First of its Kind

Advisory Board

David C. Almeda
Vice President of Human Resources, Kronos, Inc.

Dave is responsible for overseeing the global human resources function at Kronos. He serves as a strategic business partner to Kronos' senior leadership team and drives the human capital management strategy, programs, and initiatives to support Kronos' continued growth and profitability.

Dave brings a wealth of human resources management expertise to Kronos, after having spent 16 years in various human resources functions at Staples, a $25 billion retailer with more than 90,000 employees worldwide. No stranger to managing functions across vast geographic regions, Dave's last position with Staples was vice president of global human resources. In that capacity, Dave supervised vice presidents of human resources for Staples' four primary business units. Earlier in his career with Staples, he served in various roles including vice president of global HR administration, vice president of worldwide HR integration, and vice president of European strategy based in Belgium. In addition, Dave is a graduate of this program.

Mike Barger

COO, Corporate University Xchange

 Mike currently serves as Chief Operating Officer for Corporate University Xchange.  Previously, he was a member of the JetBlue Airways start-up team in 1998. In addition to being the airline's senior pilot, he founded JetBlue University, the corporate learning function, which provides learning and development to all JetBlue Crewmembers, in 2000. This award-winning organization has grown to over 180 faculty at five campuses across the United States. During his twelve years at JetBlue, Mike served as Senior Vice President of Fleet Operations, with responsibility for all Flight Operations (JetBlue Pilots) and Technical Operations (JetBlue Maintenance) and as Senior Vice President of Strategic Talent Management, where he was responsible for all aspects of recruiting, hiring, onboarding, performance management, professional development and succession planning at the airline. In addition, Mike is a graduate of this program.

Ed Betof
Executive Director, Leaders as Teachers Institute
Sr. Fellow, The Conference Board 

Ed is the Executive Director of the Leaders as Teachers Institute and works with his Corporate University Exchange colleagues and member companies in the first research-based global community of practice focusing on the impact of leaders serving as teachers, coaches and mentors.

Additionally, Ed is an executive coach for the Center for Creative Leadership, serves as a faculty member for the Institute for Management Studies, teaches in the University of Pennsylvania’s PennCLO Program , and is the program director for the Conference Board’s Executive Council on Talent and Organizational Development and the Global Executive Leadership Council.

Ed retired from his corporate career at the end of 2007 as Global Vice President, Talent Management and Chief Learning Officer at BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), culminating 39 years in business, industry and education. Ed served as a member of the Board of Directors of ASTD from 2004-2007 and chaired the Conference Board’s Council on Learning, Development and Organizational Performance from 2005-2007. He is a member of Pennsylvania State University’s Outreach Advisory Board.

Ed is the author of Leaders as Teachers (2009), and Co-Author of Just Promoted! (1992 and 2010) as well over 15 journal articles.

Abhijit Bhaduri
Chief Learning Officer, Wipro Limited

Abhijit works as the Chief Learning Officer for the $6bn Wipro group (NYSE: WIT) that operates in 30 countries with a workforce of 115,000 employees. The Wipro IT Business is amongst the largest global IT services, BPO and Product Engineering companies. In addition to the IT business, Wipro also has leadership position in niche market segments of consumer products and lighting solutions. Abhijit brings rich experience as a globally experienced Human Resources practitioner having led HR teams at Microsoft, PepsiCo, Colgate and Tata Steel in India, SE Asia and US. He completed his Bachelor's degree in Economics (Honors) and a Post Graduation in Human Resources from Xavier Labor Relations Institute, India. Abhijit also has a Bachelor's degree in Law from the University of Delhi, India. Abhijit is a popular blogger and has also authored two bestselling works of fiction.

Tony Bingham
President and CEO, ASTD (American Society for Training & Development)

As the world's largest professional association dedicated to the training and development field, the American Society for Training & Development (ASTD) is at the forefront of trends in larning and workforce development. Together with the Board of Directors and supported by a staff of 90 and a wide volunteer network, Tony is focused on helping members lead talent management in their organizations, build their business skills, understand the impact of social media on inforal learning, close skills gaps, and connect their work to the strategic priorities of business.

