David Diquattro, [: Clayton, CA]

• Proven leader, team builder, self-starter, and motivator
• Strong background in executing complex business development cycles to large multi-national organizations for enterprise solutions, while providing the business benefits of the software applications.
• Demonstrable knowledge and ability to present a vision utilizing ERP software solutions.
• Understanding of strategic and tactical business requirements, trends and processes with ability to translate those requirements to the functional capabilities of the software.
• Extensive skills and experience in public presentations and communications to all levels of management including “C” level.

Drew Fralley, [: Waldwick, NJ]

Antonio Lobruno, Senior Global Advisor [Americas: Buenos Aires, Argentina]

• More than 35 years experience in information systems and human resource management.
• Founder and Director, LGS -- Lobruno Global Solutions, a software and service company set up in 1986 and specializing in human resource system.
• Currently leading the first Latino American SaaS organization able to provide regional payroll services through one-single software platform for Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela.
• Significant experience working with multinationals on Latino-American/global HCM service models and business process reengineering that delivers superior customer service.
• Design and development of solutions to interface regional outsourced payroll services with ERP systems from SAP, PeopleSoft and Oracle.

Luiz Henrique de Oliveira, Vice President, Business Strategy and Latin America / Senior Global Advisor [Americas: Sao Paulo, Brazil]

• More than 25 years experience in information systems and human resource management
• Global business knowledge skilled, understand global differences in customers
• Senior global advisor with International project experience in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Chile, Japan, Mexico, USA
• Senior Product Manager and Senior Product Strategist at Workday helping setting the strategy and developing the design for Workday’s new global HCM offering (Mar/2005 – Jul/2007)
• Consultancy focused on business requirements for Google global HR application development (Jul/2004-Mar/2005)
• Previously responsible for ADP’s Customer Service, Sales and Marketing in Latin America / Brazil (Jul/2001-Jun/2004)
• Served as Vice President for ADP Global Services, implementing and supporting global accounts (Jul/1998-Jun/2001)
• B.A. in Computer Science and Business Administration and is a Latin American recognized speaker in the field of information technology, on such topics as HRIS, regional human resources issues, and sourcing strategies
• Fluent in Portuguese, Spanish and English

Ricardo Paulauskas, Senior Global Advisor [Americas: São Paulo, Brazil]

• Senior executive of Sales and New Businesses in Technology of Information with more than 25 years of experience dedicated to the outsourcing market of the Human Resources areas.
• Great experience in the development business-oriented and organizations on the basis of innovative technology and services.
• Development of commercial strategy and mapping of potential market, construction of offers and drawing solutions of vanguard for new markets.
• More than 20 years in ADP where he led projects with groups to multidiscipline and multi-cultural, co-ordinating and participating of diverse international negotiations in great corporations, such as: Gillette, Kraft, UNILEVER, Agfa, Phillips, General Motors, Nestle amongst others, developing proposals, models of business and solutions for multi-countries.

Ian Turnbull, Senior Global Advisor [Americas: Aurora (Toronto), Canada]

• Strategic executive with a general management focus.
• 30 years of experience as practitioner and consultant in a broad spectrum of industries centering on HRM & HR systems with payroll, finance & information systems knowledge.
• BA & MBA, Richard Ivey School of Business, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario.
• Published numerous articles and two books:
  • HR Manager's Guide to Human Resources Management Systems: A Practical Approach (2007)
  • Privacy in the Workplace: The Employment Perspective (2004)
• Taught the practical application of HRMS at the Centre for Industrial Relations at the University of Toronto, and is a frequent speaker at human resources, payroll and general management conferences.
• Past-Chairman of IHRIM and of the Canadian Council of Human Resource Associations (CCHRA).
• Recipient, The President's Award from the International Public Management Association of Canada (IPMA) for making an outstanding contribution to the practice of HRM Canada.

