Chipton Ross

Name

Chipton Ross

Legal name

Chipton-Ross, Inc.

Website

https://chiptonross.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1983

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Aerospace & Defense Staffing Services

NAICS

Employment Placement Agencies (561311), Professional Employer Organizations (561330)

akta.pro primary industry

Professional Employer Organization (PEO) / Co-Employment Services (BPACAHAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Maintenance, Repair & Operations (MRO) / Industrial Maintenance Staffing (BPACAEAH)

Keywords

• Aerospace defense staffing
• Engineering workforce solutions
• Contract labor recruiting
• Vendor management staffing
• Security cleared talent

Headquarters

HQ city

El Segundo

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Staffing and Workforce Solutions: Chipton-Ross provides contract and permanent staffing services to aerospace, defense, and technology companies. Revenue is generated through markup on contractor wages, placement fees for permanent hires, and payrolling services. The company acts as the employer of record for contractors, handling payroll, benefits administration, and compliance.
2. Referral Bonuses: Candidate referral program where referrers earn bonuses after referred candidates work 160 hours. First referrer of a successful hire receives payment after the 160-hour threshold is met.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Chipton-Ross is a specialty staffing and workforce solutions provider serving aerospace, defense, engineering, IT, manufacturing, and administrative sectors. The company supplies contract and permanent talent through direct enterprise partnerships, drawing on a 500K+ candidate database and recruiters averaging 10+ years of industry experience. As employer of record, Chipton-Ross handles payroll, benefits, compliance, and security-clearance screening, with optional VTAS vendor management for multi-vendor programs.

Product overview

Chipton Ross operates as an aerospace and defense staffing agency offering a unified platform of workforce solutions. The core offering combines a job search platform with 466+ positions, an AI-powered resume submission system using Anthropic's API for parsing, and job alert notifications via email and SMS. Their VTAS (Vendor Talent Acquisition System) proprietary system manages multi-vendor workforce programs. The myTime Employee Portal provides contractors self-service access to payroll and benefits. Staffing Solutions connect businesses with talent from a 500,000+ candidate database. A referral bonus program incentivizes candidate referrals. These products work together as an end-to-end staffing ecosystem serving aerospace, defense, engineering, and technology industries since 1983.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• VTAS: Proprietary Vendor Talent Acquisition System that manages multi-vendor programs with transparency and control.

Products and services

• Staffing Solutions Workforce solutions service providing contract and permanent placement of engineering, IT, manufacturing, and administrative talent to aerospace, defense, and technology companies. Chipton-Ross acts as employer of record, handling payroll, benefits, and compliance.
• VTAS (Vendor Talent Acquisition System) Proprietary Vendor Talent Acquisition System providing transparency and control for clients running multi-vendor contingent workforce and Statement of Work (SOW) engagements.
• Job Search Platform Web-based job search portal allowing aerospace and defense candidates to browse and apply to contract and permanent positions across engineering, IT, manufacturing, and administrative categories.
• myTime Employee Portal Employee self-service portal enabling Chipton-Ross contractors to access payroll information, manage personal records, retrieve HR forms, and enroll in benefits.
• Resume Submission Service Candidate intake service accepting resume uploads on chiptonross.com, with AI-assisted parsing (via Anthropic's API) to identify skills and match candidates to open aerospace and defense positions.
• Job Alert Notifications Email and SMS-based alert system that notifies candidates when new positions matching their preferences (education, pay rate, employment type, location, keywords) are posted.
• Candidate Referral Program Referral bonus program rewarding individuals who refer qualified aerospace and defense candidates, with payment issued to the first referrer after the referred candidate completes 160 hours of work.

Quantifiable outcome

• Reduced operational costs through centralized onboarding, HR, and IT processes
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

AI capability4 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered supporting.

• Anthropic, Inc.supportingTechnology or IntegrationAI language model services provider. Resume content and application materials submitted through the Chipton-Ross website may be processed through Anthropic's API to assist in candidate evaluation and job matching. Anthropic acts as a service provider and is not permitted to use data for its own independent purposes.
• Cloudflare, Inc.supportingTechnology or IntegrationCAPTCHA and website security services, including Turnstile verification, to help prevent spam, fraud, and automated abuse on the Chipton-Ross website.
• Fidelity InvestmentssupportingTechnology or Integration401(k) retirement plan administration for eligible contractors. Chipton-Ross's 401(k) plan is administered by Fidelity Investments, with a dedicated portal available to employees.
• American Medical PlansupportingTechnology or IntegrationHealth coverage provider offering medical, dental, and vision plans available to many contractors through American Medical Plan.
• Unify Credit UnionsupportingTechnology or IntegrationCredit union partnership providing lifelong access to Unify Credit Union for employees with no waiting period. Heritage Trust available in South Carolina.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Kforce: Kforce is a national staffing firm focused on technology and engineering placements, competing for many of the same technical engineering and IT positions that Chipton-Ross fills across aerospace and defense customers.
• Aerotek: Aerotek is a large, established technical, engineering, and industrial staffing provider that competes for many of the same aerospace and defense contract roles, but at significantly greater scale across broader industries.
• TEKsystems: TEKsystems is a large IT, engineering, and talent services provider that competes with Chipton-Ross for technical and cleared IT roles at the same enterprise aerospace and defense customers.
• Insight Global: Insight Global is a major staffing firm placing IT, engineering, and professional talent, increasingly competing for the same federal and defense-adjacent contract roles that Chipton-Ross services.

Direct peers

• Morson Group: Morson Group is an engineering and technical staffing specialist with a comparable aerospace and defense vertical focus, providing contract and permanent engineering placements to similar enterprise customers.
• Belcan: Belcan is a direct competitor in aerospace, defense, and engineering technical staffing and consulting, providing contract and direct-hire engineering talent to similar prime contractors and OEMs — closely matching Chipton-Ross's core offering.
• PDS Tech: PDS Tech specializes in aerospace, defense, and manufacturing technical staffing, placing engineering and skilled-trade workers into the same prime-contractor customer base served by Chipton-Ross.
• Moseley Technical Services: Moseley Technical Services is an aerospace, defense, and government technical staffing specialist with a similar cleared-candidate and engineering placement focus as Chipton-Ross.

Emerging players

• Apex Systems: Apex Systems focuses on IT, engineering, and federal staffing with overlapping aerospace and defense customers, representing a growth-stage competitor in the technical recruiting market where Chipton-Ross operates.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/chipton-ross

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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