Tony is the co-author of The New Social Learning published in August, 2010. Through stories and case studies, he and Marcia Conner offer compelling evidence for the training profession on how to transform learning using social media.

With broad-based business, financial, operational, and technical management expertise, Tony joined ASTD in 2001 as the Chief Operating Officer / Chief Information Officer. He became President and CEO in February, 2004.

Peter Cheese
Consultant, Speaker and Writer, Human Capital and Organization

Peter is a recognised consultant, speaker and writer in the field of human capital and organization. He has extensive international experience gained from many years working with leading businesses around the world on human capital and organizational strategy, talent management and HR transformation, and the management of change. He has written numerous articles for leading publications worldwide and was the lead author on a book, The Talent-Powered Organization.

Peter retired in 2009 from Accenture after a 30 year career there as a member of the firm's Global Leadership Council and as the Global Managing Director responsible for the firms Talent and Organization Performance consulting practice. Under his leadership, this grew to be the largest consulting practice of its kind with over 3000 consultants. In 2008, he was named as one of the top 25 consultants worldwide by Consulting Magazine.

Peter continues to consult with a wide range of organizations at senior levels, speak at conferences around the world, and work with a range of NGOs with a particular interest on the issues of education and skills. He is a non-exec chair and non-exec director on the boards of three private businesses focused in the areas of talent management and leadership development, and workforce engagement and wellbeing.

Mary Francone
Assistant Vice President
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

Mary is an Assistant Vice President at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis is one of 12 regional Reserve banks that, along with the Board of Governors, constitute the Federal Reserve System. As the nation's central bank, the Fed is responsible for conducting monetary policy, supervising banks, and operating the nation's payment system. Mary leads The Center for Learning Innovation at the St. Louis Fed which creates technology-enabled learning solutions for multiple business lines across the Federal Reserve System. In addition to internal Federal Reserve employee programs, the Center also designs and delivers programs that are available to the public, including other financial institution regulators and K-12 students. 

Mary is a member of the ASTD Public Policy Council and was a 2009 and 2010 reviewer for the ASTD BEST Awards. Additionally, she sits on the Corporate University Xchange Social Learning Executive Council.

Mary attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics. She received a Masters of Science degree in Human Resources from Loyola University Chicago and a Masters of Science degree in Education from the University of Pennsylvania. Mary holds the Senior Professional of Human Resources (SPHR) designation by the Society of Human Resource Management, as well as a certificate in Co-Active Coaching from the Coaches Training Institute. In addition, Mary is a graduate of this program.

J. Tim Galbraith
Senior Vice President People Development, Yum! Brands, Inc.

Tim is Senior Vice President of People Development for Yum! Brands, Inc. located in Louisville, Kentucky. His major areas of focus include leveraging the organizational culture to drive business performance and facilitating leadership and executive development for breakthrough results.

Prior to joining Yum! Brands, Tim worked for Frito-Lay, Inc. in Dallas, Texas from 1984 to 1989. He held several positions of increasing responsibility in Management Development before transferring to KFC Worldwide.

At KFC, Tim led the Management Development and Training teams, later advancing to Vice President, Organization & Leadership Development of KFC, USA. In 1997, he transitioned to Tricon, Inc. (now Yum! Brands) and helped lead their spin-off from PepsiCo. Today, Tim continues as the Yum! Chief People Development Officer, overseeing all aspects of organizational design, culture transformation, succession planning and managing the worldwide organization of development and training professionals

Kathleen Gallo
Senior Vice President and Chief Learning Officer,
North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System (NSLIJHS)

Kathy is the Chief Learning Officer for the North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System (NSLIJHS), Great Neck, New York. Under her leadership, Corporate Human Resources, Service Excellence, and the Center for Learning and Innovation (the health system? corporate university) support the health system's vision to be a national healthcare leader, committed to excellence, compassion and improving the health of the community. Kathy is responsible for leadership development throughout the organization and the creation and implementation of a comprehensive learning strategy, built on a system-wide culture of continuous learning, in support of the health system's business objectives.

