Talent & TIARAS 2023 Event

A fantastic opportunity to learn, share, network and celebrate!

TALiNT Partners will bring together the cream of the Talent Acquisition community to share what we have learned from the complex and varied talent challenges of 2023 and look forward to what’s ahead in 2024. 

Over two packed days you will:

  • Gain insights and inspiration from keynote speakers
  • Explore impact, trends and innovation in talent acquisition with our industry experts
  • Participate in expert-led roundtable discussions on key hiring challenges
  • To finish with a flourish, we will crown our TIARA Talent Acquisition and Talent Tech Stars champions in a gala celebration dinner

Our two-day event will give you the opportunity to:

Register for a Delegate pack:

Meet, connect, and share with fellow peers

Day 1

Wednesday, November 29

2 roundtable discussions covering 10 topics, 2 panel discussions, an opening keynote speaker, and a networking reception

Day 2

Thursday, November 30

A keynote speaker, 3 roundtable discussions covering 10 topics, 3 panel discussions, 4 debates, a speaker, and a TIARA awards ceremony

Speakers, Awards Judges and Partners

TIARA AWARDS JUDGE AND SPEAKER

RODRIGO ALCAINE

HEAD OF GLOBAL SALES AND OPERATIONS

JOINEDUP

Rodrigo Alcaine is Head of Global Sales and Operations for JoinedUp, the shift-based workforce software division of Beeline. Prior to joining Beeline, Alcaine was Vice President and Head of Technology at Adecco US and a member of Adecco’s executive leadership team. With more than 15 years of staffing industry experience, Alcaine was recognized by Staffing Industry Analysts in the group’s “40 Under 40” list of rising young executives in 2021. At Joined Up, Alcaine is responsible for expanding the global footprint of the company’s unique software solution for sourcing and managing non-employee workers in dynamic, shift-based environments.

TIARA AWARDS JUDGE AND SPEAKER

STEPHEN MULVENNA

GLOBAL DIRECTOR OF TALENT STRATEGY

THE COCA-COLA COMPANY

Stephen is currently Global Director of Talent Strategy for The Coca-Cola Company, based in Atlanta, USA.  He has 20 years of experience in the HR function, having worked for international brands including Coca-Cola, Diageo and Sainsbury’s.  Originally from Scotland, he has lived and worked in Australia, Greece, the UK and USA.  His experience spans both HR generalist and specialist positions including HR Director, Talent & Development Director and Talent Acquisition Director. In his current role, his responsibilities include global talent strategy, succession strategy, talent segmentation and executive talent management. 

SPEAKER

REBECCA PERRAULT

VICE PRESIDENT OF DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION

MAGNIT

Rebecca Perrault is the Vice President of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DE&I) at Magnit. In her role, she’s been responsible for launching PRO’s diversity, equity and inclusion offering, PRO Unite, and developing leading DE&I practices and initiatives for the contingent workforce. As a seasoned human capital consulting veteran, Perrault has spent the last decade focused on increasing DE&I within organizations. She has worked with numerous Fortune 1000 clients and non-profits to design data-driven DE&I strategies. Prior to her consulting work, Perrault was at Deloitte Consulting, where in several progressive roles she provided organization and talent advisory services to Fortune 500 companies.

 

TIARA AWARDS JUDGE

MATT RIMER

DIRECTOR OF TALENT ACQUISITION

TRINITY HEALTH

 

Matt Rimer is a Talent Acquisition Executive and Entrepreneur with over 20 years of experience in healthcare recruitment. He has spent the last 2.5 years at Trinity Health; before that, he spent 17 years at UPMC. In his time at both organizations, Matt has built and led teams across the entire recruitment function – from Sourcers and Recruiters to Marketing and Operations. His early career as a recruiter in technology has led to a passion for software development and a focus on enabling TA teams through smart processes and technology deployments.

 

TIARA AWARDS JUDGE

JENNIFER O'BRIEN

DIRECTOR, GLOBAL TALENT ATTRACTION & EXPERIENCE

BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON

Jennifer has dedicated over 15 years to elevating employment brands, driving recruitment marketing strategy, and leading channel management for Fortune 500 organizations. Her signature strengths in building and maturing organizations around stakeholder partnerships, new channel adoption, recruiter activation and candidate experience have established Jennifer as a results-driven influencer.

