Jennifer McClellan is a global talent acquisition leader focused on driving business value through efficiency and strategy. Jennifer thrives on helping her clients push the boundaries of traditional recruiting methods. She started her career in technical consulting and software development at Microsoft and Nokia, which provides her a unique perspective when supporting her partners and candidates. At Citrix, Jennifer leads the Global Recruiting Strategies and Operations team, enabling a data-driven approach for continuous improvement of hiring techniques and channels while ensuring inclusive practices. Jennifer has developed programs and strategic initiatives for early in career through executive hires that reflect the company’s culture and priorities, often looking for new opportunities to engage differentiated talent.

Jennifer serves as the co-chair for the Citrix Enabled ERG and is passionate about helping Citrix provide an environment for all employees to deliver their best.

Jennifer received her Bachelor’s degree of Mathematics and Computer Science from Boston University. She enjoys exploring new technologies and spending time with her family and Labradors.

Iriet leads the Talent Acquisition team supporting Revenue and Corporate for all of Condé Nast's Digital Media's vast portfolio of premier brands.

She is a cross-athlete across Sales, Marketing, Consumer Marketing, Social Media, Video, Experiential, Communications, PR, Finance, Contracts, Licensing, Legal, HR, and Business/Sales Operations.  She has extensive experience and finely-honed abilities in talent acquisition, talent partnership, and candidate management. In addition, she works as a strategic partner to our brands, executives, and the People team. Iriet has a great passion for helping others. In fact, the reason she got into recruitment was that her dream job was to help others find their dream jobs.

Iriet enjoys cooking, golf, traveling, going to concerts, hanging out with her family, friends, and cat Catherine (Cat for short). She is born and raised in Los Angeles and moved to New York 7 1/2 years ago when she joined Condé Nast.

Peter Sursi is the senior executive, recruiting & hiring at the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), where he oversees recruiting, staffing, employment marketing, and workforce strategy efforts for all FBI offices around the country.

Vijay Swaminathan is the Co-Founder & CEO of Draup, an AI-Driven Reskilling and Talent Intelligence Platform. Vijay has extensive experience in the areas of Product Ideation, Concept to Productization, and Platform enablement. He brings a wealth of expertise in the areas of Data Analytics, Operations Research, and Strategic Management. He has developed numerous quantitative models and heuristics related to global talent, business analytics, and strategic business initiatives.

Vijay is also the co-founder of Zinnov (a leading research & advisory firm) and TalentNeuron (acquired by CEB a Gartner Company (NYSE:IT)). Prior to co-founding Zinnov and TalentNeuron, Vijay held senior positions at Hewitt Associates and KPMG Consulting. He is passionate about translating business ideas into tangible Intellectual Property.

Ajay Sah is a global leader in consulting, technology services and digital transformation. He serves as Vice President and Head of Talent Acquisition at Capgemini for the Americas, United Kingdom, APAC & Middle East. As a business partner, Ajay is driving near-term operational results, long-term strategic planning / value creation, enabling profitable growth. He's also a hands-on practical leader who successfully executes strategic initiatives across a complex and multi-jurisdictional organization. Ajay applies a strong understanding of global markets, technology, mobility, immigration, HR and recruitment to understand trends and proactively build solutions for tomorrow.

Capgemini is at the forefront of innovation to address the entire breadth of clients’ opportunities in the evolving world of cloud, digital and platforms. Building on its strong 50-year heritage and deep industry-specific expertise, Capgemini enables organizations to realize their business ambitions through an array of services from strategy to operations. Capgemini is driven by the conviction that the business value of technology comes from and through people. Capgemini (www.capgemini.com) is a USD 19 BN Global leader in Technology Services with over 270,000 energetic employees in more than 40 countries who seek to deliver excellence and foster value to their clients.

Lydia Dishman is Fast Company’s senior editor for growth and engagement. She has also written for CBS Moneywatch, Fortune, The Guardian, Popular Science, and the New York Times, among others.

Rob Bennett has more than 17 years of professional experience, primarily focused on human capital management consulting. He provides best practices focusing on finding, developing and retaining employees, while aligning corporate objectives with talent management strategies. In addition to SkillSurvey, Rob has held positions at CareerBuilder and Caliper Corporation, a leading provider of behavioral assessments. He speaks to HR professionals nationally on a wide range of topics that help Fortune 500 companies and staffing firms improve hiring operations, improve time to perform, and techniques to optimizing the recruitment and onboarding process.

Dave has extensive experience coordinating and advising employers, Industry Associations, and the Department of Labor Office of Apprenticeship (DOL- OA) on the most effective implementation models for Registered Apprenticeships, Workforce development and Military hiring programs.

