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Staffing World® 2009 Workshop Speaker Biographies
Threase A. Baker is the vice president of operations and one of the owners of ABBTECH Staffing Services Inc., a family-owned and -operated staffing firm. ABBTECH is a woman-owned small business with two GSA schedules that supports the government and private sector by providing staff augmentation in information technology, engineering, professional, credentialing, and administration. Baker's 20 years of experience in the staffing industry includes extensive corporate recruiting, executive placement, and staff augmentation, including more than five years as a project manager implementing customer relationship management systems, giving her great insight to the inner workings of the IT industry. Baker currently serves as president of the Capital Area Staffing Association, an ASA-affiliated chapter.
Michael Beygelman is senior vice president of business development at Adecco North America. Prior to joining Adecco, Beygelman was the executive director of the Human Resources Outsourcing Association, chairman of a national electronic payment processing company, and co-founder of a national human resource services provider. Beygelman is a proven influential HRO thought leader and has been named HRO Superstar by HRO Today magazine for several years as well as nominated for HRO Thought Leader of the Year and HRO Person of the Year.
Brad Billik has been with the Boon Group for more than seven years acting as the regional business development manager. The Boon Group has helped companies over the past 25 years win government contracts and stay in compliance with the Department of Labor, the Service Contract and Davis–Bacon acts, as well as various state and local prevailing wage ordinances. Prior to working with the Boon Group, Billik spent five years working for a Los Angeles-based consulting company, helping companies with their business development, marketing, finance, and corporate structure needs.
Amy Bingham is the managing partner of Bingham Consulting Professionals and brings more than 15 years of sales expertise to the firm, with a concentration in advisory services, sales training, and performance coaching. Over the course of her career, Bingham has received multiple awards for exceeding sales targets and been recognized as one of seven elite performers among hundreds of executives for producing exceptional results over time. A performance coach for the Human Performance Institute, Bingham trains executives of Fortune 1,000 companies to produce extraordinary results through the strategic management of energy.
Sean Bisceglia is chief executive officer of TalentDrive, headquartered in Chicago. Prior to joining TalentDrive, Bisceglia acquired and became CEO of Corporate Project Resources Inc. and later sold it to Aquent, making it the largest marketing and creative staffing firm in the world. His success is attributed to the profile he keeps within the business community by serving on advisory boards of various companies and contributing to the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, and various industry trade publications. Bisceglia has served as a guest speaker at Harvard Business School, the University of Chicago, and DePaul University.
Marc Bowles is the chief marketing officer of the Delta Cos. and has been instrumental in leading the organization to be one of the nation's fastest-growing and most successful staffing firms. He is responsible for the creation and strategic development of all marketing, advertising, public relations, and brand management while sponsoring Delta's client experience program, the Delta Experience Index. During his nine-year tenure, Bowles has served as vice president of search, director of search, and search representative for Delta Physical Placement. Bowles is an active member of the ASA health care policy council.
Hope Bradford is director, system architect, in the enterprise architect team for Kelly Services Inc. With more than 11 years in the staffing industry that span multiple facet applications and integrations, Bradford contributes to the development of internally built as well as purchased Internet-based solutions. Her areas of expertise lie in business requirement gathering, process engineering, and design of automated technology solutions that complement the business process. She is responsible for negotiating and managing the company's relationship with external suppliers and often plays the role of interpreter between those who determine the business requirements and those who develop the technology solutions.
Jim Browning is the chief executive officer of Browning Business Solutions LLC, a firm dedicated to training professionals to improve their business and leadership skills through communication and networking. He offers classes, workshops, and Webinars on how to use LinkedIn and has trained more than 4,500 people on the benefits of social networking. Browning is a business executive with the proven expertise in identifying and capturing market opportunities. He is also the CEO and co-founder of Your Profile Now, a company that assists individuals in making their social networking profile as searchable as possible.
Roy Butler is the chief information officer for Medfinders Inc. Under Butler's leadership, Medfinders has emerged as a leader in health care staffing, with technology products aimed at the emerging vendor management systems and management service provider markets. His background spans more than 30 years with experience in information systems management, including health care, finance, operations, and point-of-care product development.
