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Sam Herring leads Intrepid's client development efforts, including sales, marketing and consulting.
A frequent speaker at leading industry conferences and seminars, Herring serves on program committees for ASTD’s TechKnowledge and Advanstar’s Learning & Training Week. He holds a master’s degree from Harvard, where he studied ethics and workforce development, and a bachelor’s degree from Yale, where he was Secretary (Chief Executive Officer) of his graduating class.
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Joe Hester is a senior attorney at Microsoft where he has supported the worldwide Services business. He helped establish Microsoft’s new managed desktop business and reengineered the process for the localization of Microsoft’s standard agreements around the world. Previously, Joe worked for Accenture and Electronic Data Systems Corporation.
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Bob is the Co Founder of the St. Charles Consulting Group, LLC, (StCCG), and leads its services to clients in the areas of knowledge sharing solutions, process simplificatoin and common process design and development, and other enabling solutions to support client core business strategies. Bob brings to StCCG over 30 years of experience and client service in the broad fields of knowledge management, business process design, and implementation of organizational change.
Bob has led the design and development of numerous complex client assignments involving process design and knowledge sharing in such areas as: new product development, supply chain, finance, human resources, customer service, and key customer account management. He has also supported client Six Sigma teams in the design and implementation of comprehensive process architectures, methodologies and training.
Bob is also an author of a best selling book, Best Practices, Building your business with Customer-focused solutions, as well as been featured in numerous print publications including the New York Times, CFO Magazine, CIO Magazine, and Industry Week. He has given numerous speeches on knowledge sharing and process design.
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John currently serves as Senior Director of Innovation Deployment for Accenture HR & Learning BPO Services. In this role he is responsible for leading the deployment and adoption of innovative solutions and capabilities for Accenture HR & Learning BPO Services. John serves as an Accenture liaison to the analyst community, HR & learning industry organizations, alliance partners, and key clients. He also leads the Accenture Learning Innovation Forum, a working group of global learning executives. There is a U.S. patent pending for John’s work in the field of measuring the impact of learning on business results and his work in the development of a Business Measurement Framework offering has been recognized with an Accenture Inventor’s Award.
John is recognized as a leader in the learning industry and is a frequent guest speaker at industry conferences, and John is a frequent contributor to industry publications. John has served as chair of the Information Technology Association of America (ITAA) committee on e-learning, and is an advisor to the business intelligence board of Chief Learning Officer magazine. John also serves on the board of directors for Big Thought, a not for profit enterprise responsible for creating a partnership between Dallas schools and the arts. John was recently named to the South African E-Skills Council, an advisory group that is providing insight to the South African government.
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As president of professional education solutions, Timothy L. Hill leads the overall sales and marketing efforts for corporate, government and for-profit education clients.
Tim joined Blackboard in 2004 as senior vice president, global marketing. In his two years at the marketing helm, Blackboard launched a global rebranding effort including a new web presence, introduced BbWorld™, the company’s global user conference format, expanded the BbConnections™ client community initiative/web portal, and launched corporate marketing and demand creation programs internationally. With more than two decades of experience in sales and marketing strategy development and execution, Tim has been named one of the “Top 10 U.S. Marketers” by Crain’s Business Marketing; one of the “Top 100 Executives” by Ad Age and won “Product Launch of the Year” award from Marketing Computers (for the Iomega zip drive).
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She has expertise in aligning organizational culture to business strategy, leadership communication, and implementing performance management systems that result in long-term behavior changes. Her clients represent a diverse group of market leaders that includes Harley-Davidson, Eaton Corporation, PepsiCo, The Society for Human Resource Management, Abbott Laboratories, and Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance.
Angela is a frequent and highly regarded speaker on the national and regional circuits. She has engaged standing-room-only audiences at SHRM’s Annual Conference, ASTD’s Annual Conference, and Linkage’s Organizational Development Summit to name just a few venues.
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- A performance consultant, instructional designer, project manager, and online instructor who leads high impact projects from analysis to implementation
- A people-oriented leader with proven ability to work with management, subject matter experts, and end users to balance desired performance results, technical content accuracy, and effective learning outcomes
- Focused on improving employee performance and competitiveness through creating engaging learning solutions focused on business results
- A highly motivated life-long learner possessing enthusiasm to initiate and lead change
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Mellody Hobson is president of Ariel Investments, a Chicago-based money management firm that serves retirement plans and individual investors through its no-load mutual funds and manages separate accounts for institutional clients. As president, Mellody is responsible for firm-wide management and strategic planning, overseeing all operations outside of research and portfolio management. Additionally, she serves as chairman of the board of trustees for the mutual funds. She joined the company in 1991 after graduating from Princeton University where she received her degree from the Woodrow Wilson School of International Relations and Public Policy.
As president of Ariel Investments, Mellody is responsible for firm-wide management and strategic planning, overseeing all operations of Ariel’s business outside of research and portfolio management. Mellody has become a nationally recognized voice on financial literacy and investor education. She is a regular financial contributor on ABC’s Good Morning America, a featured columnist in Black Enterprise magazine as well as a spokesperson for both the annual Ariel/Schwab Black Investor Survey and the 2009 Ariel/Hewitt study, “401(k) Plans in Living Color.” Beyond her work at Ariel, Mellody is a director of three public companies: DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc.; The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. and Starbucks Corporation. She also serves on the Investment Company Institute’s board of governors and the SEC Investor Advisory Committee, and is a director of various professional and civic organizations. Mellody earned her undergraduate degree from Princeton’s Woodrow Wilson School of International Relations and Public Policy and is a former trustee of the University.
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Judd serves in a variety of roles with The Ken Blanchard Companies, a global leader in leadership development and organizational effectiveness. As an author and product developer, Judd is responsible for identifying customer needs and designing and developing leadership solutions to meet those needs. He is one of Blanchard's experts in organizational change and has coauthored two books with Dr. Ken Blanchard: Who Killed Change? Solving the Mystery of Leading People Through Change and Leading at a Higher Level: Blanchard on Leadership and Creating High Performing Organizations. He is also the coauthor of Blanchard’s Leading People Through Change program and consulting methodology as well as 21 Days to Becoming an Effective Situational Leader.
In his Client Partner role, Judd serves as the primary interface with the client and the Blanchard delivery team, with overall responsibility for the success of the partnership. He leads high-performing teams for some of Blanchard’s strongest client partnerships. He is results-driven, collaborative, flexible, innovative, and an expert problem solver.
Judd also serves as a member of Blanchard’s Portfolio Strategy & Oversight Team, which is responsible for determining Blanchard’s product development priorities based on current and future market needs.
Prior to joining Blanchard in 2001, Judd served in senior consulting roles with Fourth Floor Consulting and Accenture. He was primarily responsible for helping change leadership teams lead their organizations through large-scale change initiatives.
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Tom is a Partner in Accenture’s Talent & Organization Performance service line. He focuses on helping employees perform at a higher level through leveraging the tools of knowledge management, employee portals, collaboration and learning. Tom has a global leadership role for Accenture’s practice in these areas. He has 25 years of consulting experience and has led numerous projects that have delivered millions of dollars of benefits to clients and have touched hundreds of thousands of employees.
Before joining Accenture, Tom was Chief Knowledge Officer for a Fortune 100 company. Prior to that he worked for a Big Five consultancy where he held positions leading their KM, Portal and Content Management consulting practice, managing their internal KM function, leading their Learning Technology organization and as Deputy CIO.
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