MANAGEMENT TEAM

Sygnetics’ Management Team consists of a multi-disciplined professional staff that comes from diverse backgrounds and has extensive education and experience in Government and private industry.

Anthony “Tony” Tarkowski, CPC, CTS – Owner/ President/ CEO

Tony is an entrepreneur with more than 40 years of management, recruiting, and information technology experience in both the government and commercial sectors. He started his professional career in IT, holding positions from Programmer to Project Leader, then later moved into the recruiting profession. He is a Service Connected Disabled American Veteran that is a Certified Personnel Consultant (CPC) and Certified Temporary Staffing Specialist (CTS) as tested by the National Association of Personnel Services (NAPS). He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Information Management, Human Resources, and Business.

Tony co-founded, and is currently the President and CEO of Sygnetics, Inc. His outstanding leadership has resulted in tremendous success for Sygnetics, including its growth from infancy to a 15 million dollar company in 2009. Tony’s drive and vision were essential to Sygnetics being awarded the HRsolutions contract in 2004, a $137 million Full and Open IDIQ contract, and one of the largest and most highly scrutinized DoD awards ever provided to small business. Under his direction Sygnetics has received the following accolades: named on the Inc. 500 list of the fastest-growing private companies in America for four consecutive years; named in the Top 100 Disabled Veteran and Diversity Owned Businesses in the US by DiversityBusiness.com for three consecutive years; named as one of the Top 200 on the Inc. 500 list of America’s fastest-growing private companies; twice named as one of the state’s fastest-growing companies in the Michigan Private 100 (once ranked #7); named one of the 50 Companies to Watch in Michigan; and Tony was a finalist for “Michigan Entrepreneur of the Year”.

Currently he is the Secretary on the Veteran Business Owners Roundtable – an organization that advocates for veteran owned business.

Past positions include:

  • Former Director on the Board of the National Association of Personnel Services (NAPS)
  • Former President of the Michigan Association of Personnel Services (MAPS)

As a Veteran of the United States Army, Tony is constantly looking for opportunities to employ disabled veterans.

Lisa Cragg, Accounting Manager