Karen Beaman, Chief Executive Officer / Senior Global Advisor [Americas: San Francisco, CA]

• More than 25 years experience in information systems and human resource management.
• Responsible for helping to set the strategy and design for Workday's new global HCM offering.
• Previously responsible for ADP's professional services across the Americas, Europe, and Asia/Pacific.
• Co-founder and Editor-in-Chief of the IHRIM Journal and Program Chair for IHRIM's Global HRIT Forum.
• Published works in the fields of Linguistics, Humanities, Management, Human Resources, and Information Technology:
  • Boundaryless HR: HCM in the Global Economy (2002)
  • Out of Site: An Inside Look at HR Outsourcing (2004)
  • Common Cause: HR Shared Services Delivery (2006)
  • HR Frontiers: Shifting Boundaries, Changing Borders (2008)
• Member of the Human Capital Institute's Global Talent Strategy Board and SuccessFactor Global Experts Board.
• B.A. from Old Dominion University; M.S. from Georgetown University; Ph.D. candidate in Sociolinguistics and Computational Linguistics.
• Recipient of IHRIM's Summit Award in 2002, honoring her lifetime achievements in field of HR and HRIT.
• Fluent in English, German, and French; conversational in Portuguese and Spanish.

Paul Belliveau, SPHR, Senior HCM Specialist [Americas: Bedford, NH]

Broad background encompassing Healthcare, High Tech/Electronics, Utilities, Retail, Financial, Manufacturing, Pharmaceutical, Applied Research & Service-oriented industries
Previously, President and Managing Director for a Business Infrastructure Management Consulting firm specializing in Human Resources Management catering to small, mi-sized and large clients
Variety of experience with HRMS/Workforce Management software vendor; Big 4, niche-market, and “boutique” management consulting firms; and directly with industry employers
• Proven success as a true business partner guiding HR through HR/HRMS strategic planning, readiness, implementation, on-going project lifecycle support, and on to Strategic HR
• Possess in-depth, hands-on experience in all phases of Human Resources, and HCM/HRMS management and functional consulting, project planning and multi-workstream coordination
• Primary roles include delivering human capital strategic planning, customer business assessments and business case recommendations, HR business best practices and process optimization, HR/HRMS service delivery and transformation, customer HR business infra-structure development and pre-implementation readiness, HRMS functional specifications, HRMS and ERP implementation, program management and HR domain knowledge transfer. Also provided direct hands-on Human Resources practitioner services covering all major disciplines within Human Resources – both strategic and tactical.
• Experience in a variety of HRMS products and platforms, including Workday Human Capital Management, Kronos Workforce HR/Payroll, PeopleSoft HCM, Wiki-based Collaborative Tools, and other related packages.
• Leadership roles serving as member of advisory boards, boards of directors, expert panel, program volunteer, etc. for such professional associations as: Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), International Association for Human Resource Information Management (IHRIM), Human Capital Metrics Consortium (HCMC), and official for Municipal (town) Governments
• BSBA Cum Laude, Boston University; MBA, Rivier College; Credentialed as a SPHR, Society for Human Resources Management
• Published articles in World at Work, PayTech, HRMagazine & HR Solutions; Presentations at IHRIM, PIHRA, NEHRA  

Scott Blackmer, Global Privacy Counsel [Americas: Salt Lake City, UT]

• Information technology law practice since 1982, based in Washington, DC; Brussels; Salt Lake
• Internationally recognized authority on privacy and information security law and regulation; listed in World's Leading Technology, Media & Telecommunications Lawyers
• Privacy advisor to US Social Security Administration, European Commission, numerous global companies and industry associations
• Privacy consulting in association with HR Privacy Solutions and The Burton Group
• Involved in counseling and transactions for corporate operations in more than 100 countries
• JD (honors) 1981 University of California, Berkeley
• Fluent English and French; working knowledge of written Spanish, German, Dutch, Italian, and Portuguese

Dr. Gregory Guy, Research Director [Americas: New York, NY]