TIARA AWARDS JUDGE AND SPEAKER

BRIAN FINK

GLOBAL TECHNICAL SOURCING MANAGER

TWITTER

Brian Fink is a Global Technical Sourcing Manager at Twitter. Obsessed with sourcing, recruiting and training, Brian focuses on attracting open-source technologists who want to build the future. He resides in Atlanta with his wife and daughter.

TIARA AWARDS JUDGE

KEVIN POLL

SVP OF STRATEGY

WORKLLAMA

Kevin Poll is SVP of Strategy for WorkLLama.  Kevin’s passions include empowering enterprise organization’s workforce strategies with through innovative HR solutions and helping talented individuals connect to meaningful work.  With over 29 years’ experience bringing new technologies to market, Kevin has worked with multiple HR tech start-ups and some of world’s largest brands such as ADP and SAP.

TIARA AWARDS JUDGE AND SPEAKER

WEN STENGER

CEO

OMNI INCLUSIVE

Wen Stenger is the CEO and Co-Founder of Omni Inclusive, a certified sustainable & inclusive staffing company and DEI arm of the TechDigital Group. With over 20 years’ experience, Wen has created industry changing models like direct-sourcing and diversity & inclusion processes to open the door for more gig professionals. Wen holds a Master’s degree in Psychology specializing in gender and sexual fluidity from Northcentral University and a Bachelor’s degree in Human Resource Management from Regis University.

TIARA AWARDS JUDGE

TIM PRÖHM

VICE PRESIDENT

KELLYX

Tim Pröhm is the VP of KellyX, the digital innovation lab within Kelly’s Digital Transformation Group. His team builds and launches radical solutions that improve how millions of job seekers and clients connect by leaning on tools in AI, analytics, blockchain, RPA, and cognitive chatbot automation/ conversational AI to develop the next generation of talent attraction models.

With 20 years of experience in the talent industry, Tim is at the forefront of the global workforce evolution and and evangelist for and voice of innovation.

TIARA AWARDS JUDGE

DAVID HAIN

CEO

GOTHAM GROWTH GROUP

David Hain is the CEO of Gotham Growth Group, the largest global corporate development advisory firm focused exclusively on human capital management (HCM).

David is a noted expert in global HCM and a highly energetic and successful business leader with diverse experience driving profitable growth in fast growth, challenging, competitive and volatile markets.  

TIARA AWARDS JUDGE

KERRI ARMAN

VP / HEAD OF TALENT

RICHEMONT

Kerri has over 20 years of experience as a global leader in the Talent space. She has led global Talent overall as well as global Talent Acquisition and Employer Branding for major global brands such as Adidas, Michael Kors, Colgate Palmolive, Wyndham, IPG Mediabrands and Estee Lauder. Prior to her corporate HR career, Kerri spent 10 years in the global HR consulting industry with Korn Ferry and TASA.

TIARA AWARDS JUDGE

JASON ZINDER

SERVICE DELIVERY PROGRAM LEAD

GOOGLE

Jason Zinder is a contingent labor industry veteran, starting his career in 2005. In his extensive career Jason has directed global delivery, product, implementation, and engagement services at Ensemble Chimes, PRO Unlimited, and Tapfin-ManpowerGroup. Leaving the MSP industry he ventured to a  startup Qwil, where as head of strategy and alliances he helped companies streamline payments to their vendor workforce. Most recently he has taken an enterprise role with Google as Temp Operation Lead, responsible for the Google xWS global temp program team.

 

TIARA AWARDS JUDGE AND SPEAKER

CAROLINE SMITH

SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, DIRECTOR OF TALENT ACQUISITION

CITIZENS BANK

Caroline has over 20 years’ experience in Talent Acquisition across the UK and US and has been the Director of TA for Consumer Banking for 3 years, driving recruiting excellence and strategy across key consumer business lines. Caroline’s wealth of experience also includes TA operations, development and global reward governance.

TIARA AWARDS JUDGE

MARY PACE

SENIOR DIRECTOR, TALENT ACQUISITION

OMNICOM HEALTH GROUP

Mary Pace is the Director of Talent Acquisition at Omnicom Health Group, the largest healthcare marketing and communications network in the world. Over the last 7 years, Mary and her team have grown and cultivated leading agencies—and agency leaders—that serve the most successful brands in healthcare today. Her team supports over a dozen agencies in North America and Europe, hiring close to 1600 people a year.

