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.

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.