About Troy

How It All Started

In September of 2018 Troy Rulmyr and Ryan Hall launched Vanguard Employment Services (VES). Their mission was to create employment opportunities for all people regardless of barrier. In 2019, the “first” year, they created twenty-six jobs for folks all over the spectrum. Neurotypical people benefited from their resume training and Troy’s extensive network and people who experienced intellectual or developmental disabilities had a new champion in Ryan. Folks who thought they would never work found opportunities through VES.

2020 started incredibly strong and by February twenty-six jobs had been created. Then COVID-19 swept the nation and companies, unsure of the future, stopped hiring. VES’s vendor contracts with the state government were furloughed.

By February 2021 they had ceased creating jobs and focused on developing a pre-employment platform to help people fine-tune their ability to get hired. In April one of the companies they had previously worked with called Troy and asked him to consult with their business. Subsequently, the business consulting branch of VES was born.

In May of 2021, Ryan was ready for a change and saw an opportunity in the trades. Troy connected him to a construction company and they effectively dissolved the employment branch of VES. Troy shifted focus to clients with smaller projects and found a niche helping people to create professional and personal boundaries around core values, vision, mission, and purpose. Word quickly spread and Troy soon had clients in states across the country.

In December of 2021 with the changing business landscape, Troy saw the need to rebrand. He loved the idea of making an impact and being a trailblazer and he wanted to pay homage to what Vanguard Employment Services stood for. Thus Vanguard Collective was born.

By this time there was more work than one person could handle. Troy was working with an international sales training and development company called Smart Systematic Selling. That was where he met Sarah Njoroge. Troy was blown away by this organized, thoughtful, and dynamic woman from Kenya. When she was laid off, Troy asked special permission to interview Sarah for his Executive Assistant position. She didn’t know it at the time, but it was her position to lose. After two rounds of interviews and twelve uniquely qualified candidates, Troy brought Sarah onto the team.

Their values, desired workplace culture, and vision were in perfect alignment. Sarah is a community builder and, like Troy, she exists to help others. She wants to coach business professionals to help them get the most out of their companies. In less than thirty days from her onboarding, Sarah had cleared six months of backlogged executive tasks. The future is unwritten, however Troy and Sarah are uniquely positioned to help businesses achieve the future they desire.

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