Going to the back to make a comeback

Erik Vonk, a banking and staffing industry executive who has been credited with both saving and nearly wrecking the same Gulf Coast human resources firm, is back in the business.

Only now Vonk is in it for himself — and for other like-minded people who work for themselves.

Vonk's vehicle is a new firm he co-founded called BOTH, or Back of the House. The St. Petersburg-based company does pretty much what its name says: Provide services from billing and collections to health plan consultation and banking to anyone working for themselves with no other employees.