Dave has served as one of twelve DOL-OA designated Industry Subject Matter Experts in Registered Apprenticeship Technical Assistance for the last 6 years. Combined with more than two decades of experience in Recruiting, Employee Training and Development, and Operations in the private sector Dave has directly supported, developed, and implemented apprenticeship related instruction (ARI) and on-the-job (OJT) training outlines for multiple training and development and DOL Apprenticeship programs. Dave has successfully designed and implemented National Standards of Registered Apprenticeships, National Occupational Frameworks and curriculum across a multitude industry sectors. In his capacity as Executive Director he manages eleven National Programs that have accounted for over 15,000 Apprentices.

Dave served multiple combat tours of duty as a U.S Army Infantry leader. He received his BA in History - Secondary Education from Austin Peay State University.  He has been a high school educator, football coach, business owner and in his over 11 years with J.B Hunt transport he is best known for developing and directing the Hunt’s Heroes program with the dedicated mission of hiring 10,000 Veterans. He and his wife, Gena, have five daughters and 7 grandchildren.

Peggy Anderson is known as a transformational leader in Talent Acquisition with experience across various industries. She is currently the Head of Global Talent Acquisition for Shutterfly.  Her previous experience spans the global brands of Apple, Microsoft, Blackbaud and Under Armour.   Bringing her expertise of Global Staffing Programs and Operations from Microsoft along with practical expertise of leading talent acquisition teams across all TA disciplines, she is currently leading the strategic changes for staffing across all of Shutterfly that includes our brands of Lifetouch, Snapfish, BorrowLenses and TinyPrints.  She and her teams have built creative strategies in talent acquisition such as an NFL extern program at Under Armour, video interviewing across various companies, high volume seasonal hiring at Shutterfly, global college recruiting and large transformational global simplification of staffing processes at Microsoft.  Her passion and energy for building strong teams and supporting the volatile staffing needs for the companies she has worked for is contagious.

At Shutterfly, our purpose is to help share life’s joy as the leading retailer and manufacturing platform for personalized products and communications. Founded in 1999, Shutterfly, Inc. has three divisions: Consumer, Lifetouch, and Shutterfly Business Solutions. Our Consumer and Lifetouch divisions help consumers capture, preserve, and share life’s important moments through professional and personal photography, and personalized products. The Shutterfly and Snapfish brands bring photos to life in photo books, gifts, home décor, and cards and stationery. Lifetouch is the national leader in school photography, built on the enduring tradition of “Picture Day,” and also serves families through portrait studios and other partnerships. Shutterfly Business Solutions delivers digital printing services that enable efficient and effective customer engagement through personalized communications. Together, we are Shutterfly, Inc.

Francesca Gino is an award-winning researcher who focuses on why people make the decisions they do at work, and how leaders and employees have more productive, creative and fulfilling lives. She is the Tandon Family Professor of Business Administration in the Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Unit at Harvard Business School and the author, most recently, of “Rebel Talent: Why it Pays to Break the Rules in Work and Life.” Gino is also affiliated with the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School, the Mind, Brain, Behavior Initiative at Harvard, and the Behavioral Insight Group at Harvard Kennedy School. She co-chairs HBS Executive Education programs on Behavioral Economics (focused on how to apply behavioral insights to organizational problems) and Driving Profitable Growth.

Gino has been honored as one of the world’s Top 40 Business Professors under 40 and one of the world’s 50 most influential management thinkers by Thinkers 50. Professor Gino has won numerous awards for her teaching, including the HBS Faculty Award by Harvard Business School's MBA Class of 2015, and for her research, including the 2013 Cummings Scholarly Achievement Award, from the Academy of Management Organizational Behavior Division. Her studies have also been featured in The Economist, The New York Times, Newsweek, Scientific American, Psychology Today, and The Wall Street Journal, and her work has been discussed on National Public Radio and CBS Radio.

In addition to teaching, Professor Gino advises firms and not-for-profit organizations in the areas of negotiation, decision-making, and organizational behavior.

Nicole is the Accenture North East Cloud Practice Lead for Communications Media and Technology clients overseeing the growth and delivery of services associated with public/private cloud technology, IT transformation, and IT operations from strategy through execution. She has extensive experience with large scale Cloud, Infrastructure and Application transformation programs, technology assessment, strategy, and implementation serving some of Accenture's largest clients.

Nicole serves on the Regional Advisory Board for NPower, a national non-profit that creates pathways to economic prosperity by launching digital careers for young adults from underserved communities and military veterans.

She holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science/Mathematics from Manhattan College in Riverdale New York, and Master of Science Degree in Software Engineering from University of Scranton in Scranton Pennsylvania, where she served as a Computer Science Professor. She had pursued a Doctor of Management in Organizational Leadership/Information Systems and Technology at the University of Phoenix in Phoenix Arizona.

An avid runner, she regularly trains for marathons. Her goal is to complete a marathon in every state and across all 7 continents. To date, she has completed 23 marathons and still counting.

Andrew is the Senior Manager for Advanced Programs at Northrop Grumman Corporation Space Systems.  In his current role Andrew works with the Department of Defense and Intelligence Agencies to develop and deliver some of today’s most advanced space-based technologies for defense of our nation.

In his previous role at Northrop Grumman Mission Systems, Andrew worked to develop the Emerging Technology Innovation Lab; a first of its kind technology incubator that focused transferring new technology developed in an unclassified environment to a Nation Security Mission. Using this unclassified model, Andrew was able to help develop Mission System’s “Non-traditional Hiring Process”;  allowing Northrop to broadening its ability to hire and grow non-degreed talent and utilize this to its maximum potential.

Before engaging his career in the area of Nation Defense, Andrew’s career focused in the commercial markets, managing opportunities in advance technologies, market and business development, and heavy industry. More than half of his career has been spent focused internationally, and there’s few things he enjoys more than engaging with new opportunities in the global market.

Andrew graduated West Virginia University with a BS in Aerospace Engineering and received his MBA from Michigan State University. Andrew has a passion for mentoring and helping young people grow in their careers and served not only as a Professional Development Instructor, but also as a Regional Advisory Board member for NPower Maryland. His work in developing young talent lead to him receive the Greater Baltimore Committee’s Bridging the Gap Achievement Award for his efforts in mentorship.

Kim Mitchell is the Vice President of Program Strategy and Engagement at NPower. She is responsible for
supporting the CEO and other members of the executive team to drive strategy for NPower programs. This
includes driving program and curriculum innovation, manage growth and expansion and refine regional
strategic plans as it related to program delivery. She joined NPower in 2018.

Kim is a seasoned professional with decades of leadership experience in Philanthropy, Human Resources,
Consulting and Diversity & Inclusion while at JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Xerox Corporation.
As the former Northeast Region Executive for JPMorgan Chase Foundation, Kim led philanthropic, civic and
employee engagement activities and managed a social investment portfolio of over $40 million in grants and
strategic sponsorships. Given this unique blend of experience, Kim is recognized for her expertise and proven
record in leading high-profile projects, building and leading high performing teams and advising senior
business and community leaders on integrating organizational assets to achieve business and community
outcomes.

Her work in corporate diversity has been a valuable asset in service to the nonprofit sector. As funder and
thought partner, Kim has worked with organizations fighting housing, education and economic inequity to
help identify solutions at the organizational, policy and systems level.

Mychael Robinson has been working in the recruitment ad space for the past eight years. He is currently a Solutions Architect for Appcast, where he has spent the last few years living and breathing recruitment advertising strategies and ensuring companies produce the best ROI possible for their recruitment ad dollars.

Mychael is a Los Angeles native, an avid EPL follower and is most looking forward to getting back to the movies when COVID is over.

Viet Nguyen is the Head of Customer Talent Advisory at Gem.

Saloni currently serves as the Head of Talent Acquisition, North America for Coty, one of the world’s biggest beauty conglomerates with a portfolio of leading global brands. In her role at Coty, she leads the development of Talent Acquisition strategy and is accountable to deliver end-to-end recruitment operations. She maintains a critical focus on building diverse and sustainable talent pipelines both internally and externally. Her role oversees recruitment of Leadership to emerging graduate talent.

Saloni brings more than 14 years of talent acquisition experience and was previously at reputable global search firm, 24 Seven where she served as Vice President of Recruitment. While at 24 Seven, Saloni oversaw the Beauty, Fashion, Digital, and Retail division. She has worked on all levels of talent placements inclusive of C-Suite roles across notable Consumer Brands. Saloni has also served as Head of Talent Acquisition at Intermix, the luxury fashion retailer under Gap Inc.

Saloni possesses a tremendous network, ambassadorship, market intelligence and a passion to connect. She graduated from Pace University in New York, NY and currently lives in New Jersey with her husband and twins.

Steve Feyer is a veteran of several successful startups in cybersecurity, analytics, robotics, and other technologies. As Eightfold's first product marketer, he tells the Eightfold story of how deep learning AI will transform hiring and talent management and help find the right career for everyone in the world.

Kristen Bellstrom is features editor at Fortune, where she oversees The Broadsheet newsletter and edits the publication’s women and business coverage. Kristen also serves as co-chair of Fortune‘s Most Powerful Women Next Gen Summit. She was previously a senior editor at Money, where she ran the publication’s real estate and travel coverage. She began her journalism career at SmartMoney, where she was a writer and editor covering the travel industry, luxury, and consumer products. Kristen is a graduate of Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism and Duke University.