Andy Biladeau
Chief Transformation Officer
SHRM
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Andy brings 10+ years of experience as a Human Resources leader, practitioner, and consultant. He began his career at PwC, where he led global HR transformation engagements for Fortune 500 clients, founded PwC's Learning Solutions consulting practice, and served as the Product Owner for PwC's Change Navigator platform.
 
As Director of Talent Development at Target Corporation, Andy led a team responsible for Training, Leadership Development, and Change Management for over 100,000 store team members. During his time at Target, he also led the organizational readiness efforts for Target's enterprise Operating Model Transformation, impacting +2,000 retail stores and more than +250k employees.
 
As a founding team member at the Josh Bersin Company, Andy lead the HR Advisory Services practice and delivered consulting engagements across all areas of HR, serving many clients in the Fortune 100. Additionally, he served as the Chief Learning Officer for the Josh Bersin Academy.
 
Now the Chief Transformation Officer at SHRM, Andy drives the execution of the SHRM global strategy, ensuring the development and successful delivery of innovative products, unparalleled services and transformative experiences to the diverse audiences SHRM serves.

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Monday, September 30, 2024 - 8:30am to 9:30am
Andy Biladeau
Chief Transformation Officer
SHRM
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Andy brings 10+ years of experience as a Human Resources leader, practitioner, and consultant. He began his career at PwC, where he led global HR transformation engagements for Fortune 500 clients, founded PwC's Learning Solutions consulting practice, and served as the Product Owner for PwC's Change Navigator platform.
 
As Director of Talent Development at Target Corporation, Andy led a team responsible for Training, Leadership Development, and Change Management for over 100,000 store team members. During his time at Target, he also led the organizational readiness efforts for Target's enterprise Operating Model Transformation, impacting +2,000 retail stores and more than +250k employees.
 
As a founding team member at the Josh Bersin Company, Andy lead the HR Advisory Services practice and delivered consulting engagements across all areas of HR, serving many clients in the Fortune 100. Additionally, he served as the Chief Learning Officer for the Josh Bersin Academy.
 
Now the Chief Transformation Officer at SHRM, Andy drives the execution of the SHRM global strategy, ensuring the development and successful delivery of innovative products, unparalleled services and transformative experiences to the diverse audiences SHRM serves.

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Rachel Sheerin
Award-Winning Emcee & National Speaker
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Rachel Sheerin, CPBA is an award-winning keynote speaker, emcee and employee engagement consultant on a mission to help people feel better, think better and do better - together!

A Certified Professional Behavior Analyst, audiences are transformed and recharged with energy and leave equipped with strategies and tangible tools. What makes Rachel connect is the fact that she has been on all sides of business - sales, operations and executive leadership.. She's built multi-million dollar sales teams for organizations that want to grow profits and boost happiness and delivered organization-wide training for different vocations from machinists to executive director, SVP and beyond.

She's also burned out, failed and ruined her career a couple of times - which makes her messages of burnout prevention, happiness and success sincere, impactful and hilarious. With a strong dash of vulnerability, Rachel meets audiences where they are and with her background in meetings and events, gives planners and executives the 5-star surveys they want most.

With Fortune 500 clients such as The Ritz Carlton, WAL-MART, National Associations in Healthcare and Banking, Hilton, Berkshire Hathaway and many more, Rachel is also Co-Founder of MAGNET METHOD, an employee engagement and retention consulting firm for growing cultures.

Rachel's continued research and motivational content around burnout, happiness and success can be seen regularly on her LinkedIn profile and read in her upcoming book, BETTER: How to Feel Good as You Live, Lead and Succeed (8/8/23, Hawthorn Road Press).

Currently serving on the Board of Directors for the Association for Women in Events (AWE), Rachel is a proud member of Meeting Planners International (MPI), supporter of the Appalachian Bear Foundation and can often be found playing ping pong badly with her husband, Jeff.

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Sunday, September 29, 2024 - 4:30pm to 4:40pm
Tina Phillips
Director, GES Global East Pre-Sales
ADP
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As a PreSales Director, I lead a team of consultants who focus on demonstrating ADP’s global human capital solutions to complex enterprise prospects and clients. Focused on collaboration and sales excellence, I partner with Sales Leaders to drive over-plan performance and develop associate vitality. I've managed cross-region and region-wide initiatives, led book clubs on pre-sales effectiveness, and developed solution demonstrations for strategic analyst presentations.  Prior to my role as Director of Global PreSales Consultants at ADP, I held HR leadership positions responsible for managing and integrating recruitment, staffing, benefits, compensation, and HR technology solutions.

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Matthew Wolniewicz
President
Income America
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Throughout his 30-year career, Matt has been singularly focused on helping investors retire with confidence. As President of Income America—an in-plan retirement income solution that provides retirees with guaranteed income for life—he provides innovative, fiduciary-oriented solutions that enhance participants' retirement security. 

