Leadership & Navigation

Anthony Raja Devadoss, SHRM-SCP, SPHRi
managing director
PERSOLKELLY Consulting
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Anthony Raja Devadoss is Managing Director & Regional Head of PERSOLKELLY Consulting Asia Pacific - a consulting business delivering HR Business Services, HR Certifications, Talent Management Technology, Career Transition Solutions & Leadership Development.

With over 20 years of experience, Devadoss is also a Global Board Member of the Career Partners International, and actively involved in Malaysia’s and Asia-Pacific’s HR and Technology industry development and holds memberships in various local and international associations.

Devadoss holds a Master’s Degree in Business Administration and Bachelor’s Degree in Life Sciences. He holds the SHRM-SCP credentials and has recently attended the INSEAD Global Business Programme.

SESSIONS:
Wednesday, June 22, 2016 - 10:00am to 11:15am
Mark David Jones
Chief Operating Officer
World Class Benchmarking
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Mark is an acclaimed consultant – having worked with dozens of Fortune 500 companies in six of the seven continents of the world over the past two decades. As an author and highly demanded speaker, Mark has an innovative, results-focused passion for helping people make a difference.

Mark first joined the Walt Disney World Resort® in 1978, working in a wide variety of leadership roles. After more than ten years, Mark left to establish The Consultant Network, eventually leading over 60 business consultants.

In 1992, during his doctoral studies, Mark was recruited to lead the consulting team at the Federal Aviation Administration’s national training headquarters. Mark played a key role in the Department of Transportation’s organizational redesign – spearheading initiatives such as executive development, assessment and design, change dynamics, self-managed/directed work teams, and train-the-trainer programs.

Mark returned to the Walt Disney World Resort® in 1996 to help lead the transformation of the Disney Institute Business Programs. While in this role, Mark was in charge of Leadership, Creativity & Innovation, and Quality Service initiatives. He also served externally as the senior project manager for numerous highly successful large-scale organizational initiatives for leading domestic and international corporations – many of which are showcased in the Disney-published book Be Our Guest: Perfecting the Art of Customer Service. In recognition of his contribution to the Disney organization, Mark was nominated for the prestigious “Partner’s in Excellence” award – Disney’s highest regarded corporate award.

Currently, as Chief Operating Officer of World Class Benchmarking, Mark leads a network of experts from the world’s most renowned companies in implementing organizational transformation.

Mark’s new best-selling book, Lead With Your Customer: Transform Culture and Brand into World-Class Excellence (ASTD Press) showcases what world-class organizations do to attain and sustain extraordinary results.

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Alexander Alonso, Ph.D., SHRM-SCP
Chief Data & Insights Officer
SHRM
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Alexander Alonso, PhD, SHRM-SCP is the Society for Human Resource Management's (SHRM's) Chief Data & Insights Officer leading operations for SHRM's Certified Professional and Senior Certified Professional certifications, research functions, and the SHRM Knowledge Advisor service. He is responsible for all research activities, including the development of the SHRM Competency Model and SHRM credentials.

During his career, he has worked with numerous subject matter experts worldwide with the aim of identifying performance standards, developing competency models, designing organizational assessments, and conducting job analyses. He was also responsible for working on contract task orders involving the development of measurement tools for content areas such as job knowledge (like teacher knowledge of instructional processes) and organizational climates (like organizational climate forecasting in military health care).

Dr. Alonso received his doctorate in Industrial-Organizational Psychology from Florida International University in 2003. His works have been recognized for their contribution to real-world issues. They include being recognized by the Society for Industrial Organizational Psychology (Division 14 of the APA; SIOP) with the 2007 M. Scott Myers Award for Applied Research in the Workplace for the development of the federal standard for medical team training, TeamSTEPPS; being awarded a 2009 Presidential Citation for Innovative Practice by the American Psychological Association for supporting the development of competency model for team triage in emergency medicine; and receiving the 2013 SIOP Distinguished Early Career Contributions for Practice Award.

Throughout his career, he has published works in peer-reviewed journals such as Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science and Practice, Journal of Applied Psychology, International Journal of Selection and Assessment, People and Strategy, Personality and Individual Differences, Quality and Safety in Health Care, and Human Resources Management Review. He has also authored several chapters on community-based change initiatives in workforce readiness, as well as co-authoring Defining HR Success: A Guide to the SHRM Competency Model in Practice.

Dr. Alonso also served as a columnist analyzing major trends in the workforce for The Industrial Psychologist and HR Magazine. In addition, he has served on several professional society boards including the SIOP and the Personnel Testing Council of Metropolitan Washington.

SESSIONS:
Monday, June 20, 2016 - 7:00am to 8:15am
Michele Molitor
CEO
Nectar Consulting, Inc.
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Michele Molitor, CPCC, PCC is the CEO of Nectar Consulting, Inc. Working with executives and entrepreneurs worldwide, Michele brings over 24 years of experience, strategic business savvy and intuitive insights to her clients. Her unique, inside-out approach serves as a catalyst to challenge status quo thinking, eliminate blockages to success, and helps her clients enhance their capacity as a leader, build high performing teams and exponentially increase bottom line results.

