Onrec Expo 2008: Global Online Recruitment Conference
The Onrec.com Expo 2008: The Only Global Gathering of Recruiting Leaders and Game-Changing Technologies
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Tamara J. Erickson, Author Tamara J. Erickson is Executive Vice President of nGenera, a McKinsey Award-winning author and widely respected expert on organizations and the changing workforce - on the shifting relationship between individuals and corporations - and on enhancing innovation and workforce productivity. Her work is based on extensive research on changing demographics and employee values and, most recently, on how successful organizations innovate through collaboration. > Read more |
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Jason Katcher, Manager of Education and Recruitment Advertising, Google Since joining Google in Feb 2005, Google's manager of Education and Recruitment Advertising, Jason Katcher, has been the driving force behind Google's entrance into the recruitment advertising space. With 6 years of recruitment advertising background under his belt, Jason has spent the last 2 years partnering closely with the recruitment advertising agency community to educate them on innovative, new techniques. > Read more |
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Amy Richman, Senior Director of Corporate Staffing for Starwood Hotels & Resorts Amy Richman is the Senior Director of Corporate Staffing for Starwood Hotels & Resorts. Amy has nearly 20 years management experience in human resources within fast paced, rapidly expanding companies. Her expertise includes recruitment, recruitment strategy, and employee relations. She is a strategic planner, with a talent for analytical decision-making and problem-solving skills. Six Sigma Green Belt trained, she has been continually recognized for exemplary client focus and the ability to develop employees' professional growth and improve productivity. > Read more |
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Rob McGovern, CEO, JobFox Rob McGovern is a 20-year technology and media-industry veteran with a passion for helping people with their careers. Prior to his role as founder and CEO of Jobfox, he was the founder and CEO of CareerBuilder, one of the world's largest online career sites. While at CareerBuilder, McGovern grew the site into a profitable, $150 million company with more than 400 employees. > Read more |
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Stephen A. Lowisz, President and Chief Executive Officer of Qualigence, Inc Stephen A. Lowisz is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Qualigence, Inc., a recruitment research and professional search firm that specializes in identifying and attracting passive candidates for its clients. Headquartered in Livonia, Michigan, Steve founded Qualigence in 1999. Qualigence has quickly grown to become the largest recruitment research firm in the U.S. > Read more |
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Don Ramer, CEO, Arbita Don Ramer began his career in executive search in 1974. Over the next 6 years, he served as assistant to the president at two AESC (Association of Executive Search Consultants) registered firms. In 1980 he formed the Ramer Group, a recruiting firm that specialized in placing Data Security Executives in major financial institutions. > Read more |
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Joseph Daniel McCool, Consultant and Author of Deciding Who Leads, "one of the year's best business books" Described by BusinessWeek as "the authority on headhunters" and by Fast Company Magazine as a leadership "recruiting expert," Joseph Daniel McCool is a writer, speaker and advisor on executive recruiting and corporate management succession best practices. He is the author Deciding Who Leads: How Executive Recruiters Drive > Read more |
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Lizz Pellet, CEO of EMERGE International Lizz Pellet, CEO of EMERGE International and Fellow from Johns Hopkins University is the author of Getting Your Shift Together Making Sense of Organizational Culture and Change - Introducing Cultural Due Diligence?. Lizz is a recognized national conference speaker and has presented over 40 professional learning sessions in the past three years. > Read more |
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Yves Lemusi, CEO & founder of Checkster Yves Lermusi (aka Lermusiaux) is CEO & founder of Checkster, an innovative Career and Talent Checkup tool. Mr. Lermusi is a well known public speaker and a Career and Talent industry commentator. He is often quoted in the leading business media worldwide, including Fortune, The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Business Week, and Time Magazine. > Read more |
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Jason Kerr, CEO of QuietAgent As founder and CEO of QuietAgent, Jason Kerr is responsible for the company's direction, strategic management and global expansion. Jason founded StaffCV, Inc., the organization behind QuietAgent, with a vision to "Empower the world with equal chance to recruit and be recruited." Over the past seven years, the company has directed its thinking and expertise to radically changing the failing job-board model and creating a powerful new paradigm of anonymous candidate sourcing. > Read more |
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Jennifer Floren, Founder, Experience Jennifer founded Experience with the mission to educate, assist and inspire college graduates by giving them the experience they need to launch and lead extraordinary careers. Since 1996, the Experience network has grown to include more than 3,800 universities, 100,000 employers and over 8 million students and alumni. > Read more |