TIARA AWARDS JUDGE

MIKE CLARKE

VP OF GLOBAL TALENT ACQUISITION

KYRIBA

A seasoned HR leader with significant Talent Acquisition experience in the Technology (notably FinTech) and Financial Services sectors. Strategist and tactical executor, skilled in creating integrated programs that drive company initiatives, business and financial results. Deep experience in building global teams and managing a broad range of Human Capital programs aimed at increasing process efficiency, employer brand awareness and customer satisfaction. Demonstrable track record of standing up teams across the globe.

TIARA AWARDS JUDGE

JOANNE ESTRADA

SVP, DIGITAL INNOVATION

RANDSTAD SOURCERIGHT

JoAnne Estrada leads RSR’s global Digital Innovation team driving product, tech and solution innovation across the RSR service lines through technology. During her 25+ year career, she has played a key role in helping companies maximize innovative and agile talent solutions that require evolution, transformation and differentiation.

TIARA AWARDS JUDGE

MARCUS SAWYERR

FOUNDER & CEO

EQ COMMUNITY

Marcus Sawyerr rose from a recruiting expert at Careerbuilder.com to become a global Fortune 500 Executive, where he led digital transformation for The Adecco Group globally. Marcus has been ranked in the top 100 most influential industry leaders by Staffing Industry analysts. As the Founder of EQ Community, Marcus has activated a community of the top 1% of leaders that connects executives seeking meaningful work with inclusive tech-enabled firms ready to cultivate a diverse workforce. Marcus advises private equity firms on DE&I strategies and has served as an executive board member of the Microsoft services board.

TIARA AWARDS JUDGE

JASON EZRATTY

CO-FOUNDER & CEO

BRIGHTFIELD

As co-founder and CEO of Brightfield, Jason Ezratty is responsible for the vision behind TDX, the world’s most trusted extended workforce intelligence platform. TDX helps fortune 100 companies optimize their extended workforce investment by delivering AI solutions for cost savings, SOW visibility, and sourcing efficiency.

As co-founder and CEO of Brightfield, Jason Ezratty is responsible for the vision behind TDX, the world’s most trusted extended workforce intelligence platform. TDX helps fortune 100 companies optimize their extended workforce investment by delivering AI solutions for cost savings, SOW visibility, and sourcing efficiency.

TIARA AWARDS JUDGE AND SPEAKER

BRYAN ADAMS

CEO AND FOUNDER

PH.CREATIVE

Bryan is the CEO and founder of Ph.Creative, recognized as one of the leading employer brand agencies in the world. Ph. specializes in building world-class employer brand, EVP and talent engagement strategy for companies such as Apple, Nike, Peloton and Ford. He is considered a prominent employer brand thought leader and his creative, unconventional and even controversial methodologies are said to regularly change the way people think about employer branding and EVP.

Bryan is a two-times best-selling author, HBR contributor, podcaster and specialist speaker. His presentation style is energetic, passionate, thought-provoking and interactive, so get ready to contribute and engage.

 

TIARA AWARDS JUDGE

PETER CLARE

CEO

RELODE

Peter Clare serves as CEO of Relode. His 20+ years of leadership experience in human capital management specializes in building collaborative teams that execute business strategy and growing companies at scale to impact society. Peter has previously served as President at Jobvite and Talemetry, where he was the SVP and general manager.

 

TIARA AWARDS JUDGE

NICKY HANCOCK

MANAGING DIRECTOR

AMS

As the Americas Regional Managing Director, Nicky is responsible for the AMS business across the region. Her role is to ensure AMS continue to lead the outsourcing and Consulting market, providing best in class and innovative solutions, relevant to the talent needs and challenges of organizations today. Nicky has over 20 years’ experience in recruiting and broader talent management. She has worked across a range of industries including Banking, Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences, Engineering and Technology. Prior to AMS, she consulted directly for a number of blue chip organizations in a range of areas, from executive recruitment and assessment to employer branding and TA technology.

TIARA AWARDS JUDGE

NINA EIGERMAN

SVP ALLIANCES & BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

BULLHORN SOFTWARE

Nina Eigerman is Bullhorn’s SVP of Alliances and Business Development, responsible for the company’s technology partnerships and for the Bullhorn Ventures investments. Prior to joining Bullhorn, Nina ran the Business Services practice at G2 Capital Advisors, helping agencies and their providers with capital market transactions. Earlier in her career, she was the President of Aquent Solutions and a consultant with McKinsey & Company. She also ran a full desk at a-connect, a global strategic staffing firm. Nina has a Bachelor of Arts from Harvard College and graduated from the MIT Sloan School of Management.

SPEAKER

AARON CRAIG MITCHELL

FORMER DIRECTOR, HR

NETFLIX

SPEAKER

BRUCE MORTON

HEAD OF STRATEGY

ALLEGIS GLOBAL SOLUTIONS

SPEAKER

ERIKA DUNCAN

HUMAN CAPITAL ADVISOR,CO-FOUNDER

PEOPLE ON POINT

SPEAKER

KIY WATTS

Founder & CEO

Gravitas Lane Coaching & Consulting

SPEAKER

LIZ FREEDMAN

GLOBAL HUMAN RESOURCES EXECUTIVE

LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES GROUP

Speakers, Awards Judges and Partners

SPEAKER AND TIARA AWARDS JUDGE

MARCUS SAWYERR

FOUNDER

EQ. COMMUNITY

SPEAKER

TARSHA
LACOUR

CHIEF PEOPLE OFFICER

DALLAS MAVERICKS

TIARA AWARDS
JUDGE

JASON
EZRATTY

CO-FOUNDER & CEO

BRIGHTFIELD

SPEAKER

ANGELA
ALBERTY

CO-FOUNDER & CBO

MYBASEPAY

TIARA AWARDS
JUDGE

CAROLINE
SMITH

SVP, DIRECTOR OF TALENT ACQUISITION

CITIZENS BANK

TIARA AWARDS
JUDGE

DAVID
HAIN

CEO

GOTHAM GROWTH GROUP

TIARA AWARDS
JUDGE

KERRI
ARMAN

VP OF TALENT

RICHEMONT

SPEAKER

GREG
KARR

EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT

SEVENSTEP

SPEAKER

CESAR A.
JIMENEZ

CEO

MYBASEPAY

TIARA AWARDS
JUDGE

NINA
EIGERMAN

SVP ALLIANCES & BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

BULLHORN SOFTWARE

TIARA AWARDS
JUDGE

ANDY
ERLICHMAN

VP, CHANNEL PARTNER STRATEGIES

GUIDANT GLOBAL

TIARA AWARDS
JUDGE

JOANNE
ESTRADA

SVP, DIGITAL INNOVATION

RANDSTAD SOURCERIGHT

TIARA AWARDS
JUDGE

SANDY
KUOHN

CHIEF COLLEAGUE OFFICER

CITY NATIONAL BANK

TIARA AWARDS
JUDGE

NEIL
DENTON

DIRECTOR OF RECRUITMENT

ALTEN

TIARA AWARDS
JUDGE

LUCIANA
BORGES

HEAD OF RECRUITMENT - AMERICAS

GSK

TIARA AWARDS
JUDGE

PRANEETH
PATLOLA

CO-FOUNDER

STEALTH STARTUP

SPEAKER

PAUL
HARTY

CHIEF SOLUTIONS OFFICER

SEVENSTEP

TIARA AWARDS
JUDGE

KELLIE
BUCKLEY

HEAD OF EMPLOYER BRAND

TRAVEL + LEISURE CO.

TIARA AWARDS
JUDGE

GERRY
CRISPIN

PRINCIPLE & CO-FOUNDER

CAREERXROADS

TIARA AWARDS
JUDGE

REBECCA
COOK

GROUP HEAD OF RECRUITMENT

PIB GROUP

TIARA AWARDS
JUDGE

JEFF
SWEITZER

TECNOLOGY EXECUTIVE

ALLEGIS GLOBAL SOLUTIONS

TIARA AWARDS
JUDGE

AARON
MITCHELL

CEO

ACME, LLC

SPEAKER

RAY
CULVER

COUNTRY MANAGER, AMERCIAS

TALINT PARTNERS

SPEAKER

DECLAN
SLATTERY

HEAD OF EMPLOYER PROGRAMME & CHAIR OF GLOBAL ADVISORY BOARD

TALINT PARTNERS

TIARA AWARDS
JUDGE

TAREK
DAWAS

GLOBAL HEAD OF RESOURCING & MOBILITY

ALLEN & OVERY

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