Our Team...
Carrington “Cab” Garrett
President/CEO
Carrington "Cab" Garrett is one the Executive Search industry's most innovative pioneers. His dedication to customer satisfaction is now legendary in Southern California, where he established his firm in 1973.
After graduating from college and serving a stint in the US Army, he began his career in insurance sales and became aware of the growing opportunity in the staffing industry. He joined Management Recruiters (MRI) in 1969, where he quickly became a Senior Manager, opening MRI offices in Orange County and San Diego.
He saw the value of not just placing candidates in jobs, but in building solid relationships from which future business would spring. Eager to own his own business, he went on to open his own Dunhill agency, growing it into two locations employing over 30 people, and eventually becoming one of the most successful Dunhill franchisees in the early and mid 1970's. He sold that business and established Carrington Garrett Executive Search in Orange County in 1973.
Cab has built the company around firm principles. Strong Client and Candidate relationships, responsiveness to client needs, confidentiality and discretion have produced one of the longest-established search businesses in Orange County.
Cab has worked with many of Southern California's leading corporations and executives over the years, including Western Digital, SAT Research, PICK Systems, BASIC4, Hughes Electronics, Hitachi, IBM and countless others.
Sharyl A. Pyrdol
Senior Account Director
Sharyl brings to Carrington Garrett (CG) a comprehensive understanding of business operations, communications, media, marketing and manufacturing.
Dual majors in Business and Psychology at UCLA prepared her well for a succession of increasingly responsible positions in multiple industries with large, multinational corporations as well as start-ups. Additionally, Sharyl has founded and operated her own businesses in property management, marketing and sales.
Highlights of Sharyl’s background are: VP Marketing Communications with Pioneer Electronics (USA), VP Marketing with CL-9, National Advertising Manager for Hitachi Sales Corporation of America, VP Marketing for Cosmi Corp., dual roles in Senior Product Management and Marketing Communications with the Ameriphone subsidiary of Plantronics, Inc., VP Marketing with Woman’sAct, Founder/EVP of Pioneer Property Management, Advertising and Promotional Manager for Seven-Up Bottling Companies of Southern California, Director of Educational Media Products with Audio Magnetics Corporation and Sales Manager for Custom Coffee Plan.
Sharyl’s memberships and affiliations include Sales and Marketing Executives Int’l., Professional Sales Associates, Business and Professional Women of America, Financial Women International, Soroptimists and the California Special Olympics.
She lives in Tustin Ranch, California with her husband, Richard, a Real Estate Management Executive with a privately held Investment Trust.
Michael J. McClister
Senior Account Director
Michael J. McClister has been in the executive search industry for over 18 years.
In 1986, Michael established his own executive search company, Threshold Alliance. He later merged with several other strategically aligned national consulting firms, including Management Resources International, which was founded in 1972, with the initial areas of focus in strategic and organizational consulting for a broad client base of international and domestic clientele.
As a managing principal for Threshold Alliance, Mr. McClister assisted clients in recruiting key executives for growing and established companies in a broad range of industries and disciplines, including aerospace, defense contractors, medical manufacturing, high tech, manufacturing, distribution, and foodservice industries.
Clients include: Hughes Aerospace, E-Systems (Currently Raytheon), SDC (formerly Lear Siegler), ECS, Metracor Technologies (VIA Medical), National Medical Enterprises, NCR, Hewlett-Packard, General Mills, Georgia Pacific, Kraft Foods, Sysco Food Distribution, Dart Industries, Pepsico, Inc., Safeway Markets and others.
He earned a BSBA degree in Organizational Development at the University of San Francisco, and did extensive graduate course work at Pepperdine University. He has served on the board of directors of several organizations, as well as doing volunteer work with a number of organizations.
Steve Kruse
IT GUY
Steve Kruse is one of the pioneers in the PC Software industry, having bootstrapped a highly successful PC RDBMS software company to $20-million per year in the early 1980's.
A "startup specialist," he has served on the executive team or board of directors for several successful software ventures focused on eBusiness Automation, Enterprise Application Solutions, Multimedia Authoring & Delivery, Software Development Tools & Database Systems, as well as Network and Internet Security solutions.
Prior to his career in the computer industry, he was an award-winning Newspaper editor and writer in the Pacific Northwest.
Kruse is the former founder and Chairman of the Software Council of Southern California and the Washington Software Association.
