With more than 20 years of industrial engineering and plant management experience at European, Chinese and US-owned companies in a variety of industries, he’s seen just about everything the business world can throw at you. From frenetic growth and high volume, to cutting out fat, cutting into muscle and cutting your own throat.

Todd is a long-time lean operations practitioner and six sigma black belt. He’s started up a billion-dollar semiconductor fab, improved factory performance so it just hums along, integrated operations after mergers and acquisitions and outsourced production overseas laying off hundreds of employees and closing plants.

In 2000, Todd started the Maverick Institute to pioneer the application of lean production principles to training and development. Throughout his career, Todd’s seen that effective knowledge transfer and sharing of expertise are critical elements to success. Today, the blistering pace of change, the globalization of business and the explosion of learning technologies requires organizations adopt a new learning framework.

Shannon Seery Gude is a leading digital strategist that has developed and implemented talent acquisition strategies to communicate employer brands and engage talent for over 14 years. Shannon has developed digital and social recruiting initiatives for Fortune 500 clients such as Bank of America, FedEx, Florida Hospital, Limited Brands, UnitedHealth Group, and WellPoint. She is a frequent speaker and trainer on social recruiting strategies and online employer reputation management, and she has a degree in psychology from Colgate University.