• Professor at New York University and lectured at over fifty universities and institutions around the world.
• Respected internationalist and linguist, having lived and worked in the US, Canada, Australia, Brazil, and Guatemala, and traveled and lectured in forty different countries.
• Expert on empirical research methodology and quantitative analysis, and developer of one of the first computer applications for the statistical analysis of linguistic data.
• Published research on international business models and global mindsets, with focus on social and geographic diversity in language and quantitative analysis in theoretical models.
• Ph.D. and MA in linguistics from the University of Pennsylvania, and a BA from Boston University.
• Life-long activist for social diversity and human rights, having served on institutional, municipal, provincial and national panels addressing issues of disability, accessibility, and diversity in higher education and in the workplace.
• Experience as a journal editor and currently serves on the editorial boards of three journals.
• Notable publications include Towards a Social Science of Language (Benjamins, 1995, 1996), Language Variation and Linguistic Theory (Blackwell, to appear), and Análise Quantitativa em Sociolingüística (to appear in Brazil).
• Fluent in English, Spanish, and Portuguese, and has working knowledge of French, German and Italian.

Dr. Donald F. Harris, Global Privacy Expert [Americas: New York, NY]

• Founder, in 1999, of first consulting practice to focus exclusively on privacy challenges of multi-nationals
• Clients include 20+ leading multi-national companies
• Internationally known expert, author, speaker and conference producer on HR data privacy issues
• Advised U.S. Dept. of Commerce on Safe Harbor
• Led several industry consortia projects interacting with European regulators
• Founder of IHRIM's Privacy Committee in 1996; recipient of its Summit Award in 2003 for contributions to industry in area of privacy
• Currently leading coalition of ten U.S. and Canadian organizations developing a process to identify and promote good privacy practices for handling HR data
• 25 years experience in HR, payroll and labor relations, including 12 in HR systems
• PhD in Philosophy, Columbia University; MBA in Computer Applications and Info Systems, NYU

Dr. Carl Hoffmann, Senior Global Advisor [Americas: Chapel Hill, NC]

• Consultant focused on better management of human capital through the use of reporting and analytics
• Led a global practice at IBM Global Business Services which focused on work force effectiveness, productivity and analytics, ranging from work force planning and deployment, leadership, recruitment and selection, motivation, competency management and human capital supply chain
• Given presentations on public policy before house and senate committees, on business process redesign and technology implementation for the International Quality & Productivity Center, the International Association for Human Resource Information Management, and the Society of Human Resource Management
• Author of numerous publications, reports, professional papers and computer programs on human resource analysis and research methodology
• Recent winner of the Summit Award, the highest honor given by the International Human Resource Information Management association for his contributions to the profession
• PhD and Masters degrees from the University of North Carolina and a Bachelors from the University of Wisconsin

Kathleen McGirr, Global Advisor [Americas: Boston, MA]

• More than 25 years experience as HR generalist or specialist in global organizations
• Broad experience in high tech and financial services industries, with strength in HR strategy formulation and communication.
• Led post-merger HR integration of French software firm (with France and German sites) into Fidelity Investments' HR Outsourcing business.
• Led complete re-design of staffing function and introduction of enterprise-wide leadership and management development programming for Fidelity Investments
• B.A. from Colby College (French), M.B.A. from Boston College (Organizational Behavior) with specialized language diplomas from Universite de Caen, France.
• Fluent in English and French, conversational in Spanish and have traveler's German.

Al Walker, Senior Global Advisor [Americas: New York, NY]

• Focus on technology and organizational strategies for HR; redesigning HR processes; HR shared services and call center solutions; establishing HR Web strategies, outsourcing options and developing strong business cases.
• Global practice leader and Principal with Towers Perrin; directed the human resource systems work at AT&T
• Founder and Managing Partner of the Consulting Arts Group, a distance learning company.
• Well-known author of three text books and over 50 articles on HR Technology.
• Adjunct university professor at Rutgers University.
• Founder and board member of both the International Association for Human Resource Information Management (IHRIM) organization, and the Human Resources Planning Society (HRPS).
• BS from Fordham University, MBA in Economics from Seton Hall University, and post-graduate work in Operations Research at The Wharton School.
• The inaugural Summit award winner given by the IHRIM organization for achievement and contribution over a lifetime to the HR technology field.

