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At Best Startup US we track over 1,000,000 US startups and over 3 million people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top United States based VP’ operating in the Human Resources space. If you think a VP’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.us.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Bill Mastin
SVP of Sales and Services of Topia
Bill Mastin is a learning technologies industry veteran, with over 20 years of experience in the market. Prior to joining NetDimensions, Bill served as Senior Vice President of North America at LEO, a sister company within Learning Technologies Group plc (LTG). Before he joined LEO, he held key positions at Saba and PeopleFluent.
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About Topia: Topia is a talent mobility platform that enables employees to work remotely.
Gautam Bhargava
CTO & SVP of Engineering of Rippling
Gautam Bhargava is the CTO at Rippling.
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About Rippling: Rippling is a human resource management company that offers an all-in-one platform to help manage HR and IT operations.
Camilla Velasquez
SVP, Product of Justworks
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About Justworks: Justworks provides small and medium-sized businesses with simple software and expert support for payroll, benefits, HR, and compliance.
Chris Pitchford
VP of Sales of Ally.io
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About Ally.io: Ally.io is a strategic goal-planning and execution management software.
Nadia Asoyan
VP of Finance of Trusted Health
Nadia Asoyan is the VP of finance at Trusted Health. Prior to Trusted Health, she was an Accounting & finance Leader at Robinhood, the fastest-growing brokerage in the world, offering commission-free stocks & digital currency trading. Starting her career in Ernst and Young, Nadia focused on tech & biotech clients. Discovering Fintech at Square, she joined a small team as accounting lead, and later, became the IPO process key member. Nadia was also acting as Assurance & Senior Associate at EY, global leader in assurance, tax, transaction & advisory services, performing inception to date audit for tech companies Natera, iControl Networks, Altheos, Arista Networks, Cloudera
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About Airbase, Pillar Life, QD Ventures, Trusted Health: Trusted Health is a labor marketplace for healthcare professionals.
Dan Hopkins
Vice President, Applied A.I. of Eightfold
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About Eightfold: Eightfold is a developer of a talent intelligence platform used to help companies find, recruit, and retain workers.
Tom Banton
VP of Solutions Engineering & Enablement of Eightfold
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About Eightfold: Eightfold is a developer of a talent intelligence platform used to help companies find, recruit, and retain workers.
Theodore Jordan
Vice President, Service of Paychex
Ted Jordan assumed his role as vice president of operations at Paychex in June 2016. Boasting more than two decades of experience leading service and back-office transformations in high-transaction business, Jordan joined Paychex after nearly six years at the vice president level for Nationwide Insurance where he led two service model transformations, as well as major back-office transformations, for one of the largest insurance and financial service companies in the world. Prior to his time at Nationwide, Jordan served as an assistant VP of customer service at The Hartford and VP of operations at Prudential. Jordan earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Pittsburgh and a Master of Business Administration from Temple University.
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About Paychex: Paychex together with its subsidiaries, provides payroll, human resource, and benefits outsourcing solutions for all businesses.
Andrew Childs
Vice President – Marketing (Chief Marketing Officer) of Paychex
Andy Childs joined Paychex as the vice president of marketing in February 2011. In this role, Childs leads the marketing, corporate development, and strategic planning functions for the company. A senior executive with more than 30 years of marketing and business development experience, Childs previously held marketing leadership positions at Pitney Bowes, Mercer, and ADP. Early in his career, he served as a strategy consultant with McKinsey & Company. Childs holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in chemistry from Harvard University.
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About Paychex, Vitruvia Consulting Corporation: Paychex together with its subsidiaries, provides payroll, human resource, and benefits outsourcing solutions for all businesses.
Mark Bottini
SVP Sales of Paychex
Mark Bottini joined the company in October 2011 as senior vice president of sales. Mark is responsible for leading all payroll and human resource services sales for the company. A senior executive with more than 24 years of experience, Bottini was most recently vice president of sales for Ricoh, North America, and brings with him a strong record of sales success and demonstrated leadership. At Ricoh, Bottini was responsible for a sales organization of more than 3,500 members. In previous leadership roles with the company, Bottini had responsibility for service and operations as well as sales. He assumed his most recent position with Ricoh in 2008 when the company acquired IKON Office Solutions, Inc. During his nearly 20 years with IKON, Bottini served in a variety of sales leadership and field management roles. Mark attended Long Beach State University in Long Beach, Calif., where he majored in marketing.
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About Paychex: Paychex together with its subsidiaries, provides payroll, human resource, and benefits outsourcing solutions for all businesses.
Michael Gioja
CIO/SVP – IT, Product Management & Development of Paychex
Mike Gioja is the senior vice president of information technology, product management and development at Paychex, Inc., where he has paired the company’s dedicated, personal service with a new, innovative software-as-a-service technology and mobility platform to offer solutions that meet the needs of businesses today and in the future. Gioja is a senior executive with more than 35 years of experience in product management and strategy, as well as software and information technology. During his time at Paychex, Gioja has led his teams through the creation of product road maps and the launch of Paychex Flex, the company’s cloud platform that offers a streamlined and integrated approach to human capital management. Gioja has led his team through an agile transformation, driving innovation and effecting cultural change at Paychex. Throughout his career, Gioja has led the implementation of large-scale ERP platforms and applications, as well as best-of-breed SaaS applications. He has held senior leadership positions with companies including IBM, American Express, Fidelity, SAP, and PeopleSoft. A native of New York City, he holds a Bachelor of Science degree in computer science from the State University of New York at Oswego.
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About Paychex: Paychex together with its subsidiaries, provides payroll, human resource, and benefits outsourcing solutions for all businesses.
Mick Whittemore
Vice President, Information Technology of Paychex
Mick Whittemore joined Paychex in March 2016 as the vice president of information technology enterprise operations. Mick came to Paychex from serving as the chief technology officer for GE Power & Water, a $30 billion business with 60,000 employees and over 400 locations. He left GE after more than 18 years of leadership experience with the company. Mick is an accomplished information technology leader whose extensive experience spans all aspects of IT, including data center, network, enterprise cloud, shared Web/business platforms, solution architecture, database management, and ERP technology. Mick holds a Bachelor of Science degree, with a concentration in information systems, from Binghamton University in Binghamton, NY.
