Christine V. Walters, JD, MAS, SHRM-SCP
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Independent Consultant & Author
FiveL Company
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Ms. Walters has more than 30 years’ combined experience in management, HR administration, employment law practice, and teaching.

She has presented at conferences across the country, been engaged as an expert witness, and testified before U.S. Congressional and state legislative committees on employment issues.

Her book, “From Hello to Goodbye: Proactive Tips for Maintaining Positive Employee Relations” is in its 2nd edition and was one of the SHRMStore’s “Great 8” best-sellers for eight consecutive years.

Today, Ms. Walters works as an independent consultant doing business as FiveL Company, “Helping Leaders Limit their Liability by Learning the Law.”SM

 

 

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Richard Cottrell
CEO
Tesseon
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Rick Cottrell is the CEO of Tesseon, a provider of world class products and services that support the “People Journey” for their clients employees, including talent assessment, benchmarking and acquisition, payroll and human capital management as well as people retention through intuitive reward and recognition practices and systems.

Rick is also the author of “Bulletproof Your Business – How to Survive and Thrive in any Economy.”  In the book, Rick illustrates the Scalable Growth Architecture,  a set of building blocks that will help any business achieve its maximum potential, regardless of economic adversity.

He has over 35 years of entrepreneurial business ownership experience and has been awarded the SBA Small Business Advocate of the Year and was voted the Top Business Growth Advisor in St. Louis.  Rick was a pioneer in the CRM space and was involved in the development of the original SalesForce.com.

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Dror Gurevich
Founder and CEO
Velocity Career Labs
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Dror is the Founder and CEO of Velocity Career Labs ™ and the Velocity Network Foundation®. These organizations co-exist to reinvent how career records and credentials are shared across the labour market, empowering individuals, businesses and educational institutions through transformational blockchain technology.
Prior to his current work, Dror served as Co-Founder and Managing Partner of AKT Solutions, one of the largest HR Tech system integrators in EMEA, working with prominent enterprises in the region to transform their HR infrastructure.

Dror's +25 years of experience in human capital management, training and workforce enablement technologies, has made him a sought-after keynote speaker on innovations in HCM processes and technology and the Future of Work.

 

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Lori Kleiman, SHRM-SCP
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Managing Director
HR Topics
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Been there – done that!  With 30 years of HR and business experience – Lori has walked in your shoes.  A recovered HR Generalist, she built a consulting company that she sold to Arthur J Gallagher after 7 years and then reinvented her current business – HR Topics -  training, speaking and developing content for HR professionals.  Lori delivers facts, tips, tricks and best practices in a way that appeals to human resource and business leaders: with a sense of humor, a bias toward actions that improve their operations right away, and practical resources and tools to support their progress.  As an annual speaker at the National SHRM conference, she has leveraged her masters in HR, SPHR and SHRM-SCP background to elevate the position of all HR professionals!

 

 

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Guru Sethupathy
Managing Vice President
Capital One
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Guru Sethupathy is a senior executive and Entrepreneur in Residence at Capital One. He is currently working on building innovations in the talent technology space while also advising the President of Capital One Credit Cards on topics around talent, innovation, and the Future of Work. 

After 4.5 years, he recently stepped down after building and leading People Strategy & Analytics (PS&A) at Capital One. He built the PS&A function to a diverse team of ~100 associates that develops innovative products and insights and is highly influential in shaping talent strategy and transforming talent systems at Capital One. 

Previous to Capital One, he spent time as an assistant professor of economics and as a strategy consultant. He has a BS in Computer Science and a PhD in Economics.  He lives in Washington DC with his wife and two daughters, aged 6 and 3.

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Vivian Hairston Blade, MBA, MBB, PMP
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Leadership & Resilience Expert | President & CEO
Experts in Growth Leadership Consulting, LLC
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Recognized by Engagedly as a Top 100 Global HR Influencer and among the most influential HR voices by Nestor, Vivian is a sought-after leadership expert and thought leader. She works with the world’s top brands to build better, more resilient workplaces, equipping leaders to solve pressing burnout, turnover, and workplace culture challenges. 

Her impact is felt as a keynote speaker, and in delivering transformative leadership development, executive and team coaching, and corporate consulting.

Vivian is the author of four books, including the Amazon #1 best-seller Resilience Ready: The Leader’s Guide to Thriving Through Unrelenting Crises, and Influence in Talent Development.

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Vivian Hairston Blade, MBA, MBB, PMP
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Leadership & Resilience Expert | President & CEO
Experts in Growth Leadership Consulting, LLC
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Recognized by Engagedly as a Top 100 Global HR Influencer and among the most influential HR voices by Nestor, Vivian is a sought-after leadership expert and thought leader. She works with the world’s top brands to build better, more resilient workplaces, equipping leaders to solve pressing burnout, turnover, and workplace culture challenges. 

Her impact is felt as a keynote speaker, and in delivering transformative leadership development, executive and team coaching, and corporate consulting.

Vivian is the author of four books, including the Amazon #1 best-seller Resilience Ready: The Leader’s Guide to Thriving Through Unrelenting Crises, and Influence in Talent Development.

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Scott Cheney
CEO
Credential Engine, Inc.
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Scott Cheney is Credential Engine’s first CEO where he leads the organization’s efforts to reveal the marketplace of credentials.  Prior to Credential Engine, he served as the Policy Director for Senator Murray and the Senate HELP Committee. He led reauthorization of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act and Perkins CTE, and to expand registered apprenticeships.  Previously Scott managed his own consulting firm, and held positions with the National Alliance of Business, the American Society for Training and Development, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.  Scott holds a BA in Philosophy from Carleton College, and a Masters from Georgetown University.  His first paycheck in this career path came from Dr. Seuss.  

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Lester S. Rosen
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Attorney & CEO
Employment Screening Resources (ESR)
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Lester S. Rosen is an attorney and Founder  of Employment Screening Resources (ESR) a service offering of ClearStar.   He is the author of, “The Safe Hiring Manual,”  (3d Edition 2017), the first comprehensive book on employment screening.  He is also a consultant, writer, expert witness and frequent presenter nationwide on safe hiring and due diligence.  He is both a former prosecutor and criminal defense attorney.  Mr. Rosen was the chairperson of the steering committee that founded the Professional Background Screening Association (PBSA) and served as the first co-chairman in 2004. He  received the  PBSA Lifetime Achievement Award in 2019.

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Miguel Joey Aviles
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Chief Belonging Officer
MJA & CO, LLC
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Miguel is the Chief Belonging Officer of MJA & CO, a Minority-owned consulting firm helping leaders leverage DEI as a catalyst to improve recruitment, engagement, and retention.  Recognized as a LinkedIn's Top Voice in Racial Equity, Top 15 Champion of Diversity by Diversity Global Magazine, a Top 100 Executive by Diversity MBA Magazine, and featured as an Inclusion Innovator by SHRM.

Miguel served as the first civilian Chief of D&I in the history of the US Coast Guard.  He started his career as diversity recruiter and for over a decade held several leadership positions in 3 major Federal Departments. Miguel is a TEDx speaker, featured at the Washington Post, the Chicago Tribune, and Telemundo.

 You can learn more about him by visiting www.migueljoeyaviles.com

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