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Jean Eveld, VP of Recruiting & Client Services , Manpower Jean Eveld is Vice President of Recruiting & Client Services - Manpower Business Solutions. Jean provides overall direction for developing, implementing and optimizing recruitment goals, policies, programs and strategic initiatives to find the right talent for clients. Jean manages the RPO recruitment process from sourcing to training. > Read more |
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Dr Janice Presser, CEO of The Gabriel Institute Dr. Janice Presser is co-Founder and CEO of The Gabriel Institute, the originator of Role-Based AssessmentT and acknowledged Thought Leader in qualitative assessment of human capital. TGI's products and services include web-based screening and selection for hiring; assessment of leadership for private equity, succession planning and restructuring > Read more |
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Jeff Hyman, CEO, Strong Suit Since 1995, Jeff has led four successful recruiting companies. He specializes in building popular recruiting services that deliver results for growth companies. Inc Magazine named him 'The Matchmaker' in a feature cover story, and Recruiter Magazine has named him one of the 100 most influential executives in the industry. > Read more |
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Sean Rehder, founder, Rehder Talent Logistics Sean Rehder is the founder of Rehder Talent Logistics (RTL), an independent consultancy based in southern California that implements internal workforce applications and processes. RTL focuses primarily now on recruiting and managing workforce business solutions built on Salesforce.com. Sean's previous workforce solutions have been used by companies like Electronic Arts, Genentech, MGMMirage, CNET, Adobe, Yahoo, and Seagate. > Read more |
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Paula Santonocito, Business Journalist, Onrec.com Paula Santonocito is a business journalist specializing in employment issues, including online recruitment, which she has covered since the early days of Web-based employment advertising and candidate sourcing. She is the author of nearly 1,000 articles that are featured in many global and domestic publications and information outlets. > Read more |
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Todd Owens, General Manager, Screening Services, Intelius As the General Manager of Screening Services at Intelius, Todd Owens brings a track record of general management, customer service, and technology experience. Following a distinguished career as a Navy submarine officer, Mr. Owens held senior business development and product management positions at Siebel Systems and Wind River Systems, where he worked predominantly with Fortune 100 IT systems integrators and defense contractors. Mr. Owens holds a B.S from the U.S. Naval Academy and an M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School. > Read more |
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Lauryn Franzoni, VP and Executive Editor of ExecuNet Lauryn Franzoni is Vice President and Executive Editor of ExecuNet's Center for Executive Careers (www.execunet.com) the leading Internet-based resource for executive career market trend and management information. She is responsible for market research, website and publications content, and overseeing the company's Executive Career Management and Networking Services. > Read more |
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Gautam Godhwani, Co-founder and CEO, SimplyHired Gautam is the co-founder and CEO of his third start-up company, called Simply Hired, a Web 2.0 online recruiting and ad network company, and noted as the world's largest search engine for jobs. Prior to Simply Hired, he was the co-founder and CEO of India Community Center, a non-profit focused on bridging the gap between the local and global communities. He continues to serve as a Trustee and Board of Directors at ICC. > Read more |
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Brent Arslaner, VP of Marketing, Unisfair As Vice President of Marketing at Unisfair, Brent oversees all Global Marketing ensuring Unisfair maintains its leadership role providing Virtual Event solutions. Prior to joining Unisfair, Brent was Vice President of Marketing at Jamcracker, a leading provider of On Demand Delivery solutions. Before Jamcracker, he was Vice President of Product Strategy at Kana Software where he defined corporate strategy and built strategic partnerships. > Read more |
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Marie Artim, VP, Recruiting for Enterprise Rent-A-Car Marie Artim is the Assistant Vice President, Recruiting for Enterprise Rent-A-Car. She is responsible for company-wide strategies and directives that involve advertising, marketing, interactive media, training and tools for the 200+ Enterprise Recruiters hiring over 8,000 college graduates each year. > Read more |
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Paul Forster, CEO and Co-founder, Indeed Paul Forster is CEO and co-founder of Indeed, a search engine for jobs that pioneered a radically improved approach to job search. Since 2004, Indeed has given job seekers free access - instantly, in a single search - to millions of jobs from thousands of company websites, job boards, newspapers, blogs and associations. > Read more |
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Jayson Sawyer Jayson Sawyer has served at the U.S. Army Recruiting Command (USAREC) Headquarters and the U.S. Army Accessions Command's (USAAC) Strategic Outreach Directorate (formerly SOD-- now G-7) since October of 1999. An employee of and Command Media Analyst/Information Systems Technologist for Northrop Grumman Information Technology, he worked as a contracted interactive advertising and multimedia consultant > Read more |