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About Paychex: Paychex together with its subsidiaries, provides payroll, human resource, and benefits outsourcing solutions for all businesses.
Terry Sukalski
Vice President, PEO Sales and Service of Paychex
Terry Sukalski joined Paychex in January 2013 as vice president of Core payroll sales for the central U.S. In this role, he is responsible for Core sales in the central U.S., which accounts for one-third of the Core sales organization. Sukalski comes to Paychex with more than 15 years in sales management roles with Ricoh Americas Corporation, most recently as vice president of U.S. field sales. In that position, Sukalski was responsible for the management and results of Ricoh’s direct sales organization in the United States – approximately 3,000 direct sales representatives with a sales plan of more than $2.4 billion. He was accountable for developing and executing a business plan to drive strategies, revenue growth, and profitability in direct channel sales. Sukalski holds a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration and marketing from Shippensburg University in Shippensburg, Penn.
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About Paychex: Paychex together with its subsidiaries, provides payroll, human resource, and benefits outsourcing solutions for all businesses.
Laurie Maffett
Vice President, Enterprise & Multi-Product Services of Paychex
Laurie Maffett was named vice president of enterprise and multi-product services in October 2014. She joined Paychex eight years ago as director of human resource services product compliance, and most recently served as director of HRS 401k/S125 administration. In her current role, Maffett leads centralized product operations for Electronic Network Services (ENS), 401(k), section 125, HR Online (HRO), and Time and Labor Online (TLO), as well as operations support for Enterprise Shared Services. Maffett is also responsible for facilities and field operations support. Prior to joining Paychex, Maffett was vice president of regulatory and carrier services for Frontier Communications, Inc. Maffett received her Master of Business Administration degree from the William E. Simon Graduate School of Business at the University of Rochester. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from the Rochester Institute of Technology.
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About Paychex: Paychex together with its subsidiaries, provides payroll, human resource, and benefits outsourcing solutions for all businesses.
John Gibson
Senior Vice President of Paychex
John Gibson joined Paychex as Senior Vice President of Service in May 2013. He brings over 20 years of experience in HR solutions, technology and business services. Most recently, Gibson was CEO of AlphaStaff, a national HR outsourcing provider for small and mid-sized businesses. As CEO, he was responsible for leading the sales and service organization, developing business strategy, and launching new product offerings. Prior to joining AlphaStaff, Gibson was president of the HR management division of Convergys. In his position, he was responsible for thousands of employees in 20 countries accountable for delivering payroll and HR technology capabilities to millions of clients worldwide. Gibson’s earlier career experience includes 10 years with Ameritech, a Fortune 100 global communications and business services provider. He was vice president of sales and service of Ameritech’s cable division when he left the company. Gibson obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree from Indiana University. Additionally, he attended the executive development program at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management and the international business program of INSEAD, a global graduate business school.
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About Paychex: Paychex together with its subsidiaries, provides payroll, human resource, and benefits outsourcing solutions for all businesses.
Bryan Hodge
Vice President of International Sales & Operations of Paychex
Bryan Hodge was director of Paychex Premier® Human Resources before being promoted to vice president of Eastern operations in July 2009. He assumed the role of vice president of service in May 2015. Hodge oversees the company’s Dedicated Service Center and is responsible for six regions around the country. Hodge came to Paychex when Advantage Payroll Services was acquired in 2002. At that time, Hodge became the manager of the Paychex branch in Providence, R.I., and subsequently Foxboro, Mass. He was promoted to director of Paychex Premier in 2005. Hodge’s early career included sales management positions with G.H. Bass and Company and Limited Brands, Inc. A native of Rockland, Mass., Hodge holds a Bachelor of Science degree in marketing from the University of Massachusetts.
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About Paychex, Paychex: Paychex together with its subsidiaries, provides payroll, human resource, and benefits outsourcing solutions for all businesses.
Jennifer Vossler
VP – Corporate Controller of Paychex
Jennifer Vossler joined Paychex as vice president and controller in May 2009. In this role, she is responsible for overseeing the company’s financial planning and accounting professionals, as well the financial systems support group. Before coming to Paychex, Vossler was vice president and corporate controller for Bausch & Lomb, where she held various executive and senior management positions throughout her 14-year tenure, with responsibilities including management of external reporting, the company’s Sarbanes-Oxley efforts, international finance functions, and corporate accounting and planning. A native of upstate New York, Vossler is a certified public accountant and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting and management information systems (MIS) from Syracuse University.
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About Paychex: Paychex together with its subsidiaries, provides payroll, human resource, and benefits outsourcing solutions for all businesses.
Robert J. Manne
Senior Vice President & General Counsel of Ultimate Software
Bob Manne has served as senior vice president, general counsel at Ultimate Software since 2004. Before joining Ultimate, Mr. Manne was a partner at the international law firm of Becker & Poliakoff, P.A. In addition to administering the litigation department of the law firm, Bob was a permanent member of the firm’s executive committee which was responsible for law firm operations, and he has performed legal services for Ultimate since its inception. He graduated from Brooklyn Law School.
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About Becker & Poliakoff, Brooklyn Law School, Ultimate Software: Ultimate Software is a provider of cloud-based people management solutions.
Bill Hicks
Chief Relationship Officer & SVP of Customer Relationships of Ultimate Software
Bill Hicks is chief relationship officer for Ultimate Software, responsible for managing Ultimate’s ongoing relationships with 2,600+ customers. Previously, Bill served as Ultimate’s chief information officer, overseeing the company’s award-winning IT team. During his tenure as CIO at Ultimate, he was honored as the South Florida CIO Council’s Member of the Year as well as South Florida Business Journal 2013 CIO of the Year. Bill was instrumental in the launch and execution of Ultimate’s industry-leading cloud solutions, and he also has overseen the management of Ultimate’s teams for customer service, knowledge services, payment services, and business operations. Bill’s recent speaking appearances include Dreamforce, IHRIM HRM Strategies, HR Technology Conference and Expo, as well as the American Payroll Association Congress every year since 2009. Bill also leads and serves on numerous community and industry-based boards. Prior to joining Ultimate Software, he was SVP & CIO at Precision Response Corporation.
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About Ultimate Software: Ultimate Software is a provider of cloud-based people management solutions.
Jeff Hazard
VP Sales of Zenefits
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About Zenefits: Zenefits delivers a complete, all-mobile HR experience for small and medium businesses.
Allison Temple Tiscornia
Vice President, Services of Zenefits
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About Zenefits: Zenefits delivers a complete, all-mobile HR experience for small and medium businesses.
Colin Rogers
Vice President, Carrier Relations of Zenefits
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About Zenefits: Zenefits delivers a complete, all-mobile HR experience for small and medium businesses.
Didi D’Erico
Vice President of Communications of Zenefits
Didi leads communications at Zenefits. She joins Zenefits with deep contextual insight about products, customers and influencers in Human Capital Management, Talent Management and Employee Assessment from her marketing leadership roles at companies including Taleo (acquired by Oracle), Saba and SuccessFinder. She’s also built brand messaging and visibility for companies ranging from emerging start ups to enterprise leaders such as Oracle, HP and Sony.
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About Zenefits: Zenefits delivers a complete, all-mobile HR experience for small and medium businesses.
Didi D’Erico
Vice President of Communications of Zenefits
Didi leads communications at Zenefits. She joins Zenefits with deep contextual insight about products, customers and influencers in Human Capital Management, Talent Management and Employee Assessment from her marketing leadership roles at companies including Taleo (acquired by Oracle), Saba and SuccessFinder. She’s also built brand messaging and visibility for companies ranging from emerging start ups to enterprise leaders such as Oracle, HP and Sony.
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About Zenefits: Zenefits delivers a complete, all-mobile HR experience for small and medium businesses.
Jason Scheckner
SVP of Sales & Customer Success of HiredScore
CRO @HiredScore based in NYC area. Dad of daughters and lucky husband. StartUps, Builder, Investor. I’m also Co-author of “Cutting Edge Sales.”
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About HiredScore: HiredScore is an artificial intelligence HR technology company that powers the global Fortune 500
Ryan Lessard
VP, Marketing and Growth of Ease
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About Ease: Ease is a benefits administration software designed for small businesses, insurance brokers, and insurance carriers.
Simon Kirk
VP Sales Development, Strategy, & Sales Enablement of Culture Amp
Sales + Customer Success strategy for growing startups. Co-founder of RaisedBy.Us, which has raised over $3,000,000 for thousands of charities.
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About Culture Amp: Culture Amp is an employee analytics platform that specializes in staff surveying and analytics.
Chris Kolmar
Co-Founder and VP of Marketing of Zippia
Chris helped co-found Zippia four years ago which helps college students and recent grads find jobs that fit them. He was previously the Sr. Director of Marketing at Movoto and graduated from Pomona College.
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About Zippia: Zippia offers every person access to all of their career options and how those various paths will impact their professional lives.
Richard Buchband
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of ManpowerGroup
A seasoned corporate lawyer and executive with deep in-house experience with public company issues, Richard has valuable strategic and leadership experience and is recognized for his work on corporate governance and disclosure. He previously served as Partner and Associate General Counsel for Accenture plc, a $28 billion consulting, technology services and outsourcing company. Earlier in his career, Richard worked for investment firm D. E. Shaw & Company in New York, and as general counsel of its portfolio company, Juno Online Services. He also served as senior corporate counsel for global travel company Orbitz and as an independent legal consultant. Richard was invited to the Listed Company Advisory Board of the New York Stock Exchange in April 2015, and joined the Board of Trustees of the Milwaukee Art Museum in December 2014. He earned an AB degree from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University and a JD from Columbia Law School. Married with two daughters, Richard lives in the Milwaukee area.
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About ManpowerGroup: ManpowerGroup is a multinational human resource consulting firm, providing recruitment and assessment, training and development, and more.
Jennifer Hwang
Vice President of ManpowerGroup
Jennifer Hwang is Vice President at ManpowerGroup.
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About ManpowerGroup: ManpowerGroup is a multinational human resource consulting firm, providing recruitment and assessment, training and development, and more.
Jack McGinnis
Executive Vice President & CFO of ManpowerGroup
Jack McGinnis was named Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in February 2016. As CFO, he is responsible for ManpowerGroup’s worldwide finance, accounting and internal audit functions. As a member of ManpowerGroup’s Executive Leadership Team, Jack is engaged in supporting and developing the company’s business and finance strategies and driving operational performance across all geographies and business lines. Jack joined ManpowerGroup from Morgan Stanley, where he served as Global Controller responsible for financial accounting and controls, SEC and regulatory reporting, financial planning and analysis, and the finance function for their large U.S. bank. Previously, he served as CFO, HSBC North America Holdings Inc., and before that was Partner at Ernst & Young. Jack is a graduate of Loyola University Chicago and holds a bachelor of business administration in public accounting. He is a Certified Public Accountant and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
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About ManpowerGroup: ManpowerGroup is a multinational human resource consulting firm, providing recruitment and assessment, training and development, and more.
Michael Johnson
Regional Vice President, Large Enterprise Sales of SmartRecruiters
Michael Johnson is responsible for Avature’s business development strategy and execution for the West, managing our Portland, OR and Chicago offices. Prior to joining Avature, from 1997 to 2003, Mike held multiple senior sales management positions with HotJobs.com and Yahoo! and was most recently Western Manager, Strategic Account Sales leading sales teams in Austin, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Chicago. He is an active member of the Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM), the Employment Management Association (EMA), and the International Association for Corporate & Professional Recruitment (IACPR). He has been quoted in Crain’s Chicago Business and the Chicago Tribune and he has served as a panel member of the First Annual Illinois Technology Conference. Michael holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and Textual Studies from Syracuse University.
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About SmartRecruiters: SmartRecruiters is an end-to-end recruiting platform that helps companies with talent acquisition.
Sarah Wilson
VP, People of SmartRecruiters
Sarah Wilson is the VP, People at SmartRecruiters.
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About SmartRecruiters: SmartRecruiters is an end-to-end recruiting platform that helps companies with talent acquisition.
Jodi Alperstein
VP Product of Hired
Jodi Alperstein is Vice President of Product at Hired, where she leads product strategy, execution and design. She is mission-driven and passionate about creating amazing experiences for both our candidates and employers. She has a proven track record of leading Product at start-ups and at scale, with 20 years of success in consumer, B2B, marketplace and subscription business models. Prior to Hired, she helped grow divisional P&Ls at both Moody’s Analytics and E*TRADE Financial to $300 million each. Jodi was Credit Karma’s first VP of Product, helping them reach 40 million members, and she was the first head of product at Varo Money and Roofstock.
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About Hired: Hired is a career marketplace that matches tech talent with innovative companies.
Nidhi Gupta
Senior Vice President of Engineering of Hired
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About Hired: Hired is a career marketplace that matches tech talent with innovative companies.
Matt Chappell
SVP Sales of Legion Technologies
Proven revenue leader with a track record of building and leading high performing commercial organizations across companies ranging in stage from startups to publicly traded multinationals. Background spans Sales and Business Development functions within the Technology and Financial Services sectors. Matt started his career at J.P. Morgan before entering the world of emerging technologies. He holds an MBA from the Leonard N. Stern School of Business and Bachelor of Arts degrees in Economics and English from Wake Forest University.
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About JP Morgan, Legion Technologies: Legion Technologies features an AI-powered workforce management platform that optimizes labor efficiency and employee engagement.
Chris Heine
VP of Strategic Alliances of Paradox
As Senior Vice president of Global Client Services & Operations, Chris Heine oversees multiple teams responsible for converting sales into revenue, and leads the planning, reporting and strategy for sales tools and technology for AOL’s $1.5B advertising business. Since joining the company in 2005, Chris has led several organizational integrations and acquisitions for AOL Platforms, driving the company’s effort to deliver brands and agencies a cleaner and more holistic advertising offering. Before joining the AOL family, Chris’s entrepreneurial spirit drew him to product and project management roles at several startups including Impreza Design, a web design company and 180s, a provider of wearable technology. His efforts resulted in the successful sales of Impreza Design, and 180s, making the #9 spot on Inc. Magazine’s 2003 list of America’s Fastest Growing Companies.Chris received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Maryland and lives with his wife and two daughters in Annapolis, MD.
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About Paradox, Vizual.ai: Paradox is an AI company that helps companies capture and screen candidates, improve conversions, and answer all candidate questions.
Stephen Ost
VP, Product of Paradox
Stephen has a passion for creating beautiful, innovative, and scalable software that solves real client problems. As the Vice President of Product at Paradox, Stephen is responsible for helping Olivia come to life. His unique set of Product skills and background in Computer Science allows him to take the complexities of building an artificial intelligence and create a simplified and beautiful candidate and recruiter experience. Stephen works closely with our product and engineering team to ensure the reliability, efficiency, and performance of Olivia, while also adding new features and benefits. Prior to Paradox, Stephen was recognized as a College Entrepreneur of the Year by Entrepreneur Magazine and has built several software companies, with one leading to an acquisition.
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About Paradox: Paradox is an AI company that helps companies capture and screen candidates, improve conversions, and answer all candidate questions.
Chris Le Breton
SVP, Strategic Initiatives of Jobvite
Chris Le Breton is SVP of Strategic Initiatives at Jobvite. He studied at University College London and after graduation worked at Deutsche Bank. He was Co-founder & CEO of RolePoint, a Talent Acquisition platform founded in the Bay Area, focused on Internal Mobility and Employee Referral solutions, prior to its acquisition by Jobvite.
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About Jobvite, RolePoint: Jobvite provides end-to-end talent acquisition software and services that increase recruiting quality, speed, and cost-effectiveness.
Jared Adams
SVP, Product Engineering of Jobvite
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About Jobvite: Jobvite provides end-to-end talent acquisition software and services that increase recruiting quality, speed, and cost-effectiveness.
Kelly Lavin
SVP, Talent of Jobvite
Kelly leads talent at Jobvite. She has over 20 years of experience in the HR space and has excelled at helping companies hire and retain great people through creative and impactful talent practices. Prior to leading talent at Jobvite, Kelly was on the launch team at Canvas, the first enterprise-grade text-based interviewing platform that enables recruiters to screen more job candidates and market employment brands. At Canvas, Kelly led Customer Success and Talent. Kelly also spent five years with Apparatus as head of talent. With Apparatus, Kelly formulated the company’s talent strategy. Kelly helped with the sale of Apparatus to Virtusa for $34.2 million and subsequently played a global role overseeing Virtusa’s employee L&D function for the Americas and Europe. Prior to Apparatus, she worked with Emmis Communications for four years. Kelly also co-founded Next Gen Talent – A 2-year program designed to equip early career HR leaders with the business acumen necessary to drive change and lead through the challenges that our businesses face.
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About Jobvite: Jobvite provides end-to-end talent acquisition software and services that increase recruiting quality, speed, and cost-effectiveness.
Cynthia Henderson
VP Data Scientist of Scoutible
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About Scoutible: Scoutible is a video game-based hiring platform.
Rob Crabtree
Vice President of Operations of Velocity Global
Rob leads Velocity Global’s client service organization. After receiving his bachelor’s degree in International Relations from Texas Christian University, Rob earned his Juris Doctor from the Charleston School of Law in Charleston, South Carolina. Rob’s legal background includes Admiralty law, international business transactions, immigration law, and employment law. Rob is currently in his final year of earning an International MBA from the University of Denver. He has experience working in countries throughout the world and has particular expertise working with the Gulf Cooperation Council countries in the Middle East. Beyond his professional pursuits, Rob enjoys traveling, hunting, fishing, and playing golf.
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About Velocity Global: Velocity Global is a global employment solutions provider that has reinvented the way companies expand overseas.
Greg Thiessen
Vice President of Finance of Velocity Global
Greg Thiessen is the Chief Financial Officer at Velocity Global, LLC.
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About Velocity Global, Velocity Global, Velocity Global: Velocity Global is a global employment solutions provider that has reinvented the way companies expand overseas.
Shane Luke
VP Product and Engineering, Head of AI & Machine Learning of Workday
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About Workday: Workday provides SaaS-based enterprise solutions for a company’s human resources and financial management activities.
Ali Safadi
Vice President, Product Management of Workday
Ali Safadi is the Vice President at Workday.
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About Workday: Workday provides SaaS-based enterprise solutions for a company’s human resources and financial management activities.
Barbry McGann
SVP Product Management of Workday
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About Workday, Workday, Workday Ventures: Workday provides SaaS-based enterprise solutions for a company’s human resources and financial management activities.
Mandy Jeffery
Vice President, People of Workday
Mandy Jeffery is the vice-president of people, international and operations at Workday, a leading provider of enterprise cloud applications for finance and human resources. With more than 20 years of experience, she has global responsibility for Workday’s HR operations and international business partnering and employee engagement. Previously, she served as the senior director of HR Operations at Verifone and was part of a team that successfully implemented Workday across 44 countries. Preceding Verifone, she was a HR consultant for Thames Water, and has also previously served as the HR director for EMEA at Allegis Group. She has also served on multiple boards across EMEA.
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About Workday, Workday: Workday provides SaaS-based enterprise solutions for a company’s human resources and financial management activities.
Tony Rizzo
Vice President Product Adoption of Workday
Tony Rizzo is a co-founder and the Chief Product Officer at Tidemark, an enterprise performance management company that offers a unified application platform built for the cloud. He is a senior executive with 20+ years of experience in performance management consulting and services delivery. With a relentless focus on customer success and value, Rizzo has enabled some of the world’s leading companies to take advantage of software and technology to improve business performance. Prior to Tidemark, Rizzo was senior vice president at HCL Axon, where he established a new business unit focused on business analytics, which added the missing component to HCL Axon’s execution services portfolio. Prior to this, Rizzo was co-founder and vice president of services at OutlookSoft and was personally involved in successful implementations for hundreds of customers worldwide before leading its field services team through its acquisition by SAP. Rizzo began his career at IMRS, which later became Hyperion Solutions, and held a number of key roles in QA, product development, consulting, and consulting management.
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About Workday: Workday provides SaaS-based enterprise solutions for a company’s human resources and financial management activities.
Christine Cefalo
Executive Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer of Workday
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About Workday: Workday provides SaaS-based enterprise solutions for a company’s human resources and financial management activities.
James Cramer
Vice President, Product Management of Workday
James Cramer is the Vice President at Workday.
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About Workday: Workday provides SaaS-based enterprise solutions for a company’s human resources and financial management activities.
Jacqueline Loeb
Senior Vice President of Recruiter.com
Jacqueline Loeb is the Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator of Venture Scout.
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About Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator, Recruiter.com, Scouted: Recruiter.com is a leading on-demand recruiting platform that provides flexible talent acquisition solutions for startups to the Fortune 100
Bjoern Lasse Herrmann
VP of Sage Group
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About Sage Group: Sage Group provides small and medium sized company business management software and services.
Nancy Harris
Executive Vice President of Sage Group
Nancy Harris is the vice president and general manager of [Sage Software](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/sage-software), a software company that provides businesses with on-premises and cloud-based business management software and services. Previously, she worked at [ESO Solutions](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/eso-solutions) and [Asure Software](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/asure-software#/entity) as the chief operating officer. Prior to that, Harris held various positions in marketing at [ClearCommerce](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/clearcommerce) and [BMC Software](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/bmc-software#/entity). She currently resides in Canada.
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About Sage Group: Sage Group provides small and medium sized company business management software and services.
Paul Burrin
VP, Product & Marketing of Sage Group
Paul Burrin serves as the Vice President of Product and Marketing at Sage People.
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About Sage Group: Sage Group provides small and medium sized company business management software and services.
Tom Murphy
VP Operations and Marketing of Harri
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About Harri: Harri is an employee engagement platform that enables hospitality businesses with software to build, manage, and engage their teams.
Erik Bengtsson
VP of Customer Success & Operations of Torch
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About Torch: Torch is a leadership development platform that provides coaching, software, and feedback to raise performers to the next level.
Ed Chuang
Vice President, Marketing and Business Development of ClearCare
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About ClearCare: ClearCare is a web-based software solution that helps home care agencies efficiently focus on what’s important: providing better care.
Steven Seymour
EVP Strategic Accounts of Cornerstone OnDemand
As co-founder and Executive Vice President of Strategic Accounts, Seymour has developed successful client relationships with an impressive number of Fortune 500 organizations. With an early emphasis on the financial service community, Seymour has developed strong, longstanding client partnerships with some of the largest companies in the financial industry. Smith Barney, Washington Mutual, Aon and NYSE are among the marquee names that Seymour has brought into the Cornerstone OnDemand client family. Additionally, he has forged critical strategic partnerships with a number of the top international consulting companies resulting in increased Cornerstone OnDemand business and exposure. Seymour continues to leverage Cornerstone OnDemand’s growing pool of clients, consulting partners and strategic relationships to further increase the company’s footprint across multiple business verticals. Since the company’s inception, Seymour has worked with content and e-Learning providers to garner the feedback necessary to enhance client satisfaction. Providing these and other partners with a better understanding of emerging technology and client needs, Cornerstone OnDemand and its products and services remain at the cutting edge of this swiftly evolving industry. Prior to Cornerstone OnDemand, Seymour had an 8-year stint in the institutional banking industry. During this time, Seymour was a VP of the Schroder’s (now Citigroup) High Net Worth group where he covered a blend of institutional accounts, pension funds and high net worth individual portfolios. Steven holds a BS in Economics and a BA in English from the University of Southern California. Steven resides in Sarasota, Florida with his wife, Elizabeth, and son, Aiden.
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About Cornerstone OnDemand, Sonar6: Cornerstone OnDemand offers talent management software that helps organizations in recruiting, training, and managing their people.
Patrick Eichen
Vice President, Client Success of Cornerstone OnDemand
Patrick leads the Client Success organization at Cornerstone OnDemand. As a member of the Client Success team since its early inception, he has helped shape many of the programs that enable our clients to get maximum return on investment out of their use of Cornerstone products. Patrick’s team of Client Success Managers work closely with our customers to ensure they have the resources and tools to meet their overall objectives and stay connected to others within our client community. Prior to joining Cornerstone, Patrick held a leadership role for The University of Arizona’s nationally recognized Eller College of Management. One of his key responsibilities was helping to drive the implementation and adoption of new learning management and applicant tracking technologies. Patrick also was a Vice President for Bank of America, one of the world’s largest financial institutions. Over a lengthy career, Patrick was responsible for managing key business partnerships for the Global Wealth Investment Management and Consumer Real Estate divisions. Patrick earned a Bachelor of Science in Global Business from Arizona State University and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Arizona. He also holds a Senior Professional in Human Resources credential from the Human Resource Certification Institute as well as a Senior Certified Professional designation from the Society for Human Resource Management.
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About Cornerstone OnDemand: Cornerstone OnDemand offers talent management software that helps organizations in recruiting, training, and managing their people.
Michael Bollinger
Global Vice President – Thought Leadership & Advisory Sales of Cornerstone OnDemand
Mike Bollinger is VP of Thought Leadership at Cornerstone OnDemand and is an accomplished executive with 25 years of experience in positions of increasing responsibility. Mike has the privilege of leading a transformation team of practitioners and domain experts in the Talent, Analytics and Risk & Compliance fields. Mike speaks regularly at HCM thought leadership events such as Evanta, Argyle, HCI, ICMI, and others on HR trends, transformation and culture, generations in the workplace and how to measure the impact of HR transitions. Prior to Cornerstone, Mike worked at Oracle for 5 years including the development of the HCM Value Consulting content, value analysis tools and management of a National Value Consulting practice before joining the Oracle HR transformation thought leadership team. Mike also worked at SAP for 7 years in their HCM Centre of Excellence. Mike has been formally trained and certified in a number of disciplines including Human Capital Strategy, Strategic Workforce Planning, Value Engineering, and Business Process Transformation. Mike’s areas of expertise include HCM Strategy, Analytics, Talent Development & Education, Shared Services, Recruiting, HRMS/Payroll, Finance, Procurement, Planning, and Budgeting. Mike is active in local hometown service as a former School Board Commissioner and City Administrative Review Board Member. He resides in Eau Claire, WI with his wife Robin. They have two children.
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About Cornerstone OnDemand: Cornerstone OnDemand offers talent management software that helps organizations in recruiting, training, and managing their people.
Charissa Raynor
Co-Founder and Executive Vice President of NextStep
Charissa is nationally recognized as a thought leader on creating a qualified and sustainable long-term care workforce and addressing the coming care crisis. She has more than 20 years of experience in healthcare policy, research, and practice. Prior to co-founding NextStep, Charissa was the founding Executive Director of an organization that delivered training and healthcare benefits to more than 50,000 long-term care workers annually. She holds a Master’s degree in Health Service Administration and a Bachelor’s degree in Nursing.
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About NextStep: NextStep is an information technology company that provides training and job placement for workers via mobile application platform.
Evelyn Kim
Vice President of Product Design of BetterUp
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About BetterUp: BetterUp develops an AI-driven platform that helps people and businesses grow personally and professionally through coaching.
Stephen Hilton
Senior Vice President, Corporate Controller and Treasurer of Robert Half International
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About Robert Half International: Robert Half is a professional services company and is the world’s first and largest accounting and finance staffing firm.
Robert Glass
Executive Vice President, Corporate Development of Robert Half International
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About Robert Half International: Robert Half is a professional services company and is the world’s first and largest accounting and finance staffing firm.
Tami Munns
SVP, Corporate Services-Staffing of Robert Half International
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About Robert Half International: Robert Half is a professional services company and is the world’s first and largest accounting and finance staffing firm.
Paula Streit
Senior Vice President, Corporate Services – Protiviti of Robert Half International
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About Robert Half International: Robert Half is a professional services company and is the world’s first and largest accounting and finance staffing firm.
Evelyn Crane-Oliver
Senior Vice President – Secretary and General Counsel of Robert Half International
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About Robert Half International: Robert Half is a professional services company and is the world’s first and largest accounting and finance staffing firm.
Christopher Hoffmann
Senior Vice President & Global Privacy Officer of Robert Half International
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About Robert Half International: Robert Half is a professional services company and is the world’s first and largest accounting and finance staffing firm.
Elizabeth Ledbetter
Vice President/Metro Market Manager of TCG and Robert Half Technology of Robert Half International
Elizabeth Ledbetter is the St. Louis-based metro market manager for The Creative Group, a division of Robert Half specializing in the placement of highly skilled interactive, design, marketing and public relations professionals on a project and full-time basis. Elizabeth joined The Creative Group in 2008 and was previously the agency director for an entertainment agency in St. Louis. She is an active member of many local associations, including the American Marketing Association (St. Louis chapter). Elizabeth is a graduate of Purdue University.
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About Robert Half International: Robert Half is a professional services company and is the world’s first and largest accounting and finance staffing firm.
Lynne Smith
Senior Vice President, Human Resources and Compensation of Robert Half International
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About Robert Half International: Robert Half is a professional services company and is the world’s first and largest accounting and finance staffing firm.
Dave Garcia
Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Field Operations of Simpplr
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About Simpplr: Simpplr is a provider intranet software platform for companies to engage with and manage employees.
Blagoja Golubovski
VP, Product Management of Simpplr
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About Simpplr: Simpplr is a provider intranet software platform for companies to engage with and manage employees.
Ella Davidson
VP Global Human Resource of Centrical
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About Centrical: Centrical is an employee-centric success platform that enables employee engagement, development, and performance management.
Joe Essenfeld
Vice President Strategy of iCIMS
Joe Essenfeld is the Founder and CEO of Jibe. Prior to starting Jibe, Joe was COO of Insomnia Cookies, where he was responsible for hiring hundreds of employees. It was his experiences with those hires that led him to start Jibe. Beyond Joe’s hands-on hiring experience, his relationships with senior recruitment executives at the Fortune 1000 have shaped the recruiting solutions Jibe has built. Joe received his Bachelor of Science from Cornell University and currently resides in New York City with his wife and daughter.
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About iCIMS: iCIMS is a talent cloud company that helps organizations to attract, engage, hire, and advance the right talent.
Michael Wilczak
Senior Vice President of iCIMS
Mike is a global business executive who has spent 20 years building great companies in the SaaS, Cloud and IT infrastructure segments of the technology sector. As head of Strategy and Corporate Development at iCIMS, he is responsible for growing the business through mergers and acquisitions, partnerships and strategic alliances, and preparation for future financial events.
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About iCIMS: iCIMS is a talent cloud company that helps organizations to attract, engage, hire, and advance the right talent.
Carol Cochran
VP of People and Culture of FlexJobs Corporation
Carol Cochran is the VP of People and Culture at FlexJobs.
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About FlexJobs Corporation: FlexJobs is the most trusted job service for helping people find flexible jobs – remote, freelance, part-time, and flexible schedules.
Owein Reese
VP of Engineering of Arena Analytics
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About Arena Analytics: Arena Analytics applies predictive analytics and machine learning to talent acquisition challenges.
Joshua Valdez
SVP Product Management of Ceridian
Joshua Valdez is the SVP Product Management at Ceridian.
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About Ceridian, Wildfire: Ceridian helps organizations maximize their human, financial, and technology resources.
Cole Goeppinger
SVP of Engineering of Entelo
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About Entelo: Entelo’s recruiting platform enables top talent professionals to find, qualify, and engage with top talent.
Rosie Atkins
VP of Product of Homebase
Rosie Atkins has been a product leader for more than 20 years. In her current role as VP of Product at Homebase, she is working toward the company’s mission to make it simple for local businesses to manage hourly employees. She has held product leadership roles at OpenTable, Groupon, and Upserve. In 1997, Rosie was a founding employee at Reel.com, the first business to rent and sell movies online. Rosie is a mentor at the Program on Entrepreneurship at Yale School of Management and at the Berkeley-Haas Entrepreneurship Program at Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley.
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About Homebase: Homebase helps its users to track and schedule hours.
Jeff Auston
VP Engineering of Homebase
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About Homebase, Torch: Homebase helps its users to track and schedule hours.
Erick Tai
Co-founder, VP of Engineering of Reflektive
Founder of Reflektive.
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About Reflektive: Reflektive is the first people management platform that helps managers and employees work better together. #NoBadManagers
Ben Nachbaur
VP, Sales of Reflektive
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About Reflektive: Reflektive is the first people management platform that helps managers and employees work better together. #NoBadManagers
Amir Ghobrial
Sr VP of Software Development and Technologies of Empower Software solutions
Amir Ghobrial is a Sr VP of Software Development and Technologies at Empower Software solutions.
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About Empower Software solutions: Empower Software solutions, an Orlando provider of human capital management and workforce management solutions.
Mike Moore
VP, Customer Success of SyncHR
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About SyncHR: SyncHR provides enterprises with cloud-based technology solutions that are able to streamline HR, benefits, payroll and reporting processes.
Marcus Gosling
VP of User Experience of Work.com
Marcus Gosling currently heads the product team at The Long-Term Stock Exchange. A graduate of the Royal College of Art in London, Marcus worked at IDEO San Francisco and in 2004, co-founded IMVU.com with Eric Ries. In 2010, he left IMVU to head User Experience at Rypple.com—acquired by Salesforce in 2011. More recently he ran the Design practice at Highway1, a hardware startup accelerator.
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About Captable.io, Long-Term Stock Exchange, Work.com: Work.com is a cloud computing-based social performance management platform for managers and employees to improve their performance.
James Franzone
Vice President of Corporate Development of TriNet
Jimmy Franzone joined TriNet in 2010 as Vice President of Corporate Development and now also working as SVP, Strategy here. He aligns TriNet’s internal development resources or spearheads strategic acquisitions and partnerships with leading external product and technology companies. Prior to TriNet, Jimmy was focused on investing in attractive business services companies as a Vice President at General Atlantic LLC, a leading global growth equity firm. As a private equity investor, he invested in growing and profitable businesses with strong recurring revenue characteristics. Jimmy was familiar with TriNet before joining the company, as he led its efforts in 2009 to acquire Gevity, taking Gevity private before merging it with TriNet. Jimmy also previously served as senior associate for Technology Crossover Ventures, a VC firm where he sourced, exercised due diligence, and monitored growth equity and PIPE investments for consumer Internet companies such as Netflix and Expedia. He began his career as a business analyst at McKinsey & Company, a management consulting firm. Jimmy earned a bachelor’s degree in Economics from Dartmouth College and an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
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About TriNet, TriNet: TriNet provides HR solutions to small to mid-sized businesses including payroll, health benefits, and human capital management.
Ed Griese
Senior Vice President of Insurance Services of TriNet
Ed Griese joined TriNet in 2016 as Senior Vice President of Insurance Services. He joined TriNet from Health First, Inc., where he was President and CEO of Health First Health Plans, a subsidiary providing multiple commercial and Medicare health plans for Health First’s fully integrated health system. For two years prior, Ed was Managing Director and Partner of Alvarez & Marsal, a leading global professional services firm focused on performance improvement and business advisory services. He also worked for Munich Re Group, one of the world’s largest reinsurers, in various roles, most recently as President of Munich Health North America. Prior to that, he served as Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer of Paramount Health, a subsidiary of Munich Re in Mumbai. Ed held executive positions for Cigna International, a global health insurance services company and UnitedHealthcare International, a provider of health solutions for globally mobile employees, based in Munich. Edward earned a bachelor’s degree in Accounting from Gustavus Adolphus College. Ed Griese-TriNet SVP of Insurance Services
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About TriNet: TriNet provides HR solutions to small to mid-sized businesses including payroll, health benefits, and human capital management.
Catherine Wragg
Senior Vice President of Human Resources of TriNet
Catherine Wragg joined TriNet in 2017 and serves as Senior Vice President of Human Resources, overseeing learning and development, HR operations and compliance, talent acquisition, compensation and analytics, and internal HR support to the business. Previously, Catherine served as the Senior Vice President of Business Development at Giorgio Armani Corporation, where she collaborated with the CEO on various business strategies, including the management of the e-commerce channel for North America. Earlier at Giorgio Armani, she was the Senior Vice President of Human Resources at A|X Armani Exchange. Catherine led the integration of A|X into Giorgio Armani following its acquisition by Giorgio Armani Group. Catherine studied English at Northern Arizona University. She is a former Board member of the Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation.
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About TriNet: TriNet provides HR solutions to small to mid-sized businesses including payroll, health benefits, and human capital management.
Sandy Yu
VP, Marketing and Product Management of EmployeeChannel
Sandy Yu owns and drives the company’s marketing and product direction with an intense focus on delivering innovative, intuitive, and highly differentiated products at a start-up pace. Sandy has experience managing the entire product lifecycle, from early concepts and prototypes, to market releases, to broad market penetration, to a position of market dominance evidenced by a loyal and referenceable base of partners and customers. She has more than 15 years experience in product management and development for consumer, corporate, and educational organizations, and she is a highly motivated, passionate, and innovative thinker. Sandy has experience and expertise in eCommerce, web, and mobile strategy, and has provided leadership in product development, analysis, and project and program management for companies such as Autodesk, Avid Technology, Digidesign, and the University of California, Davis. Sandy has a B.A. in Economics from UCD and an M.B.A. from SFSU.
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About EmployeeChannel: A leading provider of mobile apps for employee engagement and communication.
Steven Bailey
VP, Sales of EmployeeChannel
Steve leads EmployeeChannel’s enterprise sales team and drives both strategic and tactical initiatives to meet the company’s growth objectives for revenue, profitability, and market dominance. He is responsible for growing market share while fostering high degrees of customer satisfaction. Steve has a proven track record of delivering consistent top-line revenue growth, recruiting and developing world-class sales teams, and ensuring that the customer voice is reflected in the company’s decision making. Steve is an experienced enterprise sales executive in the HR technology marketplace, having recently served as the Vice President of Sales, North America at Cornerstone OnDemand, a leader in talent management software. Prior to joining Cornerstone, Steve served as a Regional Vice President of Sales at SumTotal Systems, a provider of Human Capital Management solutions, and as a Regional Sales Manager at Concur Technologies, a provider of T&E Management Solutions. Steve has a B.A. in Liberal Arts, from DePauw University.
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About EmployeeChannel: A leading provider of mobile apps for employee engagement and communication.
Steve Heister
VP, Product Management of SkillSurvey
Steve works directly with recruiting teams to improve their quality-of-hire and increase recruiting efficiency with technology. He brings over 13 years of experience in business management and talent acquisition solutions with him. Before SkillSurvey, Steve was with leading technology firms in North America, where he worked closely with a number of Fortune 500 firms including eBay, Kohl’s and McDonald’s.
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About SkillSurvey: Cloud-based, patented HR technology harnessing the power of data to help source, recruit and hire the best people for every role.
Brenda Dandrea
Vice President of Client Relations of SkillSurvey
Brenda oversees SkillSurvey’s customer relationships and the team of relationship managers who ensure our client’s success. Since joining SkillSurvey in 2008, she has nurtured a strong level of partnership with a focus on helping our customers hire, retain and source top talent through our solution. Brenda brings over 16 years of leadership and management experience, with a strong background in recruitment and technology prior to SkillSurvey.
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About SkillSurvey: Cloud-based, patented HR technology harnessing the power of data to help source, recruit and hire the best people for every role.
Timothy Diassi
EVP & GM, Senior Vice President of Acquisitions and Partnerships of Unicorn HRO
Timothy Diassi is the senior vice president of acquisitions and partnerships. He is responsible for initiating and maintaining the most strategic company marketing alliances to create interest, demand, and recognition for Unicorn HRO and its products through the use of strategic relationships, channels and online marketing. . He joined Unicorn HRO in 1995 as a financial and human resources consultant and has since served as the company’s director of product management. Throughout the past, he has been directly responsible for reshaping Software Plus from a software vendor to an outsourcing firm supporting the human resources industry with a suite of hosted payroll and employee tracking solutions.
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About Unicorn HRO: Unicorn HRO specializes in fully integrated benefits, payroll and human resource solutions.
Cal McGrath
Vice President of Product Management of Unicorn HRO
Cal McGrath joined Unicorn HRO in August 2003 and currently has responsibility for the development and advancement of Unicorn HRO’s software solutions. While working for Unicorn HRO, McGrath has managed several client implementations that have included significant customizations. He is a key player in managing the development and deployment of Web-based open enrollment/benefit enrollment functionality and Unicorn HRO’s new reporting solution, WebreportHR. McGrath has over 10 years of experience in product management services to HR outsourcing companies and their clients with a specific focus on using technology solutions to support complex benefit plan and administration requirements.
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About Unicorn HRO: Unicorn HRO specializes in fully integrated benefits, payroll and human resource solutions.
Edward Gettings
Senior Vice President of Product Development and Operations of Unicorn HRO
Edward Gettings is the senior vice president of product development and operations at Unicorn HRO. He is responsible for the development and advancement of Unicorn HRO’s iCON benefits, payroll processing and human resources services solutions as well as Outsource and iCON support operations. Gettings joined Unicorn HRO in 2002 with nearly 25 years of human resources management and operations experience. During this time, he held several senior management positions that entailed the selection, design, implementation and management of numerous strategic business processes and integrated human resources information system (HRIS) programs. Gettings is a member of WorldatWork, the International Human Resource Information Systems Management (IHRIM) and Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM).
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About Unicorn HRO: Unicorn HRO specializes in fully integrated benefits, payroll and human resource solutions.
Ryan Callahan
VP of Marketing of RallyPoint
Ryan Callahan is the VP of Marketing & Partnerships at RallyPoint, the world’s largest online military network. He joined RallyPoint in 2016 as the Head of Advertising Operations. Before RallyPoint, he served as an Enterprise Account Manager for Ve Interactive where he managed online marketing campaigns. Prior to this, Ryan led the digital marketing acquisition channels for Sperry’s E-commerce business. Ryan holds a Master of Science degree from Boston University in Digital Advertising, and a Bachelor of Arts from Fairfield University where he majored in New Media and minored in Marketing.
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About RallyPoint: RallyPoint is a social and professional network with 2 million members-enabling employers and advertisers to reach the military community.
Matthew Corsi
SVP – Marketing and Digital – Sourcing and Category Management of Truist
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About Truist: Truist provides software and services for companies to manage their charitable programs and other philanthropic efforts.
Derek Jones
VP Business Development, Americas of Deputy
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About Deputy: Deputy is an employee management tool, simplifying scheduling, timesheets, tasks and workplace communication.
Colman Lydon
Vice President of Everwise
An experienced entrepreneur, using technology to design and build solutions to acute problems, with a particular interest in engaging large, dispersed groups.
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About Everwise: Everwise’s software and services connect employees to the experts and insights they need to be successful at every stage of their career
