Kenexa Hires Human Resources Thought Leader to Direct Product Strategy

Kenexa, a global provider of talent management and retention solutions, today announced that industry veteran Ron Hanscome has joined the company as the vice president of Product Strategy.

In this role, Hanscome will be responsible for product strategy and product marketing across Kenexaís entire suite of products and solutions. In addition, he will manage all Kenexa industry analyst relations and partnerships.

For more than 20 years, Hanscome has developed a solid reputation in the Human Capital Management (HCM) software and services industries, serving as a practitioner, consultant, software executive and industry analyst. Most recently, he served as vice president of HCM technology strategy practice for HRchitect. Prior to HRchitect, he was Oracleís vice president of HCM applications marketing and oversaw all three Oracle HCM product lines.

Before Oracle, he was a senior program director with the industry analyst firm, META Group, where he authored multiple pieces of HR-related research and wrote extensively about Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP). His background also includes nine years as an HRMS practitioner with United HealthGroup and Medtronic, three years as a consultant with Watson Wyatt and as an independent consultant, and six years as a vendor software executive with Ceridian Employer Services and Lawson Software.

ìWith the leadership of one of the industryís great influencers and thinkers ñ Ron Hanscome ñ we can look to the future with tremendous confidence and excitement,î said Rudy Karsan, CEO of Kenexa. ìNot only does Ron add to Kenexaís thought leadership brand, he is a special human being. We are very excited to welcome Ron to Kenexa.î Hanscome added, ìFor the past several years, I have watched with great interest as Kenexa has developed industry leading solutions that combine software, employee research science and business process optimization to help build great global workforces. I am looking forward to contributing to Kenexaís ongoing development of the worldís most strategic HR products.î

A native Minnesotan, Hanscome graduated from the University of Minnesota, where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in history magna cum laude in 1985. He will be located in Kenexaís Minneapolis office.