Senior-Level

Arthur Chagas Diniz
CEO
Crescimentum
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In the last 2 years has been stdying the exponencial economy and the Sillicon Valley best practices on People, Culture and Performance. On this matter went to Stanford Graduate Scool of Business, Singularity University, Zappos Cuture Camp and took a Human Resources misson with Startse, visiting companies such as Facebook, Google, Uber and others. AUthor of the famous book Leader of the Future- the Leader Coach way.  Specialist in Executive Coaching and Leadership with certficates from schools like Kellogg, Insead, MIT, Center for Creative Leadership and Harvard Business School. Graduated in Economics from PUC-RJ and MBA from Columbia Business School em Nova York. Elected in december,2001 one of the 20 CEO's of the Future in a joint evaluation by KornFerry, Revista VOCÊ SA and FIA-USP. Former executive of Price Waterhouse, Citibank, Unibanco, Deutsche Bank and Grupo Santander Banespa. Acted as Strategic Planning Director at Santander.

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Sunday, June 23, 2019 - 1:00pm to 2:00pm
Jill Birch
CEO
BirchGrove Inc.
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Dr. Jill Birch is a leadership advisor, author, researcher and senior executive. She is Founder & CEO of BirchGrove Inc., supporting organizations to redefine leadership to realize strategic imperatives. Jill has been a CEO and member of several C-Suites and has designed global leadership development programs.

 

Jill has spoken to 1000s of leaders around the world. Her presentations inspire organizations to achieve their goals through engagement, innovative strategies, and development of metrics to ensure success. Her Ph.D. focused on relational leadership and M.A. explored how CEOs learn to lead and how they learn to learn.

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Sunday, June 23, 2019 - 1:00pm to 2:00pm
Jeanne Meister
Partner
Future Workplace
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Jeanne Meister is Founding Partner, Future Workplace, an HR Advisory and Research firm dedicated to educating HR leaders on what's next in preparing for the future workforce and workplace.

Jeanne's recent book is, The Future Workplace: 10 Rules For Mastering Disruption in Recruiting and Engaging Employees

Some of her articles on the impact of AI on HR are: AI Plus Human Intelligence Is The Future of Work, How Using AI Creates An Enhanced Candidate and Employee Experience  and Three New HR Roles In Age of Artificial Intelligence

Future Workplace has created the first online course to train HR leaders on impact of artificial intelligence entitled Using AI 4 HR To Enhance The Employee Experience.

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Tuesday, June 25, 2019 - 2:00pm to 3:00pm
Michael Peterson
Chief Operations Officer
The Orsus Group
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I have nearly 30 years experience in security consulting, human resources and investigative services, including 14 years in the public sector. My expertise is in fraud and theft investigations, compliance, security operations, public speaking, and executive protection. Prior to joining the private sector, I developed my behavioral acumen through experience as a court investigator, intensive probation supervisor and law enforcement officer, serving both vice and criminal intelligence. 

I served two Fortune 500 companies, as Director of Compliance and Ethics, and Director of Global Investigations Security Services. I have lead a multitude of fraud-related investigations, resulting in the recovery of millions of dollars. 

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Tuesday, June 25, 2019 - 2:00pm to 3:00pm
Shane Yount
President
Competitive Solutions, Inc.
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Shane A. Yount is a nationally recognized thought leader, author, and President of Competitive Solutions, Inc. (CSI), an international Business Transformation consulting firm that pioneered the acclaimed organizational development system known as Process Based Leadership® - A business transformation methodology designed to create a sustainable culture of clarity, connectivity, and consistency through the use of Non-Negotiable Business Processes. Since 1991 he has led the offices of CSI in becoming one of the nation’s most recognized Business Transformation consulting firms,  personally working with such organizations as Michelin, Genentech, Pfizer, Lockheed Martin, the Department of Defense, and many others.

