Company: About Us

Since 1970, Nelson has been providing staffing solutions to Northern California businesses.

From its first office in San Rafael, Nelson expanded quickly, opening its second office in San Francisco a year later.

In the early 1980s, when economic and business conditions began to shift, companies started to recognize the flexibility and cost-effectiveness of a contingent workforce. It was then that Nelson made a fundamental change in its business strategy, moving from executive search to temporary placement and expanding its presence by opening offices from Monterey to Santa Rosa to Sacramento. When the temporary placement services industry began to explode later in the decade, Nelson was poised and ready to meet the burgeoning need of companies seeking high-quality temporary employees.

Today, Nelson has clients located throughout the greater Bay Area and Sacramento Valley, one of the most dynamic and diverse economic corridors in the nation. Nelson clients include start-up, emerging and mature companies, some of whom have been Nelson clients for more than 20 years.

Milestones Table
	1970			Company founded by Gary D. Nelson First office opened in San Rafael
	1971			Second office opened in San Francisco
	1980			Corporate strategy changed from executive search to temporary placement
	1988			Mark Nelson joins company Accountants Plus division founded Gary D. Nelson presented with Volunteer of the Year by the American Heart Association Nelson presented with the Outstanding Service Award from the San Rafael Chamber of Commerce
	1989			Gary D. Nelson presented with Marin County’s Citizen of the Year Award Corporate office opened in Sonoma
	1990			Number of Nelson employees exceeds 50
	1991			Opened first vendor-on-premise program at Cisco
	1994			Nelson Technology (formerly TechSource) founded ABE (now WorkforceLogic) founded Revenues exceed $50 million Sun Microsystems presents Nelson with their Outstanding Performance Award
	1995			Nelson hosted The Conference Summit with Henry Kissinger as a keynote speaker Mark Nelson named as President and Chief Operating Officer Rated #1 Staffing Service in The Business Journal
	1996			Revenues exceed $100 million
	1997			Innovative Internet recruiting and retention team formed
	2000			Revenues exceed $200 million Number of Nelson employees reaches 340 WorkforceLogic (formerly CWMedge) founded HRhome (formerly myHRedge) founded
	2001			Soconet purchased Craig Nelson joins business as General Counsel
	2002			Nelson & Associates founded
	2005			NelsonJobs.com launched as Northern California's premier job board NelsonJobs.com sponsors first Sonoma Jazz Festival The Nelson Family of Companies reaches $288 million in revenue
	2006			ABE and WorkforceLogic merge to create largest business unit under the name WorkforceLogic HRhome version 5.0 is released