Joe Salas

About Joe Salas

One of the companies Joe helped found has a mantra of “Bringing The Best Together.” In many ways, the best of his experiences have helped him bring together the essential qualities to lead a variety of companies in the spaces of Information Technology, Real Estate, Hospitality and Venture Capital.On any given day, Joe is:• Focusing the strategy for a new business unit halfway around the world • Striving to better understand the larger perspective of what a Fortune 500 firm demands from its talent base• Building a deeper relationship with a stakeholder from a Global company• Sharing ideas on best recruitment practices and industry trends with the CIO of a large company• Mentoring a group of entrepreneurs on how to transform their startup from a promising concept to receiving the next critical round of funding• Identifying fundraising and volunteer efforts that enable a variety of companies to give back to the communities that surround them• Advising an over-80-year-old landmark establishment on how to deliver modern offerings made for today’s discerning businessperson

Experience

1. Chief Executive Officer

   Innovative Systems Group

   Dec 2002 — Present

   Bringing the Best Together\"In a technological landscape where quick turnarounds and short acclimation timeframes are becoming the new standard of business, CIOs, procurement executives and hiring managers need a company that does so much more than source a role today with a qualified IT consultant. They need a partner who is consistently “Bringing The Best Together” to help them be in the right place at the right time and seamlessly adapt to a host of changes on the consulting, outsourcing and project management front. That’s why they choose Innovative Systems Group (ISG). For a clientele that includes a variety of companies in the Fortune 500, we bring the best people and resources together so our clients can hit the ground running. Whether that calls for obtaining that special kind of talent who meshes culturally with the organization’s goals for years to come, flexible OnDemand solutions to help clients quickly scale up or down or inventive options in OnShore development that enable us to keep consultants close to client operations while preserving their current space on-site.ISG is how forward-thinking businesses find the highest level of intelligence on the IT consultants, trends and tools that will shape the next era. So they can continue to lead rather than follow.

Education

• DePaul University

  B.S., Management Information Systems