Speakers

Jeff Nugent, Managing Director – Contingent Workforce Solutions.

Jeff is a thought leader within the contingent workforce management industry. With over 15 years of experience Jeff has worked with countless top employers in developing and implementing CWM best practices and technology tools that enable clients to take a holistic approach to strategically managing their contract workforce as part of an organization’s overall talent pool. As the Founder and Managing Director of Contingent Workforce Solutions (CWS) Jeff has lead the company to become one of North America’s top vendor neutral contract and temporary workforce consulting and business process management companies. CWS provides independent contractor administration and payrolling, vendor program management (MSP) and strategic consulting services. Prior to CWS Jeff was a Vice President of Business Development & Strategic Solutions at one of Canada’s largest IT staffing firms and held progressive positions with companies such as UPS, Lexmark, Union Gas & Open Text, . Jeff holds an Honours Bachelors of Business Administration & Organizational Behaviour from Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. He is Human Capital Institute’s Expert Advisor on Contract Talent Management and sits on the board of various HR and staffing industry associations.

Matt Rivera, Director of Customers Solutions – Yoh.

Matt Rivera has more than 20 years of experience in the staffing and workforce management industry. He has worked in virtually every aspect of the contingent labor process, from recruiting to sales, and most recently, in corporate marketing for Yoh. As director of customer solutions for Yoh, Matt helps develop innovative workforce solutions to help clients achieve maximum return and efficiencies from their use of flexible labor. He has contributed articles and been interviewed for stories that have appeared in Staffing Industry Review, Talent Management and Entrepreneur Magazine. Matt holds a degree in Journalism/Public Relations, and lives in the Pennsylvania suburbs with his wife and two children.

Debbie McGrath, Founder and Chief Instigator – HR.com.

Debbie McGrath founded HR.com in August, 1999. HR.com is in business to help build great companies by connecting them with the knowledge and resources they need to effectively manage the people side of business. As the global authority, HR.com delivers HR best practices to help organizations build great companies through community, collaboration, research, shared best practices, events and measurements.

Debbie has an extensive background in HR, publishing and the Internet. Previous to starting HR.com she owned The CEO Group, a Canadian and European entity that created job board software,talent management software, HTC Career Magazines and High Tech Career Fairs.

In August of 1998, The CEO Group was sold to Kaplan (now BrassRing.com), a fully owned subsidiary of the Washington Post Company. During her tenure she served as President of the Canadian and European operations, as well as Vice President of Worldwide Sales.

Debbie has a degree in computer science and business administration, which she earned at the University of Guelph. She lives in King City, Ontario with her husband Doug and five kids. When she has spare time she can be found tasting and collecting Australian Shiraz´s and swooshing down the slopes with her family.

Marcelo Mackinlay, President – Mavix Consulting.

Marcelo is the Founder and President of Mavix Consulting, a global provider of Talent Management consulting services. Mavix partners with clients to align Talent Management strategies and programs by leveraging the best technology solutions on the market. Mavix focuses on strategic consulting, program development, and technology vendor evaluations, implementations, upgrades/optimizations and outsourcing. Prior to founding Mavix Consulting in 2006, Marcelo held leadership positions with Taleo and Vurv, as well as recruiting and staffing management positions with companies like Manulife Financial and Bank of Montreal. Mavix Consulting customers include Allergan, Inc, L-3 Communications, SAIC, Canada Revenue Agency, Rogers Communications, TELUS, Research In Motion, Manulife Financial, American Honda, Xerox/ACS, Goldcorp, IDEXX, and Catholic Healthcare West (now Dignity Health). Mavix Consulting is currently a certified Taleo Consulting Partner and a SuccessFactors Consulting Partner.

Erik Vonk, Founder & CEO – Back of the House

Following an international career in banking and corporate finance, Erik was appointed as a Member of the Managing Board of Randstad Holding NV in ’92 and was Chairman and CEO of Gevity HR, Inc. from ’02 to ’07. He has served on the Boards of Danka Business Systems, PLC, and CBRL Group, Inc.

As the architect of the staffing contract between Randstad and the Olympic Committee, he orchestrated the provision of all 16,000 paid personnel for the Centennial Olympic Games in Atlanta in 1996. This contract is still the largest single supplier contingent workforce arrangement on record.

He is the author the book ‘Don’t Get a Job, Get a Life’, (2000) which offers suggestions to ‘societal stakeholders’ such as employers, workers, unions, regulators, lawmakers, etc to replace outdated employment conventions by ‘on demand’ work platforms.

