OUR EXECUTIVE TEAM

Michael Carrillo is the President and Co-Founder of CPGjobs, the leading talent acquisition and networking resource in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry.

Following a successful twenty-year career in CPG during which he help create and run a groundbreaking retail rebate program for Eckerd's, Long's, Rite Aid, Walgreen's and others, Michael began his recruiting career in 1997 with Sales Management Resources. He founded his own recruitment firm, Network Resource Recruiting in 1999, which evolved into CPGjobs in 2002.

Michael's broad range of industry contacts has served his clients well. Over the years, more than 100 top corporations have used CPGjobs to recruit experienced CPG talent.

Michael Carrillo is a frequent presence at industry events and actively supports diversity and inclusion in the workplace. His company is a founding member of the California Diversity Council and is a supporting member of the National Black MBA Association, the National Society of Hispanic MBAs, the Network of Executive Women and the Society of Human Resource Management.

In 2009, CPGjobs announced its strategic partnership with diversity recruitment leader Lee McDuffey and his firm Diversity Search, Inc. to provide CPGjobs' clients with access to "A" level, diverse talent and high quality diversity training and consulting services.

Michael Carrillo is a graduate of Loyola Marymount University (81) and lives in Pasadena, California with his wife and business partner, Penny Sallberg-Carrillo.

As Co-Founder and Executive Vice President of CPGjobs Penny Sallberg works every day to bring Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) leading companies and candidates together. Sallberg and Michael Carrillo founded CPGjobs because they saw a need that no one else was filling. Job boards were untargeted and ineffective and traditional recruiters were limited and expensive.

Sallberg's first job was with the phone company, where she became the youngest traffic manager they ever had. Her long and diverse corporate career covers many of the same sectors where she now recruits. She has been an interior designer, went to Design Tek as a temporary employee and rose from audit manager to Office Manager in six months. She worked in L.A.'s booming fashion industry before moving to the House of Marketing in Pasadena, where she served as office manager and art director.

She serves on the Board of Directors for FISMIC, President of California Diversity Council-LA and is active in the Network of Executive Women.

Sallberg was born and raised in Los Angeles's San Fernando Valley, attended Pepperdine University, and is a graduate of the California State University at Northridge. She lives in Pasadena, Calif., in a restored California Craftsman home with her husband and business partner Michael Carrillo. They have three children and a grandson on the way.

Olexandr (Alex) Prokhorenko joined CPGjobs in 1999 as a systems administrator and programmer. He helped the company stay on track during the dot-com bubble is now the company's CTO. He is responsible for all IT related questions within the company, starting from equipment purchasing and ending with managing outsourcing teams.

He was co-founder and CTO for several IT companies in Ukraine before he has moved to United States. Alex has a MS in Computer Science and a number of professional certifications, including Sun Certified Systems Administrator (SCSA) and Java Programmer (SCJP). He has been published in more than forty tech journals, including BEA dev2dev, DevX, BYTE.com, Linux Planet, and Java Boutique.

As Director of Engineering, Olexiy Prokhorenko is responsible for the development of CPGjob's front/back office technology solutions and the firm's engineering management. He helps build and research new ways to expand business, leads product strategy and innovation. He started working with CPGjobs as a web developer in 1999, and has held the role of senior developer and team leader where he managed all software development and implementation.

Olexiy Prokhorenko has over twelve years of software development experience and before joining CPGjobs Olexiy co-founded and helped develop several software/information companies in Ukraine and Russia, which were later acquired. He has published and written for several O'Reilly Media technical publications, including Developer, DevX and others. Olexiy holds a MS degree in Computer Science, has PMP and CSM credentials and is SCJP, SCWCD and SCEA certified by Sun Microsystems. He is a husband and father, living in San Francisco Bay Area.

OUR SALES TEAM

Shelley Guidarelli founded Guidarelli Staffing Solutions in 1985; her company is proficient in placing Contract-Hires for mid to senior management talent in the CPG industry. Her clients have ranged from smaller ($50 million) companies to Fortune 100 firms. Guidarelli's career has evolved from traditional recruiting to today's advanced human capital solutions that includes social networking. GSS brings rich industry experience and an affiliate partnership with CPGjobs since 2002. Our extensive resources provide a no-nonsense approach to achieving client goals to CPGjobs.

OUR SUPPORT TEAM

Loraine Inglis's duties include helping the CPGjobs site run smoothly, posting new jobs, interacting with candidates and working directly with employers as their personal account manager. The La Habra, California, native has been the firm's Director of Operations since January 2004. Prior to joining CPGjobs, she was manager of the production and contract department of Norman Howe & Associates, where she worked for 11 years. A graduate of Fullerton Community College, Loraine lives in Pasadena. Her son Terry was recently married.

Jerri Misawa has worked for CPGjobs since 1998. In addition to her administrative duties, she worked at the Temple City Unified School District as a teacher's aide for the Special Day Class. She lives in San Gabriel, California, with her husband Mel. The couple has two sons, Brian, and Jeff.

Carla Willkerson has worked at eHarmony and Bank of America. She provides critical support to the sales and marketing staff at CPGjobs, provides support for candidates and manages the company's social networking profile and online communications. A trained midwife, Wilkerson hails from Perris, California and now lives in Pasadena. She is married "to the best man in the world," and has one stepson.