ENX Mid-Market

ENX Mid-Market cohort

Amad Thompson
Chief Executive Officer
Astute Talent Management
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Tuesday, June 25, 2024 - 2:00pm to 3:00pm
Mario R. Bordogna, Esquire
Partner
Bowles Rice, LLP
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Mario Bordogna is a Partner in the Labor and Employment Practice at the law firm of Bowles Rice, LLP working with employers nationwide on the front end to keep them in legal compliance with labor and employment laws and on the back end if they need a strong and experienced litigation advocate.  For 25 years, Mario has represented employers in sectors like health care, education, energy, hospitality, manufacturing, and others in the areas of HR/employment counseling, employment litigation, wage and hour, harassment, trade secret and non-competition matters, labor-management relations, accommodation, policy development and investigations, and much more.

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Robert Garcia, MBA, ACC, CAE
Vice President & Chief Staff Officer
ICF Coaching in Organizations
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Robert Garcia is Vice President & Chief Staff Officer of ICF Coaching in Organizations and is responsible for leading the operations that enable global organizations to build coaching capabilities and develop a strong coaching culture. He has held senior level positions at Randstad, SHRM, Baptist Health, Florida International University, LHH, ADP, and United Healthcare. 

He has an MBA from FIU and a Bachelor of Science in Management from NSU. He has 5 HR Certifications, the ICF Associate Certified Coach credential and is a Certified Association Executive. He is fluent in English and Spanish and has presented in 6 continents.

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Tuesday, June 25, 2024 - 11:00am to 11:20am
Keegan Fonte
Director of Product Marketing
PrimePay
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Keegan Fonte, Director of Product Marketing at PrimePay is deeply interested in the intersection of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning and how these fields are shaping the Human Capital Management Industry. With over 15 years of experience in marketing, he has recently focused on global software and technology. In the past, he has contributed to marketing efforts at Paychex, Sage People and ADP.

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Tuesday, June 25, 2024 - 12:00pm to 12:30pm
Troy Vincent
Founder/CEO
Navigate Wellbeing Solutions
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Troy Vincent is the Founder and CEO of Navigate Wellbeing Solutions. For nearly 20 years, he has been leading the wonderful "Do Gooders" at Navigate, a purpose-driven healthcare technology and employee engagement company that serves nearly 2 million people worldwide. 

 

Troy's expertise in the employee engagement and wellbeing industry, combined with nearly two decades of leadership experience in healthcare, benefits strategy, carrier relations, operations, and talent development, has enabled Navigate to become one of the Top 5 leading providers of health and wellbeing solutions.  

 

Navigate's mission is to help people and organizations find purpose, meaning, and fulfillment together through the 8 Pillars of Wellbeing (Balance, Community, Financial, Mindfulness, Nutrition, Physical, Purpose, Social). Under Troy's leadership, Navigate is the first employee wellbeing engagement platform to fully integrate a framework that drives culture, psychological safety, inclusive multicultural communication, and wellbeing via the NavigateYOU personality assessment. 

 

Troy is driven by one simple phrase: "We are here to make good things happen for other people." As a result of that passion, Navigate has earned the right to partner with clients such as BMW, Garmin, Hy-Vee Food Stores, City of Boston, City of Dallas, and hundreds of small businesses that generate the heartbeat of our nation.  

 

Troy was named a finalist for Entrepreneur Of The Year® by Ernst & Young in 2020. Troy graduated with a BA in Business from Central College and completed additional studies in Executive Management at the University of Notre Dame - Mendoza College. Troy also recently led the strategic private equity investment for Navigate by McCarthy Capital. 

 

Outside of Navigate, Troy devotes his time to his wife Kayrin, their daughter Caroline, local boards, and charities including Blank Children's Hospital, Boys and Girls Club, Special Olympics, and the Wounded Warrior Foundation. 

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Bree Bacon
Vice President & General Manager of Employer & Individual
eHealth
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Bree Bacon is the Vice President & General Manager of Employer & Individual at eHealth, your health insurance matchmakers. Before eHealth, Bree held leadership positions at UnitedHealth Group and General Mills.  She has her MBA in marketing strategy & analysis from Duke University and her BA in Business | Economics & Music from Wheaton College.   A cancer survivor herself, Bree is passionate about eHealth’s mission to match businesses with quality healthcare plans employees will love at a price employers can afford.

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Anthony Lopez
VP, Individual & Family, Employer, & ICHRA Sales
eHealth
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Anthony Lopez is a seasoned senior executive renowned for driving organizational growth and spearheading operational excellence in the employer and ICHRA space. With a wealth of experience in scaling teams, fostering key relationships, and overseeing profit and loss, Anthony is a driving force behind strategic initiatives that propel businesses forward. With a keen understanding of the complexities surrounding healthcare insurance, Anthony has dedicated himself to simplifying the process for employers by assisting them in shopping, comparing, and ultimately purchasing employer and ICHRA health insurance plans. Leveraging his expertise of 25+ years in the industry, he navigates through the myriad of options available, ensuring employers find the optimal coverage tailored to their specific needs and budgetary considerations. His commitment to providing comprehensive guidance and support empowers employers to make informed decisions, fostering a sense of security and well-being for their employees.