Barbara Bruno, CPC, CTS, is the owner and managing partner of HR Search and Good as Gold Training. Her expertise lies in executive search and distribution of training software. Bruno is one of the leading recruiting, sales, management, and motivational training professionals today, bringing 30 years of insight to the industry.
Michael Burchell is vice president for global business development and a senior consultant with the Great Place to Work Institute Inc. In this capacity, Burchell serves as a member of the senior management team responsible for the overall strategy and management of the institute. Prior to joining the institute, Burchell was an internal training and organizational development associate with W.L. Gore & Associates Inc., one of five companies that has been listed in every one of Fortune's annual ranking of the 100 best companies to work for in America. He consults widely on issues of diversity and organizational change and has been a featured presenter at several professional conferences.
Tracy A. Butz is the director of learning and development for Secura Insurance. She brings more than 14 years of training experience, from the manufacturing environment to the service industry, with topics such as leadership development, handling difficult conversations, change management, customer service, time management, e-mail effectiveness, personality differences, fostering accountability, motivating others, and performance management. In addition, Butz owns a training keynote speaking and consulting business, working with companies to achieve their desired results.
Danny Cahill is president of Hobson Associates and built it into one of the largest search firms specializing in software sales, biotech sales, and industrial sales talent. He is the educational chairman of the Pinnacle Society, a consortium of top recruiters within the permanent placement and search sector. He personally mentors many members through an online training and mentoring company dedicated to enhancing the skills and jump-starting the spirits of recruiters world-wide.
Joe Calloway is a business author, restaurant owner, and branding consultant. Calloway is on the faculty of the Center for Professional Development at Belmont University. Sales and Marketing Management magazine called Calloway "an expert on developing customer focused teams," and the National Customer Service Advisory Board called Calloway "one of the most innovative and compelling people in the service industry." Calloway's first book, Becoming a Category of One, was released in 2003 and was hailed by Publishers Weekly as "a no-nonsense guide to beating the competition." Indispensable: How to Become the Company Your Customers Can't Live Without was released in 2005 and received acclaim from critics and business leaders. His latest book, just released in August is the second edition of Becoming a Category of One. It's available at the ASA Pavilion in the expo hall.
Dan Campbell, CSP, is chief executive officer of Hire Dynamics, which provides staffing services through its 15 offices in Georgia, Nevada, and North Carolina. The company has been recognized by Staffing Industry Report for four years in a row as one of the fastest-growing private staffing companies in America, and many times by the Atlanta Business Chronicle as the best place to work in Atlanta. Before joining Hire Dynamics, Campbell was CEO of a Los Angeles-based staffing company. Previously, he was director of business planning for AHL Services and an investment banker for Price Waterhouse. Campbell currently serves on the ASA board of directors.
Jennifer L. Dean is president and founder of Dean's Professional Services, an award-winning staffing, consulting, and leadership development firm. Dean brings 16 years of experience to the staffing industry, specializing in health care management, customer service, motivational techniques, and team-building seminars. She is a member of the National Speakers Association, the Texas Association of Staffing, an ASA-affiliated chapter, and is past president of the Houston Society for Healthcare Human Resource Administration. A recognized professional, she has been a finalist for the Pinnacle Awards and Ernst and Young's Entrepreneur of the Year award.
Don DeCamp, CPC, is a recognized business leader with more than 20 years' experience in the staffing industry. He is now serving as CHG Healthcare Services' first chief people officer after serving as CHG's chief operating officer for nearly 10 years. As chief people officer, he focuses on his core passions: sales coaching, and employee training, development, and motivation. Since joining the company, he has been responsible for developing a new organizational structure and entrepreneurial culture, which have been integral components of the company's growth in recent years.
Greg Doersching is managing partner and founder of the Griffin Search Group, a three-person national search firm working in direct hire. For the past 13 years, Doersching has been recognized as an international trainer, currently consulting with more than 20 nationally known staffing and recruiting firms and mentoring countless others. He served for two years as the president of the Wisconsin Association of Personnel Services, an ASA-affiliated chapter, and is a member of its board of directors.
