Kennedy Information is pleased to announce the following faculty for Executive Search Summit 2009 Fall in New York. We thank them in advance for sharing their expertise with the Executive Search community.
Keynote Speaker: Christopher Clarke, President and CEO, Boyden World CorporationChris Clarke is the President and CEO of Boyden, a top-ten global executive search firm with over 70 international offices, in more than 40 countries. As part of Boyden’s international team focused on Board and CEO succession, Chris’s mission is to drive the continued expansion and quality of the company. He has worked with major multinational corporations on strategic and restructuring projects; and under his leadership, Boyden has bounded back into the top tier of search firms.
After an early career in marketing and general management in the United Kingdom, Chris worked as a Strategy Vice President and Partner with AT Kearney, a Chicago based consulting firm with global reach. He then spent six years as a Managing Director with a boutique investment bank in the City of London focused on cross border Corporate Finance, M&A and alliances. He then returned to AT Kearney and, after working on restructuring assignments in the newly democratized Eastern Europe, he co-led the energy practice. His next move was to Singapore, as Managing Director for the South East Asian offices, where he also served on AT Kearney’s Asia Pacific board.
Chris has lived and worked in Europe, Asia and the U.S. and has led strategy assignments for some of the world’s largest multinationals. He has a degree in Economics and a Masters in Management. He broadcasts, writes and speaks internationally on Strategy, Corporate Finance and Board Level Governance and HR issues.
In addition, Chris is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing, a past Board Member of the The Association of Executive Search Consultants, the professional organization for the Search Industry, and is past Chairman of the Strategic Planning Society in the UK. He has also served as a visiting Professor of Strategy at Henley Management College (UK) since 1995 and is a freeman and liveryman of the City of London.
Featured Speaker: Andrew Sobel, Author; President, Andrew Sobel Advisors; Executive Director, Client Leadership ForumAndrew Sobel has worked for 28 years as both a strategy advisor to senior management and an executive educator and coach. His clients consist of many of the world’s leading services firms. These include public companies such as Citigroup, Cognizant, and Heidrick & Struggles; and also many privately held professional service firms, including Booz Allen Hamilton, Bain & Company, Towers Perrin, Grant Thornton, Ernst & Young, Fulbright & Jaworski, Deloitte, and many others.
Andrew is a leading authority on client relationships and the skills and strategies required to earn lifelong client loyalty. His books include the recently-published All for One: 10 Strategies for Building Trusted Client Partnerships as well as the business bestsellers Clients for Life and Making Rain. He has also written over 75 articles on building long-term relationships, and contributed chapters to four books on leadership, strategy, and marketing.
Andrew’s articles and work have been featured in a variety of national magazines and media, including USA Today, The New York Times, Business Week, Investors Business Daily, Strategy+Business, Advertising Age, Business Law Today, and the Harvard Business Review, and he has appeared on numerous national television programs such as the Fox Strategy Room and ABC’s World News This Morning. One of his recent articles, "The Beatles Principles," was featured in major newspapers and media in over 20 countries around the world.
A former Senior Vice President and Country Managing Director with Gemini Consulting (formerly the MAC Group), Andrew lived and worked in Europe for 13 years, and speaks four different languages. He graduated from Middlebury College with honors and earned his MBA from Dartmouth’s Tuck School. He is president of Andrew Sobel Advisors and Executive Director of the Client Leadership Forum, a best practices consortium of major services firms.
Kimberly Bishop, Founder & CEO, Kimberly BishopCNBC calls Kimberly Bishop "The Recruiter." BusinessWeek named her one of "The World’s Most Influential Headhunters." Newsweek appointed her to its Women & Leadership Advisory Board, and the Learning Annex counts her among its distinguished faculty and as a member of its high-profile Dream Team.
Founder and CEO of her own career management and leadership services company, Kimberly Bishop is in the business of assisting organizations and boards work with talent - and helping people find jobs and manage their careers.
Kimberly’s vast experiences include serving as Vice Chair and Board Director of Slayton Search Partners/Boardroom Consultants and as Managing Director at Korn/Ferry International. In both roles, she specialized in the recruitment, assessment, and selection of senior executives and board directors for public and private organizations world wide. Kimberly also assumed the role of Executive Vice President at First Data Corporation.
Kimberly appears regularly on CNBC, CNN, NBC, Fox Business, WABC and NY1 News; and has been quoted in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Associated Press, The Chicago Tribune, The New York Post, Crains, Money, Fast Company, American Banker, MSN.com and Pink Magazine. In addition, she was a featured guest on NPR and hosted the radio show "Business Style with Kimberly B" on VoiceAmerica Network.
Currently, Kimberly serves on a variety of community, philanthropic and business boards. She earned both her Bachelor of Science in Organizational Communications and Master of Art in Leadership degrees from Bellevue University.
Dr. Michael Kannisto, Ph.D., S.P.H.R, Head of Staffing, University Relations, and Employment Branding, BASFMichael R. Kannisto currently leads the Staffing, University Relations, and Employment Branding initiatives at BASF Corporation and serves at the President of the New Jersey SHRM chapter of the Staffing Management Association.
