Christina Broussard
recruitment evangelist
Indeed
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Christina Broussard is a Recruitment Evangelist with Indeed. She has spent her career working with recruitment teams across multiple industries to optimize their strategies and performance in online talent attraction, candidate experience and recruitment technology. As a member of Indeed’s Employer Insights team, Christina pairs platform data with industry trend analysis to share Indeed’s story and bring the value and impact of the company’s programs and solutions to life.

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Using Untraditional Recruiting Practices to Find Your Next Great Hire

Tuesday, April 9, 2019 - 11:15am to 12:15pm
Chad & Cheese
hosts of HR’s Most Dangerous Podcast
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Who in the heck are these guys?
Chad & Cheese – hosts of HR’s Most Dangerous Podcast – are the snarkiest recruitment industry analysts to grace iTunes, Google, or wherever you listen to podcasts.

What the heck do they know?
Bringing to the people over 40 years of combined experience Chad and Cheese bring a unique perspective and brash flavor to the recruitment industry.

Chad Sowash, an Army Infantry Drill Sergeant, cut his teeth in online recruiting in ’98 with Online Career Center before it was launched in ’99 as Monster.com. He helped build DirectEmployers from the ground up, steered RecruitMilitary toward revenue as CXO, and built Randstad’s very first military veteran hiring program. Today you can find him speaking at events, podcasting or just working his ass off as a Principal Partner at Catch 22 Consulting.  

The yin to Chad’s podcasting yang – get it? – is Joel Cheesman another recruiting industry tech geek from the late 90’s where he worked at eSpan one of the very first job boards in the world, JobOptions, CareerBoard, Jobing, Recruiting.com and did partnership shit at EmployeescreenIQ. But you probably know him from his days as Cheezhead. Joel likes to tinker which means he's also started a variety of businesses, including his latest venture an employer review aggregator and brand early warning system called Ratedly.

In short, Chad & Cheese know their stuff.

WARNING: Chad & Cheese is EXPLICIT, meaning they say exactly what’s on their minds. 

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One Recruitment Platform to Rule Them All

Wednesday, April 10, 2019 - 11:45am to 12:03pm
Chad & Cheese
hosts of HR’s Most Dangerous Podcast
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Who in the heck are these guys?
Chad & Cheese – hosts of HR’s Most Dangerous Podcast – are the snarkiest recruitment industry analysts to grace iTunes, Google, or wherever you listen to podcasts.

What the heck do they know?
Bringing to the people over 40 years of combined experience Chad and Cheese bring a unique perspective and brash flavor to the recruitment industry.

Chad Sowash, an Army Infantry Drill Sergeant, cut his teeth in online recruiting in ’98 with Online Career Center before it was launched in ’99 as Monster.com. He helped build DirectEmployers from the ground up, steered RecruitMilitary toward revenue as CXO, and built Randstad’s very first military veteran hiring program. Today you can find him speaking at events, podcasting or just working his ass off as a Principal Partner at Catch 22 Consulting.  

The yin to Chad’s podcasting yang – get it? – is Joel Cheesman another recruiting industry tech geek from the late 90’s where he worked at eSpan one of the very first job boards in the world, JobOptions, CareerBoard, Jobing, Recruiting.com and did partnership shit at EmployeescreenIQ. But you probably know him from his days as Cheezhead. Joel likes to tinker which means he's also started a variety of businesses, including his latest venture an employer review aggregator and brand early warning system called Ratedly.

In short, Chad & Cheese know their stuff.

WARNING: Chad & Cheese is EXPLICIT, meaning they say exactly what’s on their minds. 

SESSIONS:

Automation and Artificial Intelligence: Is Your Job Safe?

Tuesday, April 9, 2019 - 3:30pm to 3:48pm
Kim Lessley
director, Solution Management
SAP SuccessFactors
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Kim Lessley, Director, Solution Management, SAP SuccessFactors has over 25 years of experience in the technology industry in both small and large organizations. Her experience includes working on global implementations, managing complex projects across geographies and time zones, running a multi-million dollar line of business, and defining positioning and messaging to help the market understand the value proposition of SAP products. She enjoys helping organizations feel confident in operating in the cloud and understanding how SAP SuccessFactors can help them run better.

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SMART STAGE Personal Data Breaches are Inevitable: Prepare Now

Tuesday, June 25, 2019 - 10:40am to 10:58am
Carol Darling
vice president, workforce analytics & compliance
BAE Systems Inc.
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Carol Darling leads the Talent Acquisition, Analytics & Compliance Center of Expertise for BAE Systems, Inc.  Her remit includes talent acquisition operations; recruitment marketing; workforce analytics; strategic workforce planning; and HR compliance.  She also has HR responsibility for corporate headquarters.

Early in her career, Carol worked for the NSA and CIA.  While with the government, Carol attended law school and became a labor and employment litigator.  She joined a major firm and later served as in-house counsel for several companies.  She moved into HR in 2011.  

Carol received her B.A. from Florida State and Juris Doctorate from Georgetown.  
 

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Dan Heath
Co-Author of Four New York Times Bestselling Books, Including Switch
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Dan Heath co-wrote four of the most-loved business books of the past decade: Made to Stick, Switch, and Decisive, and their latest book, The Power of Moments, which explores why certain brief experiences can jolt, elevate and change us—and how we can learn to create these extraordinary moments in our life and work. All four were New York Times best-sellers. Together the Heath brothers' books have sold over two million copies worldwide and been translated into 33 languages.

