About Quick Services

About Quick Services

Our Mission

  • Stay in the fight and support the warfighter
  • Provide services, technology and products that contribute to the overall safety and security of the USA
  • Provide sustainable and meaningful work with fair compensation for our employees
  • Remain a positive and active influence in our communities

Our Values - The Essence of our Culture

Quick Services is an integrity-based small business, built upon a conservative culture of legal, moral and ethical principles. We put our people first, and through the relentless pursuit of excellence we establish and maintain true “partner” relationships with our customers by focusing on our client’s needs. We are actively involved in our communities.

Our Commitment to Quality

Quick Services LLC is committed to providing superior customer service, exceeding all applicable requirements and continually improving. Exceptional customer experiences are of the utmost importance as well as providing excellent value. This commitment is supported by measurable quality objectives and company-wide focus on best-in-class quality.

About Us

QSL is a Wyoming-based DCAA-compliant company with offices and employees throughout the world. We focus on understanding the clients’ needs, establishing true partner relationships and exceeding performance expectations. QSL has proven performance in rapidly recruiting, screening, hiring, deploying, and supporting top quality personnel in a wide variety of high demand skills.

QSL is able to assemble a custom designed team of experts with the right skills and experience to meet our clients specialized needs. We take pride in our QUALITY people which are our strongest assets – customer feedback and QSL’s high retention rates reflect our ability recruit and retain mission focused top-tier professionals. QSL has the operational experience, staff, and infrastructure in place and stands ready to provide a wide array of services, technology, and products for our customers.

Who We Are

Leadership

Mr. Mel Wick, Managing Member

Mel Wick formed Quick Services as an integrity-based small business that is built upon a conservative culture of legal, moral and ethical principles that specializes in blending generations of business and special operations expertise to deliver best-in-class services around the world.

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Mr. Bill Cronin, Managing Member

Cronin began his career with the United States Army serving with Special Forces units, including close to 15 years with Delta Force. After retiring from the Army, Cronin participated at various levels (angel investing through VP of Operations) in six startup companies before starting QSL. Cronin earned an Associate of Applied Science degree in Chemical Engineering from Norwalk State Technical College, Norwalk, CT.

Bill Currently serves as a Fire Captain – New Castle Volunteer Fire Department, New Castle, NH, Director – The Station Foundation, Bozeman, MT and past President and Director – Seacoast Rotary Club, Portsmouth, NH. Past community involvement includes mentoring an early teen boy as part of Big Brothers Big Sisters, Portsmouth, NH and past chair of both the Budget Committee and Trustees of Trust Funds for the Town of New Castle, NH. 

Mr. Robert Pixley, CEO

Robert “Pix” Pixley had served as QSL’s Director of Human Capital Management for four years prior to being named Chief Executive Officer in November 2016. Before being selected to “Ride for the Brand”, he was a recruiting and talent management consultant for various Fortune 500 companies in the Information Technology and Medical Device industries. Pix retired from the Army in 2003, after serving 22 years in various Airborne and Special Missions Units.

He has earned an MBA from Grantham University, Lenexa, Kansas and a BA in Organizational Leadership from Brandman University, Orange County, California. Pix also holds a Graduate Certificate in Human Resources Management from San Diego State University, Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) certificate and a Society for Human Resources Professionals-Senior Certified Professional (SHRM-SCP) certificate.

Board of Advisors

General Peter J. Schoomaker (RET)

General Peter J. Schoomaker (RET) served as the 35th Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army from 2003 until his second retirement in 2007. Prior to becoming Chief of Staff of the Army, he was the Commander in Chief, U.S. Special Operations Command from 1997 to 2000. Gen. Schoomaker retired from the U.S. Army and became president of Quiet Pros, Inc. a defense consulting company. General Schoomaker is a member of the board of directors of DynCorp International Inc., CAE, Inc. and a member of the boards of several non-profit and private companies. General Schoomaker holds a B.S. in Education from the University of Wyoming and an M.A. in Management and Supervision from Central Michigan University. 

Major General William F. Garrison (RET)

Major General William F. Garrison (RET) served two tours in Vietnam. Following his service in Vietnam, MG Garrison spent most of his career in special operations units, including the U.S. Army Intelligence Support Activity as the commander of its operations squadron and he has commanded at all levels including our nation’s premier Counter-Terrorism Units. MG Garrison was also the commanding officer of Operation Gothic Serpent, the military operation launched in 1993 to capture Mohamed Farrah Aidid, which ended in the first Battle of Mogadishu on October 3, 1993. He retired August 3, 1996, the day after Aidid died. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Pan American University, and a Masters of Business Administration from Sam Houston State University.

STAY IN THE FIGHT

Mr. Mel Wick, Managing Member

As a United States Army veteran with more than 32 years’ experience in the Special Operations community, Mel was one of the original six operators and spent 16 plus years in Delta Force. Mel also served as the Command Sergeant Major (CSM) for Delta Force, for the Joint Special Operations Command, for the US Army Special Operations Command, and for the United States Special Operations Command. His diversified career in Special Operations has built a broad base of experience and expertise in leadership, operations, planning, managing complex projects in high threat environments and building positive working relationships with indigenous personnel.

He has planned, designed, and supervised the implementation of advanced special operations training courses from 1 week to 6 months in duration, planned and conducted joint exercises up to National level as well as designing, planning and conducting operational tests of special operations unique equipment. Following his retirement from service, Mel accepted the position as Director and Program Manager for the Center for National Response. Mr. Wick turned an abandoned highway tunnel into a unique one-of-a-kind, national level, Weapons of Mass Destruction and Counter Terrorism training center, training over 10,000 DOD, Federal, State and local first responders to include numerous tactical scenarios for law enforcement teams.

For the first eight years Mr. Wick was the Chief Executive Officer and then Managing Partner of QSL – a Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business. Mel has a Bachelor of Science degree from Liberty University, Lynchburg, Virginia.

Mr. Robert Pixley, CEO

He has earned a Bachelor degree in Organizational Leadership from Brandman University, Orange County, California, and a Graduate Certificate in Human Resources Management from San Diego State University. He is near completion of an MBA from Grantham University, Lenexa, Kansas. Pix also holds a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) certificate and a Society for Human Resources Professionals-Senior Certified Professional (SHRM-SCP) certificate.

Mr. Bill Cronin, Managing Member

Cronin began his career with the United States Army serving with Special Forces units, including close to 15 years with Delta Force. After retiring from the Army Cronin participated at various levels (angel investing through VP of Operations) in six startup companies before starting QSL. Cronin earned an Associate of Applied Science degree in Chemical Engineering from Norwalk State Technical College, Norwalk, CT.

Bill currently serves as a Fire Captain – New Castle Volunteer Fire Department, New Castle, NH, director – The Station Foundation, Bozeman, MT and president – Seacoast Rotary Club, Portsmouth, NH. Past community involvement includes mentoring an early teen boy as part of Big Brothers Big Sisters, Portsmouth, NH and past chair of both the Budget Committee and Trustees of Trust Funds for the Town of New Castle, NH.