Rob Klaus
President & CEO
Rob leads Merge IT with decades of finance and professional services experience from organizations including Randstad and Kforce. He is focused on service excellence, trust, loyalty, and a welcoming company culture.
The people of Merge
Meet the Leadership Team
Seasoned experts with experience across multiple industries, ready to collaborate and guide clients toward growth.
Leadership
A senior team built around service, talent, operations, and trust
Merge IT staff includes seasoned experts with experience across multiple industries and a proven track record of success.
The team combines professional services leadership, talent operations, HR, payroll, IT operations, legal guidance, and client service discipline.
Leadership
Experienced operators behind the work
Alex Zaldivar
EVP of Business Operations
Alex is a founding member with 25 years of experience in finance, accounting, mergers and acquisitions, and technology consulting. His background spans Ernst & Young, Andersen, MBAF, SilverSky, and Cybraics.
Joe Tracey
EVP of Business Development
Joe brings more than two decades of IT professional management experience and has led business development teams through authentic customer service, employee relations, and talent management.
Mario Russo
EVP of Talent Solutions
Mario has more than 15 years of experience across technology and staffing, from IT recruiting to strategic account leadership. He helped expand Merge IT internationally and strengthens its global talent engine.
Joel Boniske
EVP of HR and Payroll
Joel has more than 20 years of business development experience and deep expertise across ERP, CRM, business intelligence, data warehousing, and collaboration platforms.
Chris Lawler
Director of Human Resources
Chris supports the people systems and HR operating discipline behind Merge IT teams.
Amy Reich
Director of Payroll
Amy leads payroll operations with the accuracy and responsiveness required by a people-first services organization.
Mark Smith
Senior Director of Information Technology
Mark guides internal IT operations and service reliability for the Merge IT organization.
David Tabb
General Counsel
David supports Merge IT with legal guidance across client, employee, and operational matters.
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