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Protingent Staffing We were created by engineers who really understand what companies are looking for: qualified, dedicated resources that really know how to succeed on projects, large or small. This is the foundation of all we do - and why so many companies are finding our services so helpful.

Our corporate headquarters in Bellevue Washington provides engineering support to companies throughout the United States. Donn Harvey and Tim Bruce run Protingent Staffing - delivering the right people for the job.


Donn Harvey
Donn founded Protingent Staffing to meet the growing need for a source of high level technical engineering talent. Donn's engineering and management background gives Protingent Staffing a competitive advantage in sourcing and screening qualified engineers.

Prior to founding Protingent Staffing, Donn worked for over twelve years as a microwave and RF design engineer in the Aerospace Industry and six years as an engineering director and hiring manager at a fast growing telecommunications startup. He is very involved with the technical community, published a number of technical papers and delivered many technical presentations at industry conferences. He has four patents.

As a hiring manager he was responsible for staffing and managing a number of engineering disciplines. Donn also spent a year as Director of Advanced Development where he
investigated new technologies in the area of broadband wireless and Smart Antennas.

Donn has been an active IEEE member since 1981 volunteering many hours for the Microwave Theory and Techniques Society (MTT-S). He was past Chairman of the Seattle Section and the General Chairman of the 2002 International Microwave Symposium in Seattle, Washington. As General Chair he led a team of over 60 volunteers from local industry and academia to organize the symposium. The symposium takes place over 7 days with over 500 technical presentations and over 10,000 attendees. Donn has been on a number of technical program committees including the Wireless Workshop, GHz Interconnect Workshop and the Radio and Wireless Convention (RAWCON).

In his spare time Donn plays the bass guitar with Hettel Street Blues, rides his dirt bike (KDX200) and his Harley Davidson Dyna Wide Glide. Donn is a licensed amateur radio operator (N9XXN), certified private pilot and a black belt in Shudokan karate.




Tim Bruce
Tim has been providing engineering technical services in various capacities since 1998. Prior to joining Protingent Staffing Tim helped launch the Seattle branch office for a nation wide engineering technical services firm. That office became one of the top performing branches in the country. For the past two years he has been in the top 10% of the national sales force and before he left he was the number two sales person in local office sales. He has joined Protingent Staffing as Vice President of Sales.

Tim is very well known in the Seattle area technical community and has developed strong relationships with the many engineers he has placed over the years and with the numerous high technology firms he has supported. Tim's unique, tenacious style, attention to detail and strong understanding of this business has given him a well earned reputation of respect in the industry.


In past careers Tim has been a teacher and a business owner. He holds a B.Sc. from Lewis and Clark College.




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Protingent Staffing Affiliations

American Staffing Association

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Member since 1983

AeA Member Company
Engineering Network Sponsor

MTT - IEEE Microwave Theory & Techniques Society
Past MTT Seattle Chapter Chairman
Elected MTT Board Member

Staffing Association of Washington
Board Member

Staffing Industry Analysts Inc.
Member

Electromagnetic Society
Member