"TempWorks provides top-level customer service. This starts with the CEO and continues through to all personnel." - Brian Blount, Information Services Director, Manpower
Meet the TempWorks Management Team
Gregg Dourgarian, Chief Executive Officer
Gregg wrote the first TempWorks software as a teenager in 1975 with his staffing pioneer father who founded Manpower's technical and payroll operations.
Gregg also built an airline software company. Its product, Supertrace, helps keep airline reservation systems running smoothly worldwide.
Gregg holds an honors degree in economics from Claremont McKenna College.
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David Dourgarian, President
David began programming with his Dad in his early teens and has been involved with every aspect of its business since its incorporation.
He founded the the TempWorks payroll processing and funding product lines and is working on adding asset-based lending and insurance lines as well. David attended the University of Minnesota and the University of California, Berkeley, and currently resides in Eden Prairie, MN, with wife, Laura.
Paul Czywczynski, Chief Technology Officer
An internet security consultant to the financial industry and a software developer par excellence, Paul transformed TempWorks offerings into an award-winning WPF suite.
Before coming to TempWorks, Paul headed up the MIS department of a large staffing company where he developed a first-generation suite of Internet-based staffing software solutions.
Paul holds a degree in electronic engineering from the Oregon Institute of Technology.
Melanie Kramer, Vice President of Client Services
Melanie Kramer joined TempWorks in 2001 as an office manager and has since been promoted through nearly every human resources, finance, and technical support role that TempWorks offers.
As director of customer support she manages a large staff of technical support specialists and serves as a first responder for urgent client needs.
Mari Kautzman, Director of Implementation and Consulting Services
Mari has been working with TempWorks since 2006. Her dual degrees in mathematics and accounting have helped her advance from tax specialist to Director of Implementation and Consulting Services.
She has been a key figure in the development of the payroll funding and payroll processing services that so many staffing agencies rely on today.
Maria Dourgarian, Controller/Financial Software Developer
Educated in Portugal, France, and the United States, Maria develops financial software and oversees the accounting staff at TempWorks. She is currently redeveloping TempWorks payroll funding modules for a major client, a division of a publicly traded bank.
She also assists the implementation teams with their accounting integration and data conversion projects.
Casey Kraus, Vice President of Sales
In a few short years Casey, also known as the revenue machine, has become a key connector at TempWorks and throughout the staffing community.
Casey holds an MBA from Hamline University and has some great marketing ideas for staffing companies.
Rich Petersen, Regional Vice President of Sales
Working from a home office in his native Atlanta, Rich brings a diverse staffing industry background to TempWorks.
A patient and steady producer, Rich guides staffing companies large and small to the payroll funding and software solutions that fit them best.
Jack Terrana, Vice President of Sales
Jack started his staffing career in NYC in 1994, working as a salesman for an independent temporary service. From there, he held positions with several staffing industry lenders, providing factoring, asset based lending and payroll funding programs exclusively to independent staffing businesses nationwide.
Since 2007, Jack has been VP of Sales for Tempworks Venture, a program that delivers a fully integrated solution that includes payroll funding, back office processing and the industry-best Tempworks software.







