Leadership

Kevin Ponder

Director of Professional Placement & Workforce Development

Kevin Ponder joined PeopleReady Skilled Trades in 2018, where he serves as the construction director. Ponder has been at the forefront of the skilled trades staffing industry for the past 19 years—and he is passionate about assisting people in connecting to work and educating the public on available opportunities in construction. As an industry leader in promoting skilled trades workforce development initiatives, Ponder challenges his team to look for tomorrow’s solutions to today’s challenges. Ponder focuses on using his consultative sales approach to help customers complete their projects safely and in the most cost-effective, strategic manner possible.

PeopleReady Skilled Trades is a specialized division of PeopleReady, a TrueBlue company (NYSE: TBI). Since 1987, we have connected tradespeople and work across a wide range of trades, including carpentry, electrical, plumbing, welding, solar installations and more. Whether you need a single tradesperson or require a coordinated effort to dispatch skilled workers across multiple projects, we ensure you have the right people with the right tools, on-site and on time.