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Paul Harrison, Managing Partner of Carve Paul Harrison is Managing Partner of Carve, a London-based digital engagement consultancy that helps organisations build compelling employer brands and develop impactful talent attraction strategies. Carve has significant expertise in social media and search marketing, PR for HR, engagement strategy, employer brand development and marketing. Carve works with private, public and not-for-profit organisations, advertising agencies and recruitment consultancies. > Read more |
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Simon Conroy, CEO, Madgex Simon Conroy was appointed Chief Executive of Madgex in January 2005, having previously acted as a consultant to the company for four months. His knowledge of NLP and business transformation has allowed him to successfully spearhead growth plans and evolve the Madgex brand. > Read more |
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Lou Adler, President, The Adler Group Lou Adler is the president of The Adler Group, an international training and consulting firm helping assisting find and hire top talent using Performance-based Hiringsm. He is the Amazon best-seller author of Hire With Your Head and the new Nightingale-Conant audio program Talent Rules! Using Performance-based Hiring to Hire Top Talent (2007). > Read more |
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Alice Snell, VP of Research, Taleo Corporation Alice Snell is Vice President, Research at Taleo Corporation. Taleo (NASDAQ: TLEO) is the leader in on demand, web-based talent management solutions that empower organizations of all sizes, around the world to assess, acquire, develop and align their workforce for improved business performance. > Read more |
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Chuck Taylor, Vice President of Marketing, Affinity Circles Taylor is responsible for all marketing and business development activities at Affinity Circles, including setting market strategy, overseeing strategic partnerships, and running brand, field and channel marketing efforts. He recently authored a white paper about recruiting through social media, entitled Winning the War for Talent, which is available at the company’s website. > Read more |
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Jose Manuel Montenegro, Director of Account and Media Services, Sensis Jose Manuel Montenegro leads Sensis' (formerly known as Focus Multimedia) award-winning team of interactive marketing professionals and oversees the agency's U.S. Army account. He has successfully introduced other clients, including the California Lottery and United Healthcare, to Hispanic online media and expanded the versatility of client media buys to feature not only traditional online vehicles but also high-impact emerging media initiatives and tactics > Read more |
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Anne Berkowitch, Co-founder and CEO, SelectMinds As Co-founder and CEO, Anne Berkowitch leads the SelectMinds Board of Directors and management team. Since the company's inception in 2000, Anne has played a key role in the development of SelectMinds' client relationships and the evolution of the company into a leading provider of Corporate Social Networking solutions and services. > Read more |
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Donato Diorio, Broadlook Technologies Donato Diorio is a pioneer in the field of Internet research. As a software architect and the owner of a top billing placement firm, Donato envisioned applications that could automate many of the most time-consuming research functions performed by his recruiters. > Read more |
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Kris Penn, Shaker Recruitment Advertising & Communications Kris has worked with Shaker Recruitment Advertising & Communications since 2003, and brings 15 years of creative/marketing/branding experience to the team. Prior to joining Shaker, Kris provided in-house marketing expertise for companies spanning from entertainment (television and music recording industries) to engineering services. > Read more |
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Margaret Schweer Dr. Margaret Schweer is an expert on the changing workforce and innovative ways to shift the relationship between individuals and organizations, and in doing so, powerfully enhance workforce productivity. She is Vice President of the nGenera, the Innovation Research Network. > Read more |
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Dave Mendoza, Principal, RecruitingBlogs.com Dave Mendoza is an award winning blogger, global speaker and Master Cybersleuth consultant. He is an affiliate partner of JobMachine Inc. and corporate partner to both RecruitingBlogs.com and the Recruitment Community Europe (RCE) Conference. > Read more |
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Jeremy Garlington, Leadership Consultant Jeremy C. Garlington is a leadership consultant who specializes in branding and transition issues facing executive-level business leaders. He also publishes “The Garlington Report” (TGR) www.povblogger.blogspot.com, a web log that tracks news and views from the senior-level talent perspective. > Read more |
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Chris Russell, President & Founder, Jobs in Pods Chris Russell, President & Founder, Jobs in Pods (see PIC in attachment above) Chris Russell is a ten year veteran of the online job search industry. In 1999 he founded the regional job board network AllCountyJobs.com which he still owns today. > Read more |
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Mark Sadovnick, CEO & President, Sadovnick Partners Mark Sadovnick is the CEO and President of Sadovnick Partners, an executive search firm that recruits high-caliber management talent for growth-oriented hiring organizations from offices in Los Angeles, Miami and Toronto. > Read more |
