This is just a taste of who you will learn from at ERE Expo 2010 Fall. Check back often, as additional speakers get added:
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Abel Alvarez
Abel is a 5th year Sr. Mechanical Engineering student at Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, NJ. As a co-op student he worked for Becton-Dickinson Co., a biomedical company, and CB Richard Ellis at the World Financial Center in New York City. On campus Abel is involved with Engineers without... [more]
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David Amsden
David Amsden is AVP recruiting and talent acquisition at Cognizant Technology Solutions (Nasdaq: CTSH ; Nasdaq 100 & S&P 500). A seasoned global recruiting leader, he consistently delivers world-class talent using a combination of traditional and new best practices. [more]
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Coleen Aus
Coleen Aus has deep expertise in the Talent Acquisition area including management of staff, technology and vendors. She prides herself in adapting new technologies to produce higher quality candidates while decreasing cycle time. She has held leadership roles with ADP, Ross Stores and The Clorox Company. While at ADP,... [more]
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Tony Blake
Tony is currently the Vice President of Recruiting & HRIS at DaVita, a Fortune 500 company that provides world-class dialysis services and kidney care to nearly 120,000 patients across the nation. Hes been a recruiting leader for 12 years in the healthcare, financial services, and telecommunications industries. His recruiting team... [more]
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Mike Boissonneault
Mike Boissonneault, Sr Director HR Staffing & Recruitment ESPN 1980-2009 Operations Technician: Technical Director, Audio Mixer, Video Tape Operations, Editor Studio Director: SportsCenter, NFL GameDay, Inside Baseball, NCAA Tournament Studio, etc. Operations Management Roles Including: Manager, Director, Sr Director Led Operations: -Electronic transition in Scheduling Operations for 700+ staff and 200+ facilities -Staffing & Recruitment Activities -Training Management -Business... [more]
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Linda Brenner
Linda Brenner is Managing Director of Designs on Talent, a consulting firm based in Atlanta which helps organizations improve talent acquisition and talent management results. The firm has a unique approach to recruitment process improvement and recruiter assessment and development. Prior to consulting, Linda held talent acquisition and... [more]
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L.J. Brock
L.J. Brock is the senior director of global talent acquisition for Red Hat, the world’s leading open source solutions provider and a component of the S&P 500. In this capacity, he is responsible for developing talent pipelines to support Red Hat’s high-growth enterprise software business. Prior to joining Red Hat,... [more]
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Larry Clifton
Larry Clifton is senior vice president in charge of recruiting and workforce planning for CACI International Inc, a leading information technology and professional services company serving the defense, intelligence, homeland security, and federal civilian government areas. CACI is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia with approximately $3 billion in annual revenue and... [more]
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Gerry Crispin
Gerry Crispin is an internationally recognized speaker, author, and thought leader whose views on technology and HR — especially on staffing strategy and hiring processes — are ardently sought by many of the world’s most competitive corporations. He is passionate about how firms design and build staffing processes, the technology... [more]
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Ed Davis
Ed Davis has been a leader in the staffing field for more than 25 years. In 2008, Davis joined United Airlines as managing director of staffing at their corporate headquarters in Chicago, Illinois. He and his team are responsible for all U.S.-based staffing across United. Prior to joining United Airlines,... [more]
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Christine Deputy
Christine Deputy was named Dunkin Brands Senior Vice President of Human Resources in 2009. She has nearly twenty years of global human resources experience. As Senior Vice President of Human Resources, Christine leads the team responsible for employee recruitment, compensation, benefits, leadership and development, policy development, and employee health and wellness... [more]
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Andrew Gadomski
Andrew Gadomski is the founder of Aspen Advisors. Aspen is an efficiency consulting firm that services HR and talent functions at companies with globally and/or socially responsible values. In addition to leading transformative efforts at Aspens clients, he is also on the faculty at New York University on the use... [more]
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Madilyn Holland
Madilyn Holland is currently a Professional Intern with Walt Disney World Parks and Resorts in Orlando, Florida. Madilyn started her career with Disney as a College Program student in 2008 where she worked as a Boutique Hostess in Downtown Disney. She received the Disney Service Basics Recognition Award... [more]
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Chris Hoyt
As a mobile marketing/recruiting evangelist, Chris Hoyt has been pushing the boundaries of each aspect of full-cycle recruiting for more than 15 years — most recently in his new role as talent engagement & Marketing Leader at PepsiCo. Historically he has successfully led the full-scale and enterprise-wide integration of social... [more]
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Tony Kubica
Tony Kubica and Sara LaForest are founding partners of Kubica & LaForest Consulting LLC. They are management consultants, executive coaches, and business performance improvement specialists. They have more than 50 years working with senior managers and executives to help them achieve greater results. They specialize in understanding the people factor... [more]
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Sara LaForest
Tony Kubica and Sara LaForest are Founding Partners of Kubica & LaForest Consulting LLC. They are management consultants, executive coaches, and business improvement specialists. They have more than 50 years working with senior managers and executives to help them achieve greater results. They specialize in understanding the people factor of... [more]
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Carol Mahoney
Carol Mahoney is the founder of Talent Acquisition On Demand, a division of umbrella company Live and Leap, Inc., which Mahoney founded in mid-2009. Mahoneys talent acquisition consulting practice is dedicated to helping clients sharpen their recruitment strategy, drive talent campaigns, and manage and execute critical talent initiatives/projects. Prior to... [more]
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Mark Mehler
Mark Mehler spends his time examining the latest in recruiting technology and how it applies to corporate strategy and tactics. He has been monitoring this field for decades and his insights are sought daily by some of the world’s most competitive corporations. He and his partner Gerry Crispin created CareerXroads®... [more]
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Karla Mervin
