DETROIT – Detroit-based Strategic Staffing

Solutions, a global IT and business services firm, will mark its 20th anniversary Oct. 1 with an open house on the 29th floor of the Penobscot Building and a gala party Friday night at the Detroit Athletic Club.

Founder, President and CEO Cynthia Pasky started the company in a

small office on Woodbridge St. in the shadow of the Renaissance Center on

Oct. 1, 1990. In the intervening years she has shepherded the company

through 20 consecutive years of revenue growth while its workforce has

expanded from three employees at the beginning to more than 1,800 employees

in the U.S. and Europe today.

“S3 has grown to more than 20 locations in the U.S. and Europe because

we create solutions for our customers and our community that lay a solid

foundation and have high growth potential,” she said. “It is our philosophy

that the S3 team becomes partners with the organizations we work with and

we work to earn their business and trust every day. We have been doing this

for nearly 7,300 days, since we opened on October 1, 1990, and we are proud

of the success we have achieved.”

That record of innovation and partnering with customers continued this

year when S3 opened its Detroit Development Center in the city’s

Central Business District in April with its first anchor customer Blue

Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. The center opened with 53 IT professionals

in May, has already grown to 100 employees and is expected to expand

further to 150 employees by the end of the year.

“Business ventures like this are a prime example of how businesses can

work together and secure opportunities that are beneficial for both of our

bottom lines and our community,” said Pasky.

In addition to that commitment to innovation and growth, S3 also is

known for its community involvement and philanthropic endeavors.

Every S3 branch in the U.S. and Europe adopts one or more local

charities for which it provides active support. In the last 20 years, the

company has donated more than $5 million to charities in more than 20

locations in the U.S. and Europe. In Detroit, S3’s two signature

fundraisers, the Grand Prix Shakedown and Detroit Charity Golf Outing,

support 2-1-1 On the Go!, a Detroit homeless outreach program that was

conceived by S3 in conjunction with the Downtown Detroit Partnership and

the United Way for Southeast Michigan. In the past three years, S3 has

generated $107,000 in donations for 2-1-1 on the Go!

S3’s progressive business and community initiatives have garnered the

company several notable recognitions. For the last eight years, the

Michigan Business and Professional Association has listed S3 as one of its

101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For, and this year, Corp! Magazine

named the company a Michigan Economic Bright Spot. Additionally, Pasky was

named one of DBusiness magazine’s Most Powerful Women in Business.

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