Joseph Drouin is senior vice president and chief information officer for Kelly Services Inc., leading all aspects of global information technology. Prior to joining Kelly Services, Drouin served as chief information officer at TRW Automotive Holdings, where he led global supply chain logistics. His background includes substantial international experience, including a number of years living and working in China and Germany. He is a member of the CIO Leadership Network Board and the CIO Executive Council.
Stephen Dwyer, Esq., deputy general counsel of the American Staffing Association, is an expert on staffing industry labor and employment policy issues. Dwyer has taught many staffing professionals the fundamentals of co-employment and has written numerous articles on legal and policy issues pertaining to the staffing industry.
James A. Essey, CSP, is president and chief executive officer of the TemPositions Group of Cos., which operates in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and California. In addition to providing office support personnel, Essey's firm offers staffing in information technology, accounting, human resources, legal, hospitality, light assembly, substitute teaching, and health care. Essey served five terms as president of the New York Staffing Association, an ASA-affiliated chapter. He was ASA chairman in 2004; was chairman of the chapter relations, member education and certification, political action, and industry practices committees; and is chairman of the legal and legislative committee. Essey serves on the boards of the NYC Young Presidents' Organization and the DARE program.
Dan Fisher is the founder and managing director of the Menemsha Group and wrote the only proprietary sales methodology designed exclusively for sales professionals in the information technology staffing and consulting industry, the Menemsha Methodology. As a recognized sales leader with 13 years in sales and sales leadership roles in the IT staffing and consulting industry, he has built a reputation on transforming underperforming sales teams and territories into market leaders. Over his career, Fisher has gained industry-specific experience in recruiting, sales and business development, service, operations, and branch management.
Fay Fleming is the president of Business Performance Co., a marketing and research consulting firm. With more than 25 years in business, her career includes expertise in training, research, marketing, and accounting. A featured speaker for corporations and conferences, Fleming currently focuses on issues related to employee and organizational success, addressing the needs of new hires, at-risk employees, high achievers, and front-line managers. Fleming has published articles on marketing, research, and diversity in trade journals, business magazines, and industry newsletters.
Diane J. Geller, Esq., an attorney for more than 25 years, is a partner with Gentry Locke's staffing practice group. For more than 19 years, Geller has serviced staffing companies and their suppliers with industry-specific knowledge. Prior to entering private practice, she was general counsel for a large, publicly traded national staffing company specializing in supplemental staffing, contract staffing, employee leasing, and funding of independent staffing services. Geller was responsible for overseeing the daily legal and risk management aspects of the company's unique staffing issues. Her in-house background and private practice experience provides her with an invaluable perspective of issues including contract negotiations, employment law matters, receivables financing, franchise law issues, litigation and general corporate matters. Geller is active with many ASA-affiliated chapters.
Gautam Godhwani is co-founder and chief executive officer of his third start-up company, Simply Hired, a Web 2.0 online recruiting and ad network company. Previously, he was co-founder and CEO of India Community Center, a nonprofit focused on bridging the gap between the local and global communities, and continues to serve as a trustee and on the board of directors at ICC. Godhwani was CEO and co-founder of AtWeb, which designed and built a product called Web Site Garage that helped millions of small businesses revamp their Web sites by providing sophisticated diagnostic tools, including tools to enable companies to register their sites with leading search engines.
Fran Goldstein, CPC, has three decades of recruiting and sales success, which led her to establish Gold Staff Consultants, a blended placement firm specializing in administrative support. Goldstein coaches chief executive officers and sales leaders while speaking, training, and mentoring recruiters and sales teams internationally through FranSpeaks, a speaking, training, and consulting division. Goldstein is a past vice president of the Massachusetts Staffing Association, an ASA-affiliated chapter, and currently serves as chapter president for the National Speakers Association of New England.
Karenjo Goodwin has been in the staffing industry for more than 25 years, working with large international staffing services and smaller, privately held firms. She is the founder and chief executive officer of Exact Staff Inc., which consistently has been recognized as one of the fastest-growing privately held women-owned companies in California. Goodwin is an active member of various staffing associations and women's groups, and she serves on the board of the Young Presidents' Organization of Los Angeles.
Aaron Green, CSP, is the founder of Professional Staffing Group and PSG Offshore Resources. One of Boston's largest staffing firms, Professional Staffing Group provides clients with office support and creative, technical, and financial staff. Green founded PSG Offshore Resources, based in the Philippines, as a way to provide the benefits of offshore outsourcing to staffing firms of any size. Green is a past president of the Massachusetts Staffing Association, an ASA-affiliated chapter, and is its industry legislative representative. He currently serves on the ASA board of directors.
Gary Greene is president of Greene Resources Inc., an employment solutions company that specializes in recruiting solutions, managed service solutions, and vendor management solutions. He is a nationally recognized speaker and motivator in the areas of sales, service, and leadership. In his business, he excels in building and maintaining lifetime partnerships with clients. Greene's industry experience includes contract hires, temporary staffing, direct hire placements, pay rolling, and human resource consulting in a variety of fields including professional, executive, sales, financial, technology, scientific, administrative, and production.
Eric Gregg is founder and managing partner of the Inavero Institute for Service Research, an ASA corporate partner formerly known as iLoyalty. Inavero is a leading provider of client and employee surveys for the staffing industry. Inavero currently conducts the annual ASA member survey, the annual staffing company operations survey, the weekly ASA Staffing Index, and the association's quarterly employment and sales survey. Inavero works closely with ASA as a corporate partner to deliver and plan future staffing industry research programs. As a featured speaker at Staffing World and ASA-affiliated chapter events, and as author of numerous articles on client retention, Gregg offers valuable resources and expertise on client retention in the staffing industry.
Stephen Holmes is the vice president of contingent work force outsourcing for KellyOCG. An accomplished staffing industry professional and a 14-year veteran of staffing company Kelly Services, Holmes has risen from functional support roles to heading one of the world's largest temporary and contract work force outsourcing operations. Holmes has defined his career by bringing fresh ways of thinking to revitalize business processes. In a career progression through e-business and strategy to corporate learning, Holmes has been at the cutting edge of staffing and technology strategies.
J.J. Hurley is the owner and president of GDH Consulting Inc., a specialized consulting and staffing firm focused on providing qualified professionals within the information technology, accounting and finance, and telecommunications industries to the commercial and government sectors. His focus is on building a world-class firm that helps the top professionals find the best opportunities with the top employers. The success of this goal has allowed GDH Consulting Inc. to be recognized as one of the fastest-growing firms in the country by Inc. magazine and Staffing Industry Analysts.
Julian Joy, CSP, founded the Joy Partners, a firm that specializes in senior-level executive search and leadership consulting services, including talent management, and project-based assignments. Joy has been in the talent acquisition and consulting business for nearly 10 years, helping companies define talent strategies that deepen and sustain their business opportunities. In addition to his role as managing partner, Joy serves as chairman of the ASA professional section policy council.
Joel A. Klarreich, Esq., is a partner in the New York City law firm of Tannenbaum Helpern Syracuse & Hirschtritt LLP, where he chairs the firm's employment and staffing industry and corporate department. Klarreich's extensive legal experience in the staffing industry is enhanced by having counseled and represented countless staffing firms in all facets of their business, spending virtually his entire legal career representing staffing firms. Klarreich is general counsel for the New York Staffing Association, an ASA-affiliated chapter, and served as general counsel to the Association of Personnel Consultants of New York for 13 years. Klarreich is one of the pre-eminent experts in laws that affect staffing companies.
Helen Konrad, Esq., is a director in the immigration practice group of McCandlish Holton PC, where she concentrates on employment-based and professional immigration. Konrad is a member of the national task force of the American Immigration Lawyers Association for issues specific to J visas. She has worked with the staffing industry for more than 10 years and has addressed staffing professionals at such ASA events as Staffing World and the Staffing Law Conference.
Larry Kraska is the chief executive officer of Club Staffing, a medical staffing company that is a part of the Medfinders family, specializing in placing allied professionals in assignments nationwide.
Jim Lanzalotto is principal of Scanlon.Louis, a boutique strategy firm that specializes in driving brand and business growth. Lanzalotto is an award-winning marketing and e-business leader with nearly 25 years of direct, leading-edge experience for some of America's highest-impact business-to-business brands. Prior to joining Scanlon.Louis, Lanzalotto was vice president of strategy and marketing at Yoh and was instrumental in cementing the company's reputation as a high-value service provider. He has been recognized for his expertise in innovating unique and compelling new products and go-to-market strategies.
Hank Levine is the president and chief executive officer of iPlace USA, a global sourcing and recruiting company headquartered in Virginia and an international recruiting center in Pune, India. iPlace provides professionally managed sourcing, candidate screening, and full life cycle recruiting services for staffing firms. Prior to founding iPlace, Levine launched and headed one of the largest Indian-based recruiting firms servicing the U.S. staffing industry. Over the past six years, he has helped 80 American companies establish offshore recruiting operations.
Bob Livonious CEO of Medfinders Inc. (formerly Nursefinders), one of the nation's largest providers of managed staffing programs, health care professionals, and home care services. He has nearly 20 years of staffing industry experience, which includes making more than 40 acquisitions. Before joining Medfinders, Livonious was chief operating officer of Spherion Corp. He began his career with IBM Corp. and later worked for Verizon as vice president of sales and operations. Livonious is a member of the ASA board of directors, chairman of the ASA health care section policy council, and serves on the ASA member education and certification committee.
Joe Mackey, CAC, CSP, is founder, president, and CEO of XL Staffing Service Inc. and XL (Excell) Security Inc., based in Southern California. He has nearly three decades of experience in business and management, with particular emphasis in the security, hospitality, and event staffing sectors. Joe is past president of the California Staffing Professionals, an ASA-affiliated chapter, and he serves on the board of directors of the California Association of Licensed Security Agencies, Guards, and Associates. Before founding his companies, Mackey provided event and security staffing at Texas Stadium and worked in hospitality, tourism, and special event staffing in Las Vegas.
Toby Malara, Esq., is government affairs counsel of the American Staffing Association, handling federal and state legislative issues, assisting association members and state chapters in state lobbying efforts, and providing industry-related information to members on laws, legislation, and regulation. Prior to joining ASA, Malara was executive director of the National Technical Services Association and also served as the association's general counsel and director of government relations. Malara also served as legislative counsel to Rep. Jack Quinn (R-NY) where he developed policy and recommendations on legislation, wrote speeches and press releases, and handled press calls and constituent relations.
Michael Mann is executive vice president and practice leader of Assurance Agency Ltd. He is responsible for Assurance's temporary staffing practice and is a member of the executive management team. Mann brings more than 20 years of client-related insurance brokerage experience, with an emphasis on risk management property and casualty program service, design, structure, and placement. He is also well versed in the capabilities of the Bermuda and London markets and possesses a close familiarity with alternative risk programs, including self-insurance plans, risk retention groups, and captives. Mann is licensed in property, casualty, health, and life insurance in several states.
Todd McCormick is president of CareerBuilder's recruiter business unit and its Canadian operations. He is responsible for developing sales teams and growth strategies for the staffing sector and for CareerBuilder.ca, CareerBuilder's Canadian division. McCormick formerly served as area vice president of CareerBuilder's Southeast enterprise sales region and also as area sales manager of the Atlanta and Los Angeles offices. Prior to his leadership roles he was a top national account executive.
Robin Mee is founder, president, and managing executive recruiter of Mee Derby & Co., a leading national executive search firm specializing in placing professionals in staffing, professional services, and work force management. Mee is active in the American Staffing Association, serving on the member education and certification committee and the placement and recruiting section policy council. Currently, Mee serves on the board of directors of the Capital Area Staffing Association, an ASA-affiliated chapter, and is a past president and program chair.
