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Michael Coffey Mike Coffey is president and founder of Imperative Information Group. Mike is a former human resources manager with experience in aerospace, healthcare, and the service industry. In 1999, he founded the firm that became Imperative Information Group. From the beginning, Mike's goal has been for Imperative to be the preferred source of background investigations to firms who recognize the value of reliable due diligence. A variety of publications have featured Mike's insights, including Wired News, G. Neil's Manager's HR Answers, the National Association for Health Care Recruitment's Directions magazine, Human Resources Management News, and the Society for Human Resource Management's HR Magazine. He is a member of the Society for Human Resources Management, the Fort Worth Human Resources Management Association, North Texas SHRM, and the Mid-Cities Human Resources Management Association. Mike is a director for the National Association of Professional Background Screeners and previously served as co-chair of their Ethics and Accreditation Committee. He speaks at the screening industry's major conferences on a regular basis and conducts his own two-day Background Investigations Seminar several times each year. Mike often addresses community and business associations on topics including background investigations, private investigations, and identity theft prevention. Mike serves on the board of the Rotary Club of Fort Worth South. He also volunteers with the Presbyterian Night Shelter and other organizations to provide relief to Fort Worth's homeless community. He directs Imperative's charitable giving program as well. Mike is president-elect of the Cowtown Executives Association. Mike is also a member of Vistage International, the National Association of Legal Investigators, ASIS International, the National Council of Investigation and Security Services, and the Texas Association of Licensed Investigators. |
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Maricela Cazares Mari Cazares first worked with Imperative's president, Mike Coffey, on a human resources project management team at Texas Health Resources more than a decade ago. Mari has experience in both human resources and IT project management. She joined Imperative in 2000 and has served as Vice President of Operations since 2007. In this role, Mari manages Imperative's day-to-day operations, with special emphasis on maintaining our fanatical approach to quality and customer service. She has a Bachelor of Science in Business Computer Information Systems from the University of North Texas. |
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The Imperative Blog and Podcast
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| Identity Thief's Records Attributed to His Victim Bloomberg Business Week has a story this week about a Wisconsin man who is suing the state for misattributing criminal records to him when employers and others do a state criminal records check. It turns out that the records belong... |
| Should Courts Publish Your Date of Birth Over the Internet? There has been a lot of background screening industry buzz around the proposed changes to Missouri Court Operating Rule 2, much of it in overreaction to the proposed changes. In essence, the proposed changes will remove the full date of... |
| HBR asks: Are "High Potential" Programs an Anachronism? In a blog post on the Harvard Business Review website, Tammy Erikson examines whether "high potential" programs designed to identify and coach employees who are destined to rise in the organization are out of step with the workforce that is... |
| Court holds that franchisor may be liable under Title VII for sexual harassment committed by franchisee There's a blog article over at Lexology today that should be of interest to our clients who are franchisors or franchisees. A Pennsylvania federal district court has ruled that tax prep franchisor Jackson Hewitt may be held liable for the... |