Myrta Barell

Swiss Re

Global Head of Alumni Network

Myrta Barell is the Global head of Swiss Re's Alumni Network and is responsible for the strategy, planning and day-to-day management of the program which has now grown to include the ever increasing retiree population. Swiss Re was one of the first Swiss-based companies to form such a global network. Her expertise has extended to include other social media areas as well as social recruiting and communications. Throughout her nine years at Swiss Re, she has held various communication and business development roles specializing in Marketing Communications and Media Relations for direct insurance and financial services.

Before joining Swiss Re she was with Goldman Sachs and Co Bank, in the role of Compliance Officer as well as a Client Analyst for Goldman's private clients.

Barell holds a degree in Public Relations from Mount Saint Vincent University and a degree in Sociology from St. Francis Xavier University, both located in Nova Scotia, Canada. Still a Canadian at heart, Myrta has lived for more than a decade with her family in Switzerland.

COMPANY PROFILE

The Swiss Re Group is a leading wholesale provider of reinsurance, insurance and other insurance-based forms of risk transfer. Dealing direct and working through brokers, its global client base consists of insurance companies, mid-to-large-sized corporations and public sector clients. From standard products to tailor-made coverage across all lines of business, Swiss Re deploys its capital strength, expertise and innovation power to enable the risk taking upon which enterprise and progress in society depend. Founded in Zurich, Switzerland, in 1863, Swiss Re serves clients through a network of 56 offices globally and is rated "AA-" by Standard & Poor's, "A1" by Moody's and "A" by A.M. Best. Registered shares in the Swiss Re Group holding company, Swiss Re Ltd, are listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange and trade under the symbol SREN.

Shannon Bravenec

eBay

Sr. Manager, Global Talent Acquisition
Programs and Operations

Shannon Bravenec is the Senior Manager of Global Talent Acquisition Programs and Operations for eBay, Inc. An expert in global recruitment strategy and processes in the internet and high tech industries, Bravenec leads a team responsible for talent attraction strategy, candidate assessment coordination and process, hiring policy development and improvement, recruitment and systems training and recruitment vendor management.

Bravenec was previously Lead Recruiter, Staffing Operations Manager at Intel where she led recruitment teams and recruited for various Intel businesses and managed contract recruitment processes for several Intel Businesses at Kelly Services as On Site Manager.

She holds an MA in Communication Studies and a B.S. in Business from San Jose State University.

COMPANY PROFILE

Founded in 1995 in San Jose, Calif., eBay Inc. (NASDAQ:EBAY) is about connecting buyers and sellers. We do so through eBay, the world's largest online marketplace, which allows users to buy and sell in nearly every country on earth; through PayPal, which enables individuals and businesses to securely, easily and quickly send and receive online payments; and through GSI, which facilitates ecommerce, multichannel retailing and digital marketing for global enterprises. We also reach millions through specialized marketplaces such as StubHub, the world's largest ticket marketplace, and eBay classifieds sites, which together have a presence in more than 1,000 cities around the world. For more information about the company and its global portfolio of online brands, visit www.ebayinc.com.

Catherine Coluzzi

JP Morgan

Executive Director and Global
Head of Alumni Relations

Catherine Coluzzi is Executive Director and Global Head of Alumni Relations for J.P. Morgan. A former investment and private banker with strong entrepreneurial and partnership skills, she led the strategy, development, launch and extension of J.P. Morgan’s alumni program, Continuum, which now reaches tens of thousands of the firm’s alumni around the world. She is a “boomerang” herself, having rejoined J.P. Morgan in 2007.

Coluzzi’s previous roles include Investment Banking client coverage in Leveraged Finance and Media & Telecom in New York and in Asia Pacific, and Private Banking relationship roles covering top-tier clients in New York. Prior to joining J.P. Morgan, she worked in commercial real estate finance as a lender and for the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp structuring, marketing, and selling insolvent banks.

She holds an MBA in Finance from Cornell University’s Johnson Graduate School of Management and a B.Sc. in Business Administration from the University Of Colorado in Boulder. She is a Trustee for The Epiphany School in New York City. Born in Washington, DC, she and her family currently live in New York.