Dan is a senior fellow at Duke University’s CASE center, which supports entrepreneurs who fight for social good. He is also an entrepreneur himself, having founded Thinkwell, an innovative education ompany that will celebrate its 20th anniversary in 2017. A former case writer for Harvard Business School, Dan was named in 2013 to the Thinkers 50, a ranking of the world’s 50 most influential management thinkers, and also to Fast Company magazine’s list of the Most Creative People in Business.
He has delivered keynotes or workshops for teachers, police chiefs, U.S. senators, interior designers, Navy admirals, health care leaders, marketers, ministers, and countless executive teams, across 26 countries on 6 continents. (He’s still waiting for that invitation from Antarctica.)

Dan has a Master of Business Administration degree from the Harvard Business School, and a Bachelor of Arts degree from the Plan II Honors Program at the University of Texas at Austin. He lives in Durham, North Carolina.

SESSIONS:

General Session featuring Dan Heath

Tuesday, April 9, 2019 - 8:00am to 9:15am
Erica Young, SHRM-SCP
Enterprise Solutions Architect
SHRM
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Erica started her career designing and facilitating training for social impact organizations. She quickly realized her calling: arming organizations with the capability needed to evolve. Since joining SHRM four years ago, Erica has held three roles. She began her career at SHRM in Research, then moved onto the founding SHRMLabs team. SHRMLabs explores the intersection of work and technology. Now, Erica oversees the enterprise client experience as the Manager of Solution Architecture.

Erica holds a master’s degree in industrial/Organizational Psychology, with a focus in instructional systems design. She earned her SHRM-SCP and consistently speaks on behalf of SHRM on workplace tech, the future of work, DEIB, and upskilling. Outside of work, you can find Erica tending to her indoor and outdoor garden, and giving her cat, Suki, more attention than she wants.    

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Purdue University Global

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A public online university built specifi cally for working adults. Purdue Global is part of the renowned Purdue University System. Providing online degree programs in over 100 fi elds of study including bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral programs in law and nursing. We are focused on providing value to our corporate partners through articulation and customized solutions.
James Bernstein
partner and national solution leader
Mercer Marketplace 365+
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James Bernstein is a Partner and a National Solution Leader, supporting the West market, for Mercer Marketplace 365+. In this role, James supports Mercer consulting teams in helping employers evaluate and implement integrated technology, administration, well-being and consulting solutions. In addition, James is a national speaker on technology and consumerism in healthcare.

Prior to his current role, James served as the Office Business Leader for Mercer’s Cincinnati and Columbus Health and Benefits business. James was responsible for client services, P&L growth across all market segments and professional development of the consulting teams.

James has been with Mercer for seventeen years, actively leading client relationships and guiding clients' long-term benefits strategy. James consults clients in health care funding strategies, benefit redesign and cost analysis, multi-year strategic planning, consumer driven strategies, and international benefits.

James received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Michigan.

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Brian Smith
senior associate, North America Workforce Products
Mercer
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Brian is a Senior Associate in Mercer’s North America Workforce Products team responsible for providing Mercer clients with Digital HR Technology, Compensation and Mobility solutions.
 
He is a frequent speaker, having delivered over 100 presentations in the last two years addressing the career trends of Generation Z, Millennials, and the future of our global workforce. He is passionate about workforce digitization, compensation, employer branding, artificial intelligence, and helping HR make strategic, data-driven decisions.
 
Brian has ten years of experience providing global organizations with technology solutions and market research. He received a B.A. in Political Science from Indiana University.
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Virtual Reality 2019: Bonding Your Virtual Workforce to Your Organization

Monday, June 24, 2019 - 3:00pm to 4:00pm
Elatia Abate
entrepreneur and chief explorer
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Elatia Abate is the CEO of a start-up that matches advisors with innovation projects. She is an expert on the future of work, blockchain applications, and building cultures of creativity. She works with organizations that range in size from Fortune 500 to early-stage start-ups. She coaches the Scaling Social Innovation Lab at The University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

She is a sought-after speaker and lecturer, having delivered a TEDx titled, “Pioneering The Future of Work.” Other recent speaking engagements include “The Future of Work” at the Illinois Hispanic Chamber of Commerce’s Annual Convention (August 2017), “Design Your Dream Career” at University of Chicago Booth School of Business (February 2018) and keynoting Fundación RAP’s Seminar on Employment and Inclusion with a talk entitled “Preparing For The Fourth Industrial Revolution” at Tulane
University (March 2018). She is also the voice of "Good Evening," Brazil's Gazeta do Povo English language nightly news briefing.

Before leaving the corporate world, Ms. Abate served as Vice President of Human Resources at Dow Jones & Company and Global Director Talent Acquisition at Anheuser-Busch InBev. At both organizations she led global initiatives to build cultures of innovation through human capital strategy.

She teaches in the Continuing Studies departments of Stanford University and University of Toronto. Her work has been featured in Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, Estadão and Fast Company.

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Closing General Session featuring Elatia Abate

Wednesday, April 10, 2019 - 9:00am to 10:00am