Carlos Lopez

Carlos M. Lopez is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Caduceus, a Georgia-based Certified and Verified HUBZone, and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) firm providing healthcare, technology, and scientific staffing solutions to the U.S. government.

Mr. Lopez served in the U.S. Marine Corps and retired after 20 years of faithful and exemplary service. He has lived in numerous countries abroad including Uruguay, Brazil, Guatemala, Japan, Russia, and Belgium. After his retirement, he served as a chief financial officer at several not-for-profit organizations such as Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metro Atlanta, Southern Associations of Colleges and Schools (SACS), and a children's psychiatric hospital. He also led BellSouth Corporation’s International Audit Division. In 2008, he combined his extensive executive business experience with his deep sense of patriotism and founded Caduceus to provide mission-critical staffing solutions to the military and veteran administration.

Mr. Lopez earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Maryland, a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree in management information systems, and a Master of Accounting degree from Kennesaw State University. As finance and audit professional, he maintains his active certifications as a certified fraud examiner (CFE), certified controls specialist (CCS), and certified internal controls auditor (CICA). In addition, based on his Marine Corps training, he firmly believes in leadership by example and thus is also certified as a physician recruiter (PRC), personnel consultant (CPC), and internet recruiter (CIR).