Leadership Team

Founded more than 20 years ago, TempWorks Software® has grown to more than 180 employees and has served more than 500 staffing clients nationwide. Our leadership team provides the technology, support and strategic direction that our clients need for sustainable growth and to maintain a competitive advantage in the marketplace. Our team continues to focus on building trust-based relationships with our clients and partners while providing top tier software, payroll, and funding services.

David Dourgarian, Chief Executive Officer

Mari Kautzman-Knoll, Chief Operating Officer

David Dourgarian, Chief Executive Officer

As CEO of TempWorks Software, David’s passion has been to partner with staffing agencies and help them mobilize to take their businesses to the next level. Every day, David and a team of more than 170 employees strive to transform their clients’ businesses through technological innovations and staffing industry knowledge. Over the last few years, he has strategically focused the product development roadmap to support the technology needs of large staffing agencies and to optimize staffing software tools for a mobile workforce.

Mari Kautzman-Knoll, Chief Operating Officer

As COO, Mari’s superb organizational and communications skills help our development, implementation, and payroll teams execute at peak performance. With dual degrees in math and accounting, Mari streamlined our tax and payroll processes before leading the highly successful conversion of a public bank’s payroll funding division to TempWorks.

Nate Ober, Chief Technology Officer

Kevin Prow, Chief Information Officer

Nate Ober, Chief Technology Officer

As Chief Technology Officer, Nate Ober brings more than 20 years of experience in development, architecture, and development management to TempWorks Software. His expertise in implementing Scrum Agile practices, streamlining processes for development operations, and managing rapid technology growth helps deliver the staffing software tools our clients need to achieve their company expansion goals.

Kevin Prow, Chief Information Officer

Kevin joined the TempWorks team in 2004 as a support technician where he served until his deployment to Iraq and Kuwait in 2006. He re-joined TempWorks the following year as a product developer. Kevin played an instrumental role in implementing the company’s payroll funding division in 2009. He led the support team as Director of Support Services through 2016. Bringing his experience to our development team, Kevin led all development activities from 2016 through 2018. Now as the Chief Information Officer, Kevin leads the Information Technology team on matters of strategic planning, infrastructure, and information security.

Alisha Santoorjian Thunstrum, VP of Client Services

Brett Cavanagh, Vice President of Sales

Alisha Santoorjian Thunstrum, VP of Client Services

Alisha Santoorjian Thunstrom is the Vice President of Client Services at TempWorks Software. Support has been Alisha’s specialty since her first day at TempWorks Software in 2011. She’s steadily climbed from support analyst to support supervisor, manager, director and now vice president where she oversees support services and account management. Alisha understands that the long-term success of clients depends on the investment of time and support to build true partnerships. She also leads the year-end team and manages sales and payroll tax changes throughout the year.

Brett Cavanagh, Vice President of Sales

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Brett Cavanagh joined the TempWorks Software team in 2019, bringing more than 12 years of experience in staffing sales. As Vice President of Sales, Brett draws from his background of strategic leadership and market analysis to build partnerships across the nation and deliver a superior client experience.

Taylor Lukin, VP of Employee Development

Taylor Lukin, VP of Employee Development

Taylor Lukin has more than 11 years of experience in project management and management roles primarily in the software industry. Her management experience includes more than five years at TempWorks Software in various roles from 2011 to 2016, including Director of Project Management and Director of Implementation Services. In 2018, Taylor rejoined the TempWorks team as the Vice President of Employee Development. In this role, Taylor works closely with each department to ensure that new employees receive the necessary onboarding and training tools to succeed and current employees have access to appropriate resources and professional development opportunities.

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