Our Team

Kathy Eberwein, founder and Chief Executive Officer of Global Edge Group, Medical Edge Recruitment, and Global Edge Managed Solutions, is a dynamic leader with over twenty years of recruitment experience in the Global Energy Industry. Her education and work experience prior to recruitment was as a Mechanical Engineer in the power industry as well as environmental industry. 

Kathy’s engineering experience began in construction working as a Mechanical Project Engineer for the largest independent power producer at the time. She was part of a small team responsible for the construction of a $263 million co-generation facility. She continued working in project development of other new greenfield co-generation power plant facilities including project financing, permitting, construction, and engineering of multi-million-dollar projects. Following this, Kathy moved into the environmental engineering field working on complex permitting issues for hazardous waste landfills and incinerators.

Through an unusual circumstance, she stumbled onto technical recruiting and immediately discovered a passion for changing the lives of others through recruitment. Kathy was instrumental and led the initial launch and development of US operations for two of the largest global oil and gas staffing firms. Using her own experience as an engineer, combined with the best lessons learned from building two large global recruitment divisions, she ventured out on her own and created the Global Edge Consultants in April of 2008. Since 2008, the Global Edge has grown into a global operation, operating in over 20 countries, and has had turnover in excess of $500mm. Kathy is proud to have one of the first women-owned recruitment agencies in the global arena for the energy industry and continues to expand in size and global footprint. Her vision is to become the agency of choice in the global energy arena as she continues to propel the Global Edge to new levels of growth and excellence.

In 2019 Kathy founded the Doyenne Initiative, an NGO dedicated to elevating women through higher education and specialized career and leadership development, equipping the women to hold the most esteemed and executive roles in their respective fields. As they prosper, these Doyennes will be role models who influence their countries, communities, families, and generations to come.

Jermaine Reed President & COO is a highly accomplished, results-oriented executive with experience developing and delivering strategies to achieve operational success. A trusted advisor with a history of collaborating effectively with key stakeholders to ensure strategic and operational alignment with global business objectives, culture, and MVVs. Diverse background/credentials enabling a “full picture” strategic view and practical tactical capabilities with an appreciation for ROI.

He has an extensive background in staffing medical needs. With over 20 years of experience in the medical recruitment and staffing industry, Jermaine is an experienced executive who excels in diverse business environments and understands the clinical demands and care delivery models within the ever-changing Healthcare Staffing industry. He has served in various roles such as leading staffing, clinical delivery, wellness, and start-up teams.

He continues to successfully lead and manage Medical Recruitment through each growth phase while navigating organizational, state, federal, and payor regulations and programs. His leadership and guidance are the driving force behind how our team runs.  Medical Edge into a mid-sized international medical recruitment and staffing firm with two locations (Houston, TX & Georgetown, Guyana).  Medical Edge Recruitment was recognized by Inc. Magazine as the 6th fastest growing company in the Southeast Region.

Jermaine’s experience extends to the facilitation and administration of developing leadership teams while growing and establishing business with various clients including State contracts.

Julie Kennedy helms the finance and marketing segment of the Project Management Office. She is well-versed in finance, tax, compliance, human resources, and other areas of administration. She is a Certified Public Accountant and Chartered Global Management Accountant with Marketing and Accounting degrees from the University of Maryland Robert H. Smith School of Business.

Julie works closely with our financing partners to obtain proper funding for all projects. We have developed a blend of financing with several traditional banking and private financing partners to mitigate any funding risks for our clients and to support rapid growth on any project.

Ana Olenik manages the Human Resources and Contracts portion of the Project Management Office. She is a dedicated human resources professional with over twenty years of experience, including over a decade in recruitment and staffing. Ana and her team work to ensure that all employees are onboarded quickly and efficiently while prioritizing compliance and best practices. The team is available to assist employees with questions surrounding their employment, such as benefits, pay, timekeeping, and any other queries.

Kevin Crawford is an experienced leader in the healthcare staffing industry. While working within the healthcare staffing space in the past 20 years, he has managed client relationships with staffing services in home health, homecare, hospice, and locums. 

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Rikki Speck manages all Marketing & Technology at Medical Edge Recruiting. She has been in the Medical Technology Marketing field for many years, and excels at planning and organizing both live and virtual events, using technology to streamline workflows, and getting everyone amped up and excited to succeed.

Vanessa is a successful and accomplished leader with a proven track record in recruitment, operations management, strategic planning, and project management. Her dynamic approach towards work is focused on achieving success and driving positive outcomes for her team and organization.

Melissa is an Accounting Specialist with a high level of integrity and experience working with high net worth individuals, confidential information and complex entity structures. She is resourceful and able to personally manage tasks ranging from routine to complex. She strives to prioritize, multi-task and maintain organization in a fast-paced environment.

As a HR Manager, HR Generalist and HR Coordinator, Brandi has performed complex and technical work in the following areas: recruitment, staffing, salary administration, unemployment claims, employee relations, insurance and retirement, benefits administration, records retention, employee training and development, and worker’s compensation. 

During her years of professional management experience she has recruited, hired, interviewed and trained employees. Also, she demonstrates proficiency in various management functions, including budgeting, conflict resolution, customer service, coordination of emergency situations, implementation of department improvements, strategic planning and team work.