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Responsible for the Chicago operations of New Horizons Computer Learning Centers - 2 offices, 35 people, P&L, growing business, developing strategic alliances.
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An “astute professional, change agent, and progressive leader” who is forward thinking, research driven, hardworking, thought provoking, and analytically are terms often used by her professional and personal networks to describe Ms. Airies Davis. Throughout her 10+ year career, Ms. Davis has been a successful Human Resources Executive consistently impacting the bottom-line for such top companies as Deloitte, Merrill Lynch, and Monster Worldwide. She currently serves as an Enterprise Client Trainer for Monster Worldwide (www.monster.com). Monster is leader in the online recruitment space as one of the top 40 most visited websites in the world. In this role, she travels across the country conducting training and development workshops for internal and external Fortune 500 clients such as Motorola, Zurich, & General Motors. She effectively identifies and addresses her clients hiring needs, recruitment challenges, employment law adherence, and diversity best practices. Prior to Monster Worldwide, Ms. Davis served as the Assistant Vice President of Corporate Recruiting at Merrill Lynch Capital. In addition, she balanced her Human Resources career by previously developing national events and workshops for major publications including Black Enterprise, Diversity Inc, Hispanic MBA, and Savoy Magazine.
As the President of the NAAAHR Chicago Chapter, she looks forward to exploring new partnership opportunities, providing membership educational enhancements, and evolving the chapters’ local and international reach. She searched the Chicagoland area for the best and the brightest leaders with impressive Human Resources credentials to serve as Board members. At last comprising a “dream team” Executive Board of PhD, CPA, and SPHR professionals equipped and excited to move NAAAHR Chicago Chapter into a direction!
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As Director of Diversity and Inclusion Initiatives, Shirley acts as the SHRM “thought leader” on global diversity issues and will be working to position SHRM as the leader in the diversity and inclusion field. She designs and implements innovative diversity strategies to further both the ATP (Advance the Profession) and STP (Serve the Professional) portions of SHRM’s overall strategy. Shirley also acts as the staff leader to the Diversity Special Expertise Panel; the liaison to SHRM’s Diversity Advisory Council, the SHRM Diversity Conference; and the representative of SHRM’s Diversity Initiative to the public. She travels across the country and internationally speaking on the critical challenges and complexities associated with managing diversity in a global workforce and marketplace. She provides HR and diversity professionals practical strategies and solutions that enable them to effectively develop, implement and sustain their diversity and inclusion initiatives.
Shirley has more than 15 years of experience in Human Resources, Organizational & Leadership Development and Diversity Management. She has led such functions Training & Education, Leadership Development, Performance Management, Recruiting, Change Management, Strategic Planning and Global Diversity. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Pre-Law, a Master’s Degree in Human Resources Management, and a Ph.D. in Business and Organization Management.
Shirley has held numerous leadership positions in major Fortune 500 and 100 companies such as Constellation Energy, Capital One, Circuit City, and Bank of America. Additionally, she has led such functions as Recruiting, Training and Development, Performance Management, Change Management, Leadership and Executive Development, and Diversity and Inclusion.
Shirley is a member of numerous professional organizations and is very active in her church, community and family. She’s a former Miss District of Columbia, Ms. Oklahoma and in 2000 won the national title of Ms. American United States.
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Robert A. Davis Jr. was born in Chicago’s south side and graduated from Northern Illinois History, where he studied Chinese art history, Chinese philosophy and Chinese language. In 1997 Robert moved to Xi’an in central China where he lived for two years and taught English to adult scientists and researchers at the Xi’an International Studies University. During this stay in China, Robert traveled extensively throughout the region and developed a keen interest in contemporary Chinese culture, especially the education system. In 1999 Robert returned to Chicago and became the first Asian world languages program coordinator for Chicago Public Schools (CPS). He now serves as the Director of the Confucius Institute in Chicago and the CPS Chicago’s Chinese Connection Program. In 2002 he was awarded a full scholarship from the Chinese government to study Chinese language and culture at Peking University. He has lead 9 education cultural immersion programs to China, with over 100 teachers and administrators having participated. In October 2004 Robert accompanied Mayor Richard M. Daley to Shanghai and Shenyang, China as his education representative, and facilitated in the signing of an Agreement of Cooperation between the Chicago Public Schools and the Chinese Ministry of Education. In May 2006 he returned to China with Mayor Daley to expand collaboration between Chicago and China, which included meetings with Minister of Education, Zhou Ji. He is a frequent lecturer on the subject of Chinese language education development in the United States, and has spoken at the Asia Society in New York, The First World Conference on the Teaching of Chinese as a Foreign Language (Beijing), The Institute on International Education (Washington DC), the University of Chicago and the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (several occasions). Robert is an avid supporter of language education and an advocate for an increase in International education programs in America’s public schools.
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Tristan has over three decades of leadership and management experience, working with the world’s largest and most respected consumer goods companies. Starting out as brand manager at Procter & Gamble in the Philippines, Tristan has risen to senior marketing and eventually country executive and board level positions in companies that include Kraft Foods, Johnson & Johnson, and the Wm Wrigley Jr Company. He has been posted in some of the world’s most important and fastest growing markets - including China, India, the tiger economies of South East Asia - as well as in the United States. His latest foreign assignment was in Vietnam as General Director for URC, a subsidiary of JGSummit Holdings, one of Asia’s largest and most respected business conglomerates. In these assignments, Tristan successfully led and managed organizations in meeting every imaginable challenge: from overseeing start-ups to turning around problem ventures; from launching brands in a single market to orchestrating complex marketing and business campaigns across an entire region. Most recently, Tristan moved to Chicago where he founded and is now President & CEO of Banyan Way, an Executive Coaching & Development company dedicated to helping marketing executives further improve their leadership and management skills.
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CARA provides the innovative learning and performance solutions that are right for each organization. We take the time to understand your business and partner with you to develop the most appropriate solutions to meet your organizational goals. CARA will help you stay on budget, with flexible and creative approaches. We are process-driven with programs to help you track productivity, progress and results.
CARA understands that the only way to measure true success is through client satisfaction. At CARA, we have two sets of clients—our customers and our consultants. We designed the PURE service program to meet the needs of both. CARA’s PURE service consists of an evaluation, recognition and reward program in which all our consultants participate.
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Bob has broad experience with more than twenty years of international and domestic leadership roles in world-class Fortune 500 organizations where he held senior executive positions. In addition, he has significant consulting experience in serving as an advisor and coach to senior executives in a cross section of industries.
While working at companies including Johnson Controls, Unilever, CAN Insurance, and AON, Bob’s area of expertise included executive leadership development and coaching; strategic execution and measurement frameworks; executive assessment; succession and talent management; and change management strategies.
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Ravi is a hands on person with a decisive management style with great analytical skills to review processes and systems, enhance them as needed to maximize productivity as well as create solutions to enhance the top & bottom line.Extensive experience with diverse business eco-systems.
A believer in Customer Service as a revenue generator across all levels of the organization, internal and external as a means of providing solutions to take care of the details - big and small. Too often individuals and organizations limit themselves to believing Customer Service is ONLY about service with a smile. That is just one component, CS is about suggesting and providing solutions before the client asks for them, and then monetizing the solution to generate revenue!
A change agent with a positive demeanor to adapt to and manage chaos and change. A true believer and practitioner of diversity in organizations. I have and admire strong integrity and ethical values, in individuals as well as in organizations.
Excellent Sales and Marketing Management skills in Consultative sales and training techniques for high value products and services. Certified Train the Trainer.
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Matt has 15 years of experience leading teams in the development of instructional systems including instructor-led training, computer/web-based courses, and experiential learning events.
As the Vice-President of Option Six, Matt works primarily with the Pharmaceutical and Financial Industries in the delivery of performance-driven e-learning solutions. While with Option Six, his teams have delivered over 200 e-learning courses for multiple Fortune 250 companies. His teams have been recognized for their work including a Brandon Hall e-Learning Gold recipient.
He has presented at international and regional industry conferences including:, International Society of Performance Improvement (ISPI) 2007, e-Learning Guild - Online Forums 2007, Training Solutions 2006, Pharmaceutical Sales Training Summit 2006, Society for Pharmaceutical and BioTech Trainers 2005, Central Indiana ASTD 2004, LearnShare 2004 (which was designed and produced by Executive Learning Exchange), and TechPoint 2003.
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