Karrie Polite and The Edens Group have had a Recruiting relationship spanning more than 10 years, whereupon we had the pleasure of working side-by-side to build Kadix Systems, an 8A management consulting firm, from 40 to 350 employees. Karrie has more than 20 years of executive leadership experience, successfully guiding organizations and acquiring talent for corporations throughout the U.S. Karrie served for 5 years as the Director of Marketing and New Business Development for SPS Technologies, an IT and Biotechnology consulting firm before launching The Polite Group as the retained executive search arm of Polite & Associates. Karrie is the managing principal at Polite & Associates, LLC, a talent acquisition and mindfulness coaching firm established in 2007. Prior to joining SPS, Karrie was the principal and owner of Strategic Source, a telecommunications engineering firm located in Washington, DC for 3 years before crafting the merger of Strategic Source with SPS Technologies. Karrie attended Santa Monica College as a business major and is a Washington, D.C. native, resides in Arlington, VA and is in the process of completing her first novel, slated for release early 2018.