Erik Gillam
Partner at Aldrich CPAs + Advisors
Erik joined Aldrich (Formerly AKT) in 2004 and has spent all of his career focused on providing assurance audits, reviews and compilations to a variety of companies in the Agricultural industry. Erik has worked with many small to mid-sized companies on improving internal controls and process to improve security and efficiency.
Erik is the niche leader for Agribusiness at Aldrich. As a niche leader he has taken special interest in learning and teaching leadership skills to financial professionals.
- Financial Beginnings, Teacher
- National Society of Accountants for Cooperatives, Director
- Corban University Graduate (Formerly Western Baptist College)
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Julie Winkle Giulioni
Bestselling Author, Speaker and Expert on Leadership and Career Development
Julie Winkle Giulioni is an author, speaker, and consultant who helps organizations:
- Demystify what it takes to become a great ‘people leader’.
- Fire up the passion and commitment of employees.
- Keep great talent by activating and developing it.
Named one of Inc. Magazines top 100 leadership speakers, Julie is also the co-author of the international bestseller, Help Them Grow or Watch Them Go: Career Conversations Organizations Need and Employees Want.
Julie works with clients domestically and internationally, offering keynote addresses, facilitated workshops, custom webinars, elearning and microlearning solutions that deliver measurable results. She is a regular contributor to The Economist, SmartBrief, Saba’s TalentSpace, the Conference Board’s Human Capital Exchange, and a variety of publications and offers thoughts on leadership, career development, and more via her blog at www.juliewinklegiulioni.com.
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Susan Goldberg
Leadership Consultant, Susan Goldberg Leadership
With over 25 years of experience in executive search consulting, I have researched and studied behavior around developing and retaining talent within an organization. My work with young leaders enables a company to maximize the abilities of every employee - and build stronger relationships between seasoned staff, new talent and the company. Ultimately, my expertise in building stronger bonds results in a better return on talent that impacts current and future P&L.
I’ve been hiring and coaching young senior professionals and those who hire them since the 1990’s. I understand how difficult it is today to keep this talent at an organization for the long term. I am aware that as of 2020, those born in the Millennial years (1981-1996) will be the largest percentage of the workforce (49%). You need their voice in order to stay relevant and profitable.
Having worked with today’s emerging leaders, I understand they want more than diverse incentives and flexible workstyles to stay committed to an organization. They want an environment that embraces their unique insight and expertise, inspires, motivates and offers career options combined with learning opportunities. I work with companies/teams/departments to create this engagement and community environment in which these talented professionals can not only thrive but want to remain and contribute to the success of the organization for the long-term.
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Jim Grew
The Grew Company
Since 1993, Jim Grew has been assisting mid-size organizations to improve effectiveness and performance, delivering these building blocks for success:
Strategic company plans that inform daily operations
Goals-driven team cultures that hang on to improvements
Effective Key Executive Teams
Systematic process improvement
Consistent sustained performance growth
Jim, a Stanford MBA works closely with you and your key executives to give you a competitive edge. Together you will:
Clarify current problems and opportunities company-wide
Build an improvement plan that the business can afford
Mentor your executives to assure execution of the plan
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Paul Gundersen
Vice President North American Sales and Partnerships at Attain Insight
Paul has worked in a variety of strategy, analytics, corporate, and entrepreneurial roles. He has a broad background, is an excellent communicator, has directed complex efforts, and enjoys bridging the gap between business and technical communities. He adds value in many aspects of running a business/operation.
Seasoned business leader:
- Career Focus | Most of my career has focused on aligning people on strategic priorities
- Complex Challenges | Expert at bringing order to chaos and driving managed change
- Compliments | Business background is complimented by a deep background in technology
- Company exposure | Startup to Enterprise
- Aligning Stakeholders | Skilled at interfacing at all levels of the organization
- Subject Matter Expertise | Subject matter expert in Business Intelligence and Planning
Paul has:
- driven sales and strategy in various entrepreneurial ventures
- worked with Accenture in delivery and deal shaping
- built/sold FirstQuarter (an entrepreneurial startup)
- served as CIO for Right Management Consultants and Strategic Distribution
- worked in various leadership capacities for Cognos, Microsoft, and Du Pont
- performed extensive research on the US Stock Market and built a real-time trading system
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Katharine Halpin
Katharine is a former CPA who spent her accounting career in tax, audit and internal consulting. In 1995 she formed The Halpin Companies to address the issues she observed everyday in transitions and transactions; the people issues. Since 1995 she has helped leadership teams accelerate the growth of their companies - often by 2-3x - simply by getting the right people in the right roles, focused on the right priorities and building team and organizational-wide alignment. Her tools and methods are simple, practical and provide immediate relief from challenges related to people and processes.
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Eric Hart
CEO of NPI Technology Management
Eric is NPI’s chief executive and owner, and brings to the position more than 25 years in technology management with the company. Having designed, implemented and supported over 1,000 separate networks in his career, Eric has seen how excellence in technology investment and operations can be the fuel that powers business growth and success. He has particular experience in data communications and application performance, and extensive knowledge of security standards and infrastructure management.
Eric holds several advanced certifications, and he consults about intellectual property protection and conducts security audits for IPC — the Association Connecting Electronics Industries®, a global trade organization. He contributes articles to CFO.University and various publications, and speaks regularly about current security issues on television and at industry events.
Eric is an active member of various community organizations, and is past president of the Board of Directors of Local Motion, a non-profit that promotes people-powered transportation. He is a sailor and enjoys the outdoors with his wife and two sons.
