Jennifer Hartman
Operations Manager

"It's important to listen and understand a client's needs. Having an open and honest dialog with our clients facilitates a strong business relationship and helps me provide them with better service."

As Star One Staffing's Operations Manager, Jen uses her positive, "can-do" leadership abilities to make sure all of Star One's divisions move forward with a unified focus on quality service. A native of the Green Bay area, she has a background in retail customer service, sales, and customer relations; she has worked with a diversified clientele, as well as having been responsible for hiring and training employees.  Jen's dedication to each individual client's satisfaction is one of the many reasons for Star One's reputation of excellence.

In her spare time, Jen cooks, spends time with her family, and travels. [Email]

Connie Ledford
Staffing Consultant, Health Care Division

"Having worked as a CNA for five years, I have an understanding of what our clients' needs and concerns are; I know, from their perspective, what it takes to get the job done."

As the primary contact for Star One Staffing's Health Care Division, it's Connie's responsibility to make sure her client's needs are met with qualified, conscientious personnel. Before coming to Star One, her hands-on experience in the health care industry included acting as Scheduling Coordinator for a local nursing home.  In addition, Connie has worked as a CNA, a Restorative Aide, and has also been a Pre-School teacher in the Madison area.

With an active three year old, Connie says her current hobbies now usually involve Clay Dough and Colors.  [Email]

Amber Hansen
Staffing Consultant 

"I've worked in the health care field since 2003. I understand what it's like on the client's side of the fence as well as the temp's."  

Amber contributes both to Star One Staffing's Health Care Division making sure our facilities' needs are met 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, as well as developing the Clerical and Light Industrial Divisions.  As a CNA and RCT, her previous experience has been working with the elderly in nursing homes as well as with the developmentally disabled in a residential and short-term treatment facility. 

When not in the office, Amber enjoys spending time with her two year old son, singing karaoke, and motorcycle rides.  [Email]

Char Mueller
Staffing Director, Food Services Division

"I really enjoy working with the temps. It's a good feeling when we find just the right job for someone."

As Staffing Director since 1996, Char has helped build Star One Staffing from the foundation up. While she works primarily in the Food Services Division, Char is also involved in recruiting, testing, staffing, and customer service in the Business Services and Health Care Divisions. Char is also responsible for gathering and reconciling all weekly payroll and billing data.

When Char is not in the office, she enjoys boating, reading, knitting and cooking. She is also an active member of her church and loves spending time with her three beautiful grandchildren. [Email]

Dean Abou-Ali
Owner

"Our goal is to provide a full-service, "one stop shop" solution for our clients, a singular place they can reliably turn to for their staffing needs. We are an affordable personnel resource upon which our clients can depend. My philosophy is to provide each client with the service they deserve and people they require so that we become a part of their total personnel solution. We listen carefully to each client's concerns and then form a partnership -- one they can trust to serve their business needs."

With a degree in Accounting and Business Management, Dean has over twenty years of experience in the staffing industry. Prior to founding Star One Staffing of Madison, Dean was the Controller for one of the largest nursing and clerical staffing agencies in the Washington DC area, with sixteen offices in Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and the District of Columbia. Dean then used his previous experience working in a finance company to launch his own funding division for staffing agencies, including payroll services that produced over 175,000 checks annually. As an active partner in Momentum, a software development company that produces back and front office programs tailor-made for the staffing industry as well as accounting solutions for general business, Dean believes in a hands-on approach which gives him better insight into the everyday needs of today's business managers.

When Dean is not in the office, he and his wife enjoy hiking, clearing brush on their farm, having a good Bible study, working in the garden, and cooking. [Email]