The Editorial Advisory Board: Leaders, Practioners, and Experts
Engin Crosby has been conducting analysis and forecasting of the Army's civilian force for the past two decades. She has been heavily involved in the development and refinement of leading-edge analysis and forecasting tools that have been recognized government-wide. Her office conducts policy and procedural analysis to flag needed changes in civilian force planning and to identify improvements needed in the Army's personnel business processes, programs, and procedures. She oversees the army-wide operation of the analysis and forecasting systems. She has provided analytic products in support of the Army's decision-making needs, which include the impact of realignments, separation incentives, retirement forecasts, turnover, intern requirements, predictors of career progression, and more.
As the Director, Talent Strategy, Paul's primary responsibilities include developing the Rogers Talent Strategy Framework and overseeing process optimization initiatives designed to improve the end-to-end recruitment function. Key programs that he manages as part of the Talent Strategy Framework include workforce planning, campus recruitment, Recruitment branding, recruitment technology and diversity.
Prior to joining Rogers in 2007, he served as the Global Business Process Program Manager for Microsoft. During his seven years at Microsoft, he was responsible for improving recruiter capability worldwide through utilizing his strong change and project management skills. He delivered staffing programs and process improvement initiatives in global locations such as China, Russia, Germany, Japan, India, France, Singapore, and Canada.
Mike Grennier is currently the Senior Director, Corporate Recruiting for Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. In this role, he has responsibility for leading the recruiting team responsible for corporate functions for Wal-Mart. In addition, his teams lead campus recruiting efforts, candidate sourcing, temporary sourcing, and recruitment technology strategies. Prior to joining Wal-Mart in April 2007, he was the National Director of Recruiting for Pulte Homes, Inc., based in southeast Michigan. He also spent nine years in the information technology field working with a couple high-tech and dot-com companies.
Michael Kannisto began his career with BASF Corporation as a college hire performing original research in the area of polyurethane formulation -- today he oversees Staffing, University Relations, and Employment Branding for BASF. Between those two vastly different roles, He spent over six years at Johnson & Johnson in a variety of staffing and university relations positions, and several years as Global Staffing Director at Bausch & Lomb. He 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. He is a member of the American Chemical Society and the Society for Human Resource Management, has earned certification as a Senior Professional in Human Resources from HRCI, is a certified Process Excellence Greenbelt, and a member of the MBA Focus Advisory Board. His professional interests include employment branding, and the impact of multiple generations in the workforce.
Since June of 2002, Kent Kirch has led recruitment worldwide for Deloitte. He works with country HR and recruitment leaders to develop and implement strategies, tools and programs to attract and hire top talent. To date, this has included the implementation of a global selection methodology, an award winning global career website, a global recruitment management system, an international internship program and the negotiation of worldwide agreements with several providers of recruitment related services. Kirch works out of Deloitte world headquarters in New York City.
Tom is a business executive with more than 25 years of experience following his first job out of college as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Central America. He began his business career as an external auditor in Columbus, Ohio, and after becoming a C.P.A. in 1982, left Coopers & Lybrand to join The Coca-Cola Company.
Tom grew up in the finance function at Coke, eventually leading Finance in the company's German Division following the fall of the Berlin Wall. After playing a key role in expanding Coke's business into the former East Germany, Tom returned to Atlanta to work as part of the marketing management team reporting to newly hired Chief Marketing Officer, Sergio Zyman. Tom became a Marketing Division Vice President, and in addition to managing the marketing finances of the company, was directly responsible for re-branding the World of Coca-Cola and expanding the licensed merchandise business of the company. Tom played a key role negotiating worldwide advertising agreements that led the way on establishing the industry trend towards fee based compensation. From 1997 to 1999 Tom led the talent acquisition function at Coca-Cola, sourcing general management and marketing talent for worldwide operations and all talent for North America. In late 1999 he moved into a general management role in Latin America and built the market level strategy and integration plan for Peru following Coke's acquisition of Inca Cola.
In 2000, Tom joined Zyman Marketing Group in Atlanta as Chief Operating Officer. After developing and marketing a suite of web-based marketing strategy applications at ZMG, he formed his own consulting venture, establishing Human Capital Formation, LLC. In this business Tom provided consulting services that guided the redesign and reorganization of the human resources functions and processes at clients including Children's Healthcare of Atlanta and Emory Healthcare.