Meridith Wesby, Global Privacy Expert [Americas: Worcester, MA]

• Data Privacy Officer for two major multi-national companies, with 6+ years experience in Global HRIS
• Defined, delivered and maintained global data and provided weekly reporting that was in compliance
• Designed and delivered data protection training
• Hands-on implementation experience - PeopleSoft in 53 countries, and conversion from SAP to PeopleSoft
• 2 years experience as data protection consultant to multi-nationals, with HR Privacy Solutions
• Over 20 years experience in senior executive positions in HR, in profit and not-for-profit sectors
• Experience including line HR, strategic planning, organizational development, change management
• BA in Economics and MBA from Clark University, graduate work at Harvard
• SPHR

Michael Novak, Senior Global Advisor [Americas, Asia-Pac: San Francisco; Tokyo; Dalian, China]

• Global Communications strategist for multinational corporations, with more than 35 years experience in software, multimedia, and multicultural and multilingual communications
• Founder and CEO - Tertia Corporation, delivering English media to the second language market of 1.5 billion people, and facilitating single-language communications for global corporations using emerging technologies and 3G mobile phones
• Member, Board of Directors, Equal Access, strategic partner with the United Nations for digital satellite distribution of health and education information, reaching over 38 million people in Asia (www.equalaccess.org)
• US Representative for China's only national Software and Information Service conference (www.cisis.com.cn)
• Senior advisor to Dalian China for software, investment, and digital entertainment (dlhitech.gov.cn)
• Senior advisor for the launch of PeopleSoft HR in Japan
• Former VP- Asia for 7th largest software company worldwide
• Co-founder of Ross Systems (www.rossinc.com)
• Former President of largest US/Asia Intercultural communications consulting company in the US
• BBA & MBA - University of Michigan, CPA - California

John Macy, Vice President, Asia-Pacific / Senior Global Advisor [Asia-Pac: Sydney, Australia]

• A career professional with over 35 years experience in the HR practice and application of technology, as a senior manager with Qantas Airways and CET consultancy.
• Founder and Director, Competitive Edge Technology Pty Ltd, a consultancy company set up in 1994 and specializing in human resource system specification and selection.
• Presented at conferences all over the world, including IHRIM, has written and contributed chapters to several books on HR technology and has numerous articles published in magazines in USA and Asia/Pacific.
• Assignments undertaken for CET have included Asia (particularly Malaysia and Singapore), most major cities within Australia and project assistance within the USA.
• Representing the HR business community, has chaired committees in Australia to produce data interchange standards and is a leader in the field of open standards, SOA and emerging component technology for HR.
• Regarded as the leading HR system consultant in Australia and has chaired the Australian Human Resource Institute's (AHRI) technology SIG since the early 1990s.

Alsen Hsein, Senior China Advisor [Asia-Pac: Shanghai, China]

• Over 20 Years of Enterprise Application Software experience including ERP, CRM, HRM and Business Intelligence with last 12 years focusing on software product development and strategy in HRM software product in Great China and Asia Pacific Region
• Voted as "2005 Most Innovative HR Payroll Software Product in China" by ChinaHR magazine
• Founder and President of Take5People, in Shanghai, China, focusing on providing HCM and Financial Modeling, Measurement and Analytical tool and services in Asia Pacific Region
• Previously, Co-Founder and Managing Director of Platinum China, a leading provider of Financial & Human Resources Management software applications in Greater China. Platinum China later was acquired by CDC Software, a wholly-owned subsidiary and software arm of CDC Corp (NASDAQ: CHINA and formerly chinadotcom corporation)
• Managing Director of CDC Software’s Asia Pacific operations and played a significant role in planning the product and business strategy and actively involved in the M&A activities in Europe, North America and China
• Working last 14 years in China as a pioneer in developing HRM software and a frequent speaker to promote better Human Resource Information Technology selection and practices throughout the region
• Drove the software development center in Shanghai to achieve CMM (Capability Maturity Model) Level 4

