Dedicated to your success
Each Collabrus client has an account team that is dedicated to providing responsive, flexible and quality service at every opportunity.
Leadership Team
Dorinda Parker —Vice President and General Manager
Dorinda leads the Collabrus organization, offering premier consultant payroll, consultant management, and compliance services. Before joining the company in 2000, she spent five years in senior leadership positions at IKON Office Solutions and 20 years in executive management at Xerox Corporation. She has served on the board of directors of the Sonoma Valley Museum of Art and of the University of Oregon Alumni Association and served as a State of Oregon Economic Development Commissioner. She received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Oregon.
Alicia Gousis —Vice President, Business Development
Alicia focuses on developing new client relationships and executing future growth initiatives for Collabrus. She brings 15 years experience in business development and client services, along with her broad experience in human resource and compliance solutions. Prior to joining the company Alicia served as a District Manager in the Professional Employer Organization (PEO) sector, working for Administaff. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from San Jose State University.
Walter Branam —Compliance Services Manager
Walt has over 30 years of experience working with The State of California’s Employment Development Department (CA EDD) in labor and tax audits. As a former Tax Auditor, Tax Administrator, facilitator of the CA EDD’s first Taxpayer Rights Advocate Program, and designer of the CA EDD’s Settlement Program his knowledge of the Federal and State employment laws, regulations, and audit criteria provides valuable insight into how to prevent worker misclassification. Walt has been a featured speaker before numerous industry and professional groups and brings his compliance expertise to the private sector as the in-house Worker Classification and Employment Tax Compliance Specialist at Collabrus Inc. Walt has a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration and a Masters of Business Administration from California State University, Long Beach.
Kimball Norup —Chief Marketing Officer
Kimball joined Collabrus in 2007. Prior to joining the company, Kimball was Senior Vice President of Marketing for the Nelson Family of Companies. Before Nelson, Kimball was Vice President - Business Development for eSolo.com, and before that was Vice President - Marketing & Sales for Noverus. Kim was with Geodex International for eight years, the last four of which he served as President. He graduated from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, with a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering and earned an MBA from the University of California at Davis.
Kimball is also Chief Marketing Officer of Collabrus’ parent company, M² Consulting.
Russel Orelowitz —Chief Financial Officer
A member of the M² Board of Directors since 1999, Russel joined the company as chief financial officer in 2005. He was previously chief financial officer of Educor, where he oversaw its diversification into the staffing and consulting industries. He is a qualified chartered accountant in South Africa and holds bachelors degrees in commerce and accountancy.
Russel is also Chief Financial Officer of Collabrus’ parent company, M² Consulting.
Operations Team
The Collabrus team is a seasoned group of specialists in benefits, human resources, compliance. Together they deliver world-class contingent workforce management, pay and compliance solutions to our clients and the consultants and contingent workers they engage.