Karla is currently the Recruiting Manager for DaVitas $1B+ West Coast Operations Team. DaVita is a Fortune 500 healthcare company that provides world-class dialysis services and kidney care to nearly 120,000 patients across the nation. She currently leads a team focused on providing best in class strategic sourcing... [more]
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Steven Monzon
Steven Monzon is a systems engineer working for Lockheed Martin in Rivera Beach Florida. He received a bachelors degree in aerospace engineering from the University of Florida and a Masters of Aerospace Engineering from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach. He joined the Lockheed Martin team after a summer internship... [more]
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Melissa Mounce
Melissa Mounce leads the talent acquisition group for PNC Financial Services. Her team consists of 200+ managers, recruiters, sourcers, and screeners that fill 20,000 openings annually. PNC is the 5th largest bank in the US with over 2,400 branches in 16 states and 56,000 employees. She is an innovator and... [more]
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Richard Newsom
Mr. Newsom joined Fifth Third Bank in 2003 and is currently director of recruiting operations with the responsibility for bank-wide recruiting processes and measurement. Prior to his current position, Newsom held the position of senior process improvement manager in the Process Improvement Group. Newsom previously worked as the director of... [more]
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Dan Nielsen
Dan Nielsen has the privilege of leading the Talent Acquisition function for North and Latin America for Towers Watson, a leading global professional services company with over 14,000 associates. In this role Dan partners with senior leadership to define staffing objectives, and then develops and executes recruitment strategies to meet... [more]
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Elaine Orler
Elaine Orler, president and founder of Talent Function Group and chairman of the Talent Board, founding organization of the Candidate Experience Awards, has been involved in developing and implementing HR solutions since 1993. She has worked with countless clients on embracing new technologies aimed at improving the candidate... [more]
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Nancy Parks
Nancy Parks is the founder of HRPartnersplus, a consulting practice specializing in human resource and organizational development services — including instructional design and delivery, e-learning design and delivery, training needs analysis, sales training, performance analysis, employee surveys, and program evaluation. She also has specialized training and experience in criterion-referenced test... [more]
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Kelly Penry
Kelly Penry is currently director of corporate recruiting for United Airlines. She is responsible for a team that manages all sources of hire for the company, as well as executive search activities. Prior to United, she was senior manager of recruiting at Tribune Company. She was responsible for the full... [more]
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Heather Polivka
Heather Polivka has led the development of the United Health Group Employer Brand, from the methodology, through the research and discovery phase, to the creative execution. Most recently, she launched the companys benchmark careers website as a key communication vehicle of the brand and is currently working to apply leading... [more]
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Michele Porfilio
Michele Porfilio is a Strategic Sourcing Leader at Crowe Horwath, LLP and has worked with Crowe since 2005. Michele develops and delivers programs and strategies designed to enhance the firms’ overall recruiting efforts. She is responsible for building and opening new sourcing channels for the company’s recruiting department and utilizes... [more]
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Kim Rutledge
Kim Rutledge is a talent acquisition leader with experience in myriad industries and staffing verticals. She has 15 years experience crossing technology, retail, restaurant, and media industries. Prior to her current consulting work, Kim served as director of talent acquisition for the Americas at Dell, Inc. Kims team created... [more]
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Jim Schnyder
Jim Schnyder is presently the Sourcing Leader for PepsiCo (Pepsi, Frito-Lay, Quaker, Tropicana, Gatorade) and a frequent speaker on recruiting industry best practices and strategies. Jim has over nineteen years of recruiting experience, and for the past seven years, he has been in Talent Acquisition with PepsiCo’s Frito-Lay division leading... [more]
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Raghav Singh
Raghav Singh is a partner at The A-List, a Minneapolis based staffing services provider. He has previously been in product management and marketing roles at several HR technology vendors. His career has included work as a consultant on enterprise HR systems and as a recruiting and HRIT leader at several... [more]
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Shally Steckerl
Often compared to a shot of adrenalin for recruiters held back by confusion, hesitation or fear, Shally is passionate about encouraging people to experiment in their search for talent and color outside the lines with audacity. Because of his unparalleled obsession with sourcing, and continuous drive to probe for practical... [more]
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Reggie Stewart
Reginald Reggie Stewart Senior Director, Talent Acquisition Gaithersburg, MD Reggie Stewart is a Senior Director with Sodexos Talent Acquisition Group based out of Sodexos North America headquarters in Gaithersburg, MD. Reggie is responsible for coordinating and supporting Sodexos diversity recruitment effort, as well as managing a team of Recruiters and the departments... [more]
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John Sullivan
Dr John Sullivan is an internationally known HR thought-leader from the Silicon Valley who specializes in providing bold and high business impact; strategic Talent Management solutions to large corporations. He’s a prolific author with over 900 articles and 10 books covering all areas of Talent Management. He has written over... [more]
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Ben Waychoff
Ben Waychoff is currently an Intern with Disney. Ben started his career with Disney in 2004 as a College Program Merchandise Host Intern in Fantasyland at the Magic Kingdom. Ben became a Campus Ambassador for Disney promoting the program at Kirkwood Community College and later at the University... [more]
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Peter Weddle
Peter Weddle, publisher of WEDDLE’s Guides to Employment Sites on the Internet, has authored or edited over two dozen books and been a columnist for The Wall Street Journal, National Business Employment Weekly, and CNN.com. He is also the publisher of WEDDLE’s Guides to job boards, leading the American... [more]
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Kevin Wheeler
Kevin Wheeler is an entrepreneur, teacher, consultant to many Fortune 500 companies, as well as a noted author. He has founded a number of organizations including the Future of Talent Institute, Global Learning Resources, Inc. and the Australasian Talent Conference, Ltd. The Future of Talent Institute provides research, white... [more]
