Brazen U

As the VP, Digital Innovation for Bernard HODES group, Kane heads up the Hodes Innovation Team which leads digital product and solutions innovation.

Amy Ng is a Senior Vice President of Human Resources at Citi where she independently provides creative social media talent recruitment solutions for a staffing community of more than 200 members.

With over a decade of experience in Fortune 500 organizations, Laurie Ruettimann is an influential speaker, writer and social media expert focused on the human capital management industry.

Susan Strayer, Founder of Exaqueo, is a talent, brand and careers aficionado who has lived in start-ups, high-growth and mature companies from professional services to hospitality.

Christa joined Zappos.com, Inc. in 2004 and is currently the Senior Human Resources Manager. She leads the Recruiting, Employee Relations, and HR Admin teams within HR. In this role, she and her teams scour the planet for people that are “fun and a little weird” and work to provide employees with a culture where they come first.

Steve Boese, Director of Talent Management Strategy at Oracle, has over 15 years experience implementing enterprise technologies for Human Resources, Recruiting, Finance and Distribution. He is an award winning Human Resources blogger, speaker, and host of the weekly HR Happy Hour radio show.

Brandis joined Zappos.com, Inc. in early 2005. She is currently the Recruiting Supervisor and heads up the Recruiting team. In this role, she and her team are tasked with finding amazing and talented people to add to Zappos’ unique culture.

Jason Warner has over 15 years of corporate recruiting, talent management, and executive leadership experience at some of the world’s fastest growing and most innovative companies. He has held senior leadership roles in talent acquisition at both Google and Starbucks.

Jennifer Hasche is a technical recruiter at Intuit.

Margo Rose is Jackson National Life‘s Social Media Recruiter. She conducts full life-cycle recruiting which includes identifying top talent, and seeing people through each phase of the recruiting process from sourcing to hire.

Ryan Healy is the COO and Co-Founder of Brazen Careerist, a career management resource for young professionals. He Co-founded Brazen Careerist in late 2007 after gaining national notoriety in the HR/Recruiting industry through Employee Evolution, his blog about young professionals in the workplace.

Nando is the senior social media/digital influence recruiter at Ogilvy & Mather, a leading global advertising and PR agency. He connects digitally talented people with opportunities, participates in Ogilvy’s Digital Think Tank Program and creates social media strategy for Ogilvy’s premier recruiting team.

Mike O’Neil is a true pioneer in the world of Social Media, LinkedIn, networking and web-based business applications. Mikefounded the world’s first Social Networking, LinkedIn & Social Media training company, Integrated Alliances, in 2003.

Lori Ruff is the Chief Learning Officer, Lead Social Media Coach and Sr. Trainer for Integrated Alliances, a globally recognized expert in Social Media and LinkedIn training.

Avery Block is the Social Engagement & Brand Champion at Taco Bell. She has 15 years combined experience in Operations and Human Resources learned early on the imperative role people play in the success of a business.

Jennifer McClure is President of Unbridled Talent, LLC a speaking, training and strategy consulting company providing services to clients in the areas of recruiting/social recruiting, employment branding and leadership/career development.

Tracy Brisson is Managing Partner of One2Many Consulting, a social recruiting firm, and Founder of The Opportunities Project, a career coaching organization that specializes in helping young professionals create their own opportunities.

Whitney Parker is Vice President of User Experience for Brazen Careerist, and a co-host of BrazenU’s Bootcamps.

Ashley Hoffman is a marketing and public relations professional in Washington, D.C. Currently, she serves as the Director of Marketing and Communications at Brazen Careerist, a career-management website for young professionals and ambitious college students.