Jeanette K. Harrison
Vice President, Enterprise Learning and Development, Pitney Bowes

Jeanette is a corporate knowledge management and learning executive known internationally for aligning performance support solutions to enable corporate growth, meet revenue expectations, and transform organizations through her work in providing enhanced employee value drivers.

Jeanette has a well established track record of designing and implementing world class solutions in challenging global environments resulting in performance and productivity improvements. She is a pioneer in promoting women in technology through the organizational programs that she has created. Jeanette is a recognized thought leader and change agent in building collaborative solutions that embrace people, process, and technology.

Currently serving as the Vice President, Enterprise Learning and Development for Pitney Bowes, she is chartered with creating the organization to serve all training needs for the corporation.  She also created the American Express Learning Network, where as vice president she was tasked with training all employees serving American Express' customers through performance support strategies and solutions. As Director of Knowledge and Learning at Intel, she was responsible for providing performance support strategies and solutions to manufacturing employees worldwide. She previously served as Vice President of Strategic Planning and Business Development for National Computer Systems.

Jeanette holds a doctorate in Public Administration from the University of Southern California, a Master of Higher Education Administration and Bachelor of Arts from American University in Washington, D.C., and is an Executive Coach from the Hudson Institute.

Diane Holman
Global Chief Talent Development Officer, Wolters Kluwer

Diane is Global Chief Talent Development Officer for Wolters Kluwer.  She is responsible for designing and executing global talent development efforts in the areas of succession planning, leadership development, perormance management, learning and employee engagement.  Previously, Holman served as Vice President of Global Talent Development and Learning for Raytheon. Prior to Raytheon, Holman served as Vice President, Talent Management and Leadership Development for Reebok International LTD. She came to Reebok in 2005, from General Electric (GE) where she began her career leading large-scale change, acquisition and cultural integration efforts, and establishing and leading the Corporate University for GE Financial Assurance (GEFA), with locations in North America, United Kingdom and Japan. She served in positions of increasing responsibility and scope including Diversity Leader for GEFA Employer Services Group; program leader for executive education at GE Crotonville; and Organization and Staffing manager responsible for leading leadership development and talent management for GE Corporate Commercial, Communications, Marketing and Advertising organization.

Steve Kerr
Executive Director, Jack Welch Management Institute
Senior Advisor, Goldman Scachs

Steve is executive director of the Jack Welch Management Institute, and is a senior advisor to Goldman Sachs. From 2001-2006, he was a managing director at Goldman and was the firm's Chief Learning Officer. Steve came to GS from General Electric, where for seven years he was CLO and Vice President of Corporate Leadership Development. He was previously on the business school faculties of The Ohio State University, the University of Michigan, and the University of Southern California where he was Dean of the faculty and Director of the Ph.D. program. Steve is a former president of the Academy of Management, the world's largest association of academicians in management. His writings on leadership and "on the folly of rewarding A while hoping for B" are among the most cited and reprinted in the management sciences. His most recent book is Reward Systems (Harvard Business Press, 2009). Steve is a member of the board of directors of Harvard Business Publishing, The Motley Fool, and the Miami Children's Hospital Foundation.

Steffen Landauer
Chief Learning Officer, Citigroup

Steffen serves as Citi’s Chief Learning Officer, with responsibility for building an integrated, best-in-class learning organization across the company.  In his prior role, Steffen was Vice President of Executive and Leadership Development for Hewlett Packard, which included global responsibility for leadership and management development at all levels of HP.  His group’s programs drew heavily on the principles of partnership with the business, leaders teaching leaders and action learning.

