ClearStar Announces Appointment of Troy Mastin as Chief Financial Officer

ALPHARETTA, GA, April 24, 2025 – ClearStar – a global human resources technology company that has specialized in background checks, drug testing, and occupational health screening for 30 years – today announced that Troy Mastin has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer (CFO).

“As ClearStar looks to the future, we must focus on structuring ourselves for growth,” said ClearStar Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Michael Pritts. “Troy brings exceptional leadership skills and experience in leading Private Equity-backed companies similarly situated as ClearStar through turnarounds and into high growth. He will be key to leading us through the next phase of our work together.”

Mastin was most recently CFO of MERGE, a digitally-oriented marketing solutions provider focused principally on healthcare clients, which experienced significant growth via organic client expansion as well as multiple acquisitions. He joined MERGE – one of the largest portfolio companies of Keystone Capital – in January of 2018 and had oversight of client finance, accounting, treasury, FP&A, and the data and analytics centralized service that supports business intelligence needs of the broader organization. Mastin successfully completed one exit in late 2018 when Keystone Capital purchased the business from Baird Capital.

Notable prior roles include: COO, Head of Cashback with CouponCabin, a leader in digital couponing and consumer cashback; SVP, Global Strategy and Operations at The Marketing Store, a Chicago-based marketing agency; and a principal and leader of the media and media services equity research practice at William Blair & Company.

Mastin graduated with honors from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and holds Bachelor of Science degrees in mechanical engineering and business administration from the University of Kansas.

 About ClearStar

ClearStar is a global Human Resources technology company offering “better, easier, faster, and safer” background screening solutions. A seven-time Inc. 5000 honoree, HRO Today Baker’s Dozen award-winning enterprise solution provider, and founding member of the Professional Background Screening Association (PBSA), ClearStar has provided innovative technology solutions to businesses in the human capital management industry from its corporate offices in Alpharetta, Georgia, since 1995. For more information, please visit www.clearstar.net.

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