Currently Erik serves as CEO of Back Of The House LLC, a company he founded in 2008. In line with the book’s recommendations, BOTH provides ‘Total Support’ to Freelancers, Independent Contractors and Self Employed Professionals, designed to substitute the all the benefits, perks, fringes and support that normally come with a ‘regular’ job.

Jeff Phelps, CEO – iWorkGlobal

Jeff leads the iWorkGlobal organization in assisting companies to expand globally through worldwide talent placement; providing global expertise and services which protects talent, expedites time-to-market, extends scalability and ensures compliance.

A recognized industry expert in contingent workforce management, Phelps has led organizations responsible for the design, development, implementation and management of comprehensive workforce management programs. His client experience spans virtually every market segment and includes Fortune 500 companies as well as regional firms. He has successfully expanded businesses to operate throughout North America with a reach now spanning 21 countries.

In a career encompassing 30+ years of successfully building and leading innovative telecommunications and human capital management organizations, Jeff has held various executive level positions in general management, human resources, compliance and risk management, business development, and client services for AT&T, WorkforceLogic, ABE Services, Secure Talent, The Nelson Family of Companies, and iWorkGlobal.

Archar Smith, Director of Strategic Alliances – Kenexa.

Mr. Smith currently serves as Director of Strategic Alliances for Kenexa. In this role, Archar is responsible for creating revenue through alternate/new channels and establishing strategic alliances which add value to Kenexa’s broad solution set. Mr. Smith brings over 16 years of experience in strategic solutions for clients ranging from Talent Management technology solutions, to Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) and Managed Service Providers (MSP) for clients with a variety of skill sets and industries. In addition, he has managed Global programs delivering solutions across different regions and countries. He has held positions in sales, operations, and implementation as well as having extensive exposure to the various Vendor Management Systems (VMS) and Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) software platforms. He brings a strong ability to align program goals with his customers’ strategic initiatives, along with the ability to form strong partnerships with both internal and external constituents.

Prior to joining Kenexa, Mr. Smith held positions with progressive responsibilities with other solution and software companies and partnered with Human Resources Outsourcing (HRO) firms such as Accenture, IBM, and Northgate/Arinso.

Mr. Smith attended college at the University of Central Florida.

Edward Jackson, President, – Provade.

Edward “EJ” Jackson brings over 20 years of executive management, technology and entrepreneurship experience to Provade. Prior to founding Provade in 2004, EJ served as a Director for Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) Product Strategy for PeopleSoft. EJ joined the PeopleSoft SRM team when SkillsVillage, a company EJ was the CTO and co-founder of, was acquired by PeopleSoft in 2001. SkillsVillage was one of the first VMS software companies. Prior to SkillsVillage, EJ served in a variety of capacities of IT and management consulting to Deloitte & Touche, Anderson Consulting (now Accenture), DOE, Baxter Healthcare and Perot Systems.

Ted Weyn, Managing Partner – HCM Works.

Prior to founding HCMWorks, Mr. Weyn served as Executive Vice President with White Amber. White Amber, now a part of Taleo Workforce On-Demand, was one of the industry’s first electronic procurement and management technologies for Human Capital Management. As one of the company’s co-founders, Ted was instrumental in securing over 60% of the company’s revenue while developing the corporate infrastructure to support sales and strategic alliances. Ted has instructed Fortune 100 companies such as Wachovia, CapitalOne, Entergy, Sony, Exxon, IBM, Thomas J. Lipton, First Fidelity and others in the efficient practices of contingent workforce management.

Ted also served as the Executive Director of Information Technology Services with Acsys, Inc; a publicly traded professional staffing organization.

Bryce Maddock, Founder and CEO – TaskUs.

Bryce Maddock is the Founder and CEO of TaskUs, a leading provider of customer support and data services to large online companies. TaskUs is the secret weapon behind over 50 large Internet firms rapid ability to scale their labor force to meet customer demand over the past three years. Over the past three years, Maddock has grown TaskUs from a team of two founders working out of their garage to an international service provider with offices in Santa Monica, Las Vegas and Manila and over 300 full time employees.

Jeremy Neuner, Co-founder + (R)evolutionary-in-Chief – NextSpace.

In addition to being the CEO of NextSpace, Jeremy is also the comedic relief, the tragic hero, and the getaway car driver. Jeremy began his career as an officer and carrier-based helicopter pilot in the U.S. Navy. Jeremy also worked as a management and strategy consultant in Washington, DC, helping clients create partnerships between the public and private sectors. Before starting NextSpace, Jeremy served as the economic development manager for the City of Santa Cruz. He holds a bachelor’s degree in English literature from Georgetown University and a master’s degree in business and government policy from Harvard University. But he’s learned the most from playing LEGO’s with his kids. Jeremy tries to live by this rule: take your job seriously, but not yourself. Fun Fact: Jeremy can juggle flaming torches. Cool, no?

