Concurrent Session

Lisa Rosser is on a mission to help organizations improve their veteran recruiting and retention. Her unique background with years of experience in both military and human resources is what makes her the ideal person for training human resource professionals how to recruit, hire, and retain military veterans for employment.

Lisa's military career includes 10 years of Active Army duty and 11 years of service with the Army Reserve, including 2-1/2 years of mobilization after the events of 9-11. During her Active Duty time she participated in 3 major engagements (Gulf War, Somalia, and Bosnia). Her Army Reserve career focused on operations and performance management, recruiting, placement, training, and skills development. She retired from the Army Reserve in July 2011 at the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.

Lisa's civilian career capitalized on her Human Resources and Training military experiences into an eight year career at Accenture, a Global Fortune 500 consulting firm. In 2007, Lisa founded The Value Of a Veteran and published an employer guide to recruiting the military. The enthusiastic response to the hiring guide led to workshops for corporate, government and higher education organizations, as well as webinars on critical military hiring topics.

Gerry Crispin, SPHR is a former practitioner, Co-author of eight books and over 100 articles, and a Life-long student of Staffing. Gerry facilitates the CareerXroads Colloquium – a series of intense, small-group meetings for staffing leaders from some of the world’s largest firms to share staffing best practices.

A long time SHRM volunteer, Gerry currently leads a national standards task force of more than 100 volunteers working to establish standards for recruiting that meet American National Standards Institute (ANSI).

One indicator that Gerry still sees himself as a student and keeps his perspective fresh is his travels around the world to watch, interview and observe recruiters, job seekers and employers. He has been to more than 20 countries in the last decade including China, Japan, Australia, Russia and India.

Follow Gerry on Twitter @GerryCrispin.

Jennifer McClure is an entrepreneur, keynote speaker, and high-performance coach who works with leaders to leverage their influence, increase their impact, and accelerate results.

Frequently recognized as a global influencer and expert on the future of work, strategic leadership and innovative people strategies, Jennifer has decades of in-the-trenches leadership and executive experience working in and with startups, privately held companies, and Fortune 500 organizations in a variety of industries.

As a top-rated keynote speaker, Jennifer has shared her insights with thousands of leaders at conferences and corporate events around the world. Clients include Procter & Gamble, General Electric, IBM, SAP, Bloomberg, Charles Schwab, Stryker, LinkedIn, Notre Dame University, Society for Human Resource Management, Association for Legal Administrators, and Association for Talent Development.

In her informative and entertaining keynote programs and workshops, she shares a blend of research, best practices, case studies and storytelling which leaves audience members inspired and motivated to take action when they return to work.

Jennifer is also the Chief Excitement Officer of DisruptHR, a global community designed to move the collective thinking forward when it comes to talent in the workplace, and she hosts a weekly podcast – Impact Makers with Jennifer McClure – sharing conversations with practitioners, entrepreneurs, authors and speakers who are changing the world while building careers that they love, and lives that matter.

John Vlastelica draws from  20 years of recruiting experience, including almost 10 years as a corporate recruiting leader and over 8 years as a recruitment management consultant and trainer. He was the Senior Director, Global Recruiting for Expedia, a Recruiting Director at Amazon.com, and the engineering recruiting leader for two start-up divisions of McCaw/AT&T Wireless. In 2002, he started Recruiting Toolbox to help other companies improve their in-house recruiting capabilities.

John has provided training and recruitment management consulting services to companies of all shapes and sizes, including leading organizations in high-tech, bio-tech, healthcare, financial services, and retail. John has shared his expertise with colleagues as an entertaining and credible repeat presenter at regional, national, and international recruiting conferences (including ERE Expo, SourceCon, RecruitingTrends, AIRS Symposiums, Talent42, SmartResourcing UK, Australalsian Talent Conference, iRecruit Europe, and SHRM’s national HR conferences), through online webinars, and as an instructor for various Sourcing and Recruiting Leadership workshops and academies.

Joseph Grenny is a New York Times bestselling author of eight books, including the communication classic, Crucial Conversations. His whose work has been used by nearly half of the Forbes Global 2000 and has helped millions of people achieve better relationships and results. He cofounded Crucial Learning, one of the world’s most respected learning and organization development firms, offering courses in communication, performance, and leadership.