COMPANY PROFILE

JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) is a leading global financial services firm with assets of $2.3 trillion and operations in more than 60 countries. The firm is a leader in investment banking, financial services for consumers, small business and commercial banking, financial transaction processing, asset management and private equity. A component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, JPMorgan Chase & Co. serves millions of consumers in the United States and many of the world's most prominent corporate, institutional and government clients under its J.P. Morgan and Chase brands. Information about JPMorgan Chase & Co. is available at www.jpmorganchase.com.

Dennis Delgado

Credit Suisse

Global Head of Alumni Relations

Dennis Delgado is a Director of Credit Suisse in the Talent, Branding & Communications division, based in New York. He is the Global Head of Alumni Relations.

Mr. Delgado joined Credit Suisse in May 2007 as Chief Operating Officer of the IB Institute (The Learning & Development function for the Investment Bank).  In September of 2008, he assumed the role of Chief Operating Officer for the overarching global Learning & Development function called The Business School, based in Zurich, Switzerland. In November of 2010, Dennis returned to New York to take on the challenge of establishing a new function within Human Resources – Employeee Recognition & Alumni Relations.  Prior to his joining Credit Suisse, Mr. Delgado performed the role of Regional Business Manager for the Americas Regional Learning & Development function at Deutsche Bank.

Human Resources is a second career for Mr. Delgado, as his first was as a professional opera singer. Mr. Delgado holds an Master of Music from the Mannes Conservatory of Music and a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance, from Ithaca College.

COMPANY PROFILE

Credit Suisse AG is one of the world's leading financial services providers and is part of the Credit Suisse group of companies (referred to here as 'Credit Suisse'). As an integrated bank, Credit Suisse offers clients its combined expertise in the areas of private banking, investment banking and asset management. Credit Suisse provides advisory services, comprehensive solutions and innovative products to companies, institutional clients and high-net-worth private clients globally, as well as to retail clients in Switzerland. Credit Suisse is headquartered in Zurich and operates in over 50 countries worldwide. The group employs approximately 50,700 people. The registered shares (CSGN) of Credit Suisse's parent company, Credit Suisse Group AG, are listed in Switzerland and, in the form of American Depositary Shares (CS), in New York. Further information about Credit Suisse can be found at www.credit-suisse.com.

Brooke Glennon

HealthSouth Corporation

HR Consultant

Brooke Glennon is a Human Resources Consultant at HealthSouth Corporation.   She spent her first couple of years recruiting for clinical staff (Allied Health & Nursing) for the HealthSouth hospitals across the country.  Currently, Brooke is in a more strategic role in which she oversees HealthSouth’s campus recruitment strategy, social media strategy, employment brand development and recruitment communication strategy.  In addition, she manages the web content for HealthSouth.com, the company-wide employee referral program, powered by TalentVine, as well as the summer internship program at the corporate office.  Brooke is active on HealthSouth’s volunteer committee including Habitat for Humanity, Overton Community Restoration Project and HealthSouth’s United Way Campaign.  She is also the Vice President of Education for the HealthSouth Toastmasters Club.

COMPANY PROFILE

HealthSouth is the nation’s largest owner and operator of inpatient rehabilitation hospitals in terms of revenues, number of hospitals, and patients treated and discharged. Operating in 27 states across the country and in Puerto Rico, HealthSouth serves patients through its network of inpatient rehabilitation hospitals, outpatient rehabilitation satellite clinics and home health agencies. HealthSouth’s hospitals provide a higher level of rehabilitative care to patients who are recovering from conditions such as stroke and other neurological disorders, orthopedic, cardiac and pulmonary conditions, brain and spinal cord injuries, and amputations. HealthSouth can be found on the Web at www.healthsouth.com.

Chad Godhard

Sage

Director, Recruiting

Chad has over 15 years recruiting experience with technology based companies. For the past 9 years he has led a recruiting team for Sage, a world-leading provider of business management software and services to small and midsized businesses. He has developed and implemented strategic recruiting initiatives designed to improve customer satisfaction. Prior to Sage he was a contract recruiter for companies such as Lucent, WebMD, Novient, 2order.com, Intellimedia, and Homebanc. He started his career on the agency side with Aerotek and has a B.S. from the University of Maryland. He is active in the Atlanta Directors of Recruiting Roundtable and the Technology Association of Georgia Recruiting Society.