Elaine Orler, President – Talent Function.

Elaine Orler, President and Co-Founder of Talent Function, has been implementing recruitment software for large organizations since 1993. In her 16 years in the industry she has worked with both practitioners and solution providers to shape the way Talent Acquisition solutions are delivered. Elaine has taken an active role in over 75 recruitment software implementations across 15 different vendor platforms. As an “early adopter,” Elaine has guided her clients through the evolutionary shifts in the market such as: the dawn of Internet-based electronic recruiting (job boards), the proliferation of global recruitment implementations, and the revolution of social media platforms. Elaine is respected as a recruitment functionality expert and she takes an active role in industry events and associations.

Bill Inman, President – Emergent.

Is a leader within the Contingent Workforce Market. Bill has 15+ years of business building (start-ups) and strategic planning and execution Bill focuses on entrepreneurial, human capital, social online media, and Outsourcing enterprises. Bill’s company Emergent employs the temporary and project-based workers your company utilizes. As head of EmergentBill.specializes Lowering contingent workforce cost and risk, Increasing profitability and Strategic Planning
Emergent – helps the companies that work with contingent labor (temporary workers, contractors, freelancers, and project-based workers) maximize profitability while reducing cost and risk.

Lou Adler, President – The Adler Group.

Lou Adler is the president of The Adler Group – a training, recruiting and consulting firm that helps companies hire more top talent by implementing performance-based hiring (adlerconcepts .com). His Amazon best-seller Hire With Your Head (John Wiley & Sons, 1997, 2002) introduced the performance-based hiring and recruiting process. He has also produced an award-winning Nightingale Conant audio tape program, POWER Hiring: How to Find, Assess, Hire and Keep Great Talent (1998). Adler is a noted recruiting industry expert, national speaker, and columnist for a number of major recruiting Internet sites including HR.com, ERExchange.com and Workforce magazine.

Ray Culver, VP of Channel Sales & Partnerships – MDT Holdings.

As Vice President of Channel Sales & Partnerships for MDT Holdings, Ray Culver is responsible for the strategic vision and execution of MDT Personnel and MDT Technical’s supplier offerings to their MSP and VMS Clients. In this role, Ray also works to design and implement sourcing models to ensure that MDT is providing a “best in class” supplier solution for the MSP and/or VMS business model. Ray is a Human Capital Solutions executive with 17+ years’ experience in all aspects of the Contingent Workforce space, to include: Temp, Contract, Direct Hire, HR Technology, RPO, MSP/VMS. Ray attended the University of Alabama and currently resides in Atlanta, GA.

Tracey Friend, VP of Solutions Architecture – Agile•1.

As Vice President of Solutions Architecture for Agile•1, Tracey Friend is responsible for ensuring that Agile•1′s service offerings and solutions keep ahead of the market. Tasked with building a solutions framework that supports innovation, sales, and Agile•1’s ongoing growth into the global marketplace, Ms. Friend collaborates with Agile•1′s clients, business leaders, product management, technology, and sales teams, to foster greater innovation through the development of programs, processes, and technologies that anticipate the needs of our clients and the marketplace. Ms. Friend has more than 15 years of deep experience in the HR business process outsourcing/RPO/MSP solutions space, providing SaaS talent-related products and services for global 1000 companies.

Tom Tisdale, Senior VP – Peoplefluent.

Tom Tisdale, a Senior Vice President at Peoplefluent, is a recognized expert on Contingent Labor and Vendor Management Systems. Mr. Tisdale has held various senior management positions within Peoplefluent for nearly 15 years. Prior to Peoplefluent, he held various Sales and Product management positions in the software industry at Seagate Software, Wall Data, and Information Builders. He also served as a consultant at Anderson Consulting (now Accenture).

Dan Hanyzewski, Managing Partner – West Shore Partners LLC / Redmitten.com

Dan Hanyzewski is Managing Partner of West Shore Partners LLC / Redmitten.com, a niche consulting firm focused on delivering high-end solutions to a range of Human Resources, Procurement, Operational, and Finance clients. He is currently engaged by Sunrise Systems as a principal to aggressively grow that firm and Kelly Services (NASDAQ:
KELYA, KELYB) to assist Kelly’s Outsourcing and Consulting Group build out additional capabilities in employment branding, recruitment strategy, and contingent workforce management.

His clients have included Motorola, Northrop, Kraft, Arthur Anderson, Rockwell International, Beatrice, Farley Industries, and Household International.