Raj Padmaraj, Senior Global Advisor [Asia-Pac: Chennai, India]

• Over 20 years of Global Information Technology experience covering US, Europe, India and Asia-Pac
• Core strengths are business development, strategic relationship management, technology transition and transformation management, process management, program and project management and global distributed delivery model execution (offshore, offsite and onsite)
• Built offshore centers to process excellence culminating in ISO 9001 certification, achievement of 5.78 Sigma level (using Six Sigma methodology) and being assessed at CMM Level V
• Founded Sidd Technology Solutions Inc., providing Enterprise Technology Solutions in Human Resources domain including Business Process Management solutions
• Previously a VP at Hexaware Technologies responsible for HRIT practice and managing large outsourcing deals
• Group Manager at Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) responsible for the Engineering Services practice
• Member of Business Process Management Institute, Business Process Management Professionals, IHRIM Global Forum.

Andrew Cox, Senior Global Advisor [AsiaPac and Latin America: Brisbane, Australia]

• Expert in HR Process and Technology solutions, process re-engineering, automation, HR and payroll integration. 10+ years experience of Global and Local HR technology implementations in Australia, Latin America, Asia, US and Europe.
• Functional analysis, strategic design and implementation of HR Shared Service Centers and HR Operations re-engineering leveraging 6 Sigma process design and integrating inhouse, outsourced and on-demand software solutions.
• 15 years experience in Management Consulting, Systems Integration & Change Management.
• Experienced Project Manager responsible for large scale, multi-tiered HR Transformation and Technology projects, as well as developing rapid implementation methodologies for global implementations (52 Countries in 12 months), based on PeopleSoft and other systems.
• Proven experience of managing teams across different timezones/geographies and in multiple languages. Re-engineering of HR System Support functions leveraging lower cost resource/development centers.
• Development of Strategic HR System Strategies for multiple Countries/Regions. Responsible for HR Operations and Business Transformation across multi-national financial services company over 350,000 employees in 80 Countries.

Salwa Pradelles, Project Management Professional [Europe: Paris, France]

• More than 25 years hands-on experience in project management and human resources development in several industries (engineering, manufacturing, luxury goods, consulting, media), within global companies
• Previously led executive recruitment, mobility and development at the corporate level for Air Liquide and LVMH group, with a special focus on High Potentials.
• Extensive experience in change management.
• Founder of Passions & Talents, part of an extensive network of executives coaches and HR development consultants.
• Logical, analytical, result-oriented and multi-disciplined.
• Master of Engineering from the Ecole Centrale Paris.
• HR trainer in the Ecole Centrale Paris
• Fluent English and French

Dr. Knut Ripken, Senior European Advisor [Europe: Saint-Cloud, France]

• Expert on HR and payroll integration with profound knowledge of different solutions (in-house, services, outsourcing) of different vendors (ADP, SAP, PeopleSoft, Oracle,…).
• Cofounder and Managing Director of Ashvata, a consultancy in HR, payroll, information systems, and outsourcing.
• Adjunct professor at the Paris Business School ESCP-EAP.
• Managed global product development to interface ADP's outsourced payroll services world-wide with ERP systems from SAP, PeopleSoft and Oracle.
• Served as Director Europe Global Payroll Development on a joint strategic development program with PeopleSoft, for a multi-country European payroll product.
• As General Manager and Vice President Europe, built the European operations for the US company Rational.
• Ph.D. in Computer Science from the Technical University in Munich after completing graduate studies of both Physics and Computer Science in Germany and the US.
• Lectured widely and published on software engineering and information systems.
• Fluent in English, German, and French; knowledge of Russian.

