Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> March 2, 2000
RAYMOND MARCY is Chairman, President and CEO of Interim Services Inc.,
one of the world's leading providers of flexible staffing and human
resources consulting, with more than 1,000 offices throughout North
America, Europe and Asia. He joined the company in 1989 as President,
adding Chief Executive responsibilities in 1991 and Chairman duties in
1997. Since 1989, Interim has seen record growth in company-wide sales,
from $593.9 million to $4 billion in 1999. A few highlights of the
company's growth under Marcy's direction include: Since the IPO in 1994,
Interim has nearly tripled its network of offices from 373 more than
1,000 locations in 12 countries around the world; at the IPO, Interim
stock traded at $10 a share and recently, the stock reached $20 ' double
its value; the market capitalization at the time of the company's IPO
was $200 million, and today, that value has grown to over $1.4 billion '
a six-fold increase in six years; company-wide sales have experienced
record growth, from $593.9 million in 1989 to $2.1 billion in 1998; and
Interim has grown, on average, 23% each year over the past decade, and
is on track to double its size every four years. Mr. Marcy has more than
25 years' experience in the staffing industry. He began his career in
the industry in 1972 as a client service representative with Manpower,
Inc. in Dayton, Ohio. He soon joined Manpower's management team and
later headed its corporate sales center and national accounts
department. Mr. Marcy served as Senior Vice President of Operations for
Adia Services, Inc., and while retaining the position, was named
President and Chief Executive officer of NurseFinders, Inc., the health
care subsidiary. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree and a Master of
Business Administration degree from the University of Dayton in Ohio. He
and his wife reside in Parkland, Florida Profile
Services, just to set the stage for our readers?
Mr. Marcy: Interim as a company is about 53 years old, so we've been
involved