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Tuesday, June 25, 2019 - 2:00pm to 3:00pm
Shawn Kent Hayashi
CEO and founder, executive coach & high performing teams consultant
The Professional Development Group
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Shawn Kent Hayashi is the founder and CEO of The Professional Development Group and a global expert in developing inspiring leaders and high performing teams. Growth, innovation, and elevated performance and profits are the results of Shawn’s work as an executive coach and consultant.  Shawn facilitates growth in leadership ability, emotional intelligence, communication skills, collaboration, and building trust and stronger relationships.  Her clients include entrepreneurial companies, Fortune 500, and associations around the globe. The author of six business communications books, Shawn has also been a feature expert in The New York Times, Forbes, and FastCompany.

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Tricia Collins-Schmidt
Senior Director, Midwest Health & Benefits Region Leader
Willis Towers Watson
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With over 20 years of industry experience, Tricia is responsible for overall client satisfaction and delivery of Willis Towers Watson’s configurable benefit solutions to meet the unique needs of each organization. As a national leader, she advises our teams on how to deploy a holistic approach to health and benefits design and delivery using our deep market insights to develop cutting edge strategies and solutions that benefit both employers and employees.  As a dynamic speaker, Tricia has been a featured at the Conference Board, Retail Symposium, and the Argentum Senior Living Conference.

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Alan Silver
Senior Director and Benefits Delivery Leader
Willis Towers Watson
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Alan Silver is a senior director, actuary, and leader of Willis Towers Watson’s Benefits Delivery team in Health and Benefits. Working out of our Greater Philadelphia office, Alan has over 18 years of experience in consulting, all with Willis Towers Watson. Throughout his career, Alan has consulted employers on many aspects of employee health and welfare benefits, including account-based health plan design, pricing and strategy, as well as financial analysis and design of self-insured and insured group programs.

Alan is nationally recognized within the industry as a subject-matter expert in the area of retiree medical consulting. Over his career, his responsibilities have included comprehensive retiree medical program design, implementation of employer transition approaches and EGWP solutions, and working with Towers Watson’s carrier partners to bring new solutions to the retiree medical marketplace.

In addition, Alan’s current role places him at the intersection of healthcare strategy and benefits delivery. Through his leadership, employers are able to combine their need for a benefits strategy and the technology to support that strategy through benefits administration platforms and our own group marketplace solutions.

Alan holds a B.A. degree in quantitative economics with minor concentrations in mathematics and philosophy from Tufts University. He is an Associate in the Society of Actuaries, a Member of the American Academy of Actuaries, and a Fellow in the Conference of Consulting Actuaries.

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Jonathan Smilansky
professor
Tel Aviv University Business School
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Professor Jonathan Smilansky is an international expert on management development and employee engagement and a consultant to leading organizations in Israel including IAI, Bank Leumi, Maccabi, Amdocs, etc.

He is the Academic Director of the Career Management Center at the Tel Aviv University Business School and a leading lecturer in the field of Human Resource Management.

 

Previously, he was the Global Human Resources EVP at Universal (New York) and at the Meridien hotel chain (London), VP Internal Services at Visa International EMEA (London) and a Partner at Hay Management Consultants (London).

He published numerous professional papers including one of today's leading books in the field of management development: "Developing Executive Talent" (Wiley).

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Mary Ila Ward, SHRM-SCP
owner
Horizon Point Consulting Inc.
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Mary Ila Ward, SHRM-SCP, SPHR is the owner of Horizon Point Consulting which drives to move the workplace forward through innovative people practices.  She has a background in corporate recruiting, economic and workforce development, talent management and leadership coaching and training.

A huge believer in work-life integration, she helps organizations realize how they can hire for fit while improving diversity, engage employees by supporting them holistically, and drive home the importance of career development to communities and organizations.

She graduated from The University of Alabama, with a BS in Business Management and holds Master’s degree Industrial and Organizational Psychology from Middle Tennessee State University. 

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