Lester S. Rosen, President and CEO of ESR, graduated UCLA with Phi Beta Kappa honors in 1973, and received a J.D. degree from the University of California at Davis School of Law in 1976, serving on the school Law Review. After practicing in a large Los Angeles law firm for three years with an emphasis in civil litigation and employment law, he joined the Riverside County District Attorneys office. He opened a private criminal law practice in Marin County in 1985. He is a Certified Specialist in criminal law and his practice has included federal crimes and death penalty cases. He holds the highest attorney rating of A.V. in Martindale-Hubbell. He has served as an adjunct professor of law teaching criminal law and procedure at Hastings College of the Law, and has served as faculty member and program chairman of the nationally recognized Hastings College of Trial Advocacy. He has also qualified and testified as an expert witness in the California Superior Court on the issue of pre-employment background screening. In 2000, he testified as an expert on background screening on behalf of the plaintiff in a case where the jury awarded 9.3 million dollars to the family of a doctor murdered by a carpet cleaner who was hired without any background investigation. In 1996, he joined with an established background and corporate security agency, the Doane Agency, to create a new firm, Employment Screening Resources (ESR)(a division of a California Corporation), dedicated to promoting a safe and profitable workplace for both employers and employees.
Director of Operations, Jim Crockett
The tremendous responsibility of operations falls on the very capable shoulders of Jim Crockett. Jim not only directs the day-to-day operations of ESR, but he also manages the crucial relationships between ESR and our valued clients. Additionally, Jim oversees ESR's nationwide network of court researchers. His efforts provide both the most accurate and cost-effective solutions to our clients needs and bring exceptional value to each client's employment screening objectives.
Jim has a rich history of working within HR and management. Prior to joining ESR, he was with Lawgic.com, a software company that creates employee handbooks, online sexual harassment training courses and other HR related products. Before working with Lawgic.com he served twelve years in management for a large national retailer. In addition to his career in the private sector, Jim served 3 years in the United States Army as a Communications Specialist. Following an Honorable Discharge, he went on to serve an additional 3 years in the Army Reserve.
Director of Customer Care & Production, Linda Kynoch
Supervising a high volume of background reports, each containing multiple components and assigned to various researchers, takes an individual with the ability to manage a complicated process and ensure complete customer satisfaction. That person is ESR's Linda Kynoch. Linda has the rigorous duty of managing the process by which employment screening reports are completed with speed and accuracy from start to finish. Her attention to detail and processes is what enables ESR to consistently produce accurate employment background reports with turn-around times that beat the industry standard. Along with directing the production of each background, Linda is an expert at our web-based system, ESRnet.
Prior to joining ESR Linda worked in two industries which demand attention to detail. In the insurance industry she served as a tax analyst for one of the country's largest property/casualty insurance carriers. Before her tenure as a tax analyst, Linda was employed with a start-up company in the Telecommunications industry. It was there that her project management skills were perfected as her position required simultaneous management of projects with network engineers, programmers and the executive team.
Director of Sales & Marketing, Jared Callahan
Employment Screening Resources (ESR) is service driven and customer focused. Branding ESR as the nationwide leader of employment screening, through expertise and experience, is the duty of Jared Callahan. He brings over 10 years of sales experience and a full understanding of the operations behind employment screening to ESR. Each day Jared leads a team that communicates to numerous businesses the value that ESR brings to a company's employment screening initiatives. In addition to answering questions from interested parties and educating prospective clients on legal compliance issues he is also in charge of ESR's marketing efforts, ensuring there is a consistent message in both our print and electronic marketing channels.
Jared began his career in employment screening in 1996 with a private investigative firm. What started as a sales associate position grew into a sales & marketing department which enjoyed profitable growth over several years. During his time at the firm Jared also served as the manager of operations for 1 year. In addition to employment screening he worked in the rental car industry for a number of years and as an investigator in the Special Investigations Unit (SIU) of a large workers' compensation insurance company.
Advisory Professionals:
Gerald R. Doane, is an experienced private investigator who was the original founder of ESR, and is currently an advisor on background screening. He was a Sargent in the San Francisco Police Department, in charge of training at the Police Academy. He served as a lieutenant in the San Rafael Police Department, and then became head of corporate security worldwide for the Crown-Zellerback Corporation in the San Francisco headquarters. After the sale of Crown-Zellerback, Mr. Doane founded the Doane Agency in 1986, utilizing his expertise to conduct background checks for a number of corporations, which are now performed by ESR.
Brenda Lynch, President of Lynch and Associates is a Human Resources consultant with offices in the San Francisco Bay area. Her firm provides Human Resources consulting, as well as day to day outsourcing of Human Resources functions. Areas of expertise include staff recruitment and retention practices, employee compensation and benefits, organizational development, internal audits and compliance, company policies and procedures, employee relations, staff training and personal development.
bklynch@aol.comESR has additional highly trained staff members with expertise in performing pre-employment background screening.
Associated Private Investigators: For special projects ESR can assist by referring matters to highly qualified licensed private investigators as independent contractors. These include investigators with experience in the FBI, police departments and the CHP.
PLEASE NOTE: ESR does not itself perform, offer or provide any legal or investigative services or advice.NUMEROUS REFERENCES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST
ESR assist firms all over the United States, including Fortune and Inc. 500 companies, manufacturing firms, service and professional firms, law firms, accounting and finance firms, hospitals and health care, staffing companies, start-up Internet and software companies, high tech companies, wineries, restaurants, and public agencies.
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