Leadership

Leo Sheridan is Executive Chairman and CEO of The Advanced Group, a global organization building specialized consulting, FSP, strategic resourcing, and outsourced solutions across clinical research, food, and other highly regulated industries. Founded in 1988, the company has evolved through disciplined focus into a portfolio that includes Advanced Clinical, Catena Solutions, and Advanced RPO. Leo is known for building and scaling businesses where complexity, regulation, and execution excellence intersect. His leadership emphasizes focus, operational discipline, and partnership as drivers of sustainable growth.

He holds a B.S. in Business Administration from St. Michael’s College and completed the Executive Management Program at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management. With a longstanding commitment to equity and people-first strategies, Leo currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Cristo Rey Network, supporting workforce development and educational access for underserved students nationwide.

Eric Dutcher serves as the Chief Financial Officer for the Advanced Group family of companies, leveraging over two decades of experience from renowned organizations like CoreLogic, MoneyGram International, Inc., Strait Lane Capital Partners, and Affiliated Computer Services.

During his tenure as CFO at MBO Partners, Eric played a pivotal role in the company’s 2022 debt and equity recapitalization. His expertise in staffing and outsourcing industries revolves around talent development, technology utilization for optimal delivery and strategic financial management.

Beyond his financial acumen, Eric is a strong advocate for justice, diversity, and inclusion, supporting the voices of Generation Z leaders through #Zinspiration quotes on LinkedIn. He is also a certified life coach, actively promoting mental health therapy and coaching team members to overcome challenges.

Educationally, Eric holds an MBA from Texas Tech University and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Trinity University in San Antonio, TX.

As Advanced Group's CFO, Eric Dutcher embodies leadership, strategic insight and a commitment to fostering growth within and beyond the financial landscape.

Pam is an accomplished executive leader that has extensive experience building RPO businesses and solutions, as well as developing growth strategy. Pam is responsible for all aspects of strategic planning, sales and marketing, operations, financial management and compliance for Advanced RPO. Her success has largely been a result of building high performance teams and creating a values-driven culture resulting in exceptional employee engagement.

Pam is passionate about impacting every client’s talent acquisition results. The ultimate compliment is when clients tell her that Advanced RPO “gets it.” She hears it often and Pam believes it’s a result of the experience and strength of the team along with the unique approach we take with each client engagement. Our agenda is not to disrupt, it is to collaborate, innovate and leverage best practices to create an efficient hiring program. Pam’s goal is to provide business leaders peace of mind by creating confidence in their talent acquisition function.