Christina Martins, M.E.  - christina@martins-ig.com                           Christina graduated from California State University San Bernardino with a degree in Accounting while working for a regional CPA firm during her college years.  Upon graduation, she began her recruiting career in 1997 on Wall Street, NYC, with Robert Half International.  By 2004, Christina obtained her Masters Degree in Education where she put forth this knowledge towards designing and implementing management and employee training programs that focus on a variety of topics.  She is known for possessing exceptional interpersonal skills and expertise in developing and maintaining advantageous working relationships.  She is successful with candidate recruitment (of all levels in a timely manner), is a self-starter, and works well with all levels of associates and management in meeting corporate recruiting objectives.  Her business acumen, industry expertise, interpersonal skills and leadership capabilities have contributed to continued corporate success.  Her accomplishments include but are not limited to:

· 2006 – Present: launched the Martins Investment Group (MIG), a permanent placement recruitment firm that services a multitude of industries, and positions, throughout the continental United States.

· From 2001 - 2006, the development and continual growth of a temporary and permanent placement firm, focusing on developing a profitable corporate presence throughout numerous states and internally within 16 offices.   

· Successfully unites with management and external clients to identity corporate staffing objectives while adhering to the client’s budget, designs and trains management and supervisors on employee retention techniques, conducts hiring and firing practices, educates management on competitive market salary awareness, and more.

· Successfully networks and establishes advantageous relationships within industry contacts to recruit top talent for our clients.  

· Establishment and preservation of advantageous candidate and client relationships resulting in the significant contribution to corporate profitability and referral business.

· Hires, trains, and motivates a staff of corporate recruiters.

Marlene Pascual, CPA - marlene@martins-ig.com                                 Throughout her career in recruiting and in both public and private accounting, Marlene has always been very customer service oriented; always seeking out the best solution for her clients.  She prides herself on putting her client’s needs first and then working towards fulfilling those needs through pinpoint recruiting and providing superior around the clock service to the organizations she works with. Because of this unique approach, she has been very successful at establishing and maintaining long term relationships with all of her client organizations.  

She graduated with a degree in Accounting from Cal State Northridge and then immediately began pursuing her CPA license by joining a local CPA firm in Glendale, CA.  After three years with the firm and her CPA license in hand, she began her own CPA practice which flourished quickly.  Her proudest accomplishment during this time was that she hired, trained, and assisted four other accounting professionals in obtaining their CPA licenses.    

After building up and selling a successful public accounting practice, Marlene joined a well known shoe distributor in Palos Verdes, Ca as their Controller. She worked successfully in that environment for several years, and then decided to put her strong accounting background, coupled with her customer service orientation, and ability to hire, motivate, and mentor others, to use in the recruiting industry.  She began her decade long recruiting career with Robert Half International, recruiting accounting professionals for some of the largest and most well known organizations in Southern California.

Possessing a strong entrepreneurial spirit and extensive experience building up and running successful businesses, Marlene founded her own recruitment firm in 2003, Pascual and Associates.  In 2006, Pascual and Associates merged with The Martins Investment Group and today the firm is proud to offer a wide variety of recruitment services across all industries. 

Michael Shenouda - mike@martins-ig.com                                           Michael, a University of California Irvine graduate in Business Administration has a strong background in both public and private industries. Upon graduation, he spent five years as an Auditor/ Accountant with a CPA firm and with an outside Consulting firm servicing Fortune 500 clients.  This enabled Mike to establish and build a solid knowledge base in the areas of business.

After spending five years in an Audit/Accounting capacity he transitioned into an Executive Recruiter role where he spent the last seven years helping to build a company from the ground up.  With a list of loyal clients ranging from large corporations to small innovators, he and his team consistently deliver quality candidates for critical hires.

Mike brings passion, strategic focus and professionalism to each project along with drive, tenacity and integrity.  He uses his extensive industry contacts and persistence to find the right person for each role. The number of client testimonials, and long-term MIG clients, confirm Mike’s success as an outstanding leader, mentor, and enduring business professional. Mike brings forth dedication, perseverance, and accuracy in all of his endeavors. 

Mike's range of experience includes executive positions to line managers in a number of core verticals including Accounting/Finance and Operations.   

Executive Recruiting Staff                                                                             Each Martins Investment Group Executive Recruiter is a degreed and certified professional, possessing over ten years of recruiting and client services expertise.  Because we are skilled working professionals ourselves, we know how to listen to our client's specific staffing needs, strategize with them in terms of recruitment and employee retention techniques, and identify successful matches for their team.  Additionally, our Executive Recruiters provide a thorough screening process for each career seeker we represent.  This enables us to establish a trusting relationship and thus, locate career possibilities that excite the professionals we present to our clientele.