 Prior to joining HP in 2006, Steffen worked for 20 years with Goldman Sachs in New York.  He served as Managing Director with the Pine Street Leadership Development Group, which was recognized for its innovative programs and partnership with business leaders at the firm. He also led a unique extension of the group which provided leadership development solutions for external Goldman Sachs clients.

Steffen has co-authored several publications, including: “Building a Learning Culture on Wall Street” in Leading Organizational Learning; “Using Stretch Goals to Promote Organization Effectiveness and Personal Growth: General Electric and Goldman Sachs” in Academy of Management Executive; and, “Maximizing the Value of Leadership Development: Key Questions (and Some Answers)” in Building More Effective Organizations from Cambridge University Press.

Steffen holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Columbia University.

Nancy Lewis
Former Chief Learning Officer & Vice President, ITT and VP, Learning, IBM

Nancy was the Chief Learning Officer and Vice President of ITT with responsibility for ITT’s leadership in learning. She joined ITT after nearly 30 years with IBM where she most recently served as Vice President for IBM Sales and On Demand Learning. Her organization was focused on learning innovation and the effectiveness of the corporation's top strategic learning initiatives across leadership development, technical, functional and professional development.

Under Nancy's leadership, IBM achieved global recognition for its world-class training and development programs, receiving numerous awards and honors from professional organizations and governments. IBM has been ranked number one twice in the past four years on Training magazine's "Top 100" list for learning solutions, and the company was inducted into the Training Hall of Fame in 2007.

Nancy serves on the advisory board of directors for the Wharton/Penn Graduate School of Education Chief Learning Officer program and the American Society for Training and Development's Learning Executive Network's advisory council. She is co-chair of the Conference Board's Council on Learning, Development and Organizational Performance and serves on Training Magazine's editorial advisory board.

Elliott Masie
Founder, The Learning CONSORTIUM

Elliott heads the MASIE Center, a Saratoga Springs, New York-based think tank focused on how organizations can support learning and knowledge within the workforce. He leads the Learning CONSORTIUM, a coalition of 230 Fortune 500 companies cooperating on the evolution of learning strategies. He is the editor of Learning TRENDS and a regular columnist in professional publications. He is the author of a dozen books, including the recently published Learning: Rants, Raves and Reflections. Elliott is the convener of Learning 2006, an international conference based in Orlando, Florida. In addition, he serves as an advisor to a wide range of government, education, and non-profit groups and on the board of trustees of several colleges and national organizations.

Judy McHugh
Vice President of Talent Development, MetLife

Judy is Vice President of Talent Development in MetLife’s Global Talent and Organizational Development’s Center of Expertise (COE). In her role, she is responsible for overseeing the executive assessment and coaching initiatives as well as the design, development and delivery of executive education programs for MetLife’s global officer population. Reflective of her role, Judy is a member of the Senior Leadership Team in the Global Talent and Organizational Development COE.

Judy joined MetLife in September of 2010. Prior to MetLife, she was Executive Director of the Aresty Institute of Executive Education at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania where she led an $80M profit center and a staff of 90 people. In this role, Judy was involved in partnering with executives at global and domestic Fortune 500 companies to understand their business challenges and leadership development needs for the purpose of designing learning and development solutions. Clients included Chubb Group of Insurance Companies, KPMG LLP, and Medtronic. Earlier in her career, Judy held leadership positions at a performance consultancy, Strategic Management Group (SMG), currently owned by BTS. In addition, Judy is a graduate of this program.

Mary McNevin
President, McCain Learning Centre

Mary is the President of the McCain Learning Centre, the corporate learning & development division of McCain Foods Limited. McCain Foods is the world’s largest manufacturer of frozen potato products and is also a major producer of other quality frozen foods. The company has 55 food production facilities in thirteen countries on six continents and employs more than 20,000 people. McCain Foods products are sold in more than 130 countries.

Mary is currently leading a variety of learning experiences for McCain Foods employees in areas such as: Executive Development, eLearning, Sales and Marketing Development, Change Management; Lean Thinking and Leadership Development. Her team is responsible for designing and implementing innovative learning initiatives that build individual and organization capabilities and inspire performance at all levels of the organization. McCain Foods employs a “Leaders as Teachers” methodology in the implementation of these programs. Prior to joining McCain Foods, Mary worked at John Deere Credit, OshKosh B’Gosh and Banta Corporation.

Mary holds Masters of Business Administration degree from the University of Wisconsin – Madison, She also holds a Master’s of Science degree in Education and is a graduate of this program.

Mary serves on the Public Policy Council of the American Society of Training and Development. She is also a founding member of the Corporate University Xchange Leaders as Teachers Institute. Locally, she serves as a member of the Fox Valley Technical College Global Education and Services Advisory Committee.

Donna McNamara
Former Vice President, Global Education and Training, Colgate-Palmolive Company

Donna is a global leader who consults with organizations to improve business results through learning, leadership and organization development. Formerly the Vice President of Global Education and Training for Colgate-Palmolive Company, she developed and implemented Colgate’s world-wide learning strategy, designed the company’s business goal alignment process and built leadership capability in accelerating effective change. Prior to Colgate, she was an executive with AT&T in human resources, education, and strategic planning. Donna is a past national president of the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD), a recipient of the Gordon M. Bliss Award for distinguished contribution, and a former member of the Society’s Board of Directors and Board of Governors. Currently, she serves on the National Nuclear Training Accreditation Board for INPO (Institute of Nuclear Power Operations), is a member of the International Adult and Continuing Education Hall of Fame, and serves as Chairperson for ASTD’s Editorial Advisory Board. Additionally, she is a Trustee of the College of St. Elizabeth. Donna received her Ph.D. in education and human resources from George Peabody College of Vanderbilt University.

Alfred Moyé
Former Director of University Affairs, Hewlett Packard
Former Deputy Assistant for Higher and Continuing Education, U.S. Department of Education

Al is a business-higher education consultant. Until September, 2000, he was the Director of University Affairs at the Hewlett-Packard Company, where he was responsible for strengthening HP's ties to a select number of institutions while increasing the return to HP for its investments in these institutions. He was previously Manager of Engineering Education and Performance Technology at Hewlett-Packard.

Prior to joining HP in April 1984, Al was National Educational Sales Manager and Director of the Atari Institute for Education Research. He was also Vice President for Academic Affairs at Roosevelt University, Chicago; and Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs and Associate Professor of chemistry at the University of Pittsburgh. During the Carter Administration, he served as deputy assistant secretary for higher and continuing education. He has published an organic chemistry laboratory text and has authored several articles in chemistry and chemical education journals. In 1997, Al was elected to the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Academy of Fellows. In 1999, he received the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE) Third Millennium Medal for outstanding contributions to his field. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of SeniorNet, the AT&T Advisory Panel on Access and Aging, and the Boards of Trustees of West Virginia Wesleyan College and the University of Pittsburgh.

Nigel Paine
Former Head of People Development, BBC

Nigel is a change-orientated leader with a worldwide reputation and a unique grasp of media, learning and development in the public, private and academic sectors. He has extensive experience in leadership and consultancy with public service broadcasters, SMEs, global industry players, government and education institutions. His consultancy focuses on the use of learning technologies, organizational development, leadership, creativity and excellence with a spotlight on maximizing human potential, innovation and performance in the workplace. He is a former CLO at the BBC and before that ran two learning technology organizations.

Rebecca Ray

Senior Vice President, Human Capital The Conference Board 

Alejandro Reyes
Vice President, Organization and Talent Development, Laureate Education

Alejandro is the VP of Organization and Talent Development for Laureate Education, Inc. Laureate is a global private education system that has presence in 28 countries, with 55 institutions of higher education and other specialized fields.  In this role, Alejandro has global responsibility for organization development, leadership and executive development, succession planning, engagement and culture.  Prior to Laureate, he was Executive Director of Global Learning and Development and Chief Learning Officer for Dell, Inc.  He joined Dell in October of 2006. Before that, Mr. Reyes was Director of Leadership Development and Executive Education in Motorola, Inc. He has managed learning and development projects in Asia, Europe and the Americas. Born and raised in Mexico City, he worked for Dana Corporation as manager of maintenance engineering. Alejandro spent eight years at Monterrey Institute of Technology in the roles of Academic Advisor, Director of Quality and Dean of Distance Learning, where he initiated the expansion of that university into South America. He was also Dean of Development for Monterrey Tech’s Virtual University. Alejandro holds a Master of Science in manufacturing systems and automation, holds the Dana technology prize (1992), and is author of the book Quality Techniques and Models in the Classroom being used in Mexico and Latin America for faculty development programs. He has Ph.D.in human development at Fielding University, Santa Barbara, CA.

Judy Schueler
VP, Organizational Development & Chief Human Resources Officer, University of Pennsylvania Health System

Judy is Vice President for Organizational Development and Chief Human Resources Officer for the University of Pennsylvania Health System (UPHS). In these roles, she integrates the system’s human resource functions and its organizational development to ensure that UPHS provides employees a healthy and productive work environment with ample opportunities to grow professionally.

Since 2004, Judy served as Vice President, Workforce Development and Chief Learning Officer at Vanguard Health Systems in Phoenix, Arizona. Prior to that, she served the University of Chicago Hospital and Health System for 12 years as Vice President and Chief Learning Officer, leading the development of an award-winning workforce education organization. A frequent lecturer and contributor to her field, Judy received her Bachelors degree from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana and her Masters in Organizational Behavior from Benedictine University.

Rita Mehegan Smith
Vice President, Enterprise Learning, Ingersoll Rand
Dean, Ingersoll Rand University

Rita is Vice President, Enterprise Learning for Ingersoll Rand and Dean for the Ingersoll Rand University. Ingersoll Rand is a $17 billion global, diversified industrial company. Ingersoll Rand University is responsible for developing strategic organizational competencies, providing leadership education, and for driving the IR culture across the globe. Rita has over 27 years of progressive leadership roles in the learning and development field. She has led learning functions in a variety of Fortune 500 companies; including the travel, financial services, and high tech manufacturing industries. The combination of her MBA, and Ed.D., coupled with her Six Sigma background, enables her to leverage a practical, applied business approach to learning and development. Her professional writings, most recently in the Pfeiffer Annual and T&D Magazine, similarly reflect this pragmatism. Rita has served ASTD in a variety of leadership roles, including her current role as an ASTD Board of Director. She was most recently profiled in the September 2007 issue of CLO Magazine.

John Smith, III
Partner, Reed Smith
Chancellor, Reed Smith University

John joined Reed Smith in 1991. Prior to joining Reed Smith, he had been a partner in the firm of Dilworth, Paxson, Kalish & Kauffman. A member of Reed Smith’s Executive Committee for 11 years, he currently concentrated on his practice and on the administration of Reed Smith University, for which he serves as chancellor.

John graduated from Princeton University in 1963 and from Yale Law School in 1970. Before law school, he served for three years as an officer in the United States Navy, including service as the operations officer of River Division 511 in Can Tho, South Vietnam. Since his admission to the bar in 1970, John has practiced broadly in the areas of litigation and business counseling, with an emphasis on commercial matters. He has had extensive experience in the fields of insurance, banking, health care, governmental relations, the licensing of intellectual property, constitutional interpretation, and employment and civil rights matters. John has served as lead or coordinating counsel in a wide variety of complex matters, class actions, and regulatory proceedings.

With this experience, John is a frequent course planner and lecturer at insurance institutes conducted by the Pennsylvania Bar Institute. He chairs the Reed Smith Roundtable on the financial industry, a biennial forum that brings senior industry executives and counsel, public officials, regulators, academics, and other observers together for interactive analysis and discussion of issues affecting the industry. In 2004, Reed Smith created Reed Smith University with assistance from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. John became its first chancellor and currently devotes much of his time to the development of this one-of-a-kind educational initiative.

Martha Soehren
Senior Vice President, Comcast University
and Chief Learning Officer, Comcast Corporation

Martha is the Chief Learning Officer for Comcast and Senior Vice President for Comcast University. She has ten years of experience with the Telecommunications Industry, 25 years with the Defense Industry, and 13 years of experience as an adjunct professor, research advisor and academic advisor.

Martha is the recipient of the Liberty Award for Leadership from the Philadelphia Chapter of Women in Cable and Telecommunications (WICT), identified as an influential Woman to Watch by Cable World, and an honoree of Top Practitioners in the field of Leadership Development by Leadership Excellence Organization. She is a member of the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee of WICT National; member of the Board of Directors and Chair of the Strategic Directions Commiitee of the American Society for Training & Development; a Learning LEader with the Elliott Masie Consortium and contributing author to Masie's Learning Leader Fieldbook; member of Cable and Telecommunications for Marketing; member, Philadelphia's Forum of Executive Women; and member of the National Association for Multi-ethnicity in Communications. Martha is an experienced advisor with academic and non-profit organizations such as Rochester Institute for Technology, Jones International University, Wayne State University, and The Children's Center of Wayne County, among others. She recently completed her terms as an advisor to the Learning Streams Board, a for-profit organization; and she serves as an advisor to the board of CLOs for Marcus Evans.

Nick van Dam
Global Director Learning, e-Learning Solutions and Technologies for Deloitte
Founder and Chairman for the e-Learning for Kids Foundation

Nick is Global Director Learning, e-Learning Solutions and Technologies for Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu (DTT), a Swiss Verein whose network of member firms around the world have 169,000 employees. He is engagement advisor for Deloitte member firms’ Human Capital Practices. His areas of expertise and experience include learning & talent development strategy, program design, technology-based learning, learning & talent systems, social learning, competency management, performance management, leading a global shared services function (India/USA), change management and innovation.

As an internationally known thought leader in learning and development, Nick has written articles and has been quoted by The Financial Times, Fortune Magazine, Business Week, The India Times, Management Consulting, and T+D Magazine. He has authored and co-authored a number of books including Change Compass, The e-Learning Fieldbook, The Business Impact of e-Learning, 25 Best Practices in Learning & Talent Development, Organization & Management, an International approach, and Next Learning, Unwrapped!.

Nick is founder and chairman of the e-Learning for Kids Foundation, which is a global non-profit foundation that provides schools and children around the world with free technology-based learning.

A. William Wiggenhorn
President of Consulting Services, Main-Captiva

Bill is responsible for the Main-Captiva consulting business including custom-designed executive development strategy, systems, and programs, as well as talent management strategies and systems. He is an acknowledged expert in the fields of training and development, executive and leadership development, e-learning, marketing, and business strategy. Prior to establishing Main-Captiva, Bill was a consultant to industry and the not-for-profit sector with EDA. He also served as a senior learning and development executive at Xerox and as CLO (chief learning officer) at Motorola and Cigna. He is perhaps best known for establishing Motorola University (MU) as the benchmark corporate university. Bill's board participation has included the ASTD Council of Governors, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Educational Testing Service, and the Emory University Business School Advisory Board. He currently serves on the Center for Creative Leadership board of governors, the Rochester Institute of Technology President's Council, the University of Tennessee Business School Advisory Board, the Villanova University Engineering School Advisory Board, and the Institute for Work and the Economy. Bill also serves as vice chairman of the Asia-based Global Education Management Corporation (GEM), which manages institutions of higher learning in Malaysia and China.