As a nationally recognized inspirational speaker, certified executive coach, consultant, trainer, and author, Michele will light you up on her mission to assist you in becoming an extraordinary leader.  

SESSIONS:
Wednesday, September 28, 2016 - 2:45pm to 4:15pm
Michele Molitor
CEO
Nectar Consulting, Inc.
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Michele Molitor, CPCC, PCC is the CEO of Nectar Consulting, Inc. Working with executives and entrepreneurs worldwide, Michele brings over 24 years of experience, strategic business savvy and intuitive insights to her clients. Her unique, inside-out approach serves as a catalyst to challenge status quo thinking, eliminate blockages to success, and helps her clients enhance their capacity as a leader, build high performing teams and exponentially increase bottom line results.

As a nationally recognized inspirational speaker, certified executive coach, consultant, trainer, and author, Michele will light you up on her mission to assist you in becoming an extraordinary leader.  

SESSIONS:
Tuesday, September 27, 2016 - 4:00pm to 5:30pm
Bill Benjamin
partner
The Institute for Health and Human Potential
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Bill has a rare perspective – he has advanced degrees in Mathematics and Computer Science and has 25 years of real-world business experience as a senior leader. Bill is very authentic about the fact that he struggled early in his career as a leader when he was under pressure. He shares how he has been able to apply the very same techniques he teaches to become a better leader (and husband and father) himself.

In addition to using his background in sales to motivate and inspire audiences, Bill leverages his Mathematics and technical background to take a practical and scientific approach to helping people understand how the brain responds under pressure, and how that can help increase leadership and performance.
 
Bill is a partner at the Institute for Health and Human Potential (IHHP), a successful international research and training company, named one of the “Fastest Growing Companies” in the “Fast 100” ranking in PROFIT Magazine.
 
Bill also contributed to the New York Times and Amazon bestselling book Performing Under Pressure, co-authored by IHHP’s JP Pawliw-Fry and noted psychologist Hendrie Weisinger.
SESSIONS:
Wednesday, September 28, 2016 - 12:45pm to 2:15pm
Bill Benjamin
partner
The Institute for Health and Human Potential
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Bill has a rare perspective – he has advanced degrees in Mathematics and Computer Science and has 25 years of real-world business experience as a senior leader. Bill is very authentic about the fact that he struggled early in his career as a leader when he was under pressure. He shares how he has been able to apply the very same techniques he teaches to become a better leader (and husband and father) himself.

In addition to using his background in sales to motivate and inspire audiences, Bill leverages his Mathematics and technical background to take a practical and scientific approach to helping people understand how the brain responds under pressure, and how that can help increase leadership and performance.
 
Bill is a partner at the Institute for Health and Human Potential (IHHP), a successful international research and training company, named one of the “Fastest Growing Companies” in the “Fast 100” ranking in PROFIT Magazine.
 
Bill also contributed to the New York Times and Amazon bestselling book Performing Under Pressure, co-authored by IHHP’s JP Pawliw-Fry and noted psychologist Hendrie Weisinger.
SESSIONS:
Tuesday, September 27, 2016 - 2:00pm to 3:30pm
Chuck Roberts
president & CEO
Performance Management Group, Inc.
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Chuck Roberts understands the challenges facing private and government organizations well, having more than thirty-five years of experience working in and consulting to organizations ranging from start-ups to annual budgets of over $70 billion, and serving in roles that have included COO, CFO, and CEO. 

He’s best known as a change agent who helps organizations increase revenue and profitability, leads strategic, tactical, and financial planning and new initiatives, implements best practices, and performs turnarounds, reorganizations, and acquisitions. Chuck has authored two books and more than 50 published articles, and is the Founder, President, and CEO of Performance Management Group, Inc.

SESSIONS:
Wednesday, September 28, 2016 - 9:00am to 10:30am
Chuck Roberts
president & CEO
Performance Management Group, Inc.
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Chuck Roberts understands the challenges facing private and government organizations well, having more than thirty-five years of experience working in and consulting to organizations ranging from start-ups to annual budgets of over $70 billion, and serving in roles that have included COO, CFO, and CEO. 

He’s best known as a change agent who helps organizations increase revenue and profitability, leads strategic, tactical, and financial planning and new initiatives, implements best practices, and performs turnarounds, reorganizations, and acquisitions. Chuck has authored two books and more than 50 published articles, and is the Founder, President, and CEO of Performance Management Group, Inc.

SESSIONS:
Tuesday, September 27, 2016 - 2:00pm to 3:30pm
Heather Christie
president
Evolve Global
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Heather Christie is a Certified Executive & Leadership Coach, Professional Speaker and "Recovering Attorney". She has consulted with hundreds of companies and addressed thousands of people in her talks and workshops over the last 12 years.  Prior to founding her Leadership Coaching firm, Evolve Global, Heather was Partner in a prominent Chicago law firm where she practiced as an international lobbyist. She co-authored the book “Bootstrap Business”. Heather has been recognized nationally and globally as a leader in the executive coaching industry. She is President-Elect of the National Speakers Association South Florida Chapter. You can find her at www.HeatherChristie.com.

SESSIONS:
Wednesday, September 28, 2016 - 12:45pm to 2:15pm