SHIFT, a Baltimore-based management consulting and recruiting company, announced today that Operations and Finance Manager Rita McDearman has been promoted to Director of Finance.

With more than ten years of financial leadership experience, McDearman will be responsible for SHIFT’s financial and strategic management. Last year, she effortlessly managed SHIFT’s acquisition of Exemplary Performance.

“Rita’s capacity to handle the finances and operational systems of our organization has hugely impacted our growth and ability to scale,” said Joe Mechlinski, founder and CEO of SHIFT. “This next evolution for Rita provides an opportunity to leverage and evolve the systems she has built to drive even better business results. Rita is the epitome of what it means to shift the work!”

McDearman began her career in Budapest, Hungary as a Business Analyst for Tesco in 1997. After her move to the United States in 2000, she worked as a Program Manager for CONNOR Training Services and went on to work for Prometric as a Client Account Manager. Prior to joining SHIFT in 2015, she directed the business team at Trellis Services, which was sold after she successfully reorganized, streamlined and modernized the company’s financial issues.

McDearman graduated from the Budapest Business School with a Bachelor’s degree in Communication and International Business and Economics. She later earned her Master’s of Business Administration degree from Loyola University of Maryland in 2009.

About SHIFT:

SHIFT (formerly entreQuest) is the only business collective brave and bold enough to shift the work world to transform the real world. SHIFT helps businesses, ranging from Fortune 500 to mid-sized companies, solve their most pressing issues, achieve ambitious goals, and capitalize on their greatest opportunities, to grow regardless. SHIFT’s core businesses are: SHIFT Consulting, SHIFT Recruiting, SHIFT Society, and SHIFT Ventures. Underlying everything SHIFT does is its triple-impact cornerstone: 1) Shift the work world to transform the real world, 2) The SHIFT 10X Effect (for every brand we work with, we help 10 more), and 3) Re-calibrating Corporate Social Responsibility to the highest standard.

To learn more, visit www.shiftthework.com.