Global & Cultural Effectiveness

William D. Wight is a partner in the Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. offices and is the chair of the firm's International Employment Practice Group.  He counsels employers on various global employment, compensation and benefit issues related to employees abroad, as well as foreign nationals working in the U.S. and the employment of the U.S. permanent residents and citizens abroad.  Bill has worked with compliance issues related to hiring, retention and separation of employees in a multitude of jurisdictions.  His experience with global employment issues has helped him assist our clients with international operations on all sevel continents including Antarctica.  Bill has assisted clients with the implementation of strategic planning and policy development with respect to global HR practices and policies.  He has also assisted clients with the management of litigation and employment controversy matters in numerous international jurisdictions.  Bill has also counseled clients based outside the United States with the special considerations that are required when complying with U.S. employment and employee benefit rules and regulations. Bill is regularly involved with resolving questions related to privacy and data protection issues.  

Dr. van Dongen is a business savvy global executive, who has broad experience in HR ranging from local responsibility up to Global experience within FMCG, IT Consumer goods, manufacturing and renewable energy environment. He also operated as managing director, including P&L responsibility for his own startup. In his current role in HR he is responsible for the HR strategic setup, design and implementation for the Global Growth Projects, which Cristal is undertaking. Cristal is a Saudi headquartered Global chemicals company focuses at titanium dioxide and other related  titanium chemicals. He is based out of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia with his family. Mark holds a Master degree in Psychology, a PhD in management sciences and is certified as GPHR and as a FCIPD.

 

Heloisa Machado holds a bachelor degree in business administration from Fundação Getulio Vargas/RJ and an MBA from Coppead/UFRJ. She has been working at TV Globo for 20 years, having also worked at Casa da Moeda - the company that produces Brazilian banknotes, coins and other security products - and Petrobras - an integrated energy company and leader of Brazilian oil industry. Heloisa is an HR Director at TV Globo - the biggest Brazilian broadcast TV network and one of the world’s largest, acting as a Senior Business Partner for most of business areas, providing HR solutions that make strategy achievement possible as so as specific directions to the whole Human Resources Area. She is also responsible for Executives´ Development Competence. In 2007, Heloisa was chosen the Professional of the Year by ABRH-RJ and received the Luiz Carlos Campos People Management Premium.

Native San Franciscan and SF Giants fan, Tiffany Libiran joined the Zappos Family Recruiting Team 2 years ago and has been enjoying her role in the technical space supporting the Information Technology and Development teams. She is easily amazed by reading code and engaging in  Java based conversations with her managers and can be found on weekends riding one of her collectible beach cruiser bicycles in Downtown Las Vegas. In her 8th year of recruiting, what keeps her going is not only the ability to build relationships with candidates across the world but to be able to connect with them on behalf of Zappos.com, Inc!

 

Patricia M. Clendening, GPHR, SPHR has over 25 years experience in Human Resources management with major corporations including AlliedSignal, Honeywell, Crothall American, Wolf D. Barth, and Wawa, Inc. She has held a variety of Coaching, Change Management, Strategic Planning, Training and Development, and Employee Relations roles within these organizations. In 2002 Tricia launched HR Strategies, LLC and is now considered a leading HR consulting firm in the region. Tricia was the recipient of Associated Builders and Contractors 2010 Associate Supplier of the Year, Delaware Valley Human Resources Consultant of the Year in 2012 and the Ron Shane HR Lifetime Achievement in 2012. She also participated, with eleven other business leaders, in Delaware’s Roundtable with Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney to discuss the pressing issues that businesses in the region were facing.

Mercedes has served the international mobility industry for 15 years consulting on intercultural and performance needs. She also conducted field research on expatriate selection. Currently Mercedes is the Director of Business Development at Cultural Awareness International. She graduated from Princeton and completed an MBA from Tulane. Mercedes is a product of a bicultural family (1/2 Iranian; 1⁄2 Puerto Rican), and has lived and worked in Europe, the Americas, and the Middle East. Mercedes has experienced the impact of cultural competency on performance and behavioral health; including relocating internationally with her four children. Follow Mercedes on Twitter @MechaDAngelo.

Mrs. Peters has worked with the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) since October 2018. She previously worked for SHRM’s former affiliate the Council for Global Immigration (CFGI) in the Washington DC metro-area for nearly fifteen years, helping to advance high skilled immigration and employment verification reforms with the U.S. Congress, the White House and the federal agencies. She has served as a chair of the policy committee of the Compete America coalition. She also serves on other coalitions and working groups to educate and advance immigration system efficiencies and to ensure critical changes to employer immigration compliance are reasonable.

Mark is the practice leader for IOR’s consulting services in global talent management. He works extensively with business executives and corporate teams on global leadership development and talent management projects. Over the past 18 years, he has designed and facilitated leadership development and talent management solutions for leading companies throughout the world on 4 different continents. He is presently working with global companies on cultural integration projects that involve mergers and change management. Mark has broad, global experience working with professionals from over 50 different countries across a diverse range of industries. Mark also coaches leaders and managers, helping them develop a global mindset and strengthen intercultural competence. He is licensed to deliver and interpret a variety of assessment instruments useful for global talent identification and development.