“The 50 Best is a really interesting process; a true evaluation of whether you’re
good at what you do.”
coast to coast on a temporary, contract or per-
manent basis.
Eagle CEO Kevin Dee founded the company, to-
gether with five partners, when it was launched
in 1996 with 10 employees and 100 contrac-
tors. But professional staffing was far from his
first career choice. A native of Liverpool, Eng-
land, Kevin joined the Royal Navy at age 16 and
later returned to school to become a computer
programmer. After immigrating to Canada, he
eventually landed at Andersen Consulting in
Ottawa where he ultimately headed up their
staffing division. In 1996, Andersen deemed
the division to be “non-core” and Kevin led a
management buyout of the division — and Ea-
gle was born.
Most of the business was run out of the Toron-
to location, Kevin said, but they also had small
offices in Calgary and in Ottawa, where Kevin
was the sole employee working from his home.
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