COMPANY PROFILE

Sage North America is part of The Sage Group plc, a leading global supplier of business management software and related products and services, principally for small to medium-sized businesses. Sage North America employs 3,900 people and supports more than 3 million small and midsized business customers. Formed in 1981, Sage was floated on the London Stock Exchange in 1989. Sage has more than 6 million customers and 13,600 employees worldwide. In addition, Sage operates in over 24 countries covering the UK, Europe, North America, South Africa, Australia, India, and China. For more information, please visit the website at www.sagenorthamerica.com.

Chris J. Gould

Aon Hewitt

Global Talent Acquisition Leader

Chris is a Global Talent Acquisition leader with Aon Hewitt. He is currently in a client facing role developing global sourcing strategies needed to hire over 70,000 people. He previously was the Global Head of Talent Acquisition for Aon. His team consisted of more than 175 recruitment professionals delivering -10,000+ hires annually. He joined the firm as the global strategic sourcing leader for Hewitt Associates. He managed a 40-person global team responsible for the sourcing of 7,000+ hires. He has managed the international recruiting and branding strategy, recruitment portal, internet and social media strategy and platforms, preferred vendor list, employee and alumni referral programs, diversity recruiting plan, assessment processes, and technology platforms.

Chris is an industry thought leader on innovative candidate sourcing methodologies. He was the keynote speaker at SourceCon 2010 and is a requested speaker on topics related to social networking and sourcing. His work has resulted in press interest including The Wall Street Journal and the SHRM HR Magazine. He is also the founder of the OnlineR Community, an online community with over 7,000 members.

COMPANY PROFILE

Aon Corporation (NYSE:AON) is the leading global provider of risk management services, insurance and reinsurance brokerage, and human resource solutions and outsourcing. Through its more than 60,000 colleagues worldwide, Aon unites to deliver distinctive client value via innovative and effective risk management and workforce productivity solutions. Aon's industry-leading global resources and technical expertise are delivered locally in over 120 countries. Named the world's best broker by Euromoney magazine's 2008, 2009 and 2010 Insurance Survey, Aon also ranked highest on Business Insurance's listing of the world's insurance brokers based on commercial retail, wholesale, reinsurance and personal lines brokerage revenues in 2008 and 2009. A.M. Best deemed Aon the number one insurance broker based on revenues in 2007, 2008 and 2009, and Aon was voted best insurance intermediary 2007-2010, best reinsurance intermediary 2006-2010, best captives manager 2009-2010, and best Employee benefits consulting firm 2007-2009 by the readers of Business Insurance. Visit www.aon.com for more information on Aon and www.aon.com/manchesterunited to learn about Aon's global partnership and shirt sponsorship with Manchester United.

Matt Hill

Qualcomm

Staffing Manager & LatAm Recruiting Lead

Matt Hill manages the sourcing and recruitment marketing team in Qualcomm’s Staffing organization. He is also the regional staffing lead for Latin America, a key emerging region for Qualcomm’s businesses.

Before returning to Qualcomm in 2011, Matt led the technical recruiting function at CareFusion, a worldwide leader in medical device technologies. Prior to CareFusion he was the Director of Staffing at NextWave, a wireless semiconductor and systems company. In this fast paced and constantly evolving environment he managed the global staffing function. Before NextWave, Matt had his first stint at Qualcomm as an International Staffing Lead, recruiting top talent in Asia, Europe, Latin America, Africa, and the Middle East. In this role he also managed the international employee transfer program and led international sourcing program efforts. He joined Qualcomm from Trilogy Software, where as China Recruiting Manager he built the initial software development team for Trilogy's China subsidiary in Hangzhou.

Prior to living and working in Shanghai, Matt received his Master's degree from UC San Diego's School of International Relations & Pacific Studies with an emphasis on international management and a regional focus on China.

In the time between getting his Bachelor's degree in French from the University of Colorado at Boulder and attending grad school in San Diego, Matt worked for a variety of technology startups in staffing and project roles. He began his recruiting career at Spencer Stuart's Silicon Valley office in retained executive search for high technology clients.

COMPANY PROFILE

Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM) is the world leader in 3G and next-generation mobile technologies. For more than 25 years, Qualcomm ideas and inventions have driven the evolution of digital communications, linking people everywhere more closely to information, entertainment and each other. For more information, visit Qualcomm’s website at http://www.qualcomm.com.

