Our Team

Krisanne has 18 years experience in recruiting and interviewing. She started her career in the human resources field and worked for several Fortune 500 companies including Unilever, McKesson and Sundstrand Aerospace. Her experience as a member of the leadership team within several companies has provided valuable insight that has helped her successfully fill management and leadership positions.

Krisanne left human resources management to become a full time search consultant in 2001. Since then, she has recruited and placed professionals in various fields and positions including sales, marketing, financial controllers, and general managers.

Krisanne has a B.S. in Public Administration, a B.A. in Spanish from Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana and has an M.B.A. from Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA.

She is active in the Valley of the Sun Human Resources Association, and serves on the North Valley programs committee. She is a member of the Society for Human Resources Management and is Past President of the Arizona Professional Recruiters Association. She is also the V.P. of Public Relations for Airpark Toastmasters.

Karen Filandro is a recruiting professional with nearly 10 years of experience in the staffing and recruiting industry. Karen started her career in the staffing industry with an IT services organization. As a Recruiter she provided staffing and IT solutions to Fortune 500 companies on a local and national level.

Prior to joining Southwest Recruiting Services, Karen held a recruiting specialist position with an airline based in Arizona. In this capacity, she partnered with the hiring managers to develop and implement behavioral based interviewing solutions to recruit and retain the best talent for the organization. This experience helped her better understand the challenges managers face when searching for qualified employees as well as solutions to overcome those challenges. Later in her career with the airline Karen also served as a behavioral based interviewing trainer to the entire organization.

Karen holds a B.S. in Business Administration with a major in Marketing and Human Resources at the University of Arizona.