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Karon Irby

President

Karon Irby is President of Neos. She is responsible for account management, operational guidance and strategic growth of the company. She has 27 years of information technology project and leadership experience. She has been performing and managing IT projects for Texas Government agencies and Universities for over 15 years. She regularly provides strategic guidance and oversight for our customer’s mission critical IT projects.

Karon moved to Austin in 1990 to pursue a career as an entrepreneur. She opened a company and sold it 5 years later and began working as an IT consultant implementing ERP systems.

Karon has a BBA in Accounting from University of Texas at Arlington. Karon is also a Certified Public Accountant.

Richard Carter

Vice President

Richard Carter is Founder and Vice President of Neos. He is responsible for account management and strategic growth of the company. Richard has 25 years experience delivering or managing IT projects, particularly government PeopleSoft implementations.

Richard has been working in Texas State government since 1993. Richard started his career as an auditor with the Texas Comptroller and subsequently with the State Auditor’s Office. Richard founded his first IT services firm in 1997, created to provide customers with highly-skilled PeopleSoft functional and technical talent. He sold the company in 1999. In 2001, Richard was appointed CEO of a troubled public company to lead a turnaround after the Internet crash. He led the company from a $72M loss to profitability within two years. Richard is an Austin native and graduated from Texas State University with a BBA in Accounting. Richard is also a Certified Public Accountant.

Christine Knight

Recruiting Team Lead

Christine Knight is a Senior Technical Recruiter with Neos. She joined Neos in 2013. Christine has more than fifteen years’ experience locating and recruiting top talent for State and Local Government, Private Sector, Corporate Clients, Fortune 500 Companies, and Startups. Her unique recruiting style, outgoing personality, personal touch, and thoughtfulness, help her develop lasting business relationships with her consultants which results in continued success for her clientele.

Originally from England, she graduated from Thames Valley University with a certification from the Institute of Credit Management (ICM). Christine had a successful career spanning more than ten (10) years in Credit Management within the Technology and Music industry until relocating Texas in 2002.

On moving to Georgetown, Christine was self- employed from 2002 – 2007, as a Personal Trainer and Coach. In 2007 Christine moved back into the technology field, and began her recruiting career. Christine is still very involved in the Fitness Industry and was co-founder for both the Georgetown Running Club in 2007 and the Georgetown Triathletes in 2009. She is still an active board member and member of the Georgetown Triathletes and has competed in many triathlons and Ironman races.

Lacy Michel

Business Development Manager

Lacy Michel joined Neos in 2014. Lacy’s focus is helping our customers find the technical talent they need for short and/or long-term contracts. She brings forth over 10 years experience in business development, customer service, and account management. Lacy has worked in industries ranging from the cable & satellite, logistics, and information technology. She has a passion for helping clients solve business challenges, and providing end-to-end service needed to ensure her clients are 100% satisfied.

Lacy attended Rutgers University in Camden, NJ and St. Edwards University in Austin, TX. Her major is Business Administration. Prior to Lacy’s professional career in business development, she was a jazz vocalist, and performed all over the US. Her current hobbies consist of Flat-Track Roller Derby, singing, and playing guitar. If you ever wish to go roller skating, give her a call!

Nicole Berry

Controller

Nicole Berry is the Controller for Neos. She is responsible for all accounting, operations and human resources functions. Prior to joining the company, Nicole was the Assistant Financial Controller for F2Onsite, a large national IT services company, where she was responsible for all financial reporting, accounts payable and accounts receivable. She also previously served as an Account Manager for ProLedge, a national bookkeeping services firm based in Austin.

Aside from her extensive experience in the financial services industry, Nicole also has a background in the real estate and hospitality industries as well, having served as the Vice President of Operations for a regional construction firm in Utah.Nicole earned her Bachelor of Science in Business Management with an emphasis in Entrepreneurship and Spanish from Brigham Young University. Originally from Dallas, today Nicole splits her time between Utah and Austin. She hopes to soon pursue her Certified Public Accountant certification.

Marcele Miguel

Technical Recruiter

Marcele is an experienced Recruiter with a demonstrated history of working in the consumer services industry. She’s skilled in Talent Acquisitions, Relationship Building, High-volume Recruiting, and Workforce Management. A Strong Professional with a Master of Arts in Human Resources Management and Bachelor in Business Administration. Marcele is multi-lingual speaking English, Portuguese and Spanish; Over 20 years experience in Training, Mentoring, Customer Satisfaction, Event Management, and Team Building.

As a Talent Partner and Human Resources professional, Marcele is passionate about helping people pursue meaningful careers that fill them with purpose. She has been privileged enough to be a part of great companies and lead the Talent Acquisition initiatives including diverse workforce and HR capabilities.

Marcele’s goal is to align business goals and strategies by pairing key talent priorities with diversity and inclusion, modern technology, cultural beliefs, branding, and candidate experience.

She loves being a talent partner that leadership can depend on to create a competitive advantage and is looking forward for the future in the IT world.

Testimonials

With tight budgets and evolving business needs, it’s critical to have the right resources to accomplish critical projects on time and within budget. I have been impressed with Neos’ customer service and commitment to provide candidates with the desired and specialized skill levels
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Tanya Acevedo Travis County, CIO

Having the right resources and skilled technical talent is critical to our success as an IT organization and as an state agency. Neos Consulting has provided us with great customer service and resources
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George Rios CIO, TPWD

Neos Consulting was able to find and provide my organization with good resources that had the skills to be able to quickly learn the environment and begin contributing to our project. I will use Neos Consulting again!
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Bill Daley UT Arlington

The Neos staff and project manager continually went above and beyond the call of duty. Our mission-critical project went live on time and under budget. I highly recommend Neos and would hire them again given the opportunity.
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Gary Buonacorsi, former CIO Texas Office of Attorney General

Neos Consulting is a pleasure to partner with in business. They are experts in public sector engagements and have great client relationships that help guide consultants from the onboarding process through the rolloff process. They are a true partner and advocate for the resources working with them, which is a rare trait in today’s environment. I would recommend any resource with the opportunity to partner with Neos to do so.
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Corey W. Senior PeopleSoft Financials consultant