Leadership
Leadership That Understands the Business.
Behind QLS is experienced leadership grounded in a genuine understanding of people, business operations, and the impact of strong workforce decisions.
Meet our CEO & Founder, whose vision, experience, and passion for bringing people and businesses together guide the direction of QLS.
Kristina Popwell, SPHR, CSP
CEO & Founder
Kristina Popwell believes that people are the foundation of every successful business. As the CEO and Founder of Quality Logistic Solutions, she brings that philosophy to life by helping organizations build strong teams, navigate workforce challenges, and find staffing solutions that support long-term success.
Her story
With more than 20 years of executive experience in human resources, staffing, and talent acquisition, Kristina has led and supported major workforce initiatives nationwide. Her experience includes large-scale projects in power generation and power delivery, as well as DoD-aligned and professional workforces, including talent strategy and recruiting support for the construction of Vogtle Units 3 and 4.
Her expertise extends across staffing augmentation, direct hire recruiting, and turnkey project solutions. She understands what it takes to deliver workforce readiness at scale, from forecasting demand and building dependable recruiting operations to ensuring compliance and strengthening onboarding and workforce stability.
In addition to her staffing and recruiting leadership, Kristina brings private equity and mergers and acquisitions experience, advising organizations on talent strategy, organizational readiness, integration planning, and leadership scalability during periods of growth and transition. Her HR consulting expertise spans core HR, HRIS and HR technology, talent acquisition, workforce planning, and comprehensive HR enablement. She partners closely with clients to align HR strategy with operational needs, strengthen execution, and ensure leaders and employees have the tools and support to succeed.
What she believes
At her core, Kristina is relationship-driven and believes that taking care of people is essential to business success. She is committed to building strong, responsive support teams around every client, delivering consistent communication, dependable guidance, and personalized service. As she often says, "If you take care of the people, they will take care of your business."
Serving, Family and Faith
Beyond her work, Kristina serves on the Executive Board of Wiregrass Habitat for Humanity, where she has contributed for three years. She is a devoted wife and mother who enjoys spending time with her family, visiting Disney, and living out her faith.

