Erin Shelby, PHR

Erin Shelby, PHR is an award-winning human resources consultant and thought leader. As owner of Shelby HR Solutions, Erin advises firms on how to enhance company culture and improve the employee experience. Erin is an HR Expert Witness for employment matters including wrongful termination. Her diverse experience and empathetic approach have garnered her a reputation as a strategic leader and advisor. Erin‘s HR leadership skills resulted in the“100 Best Places to Work” awarded by the LA and Sacramento Business Journals. Erin’s in-house human resources experience includes the US District Court, California State Assembly, Sutter Community Hospitals and HGA Architects and Engineers. Erin is a graduate from the University of Washington, Michael G. Foster School of Business in Business Administration and is certified as a Professional in Human Resources Certification, (PHR) from the HR Certification Institute, (HRCI).

Michael St. Angelo, CPA

Michael St. Angelo leads CTI’s Technical Sales department. Prior to his current role, Michael served his clients by identifying, quantifying and generating R&D credits, Employee Retention Credits, and Discretionary Tax Credits. Additionally, Michael serves as an internal resource for all technical and challenging problems that occur within the firm. His main responsibilities includes client relationship management and technical analysis to generate significant tax savings for his clients. Before joining CTI, Michael worked for three years as an audit senior associate for Crowe Horwath LLP. In this role Michael deeply specialized in financial audits of mid-sized and large public companies with assets in excess of $4 billion. Michael holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from California State University, Sacramento and is a licensed CPA in the State of California and is in the process of getting his Masters in Tax from Villanova. Michael can be reached directly at (916) 904-0150 or mstangelo@ctillc.com.

Treaver Hodson

Mr. Hodson brings over 20 years’ experience in advising executive management, in-house corporate legal counsel, labor relations administrators, and human resource professionals. His legal practice includes offering management counsel and legal advice for compliance with all areas of employment and labor law, including employment hiring and recruitment, performance and incentive compensation, discipline and termination decisions, employment policies and handbook provisions, executive employment agreements, arbitration and alternative dispute resolution agreements, trade secret and confidentiality agreements, workplace misconduct investigations, drug and alcohol testing, employment background checks, employee privacy, governmental and administrative audits and assessments, protected leaves of absence, workplace safety, employee benefits, prevention of union organizing, wage and hour compliance, management training, and various other employment related state and federal laws and regulations. Mr. Hodson has also represented management before federal and state courts and administrative agencies in all aspects of employment law litigation. His representation has included such areas of expertise as wrongful termination, unlawful discrimination and harassment, retaliation, wage and hour, workplace violence, leaves of absence, unfair competition, misappropriation of trade secrets, breach of contract and defamation. His expertise includes assertive use of alternative dispute resolution mechanisms for to find solutions, including formal and informal arbitration and mediation. Mr. Hodson also represents management in all aspects of labor law before the National Labor Relations Board and similar state agencies including representation elections, unfair labor practice charges and hearings, collective bargaining negotiations, contract arbitrations and picketing and strikes.