Sharlyn Lauby, SHRM-SCP
President
ITM Group, Inc.
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Sharlyn Lauby is an author, writer, speaker and consultant. She has been named a Top HR Digital Influencer and is best-known for her work on HR Bartender, a friendly place to talk about workplace issues. HR Bartender has been recognized as one of the Top 5 Blogs read by HR professionals by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and best business blog by the Stevie Awards.

Publications such as Reuters, The New York Times, ABC News, The Wall Street Journal, and Mashable have sought out her expertise on topics related to human resources and the workplace. Sharlyn is the author of “Essential Meeting Blueprints for Managers,” and ”Manager Onboarding: 5 Steps for Setting New Leaders Up for Success,” which are available in the SHRM Store.

Her personal goal in life is to find the best cheeseburger on the planet.

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Monday, April 16, 2018 - 3:20pm to 3:38pm
Scott Brinkman
vice president, product
Hireology
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Scott is the Director of Product at Hireology, driving the product roadmap for upcoming Hireology features.

In this role, he’s responsible for discovering, designing, and defining valuable products that delight our customers. Brinkman drives the strategic vision for product development focused on creating impactful user experiences for customers through his product and UX teams.

Scott was previously the Head of Product at Upsight, a mobile analytics and marketing platform that provides business intelligence to the largest enterprises in mobile. Before joining Upsight, Brinkman was an engineer developing sales analytics and CRM systems at Google to empower companies to better understand how behavior affects revenue production.

 

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Sangita Kasturi
managing partner
Action Inclusion
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Sangita Kasturi is a consultant on organizational diversity strategies and inclusive leadership.  She has spoken in North America, Europe and Asia and has been featured in Working Mother magazine, Forbes, Diversity MBA and the National Association of Female Executives. As CEO of Action Inclusion, she partners with organizations to build capacity in leadership, diversity and change through workshops, coaching and strategic consulting. Sangita is a board director with Chicago SHRM and the Women’s Fund of Greater Milwaukee. She is a founding member of Chicago Women on Boards 2020. Sangita is a certified Myers-Briggs facilitator and Change Management Professional. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) and a Master’s degree in Liberal Studies from Northwestern University.

 

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Jeff Oldham
senior vice president, sales
Benefitfocus
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Jeff Oldham is the Benefitfocus Senior Vice President, Employer Sales and Benefitstore, where he leads the U.S. employer sales organization. He is the former Vice President of the Benefitfocus Benefitstore where he established and led the company’s consumer protection benefits consulting practice. Oldham is a 20+ year veteran of the insurance industry. Oldham is an industry thought leader and sought-after speaker on health and voluntary benefits, technology and ACA topics facing consumers employers and carriers/brokers. His thought leadership has been featured in BenefitsPro Magazine, Employee Benefits News/Advisor, HR Dive, TLNT and Workforce Magazine. He is listed on Employee Benefits Advisor’s 30 people to watch in employee benefits in 2017. Oldham holds a bachelor’s degree in Communication from Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi and a master’s degree in Literature from University of Essex, England.

 

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Tammy Fennessy, PHR, GBA
senior manager, benefits
American Eagle
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Tammy has her PHR certification through the HR Certification Institute and GBA designation through the International Society of Certified Employee Benefits Specialists (ISCEBS).  As the Senior Manager of Benefits for American Eagle Outfitter’s, Inc., she is responsible for managing benefit programs for all 50 states in the U.S. and internationally, for all AEO brands.  Prior to American Eagle Outfitter’s, Inc., Tammy was the Benefits Manager for 6 years for Eat’n Park Hospitality Group.  During her career, key initiatives have been to leverage technology to build efficiencies, remove barriers and to meet key long-term strategic goals.

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Tammy Fennessy, PHR, GBA
senior manager, benefits
American Eagle
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Tammy has her PHR certification through the HR Certification Institute and GBA designation through the International Society of Certified Employee Benefits Specialists (ISCEBS).  As the Senior Manager of Benefits for American Eagle Outfitter’s, Inc., she is responsible for managing benefit programs for all 50 states in the U.S. and internationally, for all AEO brands.  Prior to American Eagle Outfitter’s, Inc., Tammy was the Benefits Manager for 6 years for Eat’n Park Hospitality Group.  During her career, key initiatives have been to leverage technology to build efficiencies, remove barriers and to meet key long-term strategic goals.

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Jeff Oldham
senior vice president, sales
Benefitfocus
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Jeff Oldham is the Benefitfocus Senior Vice President, Employer Sales and Benefitstore, where he leads the U.S. employer sales organization. He is the former Vice President of the Benefitfocus Benefitstore where he established and led the company’s consumer protection benefits consulting practice. Oldham is a 20+ year veteran of the insurance industry. Oldham is an industry thought leader and sought-after speaker on health and voluntary benefits, technology and ACA topics facing consumers employers and carriers/brokers. His thought leadership has been featured in BenefitsPro Magazine, Employee Benefits News/Advisor, HR Dive, TLNT and Workforce Magazine. He is listed on Employee Benefits Advisor’s 30 people to watch in employee benefits in 2017. Oldham holds a bachelor’s degree in Communication from Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi and a master’s degree in Literature from University of Essex, England.

 

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John A. Rubino, CCP, CBP, GRP, WLCP
President
Rubino Consulting Services
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John A. Rubino, SHRM-SCP, CCP, CBP, GRP, WLCP, is founder and president of Rubino Consulting Services, a global human resources consulting company based in Pound Ridge, New York. His areas of expertise cover all areas of Human Resources program design. An internationally acclaimed speaker for SHRM and WorldatWork, John is the author of numerous human resources articles, and is frequently quoted in professional publications. He holds BA and MBA degrees, as well as a lifetime Achievement Award from WorldatWork. John works with a wide variety of organizations and his consulting practice takes him all around the world; in fact, he has visited one hundred and nine countries!

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Carol Quinn
CEO
Hire Authority
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Carol Quinn is the world’s leading expert on interviewing and hiring effectiveness. She is the creator of motivation-based interviewing, an interviewing method specifically developed for hiring “High Performers.” She is the author of the #1 SHRM-published book on hiring – and it’s been their #1 best-seller on hiring for the past five years straight. She is passionate about making sure organizations and their interviewers know how to single out those job candidates who will go above and beyond from those merely pretending. But there is one thing that Carol is even more passionate about… and that’s sharing her wisdom with others.

SESSIONS:
Tuesday, June 19, 2018 - 2:15pm to 3:30pm
Ben Cook
president
Acumen Learning
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Ben Cook
president
Acumen Learning
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SESSIONS:
Tuesday, June 19, 2018 - 2:15pm to 3:30pm