About Us

AP Professionals of WNY

Relationships That Last A Lifetime

AP Professionals is a full-service search staffing agency specializing in Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, Administrative, Engineering, CAD Design, Operational Excellence, IT, Legal and Sales backgrounds, both on a permanent and contract basis. Since its inception, AP’s mission has been to “build relationships that last a lifetime” by providing exceptional service to both our clients and candidates.

For me personally, our company and partnerships ongoing international success all started in Western New York in 1993 with AP Professionals. At that time, we were fortunate enough to build an enduring partnership with the Advantage Co. Our original business model was simple: we would access the remarkable resources of Advantage Global Resources and we would control our own destiny. Our alignment with the Advantage as our strategic partner has enabled us to far exceed our own expectations.

Joe Kreuz

Founder

Our History

A History of Growth

Foundation

The Advantage Company is founded in 1978 by Tony Ragusa

June 1978

Partnership formed

Joe Kreuz and Tony Ragusa form a 51/49 Partnership that lays the foundation and business model for AP Professionals

Sep 1993

Second office

Mark Pautler opens AP’s second office in Rochester as Managing Partner

June 1996

Tom Thomson joins

Tom Thomson joins as Managing Partner of Advantage Systems Professionals

Oct 1996

Jerry Tenenbaum joins

Jerry Tenenbaum joins AP as President of AP’s west coast presence in Scottsdale

Aug 1998

AP Professionals of WNY Founded

AP Professionals of WNY LLC was founded in 1993 by Joseph R. Kreuz following a career at the world’s premier Fortune 500 search and staffing firm.

2003

Kelly Cultrara promoted

Kelly Cultrara promoted to President and Partner of AP of WNY

2007

Ron Papaj promoted

Ron Papaj promoted to President of AP Tech Search

2007

New Office

AP Phoenix launches office in Portland managed by Larry Mills

Jan 2017

Matt Taylor promoted

Matt Taylor promoted to President and Partner of AP Rochester

Jan 2017

Engineering & Operations launched

AP launches Engineering & Operations managed by Jennifer Garrigan

Mar 2017

New location

AP Phoenix launches Nevada

Mar 2018

Joining AAFA

AP Joins AAFA as upstate New York Member

2018

New location

AP Launches Mid Atlantic office in Maryland

Mar 2020

Years of Growth

AP Professionals of WNY LLC has grown into one of the largest specialized staffing firms in the Western New York area. AP places individuals who have Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, Administrative, Legal, IT and Sales backgrounds both on a permanent and contract basis.

TODAY

Joe Kreuz

Founder

Kelly Cultrara

President / Partner

Team Behind Us

Our Team

AP’s Western New York team has over 165 years of combined agency experience and has placed over 4000 career-minded candidates.

165 years

Combined agency experience

4000

Candidates placed

Meet All Team Members