In 2003, Tom joined Revlon, Inc., in New York City, serving as Revlon's Chief Financial Officer and then as President, Revlon International. During his tenure at Revlon, Tom led multiple debt and equity financing transactions totally more than $2 billion, built the company's investor relations function, and implemented procedures to comply with Sarbanes-Oxley and other SEC mandated reporting.
Tom is a strong advocate for focus on strategically growing intellectual capital as a means of sustaining the value proposition of a business. To this end, he has presented on the topic to various industry groups including the Institute for International Research, NYC, and the Canadian Marketing Association, Toronto.
Tom rejoined The Coca-Cola Company in October 2007 as Director, Global Talent Acquisition, and is focused on supporting the company's growth through developing and executing talent acquisition strategies in the U.S. and around the world. He lives in Atlanta with his wife and three children.
Danielle Monaghan is the Head of HR and Sr. Director of HR for Microsoft China R&D Groups and is based in Beijing. She and her team are responsible for talent acquisition, engagement and development of a rapidly-growing and strategic people investment in R&D in China for Microsoft Corporation. The CRD (China Research and Development) groups are based in Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen and are key innovators and contributors to our local and global product offerings. Prior to joining the team in China, Danielle was the head of Executive Recruiting for Microsoft in the United States, responsible for the talent acquisition of GM, VP, and SVP candidates to fill Microsoft's most senior executive and technical positions. A twelve-year Microsoft veteran, Danielle has deep experience in all areas of the talent lifecycle closely tied to business strategy. As an experienced international HR professional, she started her career in South Africa with IBM and has enjoyed a career in a variety of corporations, ranging from small start-ups to large high tech companies such as T-Mobile USA, Microsoft Corp (U.S) and Microsoft Corp (China). She holds a B.S. degree in Information Technology.
Danielle serves on the HR Forum of the American Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAM) – Beijing, the Advisory board for the Journal of Corporate Recruiting Leadership in the U.S. and on the Trustee Development Committee for the International School of Beijing.
Danielle and her family (husband and three teenagers) live in Beijing, China and Seattle, USA. She enjoys traveling with her family, squash, reading, yoga, the occasional 10k run (most recently on the Great Wall) and dabbling in scuba diving and golf. She and her family enjoy sailing in the region particularly in Thailand and Malasia.
Rodney Moses has more than 20 years of human resources and talent acquisition experience. Rodney is the vice president of global talent acquisition for Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. Coca-Cola Enterprises is the world's largest marketer, producer and distributor of Coca-Cola products. CCE has more than 74,000 employees and operates in 46 U.S. states and Canada with a territory encompassing approximately 81 percent of the North American population. In addition, CCE is the exclusive Coca-Cola bottler for all of Belgium, continental France, Great Britain, Luxembourg, Monaco, and The Netherlands. He is responsible for recruitment and staffing for over 33,000 exempt and non-exempt employees per year representing 168 Collective Bargaining Units.
Prior to CCE, he served as vice president, global talent acquisition of Invitrogen Corporation. Invitrogen provides more than 25,000 products and services that support academic and government research institutions and pharmaceutical and biotech companies worldwide in their efforts to improve the human condition. Invitrogen has revenues in excess of $1.2 billion and over 5,000 employees in 50 countries. Rodney was responsible for hiring over 1,000 scientists per year.
Prior to Invitrogen, Rodney was the director of talent development and recruitment for James Hardie Industries, a worldwide leader in fiber cement building products. Prior to that, Rodney served as the general manager of recruitment and staffing for the Chicago Transit Authority, which is the nation's second largest public transportation system.
Dr. John Sullivan is renowned the world over as a provocateur and strategist in the field of human resources and talent management. For more than 30 years he has offered his critique and insight to professionals seeking to develop a true competitive advantage for their organization through strategic talent management planning and practices. As an author, corporate advisor, public speaker, and educator, Dr. Sullivan has established a body of work including numerous books and more than 700 articles that serves as a key resource for functional leaders and line managers when developing and implementing best practices.
Kevin Wheeler is the President and Founder of Global Learning Resources, Inc., and is a globally-known speaker, author, and consultant in human capital acquisition and development. He is also a noted columnist for the Electronic Recruiting Daily. His extensive career, global client base, and research affiliations make GLR a leading provider of both strategy and process. GLR focuses on assisting firms architect human capital strategies, guiding them through comprehensive talent acquisition processes and procedures. GLR's clients include organizations of all sizes, including Sun Microsystems, Eli Lilly, PricewaterhouseCoopers, and others.