Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> September 23, 1998
CARLOS A. SALADRIGAS is the co-founder, Chairman and CEO of The Vincam
Group, Inc., a company principally engaged in professional employer
services, workers' compensation cost containment, drug-free workplace
systems, employee assistance plans and other outsourced employer
services. Before he founded Vincam, Saladrigas was Executive Vice
President at CAC, Florida's oldest HMO, and previously held several
positions at PepsiCo, Inc., including that of Director of Corporate
Planning, Vice President of Finance & Administration for PepsiCo's
largest overseas subsidiary located in Mexico, and Audit Manager for
Latin American operations. Before he joined PepsiCo, Saladrigas worked
for several years as consultant and auditor for Peat Marwick and Arthur
Young & Co. Saladrigas, who is a CPA and CMA, holds an MBA degree, with
honors, from Harvard University, and a BBA degree, cum laude, from the
University of Miami. Saladrigas is highly active in Industry activities,
having served as Vice-Chairman of the Institute for the Accreditation of
Professional Employer Organizations and as President of both the
National Association of Professional Employer Organizations (NAPEO) and
the Florida Association of Professional Employer Organizations (FAPEO).
He has held numerous other posts in the trade associations and is widely
regarded as a national authority on professional employer organizations
and managed health care. Mr. Saladrigas was named by Gov. Chiles to
serve on the Florida Board of Employee Leasing Companies, which he
chaired during 1992, and is currently serving under a successive four-
year term. Highly committed to community service, Saladrigas is a
trustee of the University of Miami and the Rhode Island School of
Design. He is a member of the Board of Advisors of St. Thomas University
and Belen Jesuit Preparatory School, and has served in various
committees at the United Way of Dade County. Mr. Saladrigas was named
1996 Alumnus of Distinction by the University of Miami, School of
Business, and chaired the 1997 'Walk for the Cure' for the Juvenile
Diabetes Foundation. He was recently recognized by 'Hispanic Business
Magazine' as one of the 100 most influential Hispanics in the Nation. He
served on the Governor's Workers' Compensation Oversight Board, and on
the Employer Advisory Group for the Florida Department of Labor,
Division of Workers' Compensation. Profile
you anticipate in your sector of the health care market over the next
several years?
Mr. Saladrigas: I basically see
