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Get to know us.

Our Story

Help Professionals Service Cooperative (HELPRO), is a legitimate service cooperative bound by a common goal of improving our members’ lives by giving better benefits.  Helpro is registered with the Cooperative Development Authority and Department of Labor and Employment, a licensed organization under the Department Order No. 174, series of 2017.

Helpro is a certified VAT Free Cooperative.

Seasoned leadership and management team with decades of combined experience in various industries and geographies. 

Our Value Proposition

We are a legitimate manpower service cooperative registered and duly licensed by regulatory governmental agencies both local and national.

We meet, talk, coordinate and listen to our clients to fully understand their requirements before we source, interview, test, screen, select, train, orient and deploy the right people at the right time. We monitor and evaluate the performance of our members and provide regular reports to ensure the achievement of our clients’ standards and productivity targets.

Value for money (Savings and Added Benefits):

  • No recurring costs on maintaining a large recruitment department
  • No cost payroll processing and Benefits Administration of member/worker
  • No recurring cost on recruitment and replacement of resigned employees
  • No recurring cost on training/orientations
  • 12% VAT Exemption
  • Additional income for member/workers through dividends and patronage refund

We have the right team – experienced professionals, competent and focused on satisfying our clients.  We remain compliant with all the requirements of both local and national regulatory agencies.

Vision

The most preferred partner and provider of value adding and full-outsourcing services that allows our clients to focus on their core business and processes and helps them grow and prosper.

Mission

We grow and prosper by being a valued partner of our clients and our members.

To our clients – we provide value-adding outsourcing services so they can focus on their core business and processes.

To our members – our most valued resource, we continue to increase their value by continuously developing their skills and competencies and providing above statutory compensation and benefits. 

We have a client-centric organization culture. Client and member satisfaction is our primary objective. 

Our Core Values

Accountability

We take responsibility for all our actions and the consequences of our action

Integrity

We deliver what we promise.

Service Excellence

The value we provide to our clients will always be higher than the price they will pay.

Innovation

We welcome and encourage new and diverse ideas. We look for new and better ways of doing things.

Meet Our Team

  • Noel De Leon

    Chairman of the Board

    Dr.  Noel de Leon is the chairman of the BOD of Help Professional (Helpro) Service cooperative. He is also the Chairman of Development Strategist International Consulting, Inc., an international consulting firm that specializes in Management of Foreign Funded International Projects (ADB, WB etc.). He was the OD/HR consultant of the largest textbook publishing company in the country for several decades and a director and Senior Advisor and Director of a Global Japanese Executive Search Firm.

    He was an Adjunct Faculty Member of the Asian Institute of Management (AIM) (June 2018 to May 2021).

    Dr. De Leon is a practicing Organization and People Development/ Management Consultant. He has lectured and facilitated various strategic planning sessions, trainings/seminars, for large and small   companies on various topics in the Philippines and in the Asian Region. He is a popular speaker on compensation and rewards and other Leadership and HR related topics.

    Apart from his Leadership and Human Resource Management exposure, Mr. de Leon brings with him solid background in information technology and Entrepreneurship.  Dr. De Leon is a licensed/certified MBTI administrator.  He holds a Masters in Business Management Degree from the Asian Institute of Management and a Doctorate Degree in OD from SAIDE.

  • Don Brodeth

    Director

    Don Brodeth is a Director of Helpro Service Cooperative. His area of expertise is Financial Management. He is a graduate of the Asian Institute of Management (Masters in Business Management) and has acquired units in Doctor in Business Administration from De La Salle University

    Don started out as a banker where his career spanned twelve years and postings in four countries, three in the Middle East.  During this time, he took on positions of increasing responsibility ending with an internal rank of Assistant General Manager/ Vice President.

    From 1997, Don has consulted, trained, and taught on an independent basis.  In the main, he presents programs for bankers in the areas of accounting, financial analysis, finance, and people management.  In this line of work, he has taught in nearly 20 countries to multinational audiences and over 20 repeat clients.  These include Citibank (Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa), the central banks of Qatar, Egypt and the Philippines, the top three banks in Saudi Arabia, and the CFA Society of the Philippines,

    Don has taught masteral students for over 20 years.  He has written four books, opinion columns for a business weekly and cases for use in training and the academe.  He is a licensed administrator of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) and a member of the CFA Society of the Philippines.  He earned his Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation in 2010.

  • Armel Casapao

    Director

    Armel Casapao has more than 10 years of solid experience in people and client Management in service outsourcing industry.  He previously handled different projects and operations such as Contact Center Operation, Food delivery, Electric Utilities, Telcos, Retail & Merchandising and Logistics.

    Mr. Casapao was previously engaged in an organization that holds a position of Special Assistant to the President and Operations Manager. He acted as the strategic-thinker and served as sounding-board with respect to the ideas and strategy of the operations. His role is multidimensional, working closely to assist and support the President in human resource, executive and administrative responsibilities.   

    He became a Data Privacy Officer (DPO) of an outsourcing organization that led enterprise security and oversaw the organization’s data protection strategy and its implementation to ensure compliance with the National Privacy Commission (NPC).

    Currently, he’s managing an operation with the country’s largest ground handling company in the Aviation Sector.  He holds degree in Computer Science and also took Advance Diploma in Computer Studies at Informatics International Computer Institute.

  • Deborah Vergara

    VP & General Manager, Visayas Operations

    Deborah Vergara has more than 21 years of solid experience in people and client management handling recruitment, operations and admin. She handles various projects of different industries which ranges from Food Manufacturing, Cold Storage, Telecommunications, Construction, Airport Services, Retails Sales and Logistics & Warehousing.

    Ms. Vergara was previously employed by a service provider as Operations Manager. She oversees the overall operations of the branch and ensures that service level agreement between the clients has been met and delivered.

    Currently, she’s managing the operations of the 2 major clients particularly Telecommunications and Food Manufacturing.

    She holds a degree in Bachelor of Science in Industrial Psychology and currently pursues her studies in Masters in Business Administration.

  • Dexter Villanueva

    General Manager, Davao Operations

    Dexter Villanueva, MBA, has almost a decade of experience in human resource management and operations, including end-to-end recruitment, administration, and people management. He is in charge of the general operations of a service cooperative for projects of MDC, Ayala Land Inc.’s construction division, all across Cebu.

    Mr. Villanueva also worked as a service provider for VisMin as the Business and Development Manager, focusing on new client acquisition and service extension by existing partners.

    He is a certified Construction, Occupational, Safety and health practitioner.

    Mr. Villanueva has a Bachelor’s degree in Animal Science and a Master’s degree in Business Administration, and he is currently pursuing his Doctor of Philosophy degree.

  • Mary Ann Solis-Bulnes

    General Manager, Gen. Santos Operations

    Ms. Bulnes is an experienced Human Resources Administrative for 15 years with a demonstrated history of working in the manufacturing, food service and various industries. Skilled in Technical Recruiting, Administration, HR Policies, Labor Relations, and Sourcing.

    She‘s a strong human resources professional with a Bachelor’s degree in AB major in Psychology and a Licensed Psychometrician (License no: 0015329). She is currently pursuing her Master’s Degree in Business Management focused in Human Resource Management in Mindanao State University Graduate School.

    Ms. Bulnes was previously the Human Resources and Admin Head for Mindanao and the Key Account Manager for Tuna Manufacturing operations in General Santos City for 8 years.

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