ITalent Competition — HRO Today Forum 2014

http://hrotodayforum.com Moderator: Matt Charney, Managing Editor, RecruitingBlogs Matt Charney is the Managing Editor of RecruitingBlogs, the world's largest dedicated social network and content sharing destination for recruiting and HR professionals. Michael Beygelman, CEO, Joberate Michael Beygelman is CEO of Joberate, a technology company focusing on Predictive Analytics for HR and RecruitmentTM, helping companies gain actionable insights from the digital footprint of the global workforce. The company's mission is to help society understand job-seeking behaviors of the global workforce, one human being at a time. Joe Essenfeld, Founder and CEO, Jibe As founder and CEO of Jibe, Joe Essenfeld maintains the entrepreneurial spirit he has carried with him his entire life. Essenfeld joined the executive team of VC-backed Nightfunk, Inc., a national network of online entertainment guides for college students, while still enrolled at Cornell. While with Nightfunk, he helped expand the venture to more than 120 campuses across North America. Michael Hennessy, Founder and CEO, SmashFly Technologies Michael Hennessy has been an industry innovator in the HR recruiting space for the past 15 years. In the late '90s, he conceived, designed, and built the first Web-based talent management system at HireSystems/ BrassRing. BrassRing, one of the founding SaaS-based ATS solutions, is now owned and operated by Kenexa. Lauren Kort, Director, Channel Sales, Glassdoor Lauren Kort has spent more than a decade in the recruiting industry holding various roles within the talent acquisition landscape. At Glassdoor, she heads up channel relations, working with recruitment agencies, staffing companies, and employer brand consultancies to help their clients use Glassdoor effectively to recruit and retain top talent. Prior to Glassdoor, Kort led a team of strategists as director of media at TMP Worldwide and also led teams at MediaNews Group Interactive and CareerSite. Joanna Weidenmiller, Co-Founder and CEO, 1-Page Joanna Weidenmiller is the co-founder and CEO of 1-Page, the enterprise platform that gamifies talent acquisition. Prior to launching 1-Page, Weidenmiller spent five years in China where she developed and led technologies in the mobile and e-commerce fields. iTalent Competition Judges Debbie Bolla, Executive Editor, HRO Today Magazine Andrew Gadomski, Founder, Aspen Advisors Bill Filip, Founder & Managing Director, Delancey Street Partners Ilya Breyman, Managing Director, Talent Equity Ventures Elaine Orler, President and Founder, Talent Function Group