2008 NASPP National Conference. Hilton New Orleans Riverside, New Orleans, LA
October 27-29. SHRM Diversity Conference & Exposition. Atlanta, GA.
October 28-29. 2008 Staffing Industry Analysts Contingent Workforce Strategies Summit. New York Marriott at Brooklyn Bridge, New York City.
October 28-30. ERE Expo 2008 Fall. Westin Diplomat Hotel & Spa, Hollywood, FL.
November 5. Human Capital at the Helm: Talent Management as a Driver for Business Performance. Sponsored by Taleo and featuring Brian Wilkerson, National Practice Director-Talent Management for Watson Wyatt Worldwide, and Alice Snell, VP of Research for Taleo. Fairmont Royal York, Toronto, Ontario.
November 6. RecruitMilitary Career Fair. Portland, OR.
November 16-19. Kennedy Information's Recruiting Conference & Expo. Florida Hotel and Conference Center, Orlando, FL.
November 17-19. WorldatWork Canadian Total Rewards Conference. Toronto, Ontario.
December 4. RecruitMilitary Career Fair. Seattle, WA.
December 7-10.
SoACE Annual Conference. Southern Association of Colleges & Employers. Disney's Contemporary Resort, Lake Buena Vista, FL.
December 10-12. MPACE Annual Conference. Mountain Pactific Association of Colleges & Employers. Westin Horton Plaza Hotel, San Diego, California.
Comings & Goings
Buck Consultants announced that Jacquie Walker has been named to Consulting magazine's Top 25 Consultants for 2008. Walker is a principal in the firm's Toronto office and a Fellow of the Certified Employee Benefit Specialist (CEBS) program.
TalentQuest, a human capital management consulting firm, announced that J. Steve Bush has joined the firm's management team as chief administrative officer. He is the former Director of Customer Service and Market General Manager for Recall North America, a document management company.
Intuit is slashing about 7 percent of its workforce as part of a reorganization at the software company. The Mountain View-based maker of TurboTax and the personal finance software Quicken says the job cuts will affect about 575 jobs.
Compassoft, Inc., provider of governance, risk and compliance solutions, appoints Paul Salsgiver as President and Chief Executive Officer.
Kerry E. Waltrip will join the Healthcare business of Thomson Reuters as senior vice president of sales for management decision support solutions in the healthcare provider market, coming from 3M Health Information Systems, Inc.
International executive search firm Egon Zehnder International, names Brian Reinken as Managing Partner for Egon Zehnder U.S.A., with the responsibility of leading the U.S. operations, and names George Davis as Managing Partner on the firm's Global Executive Committee.
Mike Matsumoto has joined the New York office of human capital consulting organization Aon Consulting Worldwide, as senior vice president and Japanese business leader for the Health & Benefits practice.
Streamline Health Solutions, Inc., provider of workflow and document management solutions, appoints B. Scott Boyden, Jr. as Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing.
Digital entertainment services company RealNetworks promotes John Giamatteo to chief operating officer, RealNetworks, and Harold Zeitz to chief operating officer of the games division. Additionally, Mike Lunsford is appointed executive vice president, strategic ventures.
In conjunction with the acquisition of TWG Global, Inc by SolomonEdwardsGroup, LLC, a national CFO services firm, Steve Brock, TWG's founding partner and director, joins as a principal.
Constant Contact, Inc., provider of email marketing and online surveys for small organizations, announced that Robert D. Nicoson has joined the company as its chief human resources officer. Most recently, he was the VP of human resources at Gather Inc.
Steven Butler joins Corbin Capital Partners, L.P., New York-based hedge fund of funds firm, as Director of Consultant Relations, coming from Evercore Asset Management, where he served as Managing Director of Institutional Sales and Consultant Relations.
CUSO Financial Services, LP, (CFS) a full-service broker dealer and Registered Investment Adviser, proudly announced that its vice president of human resources, Janine Holmes, was honored by the San Diego Business Journal as HR Professional of the Year.
Staffing services firm, Westaff, Inc., announced the addition of three industry veterans to the senior leadership of its field operations team. Vice President, National Sales Jerel Keith; Vice President Sales, South/ East Region Cheri Cross and Area Vice President, Rocky Mountain Region Julie Ferguson.
Jim Bowles, most recently vice president of workforce development at AT&T Mobility, has joined BTSto lead initiatives in its Leadership & Management practice.
Comdata Corporation, names Tracey Power as senior vice president of human resources. She is the former vice president, performance management at the company.
First Advantage Corporation, a global risk mitigation and business solutions provider, appoints JoAnn M. Laing president of its Employer Services segment.
Broadspire, a third-party administrator to employers and insurance companies, names Dennis Replogle, currently chief executive officer, becomes chairman, current president Kenneth F. Martino Jr., also will assume the responsibilities of chief executive officer;
Neil Lentine, currently senior vice president of client services, is promoted to the newly created role of chief operating officer, claim and client services; and Danielle Lisenbey, currently senior vice president of medical management, has been promoted to the newly created role of chief operating officer, medical services.
Topco Associates LLC appoints Audrey Jakel as Vice President of Human Resources and promotes Steve Schmitchel to Vice President of TopSource, its not-for-resale program.
FISHER/UNITECH appoints Bill Lawson as Human Resources Manager.
Radford Surveys and Consulting, a provider of market compensation intelligence and consulting to the high technology and life sciences industries, appoints Linda E. Amuso to president.
Richard Marshall is the new Managing Director of the Korn/Ferry International, Corporate Affairs Center of Expertise (previously called the External Affairs Center of Expertise); Nels Olson, the center's former Managing Director and the current Managing Director of Korn/Ferry's Northeast U.S. region, will continue to lead the Government Relations segment of the practice.
First Advantage Corporation, a global risk mitigation and business solutions provider, appoints JoAnn M. Laing
as president of its Employer Services segment.