Student Case Competition
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Sara Hill
chief human resources officer
Ceridian
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Sara Hill is the Chief Human Resources Officer for Ceridian. In this role, Sara oversees the global human resources functions across Ceridian and is based in Minneapolis. She has responsibility for enhancing the employee experience, increasing employee engagement, and developing people and talent management strategies to bring Ceridian to the next level. Prior to joining Ceridian, Sara most recently served as Senior Vice President, Human Resources at U.S. Bancorp, providing HR leadership for the Wealth Management and Securities Services division. Sara has worked at Fidelity Investments as Vice President of Management Effectiveness. She has also been a consultant with The HayGroup, where she led HR consulting engagements primarily in the areas of organizational effectiveness and management development.
Sara serves on the Board of Directors of the Minnesota Children’s Museum. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA, with a concentration in HR, from Vanderbilt University.
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Tom Cielak
director of HR Operations
ACCO Brands
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Tom Cielak is the Director, HR Operations for ACCO Brands. He is responsible for managing US payroll, HRIS, time and attendance and the employee call center. He holds a BBA in Finance and Accounting from the University of Iowa.
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Milt Ezzard
senior director, Global Benefits
Activision Blizzard
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Milt Ezzard is the Sr. Director of Global Benefits for Activision Blizzard. Throughout his 25 year career, Milt has held roles in many industries including Healthcare, Utility, Manufacturing, Software and Technology. Milt seeks out innovation in wellness and believes the key to the long term sustainability of corporate healthcare is targeted, personalized employee engagement through technology that results in action for personal wellbeing as well as appropriate choice of healthcare. He is passionate about data and breaking from conventional benefits plan management techniques preferring to redirect standard health plan resources that are not relevant to his population in a manner that reduces cost to the organization and builds on the employee value proposition that Activision Blizzard offers.
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Derek Newell
chief executive officer
Jiff
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Derek Newell is the CEO of Jiff. For 20 years, he's been leading innovative health tech and service companies, including Robert Bosch Healthcare, which he helped build into the world’s largest remote patient monitoring company, and LifeMasters, pioneering the first patient-centric disease management platform. Derek started at WebOS, which developed an early web-based operating system, and holds graduate degrees in Business and Public Health from UC, Berkeley.