Sharon Melnick, Ph.D., is an executive coach and trainer who works with high-potential and senior executives on leadership effectiveness. Melnick blends her expertise in leadership development with her 10-year background as a psychologist affiliated with Harvard Medical School. She is a leading authority on helping business professionals be resilient under high-stress conditions and a highly sought-after coach and consultant for a broad base of small businesses and larger organizations. Melnick has taught her effective performance skills at the Carroll School of Management at Boston College, Fortune 500 companies, and business associations.
Bobbie A. Miller, CPC, owner and president of Advantage Resource Group Inc. purchased an existing executive placement business and spearheaded the effort to re-engineer the company into a full-service human resource provider offering services that would allow small businesses to outsource any human resource function. Her six offices across the state of Pennsylvania now provide executive placement, temporary, temporary to hire, career transitioning, drug screening, managed services, and payroll processing. Miller is recipient of multiple awards and has been named one of Pennsylvania's Top 50 Women in Business.
Gary R. Morris is executive vice president for the Judge Group. Morris has more than 25 years of senior-level sales, operations, and management experience. Prior to joining the Judge Group, he was a co-founder of the FedSecure Group, a staffing and executive search firm serving the defense department, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and intelligence communities. Previously, Morris was vice president of sales for Olsten Staffing Services, now Adecco, the world's largest staffing company. He has also held senior management positions with TNT Express Worldwide and Emery Worldwide. Morris is currently chairman of the ASA technical, IT, and scientific section policy council.
Bill Nagel is president of Risk Control Services, which was founded to specialize in providing risk management and loss control consulting services for the staffing industry. In 1996, Bill left RCS to become chief risk officer for a national staffing firm and president and owner of a risk management consulting operation, Genesis Consulting Services Inc. In 2002, he once again joined RCS in an advisory capacity. Nagel has been instrumental in creating both traditional and alternative workers' compensation insurance programs for the staffing industry and has held various positions within the staffing industry ranging from franchise owner to regional vice president to partner.
Jonathan Novich is co-founder and partner at the Code Works Inc., where he manages the delivery of the firm's client services, from strategy and supplier selection to software integration and development. Since founding the Code Works in 2003, Novich has helped a wide range of staffing firms synthesize business strategy and technology strategy while keeping the lower-level details in sight. He is engaged in strategic exercises that influence staffing and recruiting enterprise architectures, including supplier selection efforts for front office, back office, document management, electronic forms, and electronic time capture systems. Novich possesses deep domain knowledge in the staffing and human resource sectors, as well as significant experience in Web services-based integration, services procurement, and data modeling.
Greg Palmer formed the consulting firm G. Palmer & Associates in 2006 after retiring as president and chief executive officer of RemedyTemp Inc. His 22 years of proven field and boardroom experience make his firm a tremendous asset to the staffing industry, giving him expertise in strategic turnarounds, CEO mentoring, growing niche specialty business, acquisition integration, and franchise expansion. Palmer sits on the boards of the publicly traded companies Diedrich Coffee and Sperry Van Ness, one of the top commercial real estate brokerage firms in the U.S., and of two privately held companies in the staffing and human capital sectors. Palmer has been a featured speaker at various industry conventions, the University of California–Irvine, the Young Entrepreneur Organization, and the Young Presidents' Organization.
Steven Ranson is the executive vice president and general manager at ATR International and is responsible for the implementation of corporate vision and strategic direction. With more than 24 years of staffing industry experience, Ranson has served in management positions that focused on both regional and local client development and retention. As an advocate of change management, Ranson has been instrumental in the deployment of scalable managed programs and a comprehensive contact center solutions model. These changes have resulted in increased revenue and profitability and have provided value-added services for staffing clients.
