President and CEO
QPS Employment Group
Brookfield, WI
Ryan Festerling is President and CEO of QPS Employment Group, an employee-owned staffing firm with more than 50 locations nationwide. He brings over 20 years of leadership experience in human resources, talent strategy, and organizational transformation, including senior executive roles at Kohl’s before joining QPS in 2019.
At QPS, Ryan champions the integration of data, automation, and human insight to strengthen—rather than replace—the human side of staffing, helping businesses make smarter, faster, and more equitable workforce decisions. Annually, QPS supports more than 30,000 associate employees working with 1,500 companies, using storytelling to connect qualitative insights with quantitative data.
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