Our leadership team

Michael Woloshin
Michael WoloshinFounder & CEO
Michael Woloshin is a highly skilled, entrepreneurial-minded leader with decades of experience in business development, marketing and brand building. Michael was the driving force behind developing, expanding, and managing Candidates On Demand Group, which was ranked No. 4 in the Crain’s New York Business list of the New York Area’s Largest Executive Recruiters. Mr. Woloshin also owns and operates multiple Internet companies including the Job Channel Network, Name Your Fee and the CandidateXchange, among others. Mr. Woloshin is also a strategic investor with a keen focus on management’s ability to execute. “Over the years I have developed a strong Rolodex and look to utilize these contacts for the betterment of the companies we represent with Cicero Transact Group. No one has a monopoly on good ideas.”
Joe Abrams
Joe AbramsFounder
Joe Abrams is co-founder of The Software Toolworks, a publicly held developer, publisher, and distributor of educational and entertainment software, which was sold to Pearson, Plc. for $462 million. Mr. Abrams also co-founded Intermix, the predecessor company to MySpace, which was sold to News Corp. in 2005 for $580 million. He has also served on the Board of Advisors for Akeena Solar and and was an adviser to ZAAG, assisting in public offerings, acquisitions and capital raisings.
Mr. Abrams specializes in emerging growth companies in several areas including: technology, drug discovery technology services, consumer products,big data and online job placement. Mr. Abrams also sits on University of Rochester Simon School of Business Executive Advisory Committee.
Patti Epstein
Patti EpsteinDirector of Operations
Patti is the Director of Operations for the Cicero Transact Business Platform. She is responsible for the day to day operations of our platform as well as supporting our membership.

Naton Wells
Naton WellsVP of Global Business
Naton Wells acknowledged for well-defined understanding of the business-interfacing and capacity to identify and align clients’ emerging client needs with strategic investors and advisory services nationwide. A successful and diverse background spanning technical, operational management, service delivery, project management, and business-development disciplines underscores expertise in engaging decision makers and devising winning advisory and funding strategy solutions. Uncompromising ethics and transparent communications underpin business-focused value propositions that leverage competitive advantage via top quality service. Skilled in optimizing teams dynamics, uniting diverse agendas to a common goal, and harnessing strategic and operational drivers to deliver results nationwide and globally for publicly traded companies.

“Over the ten years we’ve built an unrivaled culture and our unique, people-focused approach yields competitive advantage for our clients and rewarding careers for our permanent hires. Today we serve virtually every major industry, and we’ve placed exceptional people in hundreds of roles and positions. Everything we do is grounded in our guiding principles to build and nurture quality relationships that allow us to place quality people in quality jobs.”