Here at Generator we take working with our clients, candidates, and services very seriously. However, we also like to have a little fun. -Jeremy Barnaby

Enrique Washington

Partner and CEO
Enrique has over 15 years experience in human resources and talent acquisition. He has enhanced hiring effectiveness for companies with interview training and instruction on selection methodologies. He is currently the CEO and cofounder of the Generator Group. Enrique is the principle for a research study to understand trends and best practices that will result in developing a Practical Guide for Recruiting Minority Chief Executive Officers (CEO) at Public Transportation Agencies.

In 2006, he received the “40 under 40” award by the Portland Business Journal for his work and accomplishments in the Portland business and local community. Enrique has been recognized as one of the top minority recruiters nationwide by US Black Engineer Magazine. He has also been featured in Diversity/Careers in Engineering and Information Technology Magazine for his work helping Mentor Graphics build a recruiting strategy designed to hire diverse talent. Enrique has been featured or quoted in several other publications including Fortune Magazine, HR Magazine and the Portland Business Journal.

Enrique participated in the 1995 Olympic Festival Track & Field Team, being named a Track Field All American while in college. Enrique is an adjunct professor at Portland State University. He holds a B.S. in Marketing and an M.S. in Corporate and Public Communication from Seton Hall University and is currently pursuing a M.S. in Industrial Organizational Psychology at Kansas State University. Enrique serves on the Board of and Big City Mountaineers and the American Public Transportation Association as a business member representative.

Jeremy Barnaby

Managing Partner
Jeremy has been initiating the efforts and driving the evolution of Generator into a true search and selection consulting partner. Jeremy has spent 15 years in high-growth recruitment organizations within software technology and sports manufacturing sectors. His experience includes recruiting for Microsoft, Nike, Intel and a local software company Webridge.

Jeremy started his career at Microsoft on their first strategic direct sourcing recruiting team servicing the software engineering groups in both desktop applications and the networking/OS teams. While in Nike’s Apparel Division, Jeremy led best practices in the usage of the internet and their ATS process creation that helped meet the demands of a $2 billion business growth effort in the Apparel Division. Having not lost his appetite for technology he followed his passion into a small software startup in the late 90’s and helped them grow from 50+ people to over 200 internationally with offices in Europe and Japan.

With Generator he took his experience and entrepreneurial spirit and helped launch  a new way of using external search and selection firms. As an advocate of performance metrics and process for increasing efficiency in recruiting, he is a founding member of the Northwest Corporate Recruiter’s Association (NWCRA) and active committee member of the Tech America HR group. Jeremy also assists with fundraising for the local chapter of Friend’s of the Children.

Elaine Lees

Partner and VP of Talent Management
Elaine is a practical, results driven HR executive with over 20 years of broad-based Human Resources experience for such companies as Reliant Energy, Time Warner Cable, Intel, New Edge Networks (now Earthlink) and Unicru (now Kronos Talent Management Division). She most recently joined the Generator Group to more fully develop their talent management practice.

She enjoys bringing fresh perspectives to challenge standard approaches. In her work she has developed distinctive, hard to imitate workplaces that attract like-minded people and has hands-on experience with human capital management practices that have bolstered company valuation during times of acquisition and mergers. She also has experience in cutting edge HR practice areas such as advanced selection practices, off shoring, balanced scorecard and HR metrics, compensation/reward systems, workforce planning, retention, and all aspects of performance management. Her department’s human resources work has been featured in such publications as Fast Company.

Elaine graduated with distinction from University of Houston’s MBA program and her undergraduate degree is Urban Affairs from Virginia Tech. She has a lifelong SPHR certification and is also certified in the use of various personality assessments and succession planning instruments. She loves cooking, outdoor concerts and a good cup of coffee.

Kevin Servino

Recruiting Mgr. and Executive Recruiter
Kevin joined Generator Group in January 2007 as a recruiter on the consumer products team and currently manages overall talent acquisition efforts for the consumer products practice. Kevin’s background and passion in sporting goods have contributed to his success in placing several key executives across design, development, product marketing, sales and operations in globally recognized brands. He values developing long lasting relationships with clients and candidates and is driven to improve the way companies evaluate and select top talent. Kevin started his recruiting career in 2004 at BDS Marketing in Irvine, Calif. where he worked in various HR and recruiting roles. His recruiting portfolio at BDS includes clients such as Puma NA, Sony, Kodak, Motorola, Sirius Satellite Radio, Canon, Vonage and Land Rover/Jaguar. Kevin has also spent time in the training and development department of BDS Marketing, where he helped develop and optimize the company’s first on-line training center.

Kevin earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of San Diego, with a major in psychology and minors in both leadership and philosophy. Kevin grew up in Astoria, Ore. and was a member of the 1998 Oregon class 3A state championship basketball team. He enjoys playing basketball, football, chess and spending time with his wife, two sons and two cats (Tartufo and Expresso).

Nick Snow

Principal Recruiter
Recruiter extraordinaire who comes from a true IT background. 8 years of experience at EDS & Household Finance allow him to truly understand a technical hiring managers needs. This IT foundation combined with over 12 years of technical recruiting experience means he will not waste your time with subpar or off target candidates.

When Nick is not battling to fill your technical jobs, he can sometimes be found fighting in a cage. Nick’s passion outside of work is Mixed Martial Arts and he is a proud member of the Team Quest Fight Club and sometimes amateur fighter. Be sure to keep an eye out for Nick when attending First Friday Fights in Milwaukie or Rumble at the Roseland downtown!

Michael Korn

Sr. Account Manager/Sr. Recruiter
Michael brings 10 years of recruitment and account management experience to Generator Group. His background is a blend of agency and internal/corporate exposure concentrating primarily in Information Technology. While at Standard Insurance, Michael supported the entire IT enterprise in full life cycle recruitment, work force planning, and candidate pipeline development. His responsibility also included executive search for marketing and customer support. Prior to The Standard, Michael spent 4 years with Robert Half International spanning two major product lines: Healthcare and Information Technology. He worked in an environment where he was responsible for recruitment and account management.

Michael earned a BS in Political Science from University of Oregon.
Out of the office Michael spends much of his time with family and his second home, the local golf links, where he aspires to one day to get under 79.