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“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 compa-
ny, together with five partners, when it was
launched in 1996 with 10 employees and 100
contractors. But professional staffing was far
from his first career choice. A native of Liver-
pool, England, 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 Con-
sulting in Ottawa where he ultimately headed
up their staffing division. In 1996, Andersen
deemed the division to be “non-core” and Kev-
in led a management buyout of the division —
and Eagle was born.
Most of the business was run out of the To-
ronto location, Kevin said, but they also had
small offices in Calgary and in Ottawa, where
Kevin was the sole employee working from his
