Gene Waddy

CEO

Gene C. Waddy is a visionary entrepreneur and owner of Alpha Business Solutions LLC, a certified minority business enterprise that specializes in providing fully managed payroll services, IC compliance, and risk mitigation. Gene is also the co-founder of DIVERSANT LLC, the nation’s largest African American owned IT staffing firm. In many ways, both companies reflect Gene’s professional expertise, personal drive, and his commitment to helping others. Gene shares his knowledge and expertise with other business owners by remaining active with the NYNJ Minority Supplier Development Council and running UNITY, Alpha’s MBE mentorship program.

Gene is very active in multiple community service organizations including Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. and also serves as Board Chair of Wildcat, a Fedcap company. Gene was named the 2013 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year New Jersey winner and has been featured as a leading voice for diversity in many publications including Staffing Industry Analysts and Black Enterprise magazine. A New Jersey native, Gene attended Fairleigh Dickinson University where he earned his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering.