Patrick Beharelle

Patrick Beharelle is the Chief Operating Officer for SeatonCorp, a $350+ mm best-in-class staffing and recruiting company that operates under the PeopleScout, Staff Management, and StudentScout brands. Patrick has more than 10 years of executive level experience, with a demonstrated track record of crafting and implementing strategies to achieve above market growth. He has been a featured speaker at several key industry events, a regular contributor to industry publications, and is a recognized thought leader in the RPO space. Prior to joining SeatonCorp, Patrick was the Senior Vice President in charge of Spherion’s RPO division. Prior to that role, he served several years in Accenture’s Strategy Formulation Practice, specializing in Growth Strategy. Patrick also was President/Co-Founder of a highly successful, venture-backed financial services provider. Patrick received an MBA degree from The Wharton School.

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Karen Browne

Karen Browne, PeopleScout’s President, joined the company in 2000. Since that time, she has spearheaded PeopleScout’s Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) business unit, leveraging the firm’s proprietary software and processes to deliver recruitment and retention solutions.
Browne is a frequent speaker and contributor on recruitment and employee retention-related topics and has been quoted in leading industry publications. Prior to joining PeopleScout, she owned a consulting business that concentrated on creating operational excellence through process and people. With more than 12 years experience at the executive level, Browne has a BS and MA from Central Michigan University. 

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Rebecca Callahan

Rebecca Callahan is the senior vice president of Spherion’s Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) Division and a member of Spherion’s leadership team. She is responsible for leading the strategic development and execution of business growth and operational excellence to continue to drive Spherion’s capabilities and leadership in RPO.

Upon joining Spherion in 2003, Callahan served as vice president of the Assessment Group. In that role, she led the integration of the company’s new technology and the development of both a direct sales and partner strategy to drive growth. Following a promotion to senior vice president of sales, she generated 80 percent of the existing Spherion RPO client base and was instrumental in the development of client acquisition strategy. Callahan successfully led a multi-year strategic initiative to reconfigure Spherion’s enterprise business portfolio to encompass a broader base of mid-market accounts. She also provided the impetus for the development of a world-class selling organization through a focus on sales strategy, sales force productivity and sales process execution.

Callahan has more than 20 years of extensive sales and business operations experience in the services industry. Prior to joining Spherion, she held vice president of sales positions at publicly traded companies that included Blue Pumpkin Software and PageNet — where she had P&L responsibility for a $60 million market. She has a strong record of successfully negotiating complex contracts with many Fortune 1000 clients, significantly exceeding revenue expectations and increasing organizational performance through the growth of a national client base.

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Larry Casey

Larry Casey is the Senior Vice President, Global Human Resources of Key Safety Systems, Inc. He joined Key Safety Systems in June 2007. Prior to joining his current position, Mr. Casey was Senior Director, Human Resources, North America and Global Climate Business for Visteon Corporation.

Mr. Casey’s prior human resources experience spanned nearly 30 years with both Ford Motor Company and Visteon Corporation. During this time, he held multiple, successive levels of human resources responsibilities including plant, divisional, international and corporate level assignments. Mr. Casey’s human resources roles have included the full-range of human resources functionality; and he is most noted for his international & operational human resources experience.

Mr. Casey holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree, Business Administration from Alma College, Alma, Michigan.

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Elliot Clark

Elliot is the founder of Crossing Media, LLC publisher of HRO Today, FAO Today, HRO Europe and The CRO and managers of the Shared Xpertise Forums. These highly informative news magazines provide pertinent insight on industry developments and an array of topics of management interest. Each issue opens with Elliot's columns providing commentary on newsworthy events and emerging trends.

Prior to Crossing Media, LLC, Elliot was the Chief Operating Officer of Kenexa Corporation (Nasdaq KNXA), a leading provider of HR software and outsourcing services. During his 15 year tenure with Kenexa, he oversaw corporate operations and directly managed the RPO division. He led the Kenexa team to be named the top provider in RPO by multiple industry analysts and publications including HRO Today magazine.

Elliot earned a B.S. Economics degree with a major in Human Resources from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Finance and Commerce in 1983. He served on the National Board of Directors of the Wharton Alumni Association from 1997 to 1998.

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Kathleen Donovan

Kathleen M. Donovan is Managing Director of Manpower Business Solutions in the U.S. In this role, she is responsible for the leadership and direction for the Manpower Business Solutions team, concentrating on growing recruitment process outsourcing and expanding Manpower’s other innovative staffing solutions.

Donovan joined Manpower in September of 2008 from Veritude, a Fidelity Investments company, which specializes in recruiting and HR consulting. Donovan was a senior vice president with accountability for the company’s largest client relationships as well as the strategy and workforce consulting functions. During her four-year tenure with Veritude, Donovan led the company’s successful entree into recruitment process outsourcing.

Prior to joining Veritude, Donovan led her own consulting firm, where she advised clients on how to deliver HR services by leveraging outsourcing strategies. Additionally, Donovan spent 18 years with BankBoston Financial Corp., ultimately leading HR for the company’s investment and global banking business groups.

Donovan writes frequently on the topic of recruiting and retention, with articles appearing in industry publications. She also published a study sponsored by SHRM (Society for HR Management) “The Future of the HR Profession.”

Donovan earned an MS from Boston University and BA from the College of the Holy Cross.

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Brett Gerard

Brett Gerard leads The RightThing’s business development effort and is instrumental in guiding the company’s aggressive growth strategy and corporate development activities. Brett has more than a decade of experience in establishing HRO client relationships, conducting research and analysis of service provider practices, managing client portfolio expansion, directing growth strategies and executing revenue enhancement plans.

Prior to coming to The RightThing, Brett held RPO and HRO leadership positions at TPI, Korn/Ferry international Futurestep, Inc., and Hewitt Associates.

Brett is an internationally recognized and highly regarded human resource outsourcing consultant who has structured some of the largest and most complex global RPO relationships in the industry. He is a current Board member of the Recruitment Process Outsourcing Alliance. Brett holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Government & Politics from George Mason University.

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Shelia D. Gray, SPHR

Shelia is responsible for leading Talent Acquisition function for ABB, developing recruiting strategies, and delivering business aligned programs and policies to support the competitive success of the organization

She has over 20 years of Human Resource experience in the areas of recruitment, employee relations, affirmative action, diversity, and change management. Shelia has a varied industry background having worked with such dynamic organizations as, MITRE Corp. Honeywell, Accenture, Qwest Communications, Sun Microsystems, Hanes Brands Inc. and International Paper.

Her newest endeavor is the development of the RPO Buyer’s Group a Specialist Group of HROA. Shelia currently serves on the Board of Directors for the National Association of African Americans in Human Resources, and is the President of DirectEmployers. She is also a member of the Society of Human Resources Management, the National Black MBA Association, the Human Resources Planning Society and the Junior League of Raleigh. She holds a MBA from Northeastern University and a BS in Industrial Labor Relations from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Daniel T. Griswold

Daniel T. Griswold is Director of the Center for Trade Policy Studies at the Cato Institute in Washington, DC. Since joining Cato in 1997, Mr. Griswold has authored or co-authored major studies on globalization, trade and immigration, including the 2007 study, “Trading Up: How Expanding Trade has Delivered Better Jobs and Higher Living Standards.” He has authored articles for the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, the Financial Times, and other major publications and has appeared on C-SPAN, CNN, PBS, the BBC, and Fox News. He has testified before congressional committees and federal agencies on a range of trade and immigration issues. Earlier in his career, he served as a congressional press secretary and the editorial page editor of the Colorado Springs Gazette.

He holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Wisconsin at Madison and a diploma in economics and a master's degree in the Politics of the World Economy from the London School of Economics.

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John Haworth

Mr. Haworth is in his fourth year as head of the HRO consulting practice at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, the largest outsourcing law firm.

A true pioneer in the HR outsourcing field, Mr. Haworth’s career milestones include establishing one of the first truly global internet-based human resource delivery systems for the Raytheon Company, the co-founding of Fidelity’s  HRO business (the first full-service HR-Payroll –Benefits outsourcing offering),  establishing the first global BPO licensing program for PeopleSoft, and founding a $400M BPO operation for KPMG.  Mr. Haworth was most recently EVP at BrassRing (now Kenexa), a global leader in recruitment software and Recruitment Process Outsourcing where he headed strategy, business development, marketing, and international sales.

John holds an M.A. in Technology Strategy from the Institute of Technology Strategy and Policy, a joint institute of Boston University and M.I.T.  His latest article is titled “Defining Recruitment Process Outsourcing” and appears in the current edition of HRO Today magazine.

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Susan Marks

Inspiring and motivating, Sue is full of energy, thoughts and ideas. More than just a visionary, as our CEO, Sue has an ability to “see around corners” and meet the future head on ... sometimes before any of us are ready for it! Famous for asking not just “why”, but “why not?”, Sue generates more big ideas in a week … well, by now you must know what we mean by that! Famous for truisms that we fondly call “Sueisms”, our corporate culture reflects her visionary thinking, creative problem solving and aspirations about the meaning of our work. Her unselfish ability to build confidence and optimism in people and their good ideas creates opportunities for Pinstripe and our clients.

With an unerring feel for what makes sense for our business and the businesses of our customers, Sue’s attention to client challenges is keen. She hears every word, sees every angle, absorbs every detail. A well-known founder of the recruitment process outsourcing industry, Sue has helped client organizations turn themselves into recruiting powerhouses, upgrading their talent and increasing their success in the market.

Over the span of more than two decades, in every role she has played throughout her career – CEO, operator, strategist, leader – Sue has embodied a focus on the future and remained an industry visionary and thought leader.

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Kim Martin

Kim is the Global Talent Acquisition Leader for GE Healthcare and is responsible for delivering best in class talent identification, acquisition, and recruitment process excellence worldwide.  Kim leads a team of four global talent acquisition leaders and 11 talent acquisition regional champions, who develop, implement, sustain, and continually improve the identification, recruitment, and selection of over 8000 internal & external hires across 62 counties. Kim’s responsibilities for global talent acquisition include; strategy formulation, team structure and management, recruitment systems & tools, process ownership and continuous improvement, recruitment brand management, and university relations.

Kim has held several HR leadership roles for GE Healthcare in the past 9 years. She joined GE Healthcare (formally GE Medical Systems) after completing her Master’s in Labor and Industrial Relations from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.  Kim is a graduate of GE’s Human Resource Leadership Program (HRLP). She also has a BA & MA from University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

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Mike Mayeux

Mayeux (MYU!), founder and CEO of Novotus, uses nearly 20 years' experience in the talent acquisition industry to steer employees, clients, and candidates toward success. With his unique understanding of technology, consulting, and recruiting, Mayeux leads the Novotus team to accomplish the goal of reinventing talent acquisition. Always on the cutting edge of interactive technology, Mayeux allows Novotus to lead the industry in tools and best practices that improve clients recruiting results.

Prior to forming Novotus, Mayeux was Practice Director at one of Oracle's largest full-service consulting practices, ThinkSpark. Mayeux's management experience followed his tenure as Senior Sales Executive at Hire.com, where he worked with some of the world's largest companies in purchasing and implementing enterprise-recruiting solutions.

Mayeux had previously worked for Search One, an executive search firm. He joined Search One as an executive recruiter, and progressively moved to COO, CIO, and Partner. Mayeux recognized early the opportunities for the Internet to transform recruiting, and personally established an Internet search/research department for the company.

His work to advance the industry has included membership and awards with the National Association of Personnel Consultants. He co-founded and serves as a board member of the Recruitment Process Outsourcing Association.

Mayeux's passions stretch far beyond uniting employers and employees.

He also enjoys spending time with his wife and children, attending church, playing golf, and grilling massive amounts of barbecue for large groups of people.

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D. Zachary Misko

D. Zachary Misko is a Director and a member of the Leadership Team for the global Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) practice in Kelly’s Outsourcing and Consulting Group, a division of Kelly Services, Inc. (NASDAQ: KELYA, KELYB). Kelly is a world leader in human resources solutions with global headquarters in Troy, Mich.

As a Director at HRfirst, the high growth RPO business unit in Kelly’s global outsourcing and consulting division, drives strategic initiatives related to building more value around our RPO brand in the market for both our clients and our employees.  These initiatives are critical to our goals of being a market leader in RPO as well as an employer of choice.  Zachary’s focus is on uncovering and leveraging opportunities for speaking engagements and exposure within publications, conferences, webinars, and on-line events in support of our thought leadership goals.  Zachary will also works to develop and execute our HR plan and Employer of Choice activities to ensure success within talent acquisition, retention and effective performance management. 

HRfirst works with Fortune 500 to develop and implement processes that improve and drive the hiring process, recruitment, onboarding, retention and selection functions within a company.  He also works to provide HRfirst and its employees with leadership and support as they continue to grow.   Kelly HRfirst is a market leader in RPO, providing an extensive range of solutions to manage internal hiring needs from customized hiring projects to end-to-end recruitment process outsourcing.

Prior to joining HRfirst, Zachary managed Human Resource functions at a world-wide leader in Biotechnology and Life Sciences, Promega Corp, Madison, WI, and was employed as the Sr Training Manager for Lands’ End, Dodgeville, WI.

He has over 15 years of broad Human Resource and management expertise in the Direct Merchant arena, Retail, Finance, Biotechnology, and Professional Services and has held various positions in the areas of Recruitment, Employment Law, Employee Relations, Consulting, Strategic HR Planning, Performance Management Programs, Training/Development and Compensation.  Zachary has several certifications within the training and development arena and has delivered 100+ seminars to date.  Zachary is also certified as a Certified Internet Recruiter (CIR) and Certified Diversity Recruiter (CDR) through AIRS, Inc. He has completed advanced certification from DILHR and is certified in Affirmative Action and Diversity Hiring.

Zachary has been a member of Society of Human resource Management (SHRM) for the past 13 years and serves on the board’s Executive Committee as Past President – Metro-Milwaukee SHRM.  Metro Milwaukee SHRM is an association with 1000 members and 12 Board of Directors. In addition, he is an active member of the National Association of Personnel Services (NAPS) and has previously served on the board of directors for JMB Properties.

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John Younger

For over 21 years, John’s passion to dramatically improve how people and jobs find each other has drawn upon his deep understanding of technology, the recruitment process and a core belief that everyone deserves courtesy and respect. This idea is central to Accolo's vision, methods, and communications which John founded in 2000.

Accolo, Inc. (www.accolo.com) is an innovator in networking-based Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO). Accolo was recently recognized as one of the fastest growing companies in the United States (2007 Inc 500), the fastest growing private company in the San Francisco Bay Area (2006), won the 2005 Recruitment Process Outsourcer of the Year Award and is a founding member of the Recruitment Process Outsourcing Association (www.rpoassociation.org).

Accolo is deeply committed to sustainable companies, and has made the identification of key talent for these organizations a corporate priority.

John was Resumix user #2 in 1988 and established the first Vendor on Premises for both Bank of America and Olsten Corporation in 1992. He was an early adopter of Internet recruiting with the On-Line Career Center (to later become Monster) in 1993, and was Hire.com user #4 while running his Venture Talent recruitment Agency in 1998.

John’s vision for a completely outsourced staffing solution led him to found y/net in January 1996. After a successful launch of y/net, TriNet acquired John and his company in November 1996 where he remained until December 1999. TriNet was one of Inc. Magazine’s 500 fastest growing companies in 1996, 1997, 1998 and 1999.

From 1987 to 1994, John was the Vice President of Human Resources for Bank of America where he led technical recruitment for an organization of 16,000 people. John earned a degree from Notre Dame in Mathematics and Computer Science and is a former member of the Unites States National (Olympic) Rowing Team.

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Ed Zetusky

Ed Zetusky is Senior Vice President of CDI-Talent Management, a division of engineering  &  IT outsourcing solutions and professional staffing leader CDI (NYSE:CDI).  CDI-Talent Management consists of three business segments:  Professional Recruitment Outsourcing, Managed Services and Contingent Engineering Staffing & Direct Hire Services.  Under Ed’s direction, CDI-Talent Management is responsible for the management of more than 5,000 contingent and 2,500 direct placement hires annually.

Ed joined CDI in 2001 as Vice President of Business Planning & Financial Analysis, reporting directly to the CEO and responsible for profit enhancement initiatives.  He accepted the role of Senior Vice President of Recruiting in August 2003 and assumed the added responsibilities of creating and developing CDI’s recruitment outsourcing service line in December of 2005.  He took on his current role as Senior Vice President of CDI-Talent Management when the division was created in January 2007.  Prior to CDI, Ed held a number of senior-level operational and financial positions – most recently with American Express and Global Vacation Group.  He spent the first eight years of his career in public accounting.  Ed holds a B.S. in Accounting from Widener University.  

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