Christian Adlung, Vice President, Europe / Senior Global Advisor [Europe: Lilienthal, Germany]

• More than 20 years of experience in information technology, and in development and project leadership of payroll and Human Capital Management (HCM) systems.
• Over 15 years experience in a global/EMEA business environment.
• Significant experience working with large corporations on EMEA/global HCM service models and business process reengineering that that deliver superior customer service and employee satisfaction.
• Built and expanded the HCM consultancy division of a major payroll company in Germany, UK, Latin-America.
• Operational responsibility for a German payroll outsourcing division.
• Business development responsibility for Convergys Employee Care for EMEA.
• Degree in Computer Science from the University of Bremen.
• Fluent in English and German, and basic knowledge of Portuguese.

Bernhard Weber, Senior European Advisor [Europe: Düsseldorf, Germany]

• Ten years of diverse consulting and management experience, specializing in the implementation and management of human resource systems.
• Project management, conceptual design of reporting, cost control modules, international roll-out concepts, and payroll related customizations.
• Implementation and international roll-out of PeopleSoft Human Resource application, in the role of project manager and functional implementation advisor.
• Directed the delivery of system implementations services including technology fit analysis, process flow analysis, application configuration, system testing, conversion and migration to the production environment, implementing role-based security concepts and setting up organizational structures in software systems.
• International experience in France, U.S., Japan, Eastern Europe (Hungary, Poland and Russia) as well as in South East Asia (China, Malaysia, Singapore and Taiwan).
• MBA from Institut Superieur de Gestion, Paris; Diplom-Betriebswirt from Fachhochschule Köln, Germany.
• Fluent in German, English and Spanish.

Tony Sheppard, UK and European Advisor [Europe: Dublin, Ireland]

• Expert in HR and payroll integration, especially ADP, SAP and PeopleSoft.
• More than 15 years experience in information systems in a variety of business sectors.
• Experienced and highly competent Project Manager both in implementation and development.
• While with ADP Employer Services, worked as a functional and technical lead leading a global product to interface ADP's outsourced payroll services world-wide with ERP systems from SAP, PeopleSoft, and Oracle. Subsequently worked on several successful client implementations of this product.
• Strong knowledge of UK and Irish Payroll, having worked for three years for ADP UK both in product development and AG, their consulting arm.
• Long and successful track record working with large multinationals on local, Pan-European and multinational projects, including JPMC, Morgan Stanley, AOL, Avaya, Unilever, Renault and Hilti.

Iain Campbell, Senior Global Advisor [Europe: London, United Kingdom]

• Research professional with extensive global experience and foreign language skills (English - Native speaker; German - Fluent; French - Good working knowledge)
• Adept at networking and with good communication skills, I have worked primarily in the financial services, retail, and telecommunications sectors on projects for consulting firms, VC firms, and IT vendors)
• Logical, analytical, entrepreneurial, adaptable, objective, a self-starter, a team player, and a relationship-builder
• Aston University in Birmingham, UK - Bachelor of Science Honours Degree, Business Administration and German
• Member of SCIP (Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals)
• Member of CiG (City Information Group)

Brian Siller, Senior Global Advisor [Europe: London, United Kingdom]

• A senior HR professional, with a background as consultant, researcher and practitioner with international and blue chip experience and a sharp commercial focus
• Provided external HR & employment advice to major IT outsourcing for UK energy company
• Acted as external HR adviser to a major business change project
• Provided framework for offshoring of business process
• Provided market intelligence and recommendations on change in pension provision to FTSE 100 company
• Research in IT/HR cross impact, team based pay, performance management systems, career planning & career patterns
• Executive experience in HR outsourcing of HR processes and groups, payroll provision, European elements of global Oracle HRIS

Ms Linda Bagwell, [North America: , CA]