Brian Jensen

McGraw-Hill

VP of Talent Acquisition

As Vice President of Talent Acquisition, for The McGraw-Hill Companies, Brian has enterprise-wide responsibility for all aspects of Talent Acquisition, including global staffing, campus recruitment, the McGraw-Hill Internship Program, executive search, diversity hiring, brand management and marketing, and vendor contract negotiation and management.

In recent years, Brian has led initiatives to implement a New Hire Onboarding program, establish a company-wide Internship program, and develop robust reporting and metrics in support of his teams recruiting efforts. Most recently, he is launching a new careers-focused marketing campaign that highlights digitally-related careers and products at McGraw-Hill and uses mobile technology to communicate with candidates.

Brian joined The McGraw-Hill Companies in 1987 and has held a variety of financial and Human Resource positions within the Corporation. Prior to joining McGraw-Hill, he worked in the audit practice for Touché Ross & co. Brian holds a CPA and is a graduate of Wagner College in Staten Island, where he studied accounting.

COMPANY PROFILE

Founded in 1888, The McGraw-Hill Companies is a leading global financial information and education company that helps professionals and students succeed in the Knowledge Economy. With leading brands including Standard & Poor's, McGraw-Hill Education, Platts energy information services and J.D. Power and Associates, the Corporation has approximately 21,000 employees with more than 280 offices in 40 countries. Sales in 2010 were $6.2 billion. Additional information is available at www.mcgraw-hill.com.

Jacelyn Swenson

IBM

Manager

IBM Alumni Relations

Jacelyn Swenson has managed strategic programs and delivered high ROI in the corporate, non-profit and agency environments for 30 years. Currently, she is leading IBM Alumni Relations worldwide and managing the Greater IBM Connection (www.greateribm.com), IBM’s social media community for past and present IBMers. Previously, she managed the marketing and communications strategies and business development initiatives for the Center for CIO Leadership, a non-profit, independent organization founded by IBM.

Prior to this role, she lead a number of marketing initiatives for IBM during her 15-year career that generated thought leadership and exceeded revenue projections for the business. Before joining IBM, Ms. Swenson held several management positions at GE in support of its brand. She started her career as an Account Executive for a worldwide public relations and advertising agency and went on to become the Director of Communications for a non-profit national trade association.

Ms. Swenson has completed senior management courses at IBM’s executive campus and is a graduate of GE's management and leadership program at Templeton College in Oxford, England, and its corporate communications conferences in Antwerp, Paris, and London. She holds a B.S. degree in Broadcast Journalism and Marketing.

COMPANY PROFILE

International Business Machines Corporation (IBM), incorporated on June 16, 1911, is an information technology (IT) company. The Company operates under five segments: Global Technology Services (GTS), Global Business Services (GBS), Software, Systems and Technology, and Global Financing. GTS primarily provides IT infrastructure services and business process services. GBS primarily provides professional services and application management services. IBM’s Software segment consists primarily of middleware and operating systems software. IBM provides clients with business solutions requiring advanced computing power and storage capabilities. Global Financing invests in financing assets, leverages with debt and manages the associated risks. During the year ended December 31, 2010, IBM acquired Intelliden Inc., National Interest Security Company, LLC, Cast Iron Systems, BigFix, Inc., Datacap Inc., Clarity Systems, BLADE Network Technologies, Netezza Corporation, Lombardi, Unica Corporation, PSS Systems and OpenPages. In April 2011, the Company acquired TRIRIGA, Inc.

Michelle Tsui-Woods

PricewaterhouseCoopers

Director, National Alumni Relations

COMPANY PROFILE

"PwC" is the brand under which member firms of PricewaterhouseCoopers International Limited (PwCIL) operate and provide services. Together, these firms form the PwC network. PwC firms share their thinking, experience and solutions to develop fresh perspectives and practical advice with both individuals and corporations and provide industry-focused assurance, tax and advisory services to enhance value for their clients. They're a network of firms in 158 countries with close to 169,000 people who are committed to delivering quality in assurance, tax and advisory services. Their Corporate Treasury Solutions practice is made up of more than 500 dedicated consultants worldwide.