Prior to Red Mitten, Dan was Director, Talent Acquisition for Nike

John W.Healy, Vice President, Talent Supply Chain Strategist – Kelly Services

Within the spectrum of the Talent Supply Chain, John is focused on the supply side of the equation. Bringing an analytical approach, using data and statistical analysism, and his years of experience to drive both efficiency and effectiveness throughout the Talent Supply Chain.

He spends a majority of his time consulting with clients in teh design and delivery of workforce solutions built to meet the talent acquisition and utilization, compliance, risk mitigation, cost savings, supply chain and process efficiency demands necessary to succeed in the global economy. John joined Kelly in 1993 and has progressed through roles in field and corporate operations.

John has recently returned to the US from Australia where he was overseeing the deployment of KellyOCG’s program with Rio Tinto, bringing a unique focus on HSE, Change Management, Process Efficiency and Supplied Community Value Streams.

John is a member of the Gartner Sourcing & Vendor Management Council and the Duke of University Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER). He has been a featured speaker on related topics for Staffing Industry Analysts, Human Capital Institute and the Institute for Supply Management.

Kate Dyer, Vice President of Strategic Accounts, Provade

Kate is responsible for sales, solution design and implementation for Provade’s strategic accounts. In this capacity, she drives the sales process for prospective clients, works closely with Provade’s MSP partners to develop and refine joint go to market strategies and brings innovation and thought leadership to existing customers. She also manages Provade’s Professional Services organization and ensures that from the sale through implementation and ongoing, our clients and partners realize the benefits of our enterprise VMS technology. Prior to joining Provade, Kate spent 13 years at Adecco where she held numerous leadership roles in VMS strategy, VMS deployment and MSP solution design and sales. Kate was a key contributor in driving Adecco’s VMS strategy, first with their own proprietary VMS (WorkCard) and later in developing a VMS partnership strategy. She was instrumental in the development of Adecco’s organizational model, approach and product offering for their global MSP practice.

Renee Fink, President and CEO – ClearPath Workforce Management

Renee Fink serves as President and CEO of ClearPath Workforce Management, Inc., a leading women-owned HRO with a focus on the contingent labor market. With 20 years of experience in delivering contractor engagement, payroll and compliance programs, the firm’s service offerings include ClearPayroll and ClearIC. ClearPath provides its clients with seamlessly integrated solutions that enable them to engage the contract talent they require in a compliant, cost-effective and efficient manner.

Renee has been with ClearPath since 1993 in various strategic roles before becoming President in 2005. She brings a wealth of industry knowledge and experience within the contingent labor space and her experience covers all aspects including FLSA; exempt/non-exempt; wage and hour; co-employment; independent contractor classification, with a particular focus on California EDD driven regulations.

Renee is a graduate of the University of Phoenix with a Bachelor of Science degree in e-Business.

Rich Pearson, Chief Marketing Officer – Elance

Rich leads Elance’s global marketing team, including product marketing, talent acquisition, CRM, brand development and communications. Prior to joining Elance, Rich led marketing and business development at Posterous through its acquisition by Twitter and previously held senior marketing positions at Yahoo!, Attributor, Homestead and Del Monte Foods.
Rich holds an MBA from the Haas School of Business and a BS in Marketing and Finance from UC Berkeley.

Denis Sullivan Kenny, Partner – Scherer Smith & Kenny LLP

Denis is a partner of the San Francisco law firm, Scherer Smith & Kenny LLP. Denis is a civil litigator specializing in employment litigation and counseling for employers and employees, alike. He also represents companies and individuals in a wide variety of business matters ranging from personal injury to trade secret disputes. He is a member of the labor and employment referral panel of the Bar Association of San Francisco. Prior to his partnership, Denis worked for the California Department of Justice Deputy Attorney General in the Civil Rights division.

His representative matters include:

HCSS, Inc. v. SEIU United Healthcare Workers West, et al. – Obtained federal court preliminary injunction in trade secrets case involving theft of client’s temporary staffing database/list.
Reversed on Appeal employment Development Department’s ruling against employer on W-2/1099 misclassification assessment.

Mike Heindel, Director of Strategic Client Solutions – TAPFIN

Mike Heindel is Director of Strategic Client Solutions of TAPFIN, part of ManpowerGroup Solutions™, the outsourced services offering from ManpowerGroup™. In his role, Heindel leverages expertise gained from various leadership positions he’s held within the staffing industry’s top firms over the past 17 years to change the way businesses today view and manage their workforce and, ultimately, gain competitive advantage through the convergence of the best-in-class people, process, and technology.

