Terry Baker, President, US – PandoLogic

Terry Baker brings 20+ years of managing high growth companies to his role as president of PandoLogic. Prior to joining PandoLogic, Terry was the founder and CEO of Amped Market Place Inc., a strategic partner to online media companies by providing services to amplify traffic, audience and revenue. His career in online recruitment and online media has included helping companies reach critical mass and global coverage through business development, direct sales and channel development, M&A, marketing and product management including executive leadership roles with Adicio Inc., Advanced Recruiting Technology Inc., and Hire.com.

Michael D'Ambrose, SVP HR & Talent Analytics / CHRO – Archer Daniels Midland Co.

Michael D’Ambrose is senior vice president and chief human resources officer (CHRO) at Archer Daniels Midland Company. In this capacity, he oversees all global human resources, payroll and security operations as well as corporate services and facilities. He has been with the company for 35 years.

Prior to joining ADM, D’Ambrose served as executive vice president, human resources, for First Data, one of the world’s largest providers of transaction processing services for retail companies. He has held senior human resources roles at Citibank, Citigroup, Toys ’R‘ Us Inc. and Travelers Mortgage Services as well as key roles at Ingersoll-Rand Corporation.

Rick DeRose, Founder / Managing Partner – Acertitude

As founder and managing partner of Acertitude, Rick DeRose leads his team’s delivery of a superior experience for global business leaders in their search for executive talent and sustainable talent solutions. He brings a track record of helping companies align future business goals to their talent strategy to ensure the ultimate satisfaction of every client.

Rick offers proven expertise in telecommunications, technology, private equity, and professional services. As technology continues to transform the world at a rapid pace, he advises clients across a range of industries on leadership selection for their IT function, consulting on how influential trends in digital, mobility, cloud, big data, security, and the customer experience are redefining the skills and expertise needed.

Karim Jalbout, Partner - Egon Zehnder

Karim Jalbout is a partner at Egon Zehnder, a global executive search firm with 63 offices worldwide. The firm offers services across C-suite executive search, board, CEO succession and talent development. Karim is based in London and leads the firm’s digital practice across Europe. He advises VC, PE and listed companies across pureplay, hospitality, travel, publishing, financial services, telecommunications, and retail with deep experience in India and Turkey.

Karim is currently leading Egon Zehnder’s AI platform, Data Science, connecting over 440 million data points to generate talent insights and build internal predictive capabilities.

John Jersin, Senior Director of Product Management / Head of Talent Solutions Products – LinkedIn

John Jersin is responsible for the products at LinkedIn that help millions of people obtain jobs and assist almost every top company  hire – focusing on applying artificial intelligence and other innovations to deliver next generation enterprise software services. John serves as the senior director of product management at LinkedIn Talent Solutions, where he leads five major product lines that drive a multi-billion dollar revenue stream.

He joined LinkedIn via the acquisition of Connectifier, where he was founder and CEO and built a company that pioneered the use of AI in hiring. Prior to Connectifier, John worked in the Google’s Ads group as a product and engineering leader.

Nachi Junankar, CEO & Founder - Avrio AI

Nachi Junankar is the founder and CEO of Avrio AI, a company based on the idea that machine intelligence is a powerful way to transform and enable companies in hiring the right people in an engaging, transparent way. Nachi builds successful companies that produce amazing technology, founded on the seminal idea of making technology that positively impacts people all over the world.

John Keller

As a consultant and trusted advisor, John recruits innovators – game changers who can lead, transform, assess, integrate and grow businesses. His clients have been focused mostly in Technology, Data, Telecommunications and Media and range from VC-backed startups and Private Equity portfolio companies to mid-cap businesses and some of the most storied corporations in the world.

Before joining Diversified, he and his team built the fastest growing Tech, Media, and Telecom practice in the executive search industry. Prior roles also included nearly a dozen years helping to build the Tech and Telecom practice at Spencer Stuart as well as the firm’s CEO, Board, Assessment and Intelligence units.

Jill Larsen, EVP & CHRO - Medidata

Jill oversees human resources and workplace resources functions at Medidata. She has more than 20 years of experience establishing and transforming human resources processes at global, high-tech companies.

Jill spent the past five years in a blended SVP role at Cisco, as both a global HR business partner and leader of talent acquisition. Jill drove a complete digital transformation of Cisco’s TA function, with a focus on candidate experience, talent brand, predictive analytics, and next generation tools. Her efforts resulted in Cisco winning 41 awards for social media and brand engagement in 2017. Additionally, Jill led HR for Cisco’s Services organization, supporting 14,000 employees and $13B in revenues. Prior to joining Cisco, she spent five years at EMC as the CHRO of RSA Security and head of HR operations.