Bill Rohr, CSP, has been in the staffing industry since 1982. He began working for TOPS Temporary Service as a branch manager and in 1987 moved to Grand Junction, CO, to manage SOS Staffing Services' first branch outside of Utah. Over time, he was promoted to area manager, then regional vice president, and most recently senior vice president over more than 80 branches in 11 states. In addition, he has been on the board of the Colorado Staffing Association, an ASA-affiliated chapter, for the past five years and was acting president for the past three years.
Karla Russell is the director of client training at Monster Worldwide and is responsible for the strategy and vision of Monster's training team. Russell began her career in recruitment at Monster Worldwide, leading the recruiting, consulting about hiring processes, and implementing recruitment solutions for her clients. In 2004, Russell began working for the client adoption team at Monster.com, where she facilitated more than 80 power recruiter workshops while successfully increasing the client adoption of the Monster Office HQ product. Always client-focused, Russell has trained and consulted to thousands of Monster customers over the course of her career.
Marshall Schminke, Ph.D., a professor of management, was recently selected as the BB&T professor in business ethics at the University of Central Florida, where he specializes in business ethics and strategic management. He is an academic fellow at the Ethics Resource Center in Washington, DC, and associate editor of Business Ethics Quarterly. His research has resulted in numerous awards, more than 40 publications, and more than 70 presentations at conferences and universities in the U.S. and abroad. His thoughts on business ethics and strategy have appeared in more than 50 newspapers and magazines, including the New York Times, Newsday, and the Chicago Tribune.
Renee J. Silver, Esq., is a senior counsel with the New York City law firm of Tannenbaum Helpern Syracuse & Hirschtritt LLP. She has more than 20 years of experience in representing publicly-traded staffing industry and home health care companies, often as the sole in-house corporate counsel responsible for all legal needs. Silver has provided legal support for all divisions within a company and regularly advises clients and counsels employers of staffing companies on staffing industry law and employment law issues. She also conducts training seminars for employers on equal employment laws and sexual harassment.
Ken Stryczek is the regional operations manager at United Heartland Insurance Co., where he is responsible for leading and controlling all organizational functions pertaining to the ongoing success and profitability of the Illinois and Indiana regions. Stryczek is directly responsible for coaching, mentoring, and managing underwriting and loss control managers within his region. Prior to joining United Heartland in January 2009, Stryczek was with American International Group in Chicago for nine years as regional underwriting manager in the workers' compensation division. Stryczek has extensive experience and involvement with the National Council on Compensation Insurance, Indiana Compensation Rating Bureau, Wisconsin Compensation Rating Bureau, and Minnesota Workers' Compensation Insurance Association. He brings more than 20 years of insurance-related experience to United Heartland, with a strong emphasis on workers' compensation underwriting and staff management.
Lisa Watson is the manager of client training for the staffing vertical at Monster, providing staffing firms across the country with customized training solutions designed to maximize their Monster experience and positively affect their bottom line. Prior to joining Monster, Watson worked for several years at a world-wide technology recruiting firm, where she was a top-producing recruiter, placing qualified individuals across the globe. Watson has contributed to the technical, IT, and scientific articles for the ASA newsletter Sections Spotlight and has been a workshop presenter at the ASA recruiting symposium.
Mitzi Weinman founded TimeFinder as a resource for employers. It offers programs that provide ongoing support and personal development to hundreds of companies, individuals, and associations. Her many years of hands-on coaching and training have given her an expertise in speaking about time and productivity, projecting an organized image, balance, and high-impact client management. Weinman's tips and techniques appear regularly in many publications.
Steven B. Wiley is president of the Lincoln Leadership Institute in Gettysburg, PA, and the founder of the institute's Communicating with Executive Presence program and Transformational Journey from Gettysburg leadership development experience. He is a proven entrepreneur, author, and highly acclaimed speaker who has trained and entertained tens of thousands of top executives from around the world.
Scott Wintrip, PCC, is the founder and president of StaffingU, an ASA member service provider and approved continuing education provider. StaffingU is a leading provider of training, coaching, and consulting services for the staffing and recruiting industry. Wintrip has more than 20 years of experience as a staffing industry consultant and trainer. He also spent years on the front lines of staffing, winning new business and overseeing new branches.
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