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Roger Shepard

Roger Shepard: Health and IT Communications Solutions Provider

Roger is a results driven Instructional Designer with a background in education and technology with over 17 years of experience designing, developing and facilitating superior, blended training solutions. He is a skilled Project Manager using lean six sigma methodologies with the ability to influence, adapt, and leverage team capabilities and business partnerships. Roger is an Innovative Learning Technologist who creates scalable, best practice eLearning, social learning and mobile learning programs and strategies with a strong passion for technology and learning theory.

 

 

Dr. Sushma Aggarwal and Dr. Glen Earl with Parkland Health and Hospital System

Dr. Sushma Aggarwal and Dr. Glen Earl / Parkland Health and Hospital System

Dr. Aggarwal is Vice President and Chief Learning Officer at Parkland. She is a visionary and action oriented leader. Very passionate about developing a highperformance culture that demonstrates measurable outcome results.

Over 15 years of solid business acumen in building:

*Enterprisewide leadership, team and individual competencies through integrated talent management system in a matrix environment.

*Talent academies to support highpotential, highperforming individuals, teams and leaders.

*Organizational benchstrength through talent pools of individual, frontline, middle and senior leaders in order to prepare them for critical and key roles.

*Strategic partnerships with internal functional leaders, communities, external vendors, and academic organizations.

*Corporate universities that support individual and leadership onboarding, coaching, mentoring, career development, and socialization networks to promote a learning community.

*College graduate academies, fellowships and internships to infuse innovation through thinktank ad hoc tiger teams.

*Recognition for award winning programs that demonstrate excellence and innovation.

Dr. Earl has over 18 years of experience as an internal, as well as, an external organizational, business development consultant, and executive coach . His process consulting model enables him to be successful in all types of organizations: from entrepreneurial startup firms to Fortune 500 companies; from government and military to notforprofit organizations and universities, to privately and publicly held companies, and across all types of industries which includes: KONE, City of Plano, Sanden, Universal Studios, Amgen, Gannett News, Litton, Cigna Employee Benefits, Tenent Health Care, Taco Bell, Lockheed, US Navy, Telemactics International, Xerox, US Air Force, Harcourt Publishing, and Sonexus Health.

Dr. Earl has ten years of experience working in international business; i.e. business coaching, education development, training and consulting. He has worked in: Canada, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Singapore, South Africa, Taiwan, and Thailand.

Dr. Earl holds a Ph.D. in Organization Psychology from Alliant International University, located in Los Angeles, CA.

 

 

Jim Biggerstaff with Biggerstaff Consulting

Jim Biggerstaff / Biggerstaff Consulting

Jim has 20+ Years as Senior Human Resources Executive. His specialties include:Employee Relations, EEO, Union Avoidance, Staffing, Management Development, Training, Compensation and Benefits, Contract Negotiations, Interface with Board of Directors and Compensation Committee, Domestic and International experience, Mergers and Acquisitions, Employee Opinion Research

 

 

Barry Seidner with Inside Secure

Bary Seidner / Inside Secure LinkedIn

Barry’s background includes 20+ years managing the Americas for National Semiconductor, directing divisional strategy for IBM, Product Line Manager for IBM Microelectronics, and many years in technical sales and marketing for Integrated Device Technology. Currently Director of Americas Sales at AuthenTec.

His specialties include:Semiconductor and software marketing and sales, business and product strategy, sales processes, driving medium sized sales and marketing organizations.

 

 

Billy Johnson and Rachel Cleveland with University of North Texas Professional Leadership Program

Billy Johnson and Rachel Cleveland / University of North Texas Professional Leadership Program

Billy Johnson is the Senior Director, Professional Leadership Program, with the University of North Texas. He has over 30 Years of Experience in the following Industries and Functional Areas; Telecommunications; Marketing, Sales, Strategic Planning, Regulatory Advisor, Field Operations. Oil & Gas; Human Resource Generalist and Labor Relations & Negotiations. Energy Trading & Marketing; Human Resources Generalist, HR Vice President. Professional Services; Regional HR Director, National Human Resources Director

Specialties:Labor Relations & Union Negotiation, Strategic Planning, and Human Resources M&A Evaluation & Implementation Planning, Organization Development & Teambuilding.

Rachel Cleveland is the Assistant Director, Professional Leadership Program, with UNT.

 

 

Ed Rankin with edwinrankin.com

Ed Rankin / edwinrankin.com LinkedIn Twitter

Ed is an eexecutive with 25 years experience in human resource management. He is a successful entrepreneur, led PeopleSolutions, a pioneer in creative human resource management services, to the Inc. 500 and Portfolio Company of the Year recognition. Ed has been widely published and quoted.

His specialties include:Professional and Executive Coaching Human Resource Management Business Process Outsourcing Merger and Acquisition integration Organizational assessment and restructuring Career Transition