Michael received a B.S. in chemistry from Hope College, a Ph.D. in chemistry from Texas A&M University, and completed a postdoctoral fellowship in the Materials Science and Engineering Department at the University of Michigan. Mike is a member of the American Chemical Society, the Society for Human Resource Management, and has earned certification as a Senior Professional in Human Resources from HRCI. He is also a certified Process Excellence Greenbelt, and is a member of the MBA Focus Advisory Board.
A respected author, Michael’s work can by found in publications ranging from Inorganic Chemistry and The Journal of the American Ceramic Society to The Journal of Corporate Recruiting Leadership; and he serves as an expert advisor for the Human Capital Institute’s Employer Branding learning track. Michael also authored the book, Twenty-Five Things You Can Start Doing TODAY to be More Productive, Effective, and Happier in Your Job.
Yves Lermusi, CEO & Founder, ChecksterYves Lermusi is CEO and Founder of Checkster, a new Career and Talent Checkup tool. He founded Checkster after serving as President of Taleo Research for seven years. Prior to Taleo, Yves founded iLogo (acquired by Taleo) and held several positions in research and consulting organizations in Europe.
A well known public speaker and Career and Talent industry commentator, Yves is frequently quoted in the leading business media worldwide, including Fortune, The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Business Week, and Time Magazine. His articles and commentary are also regularly published in online publications and business magazines.
Yves was named one of the "100 Most Influential People in the Recruiting Industry" and his blog has been recognized as the best of its kind. He earned a degree in Physics and Philosophy, and has a diploma in Economics from the University of Brussels and from the University of London.
Tanya Reu, Senior Vice President of Human Resources, Realogy Franchise GroupAs SVP of HR for the Realogy Franchise Group, Tanya Reu strategizes, develops and implements human capital initiatives. Her responsibilities include recruitment and selection, training and organizational development, performance management, workforce diversity, employee relations, reward and recognition, and strategic work force planning for the Franchise Group’s many world-renowned real estate brands and shared services functions, such as: Better Homes and Gardens® Real Estate, Century 21®, Coldwell Banker®, ERA®, and others.
Tanya has been part of the Franchise Group Human Resources department since April 2002. Prior to joining Realogy, she held various HR management positions in the IT industry, specializing in areas such as HR operations, business partnerships and strategic recruitment. She has also served as a HR consultant and has seven-years experience in the title business. Tanya is a graduate of Rutgers College with a BA in Communications and Sociology.
Tom Rodenhauser, Vice President of Consulting & Recruiting, Kennedy InformationTom Rodenhauser is Vice President and a member of Kennedy’s senior management team.
A recognized thought leader about the management consulting industry, Tom is frequently quoted in publications like The Wall Street Journal, Businessweek, and The New York Times.
He has also appeared as an expert commentator on CNN, CNBC, and MSNBC.
In addition to analyzing the management consulting and executive recruiting industries, Tom leads executive-level engagements for clients within management consulting and professional services. Previously, he was leader of Kennedy’s Research & Advisory Group, which conducts research on the management consulting and IT services industries.
Tom holds a BA in Journalism with concentrations in History and Public Relations from The Ohio State University. He has been a guest lecturer on management consulting at several universities and business schools, including Carnegie Mellon University, the Olin School of Business at Washington University-St. Louis, the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University, and Vanderbilt University.
Prior to re-joining Kennedy Information, Tom was the founder and president of Consulting Information Services (CIS), LLC, an advisory services firm to the management consulting and IT services industries. In his role as "consultant to the consultants," Tom worked with the world's best-known consultancies, mid-tier and boutique firms, and global 200 companies on strategic growth, talent management, and positioning initiatives.
During his early career, Tom worked on helping to develop and execute the marketing and communication strategies for several Fortune 500 companies, including Frigidaire Company, The Limited and Bob Evans
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Deirdre Tully, Assistant Vice President, The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.
Throughout her career in search, Deirdre Tully has completed assignments for clients in various industries, including: investment management, investment banking, insurance, finance and human resources, while also building best-in-class recruiting teams. As Assistant Vice President of Recruiting at The Hartford Financial Services Group, Deirdre is responsible for recruiting across The Hartford’s Property & Casualty and Life Insurance companies. Since arriving at The Hartford in 2004, she has personally completed executive searches across all business segments, led the recruiting efforts that resulted in HIMCO doubling its number of employees in four years, and completed several team lift-outs.
Before The Hartford, Deirdre was the Director of Research and Recruiting at Highland Partners in New York City (now part of Heidrick & Struggles). In this role, she worked across all industries to staff each search assignment; develop search strategies; and manage the overall knowledge-sharing infrastructure — ensuring that the firm was maintaining a “best-in-class” approach to servicing its clients and motivating and rewarding its recruiting teams.
Deirdre’s previous experiences also include: Vice President, Research, TMP Worldwide Executive Search and Head of Financial Services Research, TMP Worldwide Executive Search; Recruiter and Researcher, Highland Search Group; and Marketing & Operations Manager, Parsons Dance.
Deirdre received her B.A. from Centre College, and has completed courses toward her Masters Degree in Management at New York University. She has many affiliations, which include: Executive Search Roundtable, IACPR, Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals (SCIP), Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), World at Work and Centre College’s alumni network.
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