Heindel has served in a variety of leadership, business development and business analysis roles. He started his career as a Technical Recruiter for Aerotek in 1995, working his way to Divisional Directior of Aerotek’s Engineering and Scientific Decisions in the Western Region. In 2004, he was selected to help launch Allegis Group Services and served as Executive Director until 2009. After his departure from Allegis, Heindel worked for Roth Staffing Companies to launch a successful IT and Engineering staffing firm named Ledgent Technology.

An avid cyclist who races competitively, Heindel earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of New Mexico. He and his family reside in San Clemente, CA.

Madeline Laurano, Research Director, Talent Acquisition Solutions – Aberdeen Human Capital Management

Madeline Laurano is the Research Director, Talent Acquisition Solutions, within Aberdeen’s Human Capital Management research practice, and is responsible for leading and collaborating on Aberdeen’s research coverage across a range of HCM topics, including talent mobility, workforce planning, sourcing strategy, recruitment process outsourcing (RPO), employer branding, onboarding and talent acquisition.

Additionally she is responsible for delivering research findings via published works, speaking engagements, on-line events, and Aberdeen’s annual Human Capital Management Summit.

Before joining the Aberdeen Group, Madeline was a talent systems analyst for the Newman Group, driving the company’s success in the area of Talent Management Technology Evaluation and Selection. Madeline joined The Newman Group from Bersin & Associates, where she served as Principal Analyst of Talent Acquisition. Prior to joining Bersin, Madeline served as the Research Director for ERE Media where she created the ERE webinar series, published the Talent Acquisition Industry Analysis and Buyers Guide, lead the community discussion groups, and conducted various research products and services. She also worked as Research Director for Linkage, Inc, where she co-edited Best Practices in Leading a Global Workforce and Secrets in Succession Planning.

Madeline has a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Arts in International Relations from Boston University.

Stephanie Ellis, President, IC Advisor

Stephanie Ellis is the established industry thought leader, recognized for er expertise in the risks of employment misclassification with a specialized focus on 1099 contractor compliance. As a subject matter expert on 1099 contractor issues, a frequent speaker at key staffing industry events Ms. Ellis has a deep understanding and appreciation of this niche industry. Ms Ellis’ past work as a Senior Consultant on IC Compliance running her own consultancy business has helped her to keep her finger on the pulse of this ever changing and complex practice. Ms. Ellis has been a major force in setting the standard for the compliance industry in the development of best practices and risk mitigation programs for the engagement of independent contractors. In her 15 year career in compliance, Ms. Ellis has advised a number of Silicon Valley companies on risk mitigation strategies related to 1099 contractor usage and worker misclassification avoidance. She also has hands on audit experience with the State of California EDD, IRS and other auditing agencies.

Tom Tisdale, Senior Vice President, Peoplefleunt

Jeremy Bono, Successfactors/SAP

Bio coming soon!

Judy Lawton, Owner, TLC Staffing

Bio coming soon!

John Smith, Managing Director, CXC Global

Bio coming soon!

Wanda Lundy, Vice President, LPL Financial

Wanda Lundy has worked for LPL Financial for 6.5 years. Her career in San Diego, CA, has spanned over 30+ years in Talent Management, Career Counseling, and Contingent Workforce Management. Her current focus is dedicated to Vendor Management Systems, Supplier Programs, Contingent Workforce Management, and Human Resource Management Systems. She is a founding member of the Temporary Labor Council for TPG Global LLC and a member of the Beeline (VMS) Advisory Council. She is also a past president of the San Diego Human Resources Association (SDHRA) and is a member of the San Diego County Honorary Deputy Sheriff’s Association.

Bertrand Dussert, Vice President, HCM Transformation and Thought Leadership, Oracle Corporation

Bertrand Dussert serves as HR transformation and technology advisor to Oracle’s executive clients, primarly at large global companies with complex HR service delivery needs.

In his most recent role prior to joining Oracle, Bertrand served in a dual capacity as the Vice President and global leader for both HR Shared Services and Recruitment Operations at American Express. As part of this remit, Bertrand served as the global HR lead for contingent labor programs, and also had accountability for Strategic Workforce Planning. Bertrand is a recipient of the American Express Chairman’s Award for Innovation for 2012, and a recognized expert in the contingent labor and recruitment outsourcing industries.

Prior to American Express, Bertrand was Executive Director in UBS Investment Bank’s HR function, led a 125 person strong global team in the HR software industry, and served as a partner in an HR consulting firm that is now part of Korn/Ferry International. Earlier in his career, Bertrand served as a Director of Operations for Spherion Corp, now part of Randstad.

Bertrand holds an MA and BA from the University of Western Ontario in Canada.

When not at work or enjoying time with his family, Bertrand is an avid cyclist, Ironman Triathlete and all around endurance sports fan.