John Fay is an attorney and technologist with a deep applied knowledge of business immigration, I-9 compliance and E-Verify rules and procedures.  During his twenty-plus year career, John has advised corporations, educational institutions, and individuals on a variety of U.S. immigration and I-9 issues.  At the same time, he has also been uniquely involved in information technology, having designed several immigration and I-9 management software applications.

As Director of Product Strategy at Equifax, John provides strategic leadership and direction in the development and support of Form I-9, E-Verify, and immigration case management software solutions.

Clinton Wingrove is Executive Vice President and Principal Consultant at Pilat HR Solutions.  An extensive writer and speaker on contemporary Human Capital Management, Clinton has spent more than 35 years in the field of performance management and development.  With his early careers in clerical work design & measurement, and computer systems design, followed by line management and, later, training and development, and then consulting, Clinton was recently described following a keynote presentation as a "Futurist, Pragmatist and Passionator."  

Clinton believes passionately in designing and implementing processes and tools that are future-focused ("Waiting to discover what others have already done is a recipe for stagnation and decline").  He also believes in the behavior engineering power of integrated processes and technology ("Anyone in the Apple-era who believes that you can’t change behavior with technology probably also believes that the world is flat").  

Lastly, he believes that those organizations that will ultimately succeed will (a) realize the power of the connective (those transitory connections, across space and time, between people who may never know each other or even connect again), (b) the importance of respect in the workplace, and (c) the power of passion; ensuring that employees truly believe in and enjoy what they do.  

Joe Stubblebine is Vice President of Corporate Outreach at Beyond.com. Beyond.com, known as the ‘The Career Network’, focuses on helping people grow and succeed professionally. By connecting job seekers and employers through 70 unique career channels and 3,000 industry and regional communities, they are changing the way job searching is done. In his role, Joe is responsible for the development and execution of corporate outreach initiatives, including speaking engagements, conferences and other communication efforts. Joe is also tasked with the development of career events that offer Beyond.com members the opportunity to connect face-to-face with hiring companies.

Joe has over 14 years of entrepreneurial recruitment products & services experience. Prior to joining Beyond.com, Joe was the Co-Founder and CEO of JobCircle.com, a robust regional career site that served the Tri-State area (PA, NJ, and DE) and was the founder of hired! Magazine, an employment publication in the Greater Philadelphia region. JobCircle.com was acquired by Beyond.com in 2012. Joe has served as an IT consultant & project manager for many notable brands, including Wyeth, Glaxo SmithKline and Hershey Foods. Joe is also an advocate for businesses to embrace social media as a tool to increase sales and engage with employees and customers, and has presented at social, recruitment, and executive leadership events. He has been featured in the Philadelphia Inquirer "Who’s Who Under 30", "Top Tech" by Computer User magazine, and JobCircle.com held the 11th spot on the Philadelphia INC 100 List in 2002. Joe attended Clarion University of Pennsylvania, where he majored in Accounting.

Clients looking to win the war for talent and marshal a qualified workforce can benefit greatly from the expertise of Michael Gruber. In addition to his 10 years of experience in recruitment process outsourcing, Michael was an HR Leader for the largest personnel branch of the U.S. Army in Europe. 

As Divisional Vice President for The RightThing^®, an ADP^® Company, Michael designs and manages operational strategy. Michael pursues a variety of business strategies and works continuously to enhance the company’s portfolio of service offerings, develop relationships with strategic partners and reviews competitive analysis trends and educates the marketplace about the advantages of RPO. 

Michael has been a key member of The RightThing since inception in 2003 and has served in a variety of roles including Director of Onsite Programs, Strategic Account Manager, Chief Operating Officer, and Chief Client Officer before being promoted to his current position.

Joe Urbanski believes an Undeniable Culture™ inspires its people to unleash their best selves, take home more wins and less stress to their families, and create incredible value for the company, its customers, and community. For more than two decades, he has worked with HR and training departments, consulting and coaching 750+ executives and leaders at 400+ global organizations, and facilitating 800+ kickass trainings, strategic retreats, and leadership programs for 480,000 people. Joe has a remarkable understanding of how to transform the workplace experience. Plus, you’ll have more fun and laughs than you’d expect.