A prolific speaker and panelist, Matt has spoken at dozens of industry events, including the NAPA 401k Summit, the Alliance for Lifetime Income Summit, the Investment News Retirement Income Conference, the CFA Society PORTFOLIO Conference, AFS 401(k) Retirement Services Employee Benefits Symposium, SS&C Deliver, and the Advisor2X Wealth@Wor(k) conference. With more than 30,000 followers on LinkedIn and Twitter combined, Matt shares his thought leadership on everything from guaranteed income to proposed legislation to fintech trends that impact how Americans plan and save for retirement. 

A board advisor for Prime Capital Investment Advisors, Matt previously served as president of Fi360 until its acquisition by Broadridge in 2020. He also served as the executive business leader of Morningstar's Global Advisor and Wealth Solutions unit, the company's largest operating segment, where he was responsible for executing strategy and driving top-line revenue.

Passionate about fiduciary standards of excellence, Matt is an Accredited Investment Fiduciary (AIF) and Accredited Investment Fiduciary Analyst (AIFA). 

To learn more about Income America, please visit www.incomeamerica.com. 

To learn more about Matt, please visit https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthewwolniewicz or https://twitter.com/mwalno 

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John Just
Chief Learning Officer
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John N Just, Ed.D. is the Chief Learning Officer at KnowBe4 where he leads teams from around the globe that consistently win awards and industry accolades for the best online training in the industry. He has educated millions of learners via eLearning around the world on compliance and security topics. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Pennsylvania State University, a master’s degree in instructional technology from the University of South Florida, and a doctorate in instructional technology & distance education from Nova Southeastern University.

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Carrie Varoquiers
Chief Philanthropy Officer
Workday
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Carrie Varoquiers is the Chief Philanthropy Officer at Workday, where she leads the company's philanthropic grantmaking and impact partnerships. She developed and launched Opportunity Onramps, the company’s flagship workforce development movement focused on closing the opportunity gap for workers and creating economic mobility for families, and she developed and launched the Foundation’s Just Transition Fund, investing in organizations who are reskilling job seekers for thriving-wage careers in a low-carbon economy. More recently, Carrie developed and executive produced a feature-length documentary film, called  UNTAPPED, focused on accelerating the skills-based hiring movement globally. Carrie has launched and led various functions during her tenure at Workday, including Sustainability, ESG reporting, DEI, Employee Wellbeing and  Employee Experience.

Prior to joining Workday, Ms. Varoquiers served as President of the McKesson Foundation and Head of Sustainability at McKesson Corporation, a Fortune 10 company. While there, Carrie developed the McKesson  Foundation's "Mobilizing for Health" grant initiative, which encourages the use of mobile technologies in chronic care. She also launched and led the ESG function and produced the company’s first-ever sustainability
report during her 11 year tenure.

Carrie received her BA from U.C. Berkeley, her MBA from Golden Gate University, and her MPH from Johns Hopkins University. She serves on the board of JVS in San Francisco and in her part-time work she leads a  philanthropy and impact investing advisory firm, Cool Planet Food, where she works with individual philanthropists and impact investors who are interested in making an outsized impact on climate change in the next 10 years through a climate-forward and compassionate food system.
 

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Kahina Ouerdane
Chief People Officer
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Kahina is a firm believer in collective intelligence, and in the power of the whole being greater than the sum of its parts.


After graduating from law school, Kahina first immersed herself in the world of international law and dedicated herself to tackling global issues. For many years, she led initiatives focused on international law, working in four languages across many different continents.


Driven by the desire to ignite collective action, she progressively – and then passionately – focused her work on organizations and the people behind them.


Through her role as Chief People Officer, Kahina continues to be driven by her ambition to make the world a better place, one organization at a time. She genuinely believes that great things can only be achieved through the development and strengthening of diverse, inclusive, passionate and high-performing teams. Much like Workleap, the company where she has worked for over 7 years, she is also convinced that people are the driving force behind organizations, and that great leaders know how to maintain elevated standards when it comes to both humanity and high performance.


Kahina is a lawyer by training and was a member of the Québec Bar from 2008 to 2022, having obtained both her law degree (LL.B.) and a Masters in International Law (LL.M.). She also studied international relations at the Universidad de Cádiz in Spain. Before joining Workleap, Kahina held strategic consulting and international law management leadership positions at organizations including the Canadian Red Cross, Lawyers Without Borders and PwC.

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Ben Erdel
General Manager - Identity Theft Protection
Equifax Workforce Solutions
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"Ben Erdel is the General Manager of ID Watchdog, an identity theft protection service under Equifax, dedicated to employee benefits. In his role, Ben oversees business strategy, product development, market insights, and go-to-market activities. His diverse experience across various functions and industries equips him to lead the organization in executing and innovating at the fast pace required by the ever-evolving cyber protection landscape.
Ben is deeply committed to safeguarding employees from identity fraud and guiding them through the intricate resolution process. Additionally, he is passionate about offering employers unique insights, enabling them to make more informed decisions about their benefit packages."

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Monday, June 24, 2024 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm