President and CEO, staffing firm · QPS Employment Group · Brookfield, Wisconsin
Ryan Festerling
Ryan Festerling, president and CEO of Brookfield-based QPS Employment Group (Midwest staffing). Former Kohl’s EVP of HR. Racine native. Not other Festerlings outside QPS.
Net worth
$3 million+
September 17, 2026
About
Ryan Festerling is president and chief executive officer of QPS Employment Group, the Brookfield staffing firm BizTimes profiles with more than 50 Midwest locations, hundreds of internal employees, and thousands of weekly associate placements across more than 1,500 client companies.
Under his watch QPS completed a transition from founder-led ownership to 100% employee ownership.
Before joining QPS in 2019 he was executive vice president of human resources at Kohl’s Corp., responsible for people operations covering roughly 130,000 employees and more than 1,100 locations nationwide. A Racine native, he holds a bachelor’s degree from UW–La Crosse and serves on the boards of Wisconsin Lutheran High School and the Vince Lombardi Cancer Foundation.
Wisconsin 275 profiles consistently tag QPS as Brookfield-based, anchoring Festerling’s executive identity to the city’s corporate corridor even as the brand places associates statewide and across the Midwest.
Companies and affiliations
- QPS Employment Group
Notable facts
BizTimes Wisconsin 275: president and CEO of Brookfield-based QPS; 50-plus locations; hundreds of internal employees; thousands of weekly associates; 1,500-plus client companies; ESOP transition under his leadership; joined 2019 after Kohl’s EVP HR.
401(k) plan filings list QPS Employment Group’s location and mailing address in Brookfield, Wis.
Education: bachelor’s, UW–La Crosse; boards: Wisconsin Lutheran High School and Vince Lombardi Cancer Foundation (Wisconsin 275).
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- What makes Ryan Festerling notable?
- Ryan Festerling is president and chief executive officer of QPS Employment Group, the Brookfield staffing firm BizTimes profiles with more than 50 Midwest locations, hundreds of internal employees, and thousands of weekly associate placements across more than 1,500 client companies. Under his watch QPS completed a…
- What is Ryan Festerling's estimated net worth?
- Ryan Festerling's estimated net worth is $3 million+ as of 2026-09-17.