Kip Havel is the Chief Marketing Officer of Signature Consultants, one of the largest IT staffing providers in the United States. He has more than 20 years of experience in marketing and communications and has received national recognition as one of “4 Under 40” Emerging Leaders by the American Marketing Association, a “Rising Star” by PR Week and an “Ace Communicator” by Ragan and PR Daily.

Prior to this role, he was the Chief Marketing Officer at Cross Country Healthcare. He has also held senior marketing roles at Randstad US, Aflac and Spherion Corporation.

He started his career working at global PR agencies Hill + Knowlton Strategies and Edelman Worldwide.

He and his teams have received numerous awards and accolades, including multiple PRSA Silver and Bronze Anvil Awards, recognition as the top social media program in the insurance industry by Northwestern University in 2014 and 2015 and one of his social media programs was named as BrandWeek’s #2 Bright Idea of 2008.