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Aaron Sahagun, Co-Founder, Alumwire Inc. Aaron is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Alumwire, Inc. Alumwire, Inc. has been featured in BusinessWeek, NBC, CBS, the Boston Globe, and other publications for the effectiveness of its recruiting tools. > Read more |
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Jeremy Lappin - Founder and CEO of BountyJobs Despite the introduction of new technologies, huge inefficiencies still plague corporate recruiters in their quest to fill the hardest and most important positions. Fortunately, a new breed of technologies is emerging based on simple economic theory. > Read more |
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Peter M. Zollman, Founding Principal, Executive Editor, Classified Intelligence LLC Peter M. Zollman is founding principal of Classified Intelligence LLC and the Advanced Interactive Media Group LLC, internationally known consulting groups that work with newspapers, broadcasters, dot-coms, yellow-page companies and technology providers to develop profitable interactive services. > Read more |
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David Dalka, Business Development, Product Management and Marketing Strategy Leader David Dalka is a business development, product management and marketing strategy leader who has created success in exponential growth organizations that thrive on learning and innovating from customer listening > Read more |
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Sheila Greco, President & Chief Executive Officer, Sheila Greco Associates, LLC With Sheila’s leadership responsibilities as President and Chief Executive Officer of Sheila Greco Associates, LLC and her active role in the overall growth and success of the company, she places her broad-based skills and experience at the disposal of clients, candidates, and colleagues alike. > Read more |
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Jim Fowler, CEO and co-founder of Jigsaw Jim Fowler is the CEO and co-founder of Jigsaw (www.jigsaw.com), a leading provider of business information and data services that uniquely leverages user-generated content contributed by its global membership. Jigsaw provides easy access to high-value business information that can be used to identify key decision makers and people for purposes such as sales > Read more |
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John Sumser John Sumser is the preeminent analyst of the online Recruiting Industry. For over 15 years, John’s voice has been the foundation of the intellectual framework of the industry. He has helped over 100 startups, serves on the board of Salary.com, publishes a daily piece about the industry (and has for all 15 years). > Read more |
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Kevin Krim, Vice President of Product & Strategy, Yahoo! HotJobs As Vice President of Product & Strategy, Mr. Krim leads the product management, product marketing and user experience design teams for Yahoo! HotJobs and Yahoo! Small Business. Kevin Krim joined the Yahoo! HotJobs team in July 2006, bringing years of experience in search, search advertising, blogging, social networking, online content and communities > Read more |
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Allan Sabol, Co-Founder and CEO, Dayak, Inc. Allan Sabol is the co-founder and CEO of Dayak, Inc., a company dedicated to helping employers fill job openings faster than ever before for about half the cost of traditional recruiting firms. Allan is a former director of recruiting sales and after speaking with literally thousands of employers he quickly realized that the vast majority were not satisfied with the recruiting methods available today. > Read more |
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John Younger, President, CEO and Founder, Accolo Inc. For more than 20 years, John Younger has successfully identified and incorporated major trends and technologies affecting the recruitment landscape. In 2000 he founded Accolo, a leader in Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) for small and mid-sized companies. John’s passion to dramatically improve how people and jobs find each other is rooted in his deep understanding of technology, the recruitment process, and a core belief that everyone deserves courtesy and respect. > Read more |
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Colleen Aylward, CEO, InterviewStudio.com With a business degree from University of Washington, followed by 24 years of high tech sales and management experience in large and small companies, including NCSS, Dun & Bradstreet Computing, Comshare, Carlyle Systems, and GEAC, Colleen Aylward came to the Recruiting industry in 1990 on a soapbox of Change. > Read more |
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Blair Heavey, President & CEO, My Perfect Gig A seasoned executive with 20 years of experience in building and leading innovative high-growth technology companies, Blair Heavey is the President and CEO of MyPerfectGig, Inc. Prior to joining MyPerfectGig, Blair was an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at North Bridge Venture Partners. Blair joined North Bridge after serving as CEO of DirectoryM, a premier local advertising network specialized in helping businesses find local customer through targeted online advertising. > Read more |
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Terry Baker, VP of Sales, Adicio Inc. Terry Baker is VP of Sales at Adicio Inc. In his 5-year tenure at Adicio, Baker has helped Adicio become the leader in private label online classifieds with over 500+ recruitment, motors and real estate client sites around the globe. Baker’s career has included helping online software startups reach critical mass through business development, direct sales and channel development, M&A, marketing and product management > Read more |