Amanda Mioli, Employer Brand, Sourcing & Attraction Manager – Avis Budget Group

Amanda Mioli is an employer brand specialist, focusing on employer branding, communication strategy, market research, conference planning, graphic design, recruitment marketing, and social media strategy, monitoring, and reporting. Amanda has a passion for the customer’s experience and prides herself on being able to align business goals and customers needs and wants.

Chantrelle Nielsen, Senior Director Research & Strategy - Microsoft Workplace Analytics

Chantrelle Nielsen is the senior director of research and strategy for the Microsoft Workplace Analytics product. Her team designs data science and solutions designs to help advance the capabilities of Workplace Analytics to create value for organizations. She manages research partnerships with teams from MIT, Harvard, Columbia and other universities to advance the science of workplace analytics, using the world’s largest dataset about how work gets done with over 100 million monthly users from all industries and countries.

Chantrelle came to Microsoft with the acquisition of VoloMetrix, a startup whose foundational work forms the basis of workplace analytics. At VoloMetrix, she built and ran various functions to grow the startup to its successful exit, including customer solutions, marketing, product and strategy.

Prior to joining the startup, Chantrelle helped run large-scale ecommerce and analytics transformations for Fortune 500 companies with the Indian IT leader Infosys. She began her career working with scientific data for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Carrie Pryor, Managing Partner – Greenwich Harbor Partners

Carrie Pryor is managing partner of Greenwich Harbor Partners and has over 20 years of senior executive search experience. Carrie has recruited board directors, CEOs and their direct reports, as well as partners of private equity firms. She also serves as an advisory board member for Constellation Ventures and sits on the board of The New York Pops.

Carrie has been a senior client partner at Korn Ferry  and Spencer Stuart in global media & entertainment and technology practices.  Previous to search, Carrie held senior positions with ROLM Corporation, Pacific Telesis and Kidder Peabody-corporate finance.

Carrie brings a seasoned presence in digital media, entertainment and private equity along with a pioneering spirit having worked in the internet space over the past three decades. Carrie’s experience acts as a bridge between technology, telecom and media clients.

Jeff Schwartz, Principal - Deloitte Consulting

A principal with Deloitte Consulting, Jeff Schwartz is the global leader for human capital marketing, eminence, and brand. Jeff is an advisor to senior business leaders in global companies focusing on organization, HR, talent, and leadership. He currently leads Deloitte’s U.S. Future of Work initiative and is also the senior advisor for the firm’s human capital consulting practice in India.

Jeff has lived and worked around the world in the U.S., Russia, Belgium, Kenya, Nepal, Sri Lanka and India and was based in Delhi and Mumbai from 2011 to 2016. His recent advisory work and research focuses on large scale start-ups, innovation, and associated organization and people challenges. Since 2011, Jeff has been the executive editor of Deloitte’s Global Human Capital Trends annual survey and report series.

Anshul Sheopuri, Director People Analytics and Cognitive Offerings – IBM

Anshul is the director of the people analytics & cognitive offerings team at IBM corporate headquarters where he leads a team of 60 analytics experts to build, accelerate and scale the impact of IBM’s workforce analytics solutions across the analytics spectrum – from self-serve reporting to next-generation cognitive capabilities – to deliver significant, measurable and financial impact. He is also the chief technology officer for cognitive HR and an IBM distinguished engineer responsible for the organization’s cognitive offering portfolio across the employee lifecycle.

Matt Shore, President – StevenDouglas

Matt Shore joined StevenDouglas in 2006 and has played an integral role in the company’s growth as its president. His focus has been on maintaining his firm’s great culture and boutique approach to client service while expanding its capabilities, service offerings and geographic footprint. Under Matt’s leadership, StevenDouglas has garnered various honors, most notably achieving five consecutive years of Inc. Magazine’s Fastest Growing Private Companies.

Matt has driven change and growth across all aspects of the firm, including market expansion, business development, internal recruiting, public relations, and leadership of the firm’s executive search practice. With all of his additional responsibilities, Matt continues to be an industry leader in the area of senior-level financial search, managing the firm’s highly successful CFO search practice. His strong reputation for delivering exceptional talent and his broad-based experience in business have enabled him to collaborate with his clients in all phases of the corporate lifecycle. His track record of successfully partnering with growing enterprises and private equity firms has resulted in deep-rooted relationships with companies and corporate leaders throughout Florida and around the country.

Prior to joining StevenDouglas, Matt spent 10 years in progressive leadership roles for a Fortune-500 recruiting firm. Before he transitioned to the recruiting industry, Matt served with PriceWaterhouseCoopers where he worked in the company’s audit practice.