 

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Nina French
EVP and GM of Occupational Health
AZOVA
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Nina M. French is the Executive Vice President & GM of Occupational Health at AZOVA Health.  She has more than 30 years of experience in the employee screening industry and a deep understanding of drug testing program design, policies, state laws, federal regulations, product development and supporting technologies. In addition to executive leadership roles both at one of the largest Third-Party Administrators in the industry and a product innovation firm, Nina has served as a board member of DATIA and industry advisor to TPAs and CRAs across the country at her prior consulting firm. 

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Tuesday, June 25, 2024 - 11:15am to 11:45am
Tina Strandell
Vice President, HR/Payroll Integration & Partnership Strategy
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Tina Strandell, Vice President of Product Management, has been with Fidelity Investments for 5 years, establishing strong data integration and partnerships between HR/Payroll providers and Fidelity’s employer benefits offerings. Over the past decade, she has successfully led teams in both service and product, supporting HR/Payroll systems. 


With a diverse professional background spanning over 20 years, here her career journey began as a 4th grade teacher before transitioning to work for the United States Air Force. Today, Tina’s passion is to simplify processes, and specialize in finding innovative solutions to reduce client administrative burden when managing data between HR/Payroll systems and Fidelity products. Tina’s vision is to enhance employer and employee experiences by enabling real-time data sharing. 

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Deba Sahoo
Sr. Vice President, Product Area Leader, Employer Servicing & Integration
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Deba is currently an Senior Vice President and Product Area Leader for Employer Servicing and Integration within Fidelity's Workplace business (the leading provider of 401(k) plans and other employer benefits with $3.7 trillion+ dollars under administration). He leads product management and development for external integration with employers, payroll/HR providers, and other third parties.

 

In his 13+ years at Fidelity, he has held senior leadership roles in Product, Relationship Management, and Strategy. Prior to Fidelity, he held various leadership roles in Technology. He holds an MBA (Honors) from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a Bachelor of Engineering (Honors) from National Institute of Technology, India.

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Chaitanya Peddi
Co-Founder
Darwinbox
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Chaitanya Peddi is the co-founder of Darwinbox. Rated highest globally on Gartner Peer Insights, Darwinbox is used by 900+ growing businesses and enterprises to manage their end-to-end HR needs.

 

As a subject matter expert in both HR and technology, Chaitanya's experience as an HR consultant has equipped him to understand the specific needs of the HR tech market. This has enabled him to build a world-class product that not only automates and simplifies HR processes but also empowers HR to be a strategic, game-changing function.

 

Chaitanya strongly believes the HR function can be a source of great competitive advantage for an organization. And also, that this underlying potential can be optimally harnessed through technology.

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Q Hamirani
Chief People & Communications Officer
Paper
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Q is a mission driven business-minded people leader, operator, advisor and executive coach with a focus on people strategy and business operations. He brings valuable global insights to drive sustainable change from his extensive first hand experience across his own startups, venture growth, private equity, management consulting, and Fortune 100 companies across 25+ countries. 

 

Most recently, he served on the executive team at Paper, a Series D ed-tech company, overseeing public relations, internal and external communications, and the people team, including recruiting. Before joining Paper, he spent almost 5 years at Airbnb, where he played a key role in designing and implementing Airbnb's people and talent operations function and led the company through significant milestones such as hyper growth, pandemic responses, workforce restructuring, IPO, and the future of work.

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Tuesday, June 25, 2024 - 12:45pm to 1:15pm
Kahina Ouerdane
Chief People Officer
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Kahina is a firm believer in collective intelligence, and in the power of the whole being greater than the sum of its parts.


After graduating from law school, Kahina first immersed herself in the world of international law and dedicated herself to tackling global issues. For many years, she led initiatives focused on international law, working in four languages across many different continents.


Driven by the desire to ignite collective action, she progressively – and then passionately – focused her work on organizations and the people behind them.


Through her role as Chief People Officer, Kahina continues to be driven by her ambition to make the world a better place, one organization at a time. She genuinely believes that great things can only be achieved through the development and strengthening of diverse, inclusive, passionate and high-performing teams. Much like Workleap, the company where she has worked for over 7 years, she is also convinced that people are the driving force behind organizations, and that great leaders know how to maintain elevated standards when it comes to both humanity and high performance.


Kahina is a lawyer by training and was a member of the Québec Bar from 2008 to 2022, having obtained both her law degree (LL.B.) and a Masters in International Law (LL.M.). She also studied international relations at the Universidad de Cádiz in Spain. Before joining Workleap, Kahina held strategic consulting and international law management leadership positions at organizations including the Canadian Red Cross, Lawyers Without Borders and PwC.

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