inSpring Makes Key Leadership Hires to Help Employers Close Labor Gaps in Nursing and Technology Positions with Diverse, International Talent

BOSTON, MA – inSpring, a leading technology and health care talent mobility company inBoston, Massachusetts specializing in connecting diverse, highly-skilled international job candidates in the United States with employment opportunities in nursing and technology, announced today a series of key leadership hires to help support student talent and job placement.

inSpring’s work, profiled by the Boston Globe, is solving for critical workforce and skills shortage challenges by tapping into the talent pool of international students to meet the needs of nursing and technology employers large and small across the country. To support this work, inSpring brought together a team of experts with decades worth of experience in technology, nursing, staffing, international student recruitment, human resources and immigration policy from their prior work at leading companies and firms such as Amazon, Microsoft, and Fragomen.

“As companies and health care institutions of all sizes continue to struggle to fill job openings in nursing and technology, inSpring is delivering a consistent workforce pipeline of top international candidates,” said Chris Hoehn-Saric, co-founder and Chief Executive Officer at inSpring.

“By selecting only the top candidates, further investing in professional and technical skillstraining, and helping navigate the visa process, inSpring is streamlining and simplifying thehiring process for employers more than ever before. This means filling those open positions innursing and tech faster and with the right people who are ready to step in and drive long termgrowth and sustainability.”

“At inSpring, we’re offering a solution to the labor and skills shortage facing the United States by embracing diverse, US-educated talent and the immigrant story as a sustainable, long term solution,” said Imran Oomer, co-founder and Chief Revenue Officer at inSpring. “As a first generation Indian-American who understands the struggles my family faced beginning their careers in the U.S., this work is deeply personal for me. inSpring is providing a vital bridge between job opportunities in nursing and technology and highly-skilled international talent ready to step into the U.S. workforce to fill these critical roles.”

inSpring’s unique end-to-end model leverages a global network of employers, educational institutions and top international candidates graduating U.S. universities to transform the education to career pipeline for international candidates and employers in the highest demand fields in the U.S. inSpring’s approach helps employers identify candidates and guide hires through the complexities of the immigration system so that they can focus on their career development and growth in their new positions.

inSpring, a minority-owned business, was founded by Hoehn-Saric and Oomer whose personal connection to the power of the modern American dream and professional journeys inspired them to develop an end-to-end career opportunity program for a historically underutilized pool of top international talent. That same passion for the immigrant story is reflected across some of inSpring’s leadership hires, a majority-minority group of experts skilled at navigating the complexities of hiring international students at scale. Biographies for the founders of inSpring as well as key hires, including Bola Akintujoye, Jason Garbarino, Kenneth Wulff, and Sabrina Guzy are below.

Chris Hoehn-Saric, Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer

• Held many key leadership roles over nearly a decade at Shorelight, including Senior Vice President, M&A Ventures, General Manager of Shorelight Live and Vice President of Business Development.
• Former principal at The Parthenon Group serving as a key member of the organization’s health care practice responsible for client development and marketing strategy.

Imran Oomer, Co-Founder & Chief Revenue Officer

• A first-generation Indian-American with decades of leadership experience in international education across US, Latin America, Middle East and Asia.
• Former Senior Vice President Sales and Marketing at Shorelight, an international student success EdTech company helping international students thrive at top US universities.
• Former Principal at the Parthenon Group focused on the Emerging Markets Education Practice.

Bola Akintujoye, Director, Candidate Experience

• Human resources expert with over 15 years’ experience partnering with Fortune 500 organizations as well as small and medium sized enterprises, including names like Amazon, Microsoft, PepsiCo, Citigroup and KCS.
• Native of Nigeria who holds a Master’s degree in International Human Resources Management from the Rome Business School in Rome, Italy.
• Expertise in business strategy, talent acquisition, HR operations, global mobility, DEI, leadership coaching, and performance management.

Jason Garbarino, Talent Director, Healthcare

• Former Vice Chair and Director of Undergraduate Nursing Studies at University of Vermont with over a decade in nursing education.
• Doctorate in Executive Nursing Leadership with 15 years of clinical experience in inpatient and outpatient clinical settings.
• Actively involved in professional nursing workforce development and current advisor to Forbes Health and Forbes Education Advisory Boards.

Kenneth Wulff, Talent Director, Technology

• Ghanaian-Canadian with a deep knowledge in cybersecurity and threat intelligence and many other areas in technology. CISSP, CISM, CCSP, CISA, AWS, Azure, Oracle and Red Hat certified with over 15 years of technology leadership across the public sector, private sector and non-profit worlds.
• An expert in technology strategy and management, security architecture focused on technology projects and integrations, talent curation, management and mentorship.
• A Specialist Technical Trainer, researcher and publisher.

Sabrina Guzy, Senior Manager, Immigration Services

• Immigration and case management expert having served as Senior Business Immigration Analyst at Fragomen, a globally recognized law firm specializing in immigration services and as International Student Coordinator & Designated School Official (DSO) at Harrisburg University of Science and Technology.
• While at Harrisburg University, Sabrina helped more than 4,500 international students from over 100 countries study in the U.S. and navigate the U.S. immigration system.
• First generation Polish-American who developed a deep understanding – through her personal life, educational and work experience – for the international student story.

inSpring’s growth comes as it forges new strategic partnerships with MPOWER Financing, a leading financial technology company dedicated to providing international student education loan servicing and mentorship programs, and OutSystems, the global leading enterprise grade low-code application developer platform, helping to uniquely position itself as the go-to pipeline for highly-skilled, qualified, and diverse job candidates.

inSpring’s collaboration with MPOWER will give students access to inSpring’s specially tailored programs which will work alongside MPOWER’s Path2Success program, which provides career and mentoring guidance. inSpring’s partnership with OutSystems, will give international talent access to Outsystems’ premier low-code app development certification programs expanding opportunities for job placement.

About inSpring

With job openings in tech and nursing outpacing an available workforce, inSpring curates a pipeline of high-quality, culturally diverse candidates with advanced degrees and workforce readiness training aligned with the hiring needs of a wide network of employers. inSpring also manages the entirety of the international worker visa process – eliminating a major burden in the hiring process of this underleveraged talent pool – and continues to partner with employers and the candidate long after job placement to ensure a smooth, sustainable transition in their new career.