Keith Banks, CTS, CSP, is a leader within the staffing and employment industry. Having worked for LLoyd Staffing for more than 20 years, he has expanded the business and implemented programs with foresight and ingenuity.
Keith has served as President of LLoyd since 2002, Previously he held leadership roles within the firm in areas such as Talent Acquisition, Workforce Solutions, Franchise Operations, Contingent Staffing and General Management. In 2001, he pioneered the use of an online staffing procurement platform by co-creating Ringo, a Vendor Management System (VMS) that provides companies with an environmentally friendly, centralized web portal to easily access critical information regarding spending and usage for an unlimited amount of Staffing Vendors. This technology revolutionized the entire temporary staffing process and helped LLoyd change the marketplace by offering corporate clients innovative and cost-effective staffing solutions to manage their labor demands. Ringo has been named a multiple winner of the Long Island Technology Awards (LISA).
Keith is also a proponent of the power of branding and has created programs and initiatives to brand LLoyd’s name as a staffing industry leader. His efforts in the area of Corporate Social Responsibility earned LLoyd first place for excellence in corporate citizenship from the American Staffing Association and its 15,000+ membership base. In 2002, he was named one of Long Island’s Top 40 Under 40 by the Long Island Business News, which recognizes the leadership and achievements of rising young professionals. Keith is a past recipient of one of the staffing industry’s highest honors, Certified Temporary Staffing Specialist of the Year, by the National Association of Personnel Services. Under his tutelage, more than 65% of LLoyd’s staffing specialists have attained certified staffing designations which require passing of a national exam on employment law, regulations and ethics. Keith is an advocate for national certification which he views as a benchmark of excellence.
Keith has been actively involved with LLoyd’s participation in the New York Association of Temporary and Staffing Services, serving on its Board of Directors. He has worked on behalf of the Children’s Medical Fund, Ronald McDonald House, the New Leadership Division of North Shore-Long Island Jewish Hospital and the Long Island Chapter of the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation. Since 2000 he has been active in YPO (Young Presidents’ Organization) which connects young chief executives in a global network with the shared mission of building better leaders through education and idea exchange. Keith is currently the Northeast Regional Membership Chair for YPO International and served as past Membership Chair for the Long Island Chapter.
