powered by Proforma
    Jan 2008 - Feb 2016 (8 years 2 months)
    Use knowledge of traditional print and online media along with excellent communication skills and analytical abilities to hunt for and grow new and existing business. Manage and lead regional business development activities to drive new revenue. Use influencing and relationship building skills to ensure completely satisfying client service. Continuously uncover the business needs of P&P’s key clients including the Wharton School of Business, Sunoco, the NFL, in order to understand how P&P’s range of products and services can help and grow their business. Create effective approaches to closing new business. Managed the back end of the business by making Accounts Receivables a priority.
    • Started a book of business from scratch and grew
  • Enterprise Rentacar
    Branch Manager
    Enterprise Rentacar
    Jun 2004 - Jan 2008 (3 years 8 months)
    In coordination with Sales Management, identified, qualified, developed, and closed sales opportunities. Within 2 years of starting as a new management trainee, I was promoted 5 times to manage an extra-large 250 car store and trained a team of 2 assistant managers, 6 management trainees, 3 drivers, and a car prep to successfully perform inside sales of ERAC products to in-store customers while I performed outside sales to corporate accounts, regional insurance agents, car dealerships, and body shops. Was responsible for the AR’s getting paid in 30-90 days.
    • Executed Fleet growth at 30% year over year vs 10% company average
    • Consistently produced profit margins above company goals of $110/car
    • Lead the region in customer s
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  • La Salle University
    MBA, General Business Administration
    La Salle University
    Jan 2008 - Dec 2010 (3 years)
  • La Salle University
    Bachelor's Degree, Marketing
    La Salle University
    Jan 2000 - Dec 2004 (5 years)
    Albert Bell Award Winner
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    High School
    Conwell Egan Catholic
    Jan 1996 - Dec 2000 (5 years)
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      Albert Bell Award Winner
      The Philadelphia Eagles and La Salle University
      May 2004
      La Salle University Division 1-AA College Football Most Valuable Player