Gene Zaino

President & Chief Executive Officer 

Gene Zaino, an accomplished and nationally recognized expert in the contract workforce market, launched MBO Partners as a building block towards his vision of a business that would re-invent the way independent contractors and organizations work together. Zaino has become a major force in legitimizing and advocating the trend toward workplace independence. Currently, Zaino is on the advisory board for the Human Capital Institute and is a founding member of the MSP Standards Board and the Contract Talent research practice.

Zaino began his career at KPMG Peat Marwick where he spent four years as a CPA and management consultant before he was a founding principal of Evernet Systems, a Kliener Perkins-sponsored venture that was sold in 1993. Zaino has been quoted or interviewed for publications such as the Washington Business Journal as well as television and radio interviews, including CNNfn, USA Today, and CNET. He graduated cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business, receiving a Bachelor of Science in Economics (BSE).