• More than 20 years experience in human resources information technology as a project manager, business analyst, and training consultant.
• Certified as Project Management Professional (PMP) in 2003 by global Project Management Institute
• Extensive HCM implementation experience in over 20 industries
• Expertise in business process improvement in conjunction with Human Resources packaged software implementations
• Developed and piloted PMI Instructor Materials for Project Management Professional Examination Preparation Workshop for PMI Orange County chapter; used by multiple USA and European chapters
• Business Systems Manager for a transnational global implementation of PeopleSoft HCM
• Previously Senior Principal Consultant for global technology consulting firm
• BA, CSULB -- Sociology with focus on global population statistics, MA, Lindenwood Colleges
• Business Analyst leading a team to eliminate customizations and align business processes for PeopleSoft HCM 9.0:
  • Led analysis and documented fit / gap to re-implement manager self-service merit increases and variable compensation
  • Led analysis and documented fit / gap to re-implement international functionality for Hong Kong, India, Japan, and United Kingdom.

Judy Canavan, Global Compensation Advisor [North America: Philadelphia, PA]

• Over 20 years of experience auditing, assessing and designing compensation programs for a broad range of industries
• Specialize in developing and aligning compensation plan designs to support the strategic direction of organizations
• Particular emphasis on assessing competitive compensation levels to ensure both internal and external equity
• Founder of HR+Survey Solutions - a consultancy that specializes in assessing compensation levels and conducting customized compensation surveys
• Previously, a Senior Consultant with Sibson Consulting
• Published in Directors and Boards as well as Workspan
• Member of World at Work and the Society of Human Resource Management
• Degree in Economics from Skidmore College - graduated with departmental honors, and was a member of the Periclean honor society and Omicron Delta Epsilon

Julie Cullinane-Smith, Senior Change Management Expert [North America: Mill Valley, CA]

• Results-oriented, collaborative business consultant with significant experience in project and change management, organization effectiveness, process redesign and business strategy alignment.
• Clients have included various Fortune 1000 companies as well as start-ups and non-profits across a wide-range of industries.
• Adept at helping companies plan for and successfully implement major organizational changes, including technology implementations, M&A, process redesign and outsourcing efforts
• Previously a Managing Consultant at Towers Perrin
• Certified Process Redesign Master, The Hammer Institute MBA, The Anderson School at UCLA; BA, University of California, San Diego

Mike Kent, Executive Consultant and CHRO [North America: Oakland, CA]

• Senior global human resources executive with extensive global experience in high tech, service, and manufacturing industries for both large and small organizations.
• Demonstrated results in corporate transformations, strategy formulations, process improvement, quality programs, change management, outsourcing, metrics, employment branding, talent management, diversity, business ethics and M&A.
• Proven ability to quickly assess customers' human resources needs and to design and implement cost-effective interventions to achieve strategic business objectives.
• Experienced business partner, leader and mentor with strong technical knowledge, consultative, analytical and team building skills, with global experience and orientation.
• Experienced in virtually every facet of HR and administration.

James Pettit, Project Manager [North America: Duluth, GA]

• More than 25 years experience with human resources management and information systems specifically in the design, development, deployment, integration and management of enterprise-wide systems.
• Project Manager for Workday HCM implementation as Principal Consultant with Jeitosa Group International.
• Executive Consultant, Founder and President of Talent Management Systems, Inc., dedicated to realizing value through strategic talent management.
• Resource Director responsible for the employee life cycle including talent acquisition, development and deployment of ADP’s professional services consulting team.
• Engagement Manager for ADP’s professional services recognized for achievements in client relationships, project management, change management, project scope definition, system implementation, leadership, people management, talent acquisition and team member development.
• Project Manager for several enterprise-wide PeopleSoft and ADP software implementations.
• AG Consulting Practice Area Manager Project Manager Certified. AG Certification based on PMI principles customized to software implementation project management discipline.
• Former member and CFO of the IHRIM Board of Directors and Mid-Atlantic Chapter President.
• Three-time winner of AG Consulting’s Ace Award given to top consultants.