Carolyn Thompson directs a large team of executive recruiters, talent acquisition and HR professionals at Dixon Hughes Goodman, LLP (www.dhgllp.com) providing client services to a wide range of industries including Big 4, Fortune 1000 companies and small business owners alike.

Carolyn is frequently called upon by national news organizations such as The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, NPR, CNN, MSNBC, and AOL Jobs among others to contribute content on a variety of topics. A creative entrepreneur and a certified career coach, she is regularly published on topics relating to employment, careers, job search, business strategy, social media, organizational and professional development and executive recruiting in various national magazines, trade journals, and on the Internet.

Carolyn is a board member of the International Coach Federation and the National Speakers Association. She is certified by both the National Association of Personnel Services (NAPS) and the American Staffing Association (ASA) as a continuing education provider. Carolyn has been an executive recruiter since 1988 and is also a member of the prestigious Pinnacle Society.

She is a frequent speaker on a national level and has received rave reviews as an engaging and enthusiastic presenter on a variety of topics as a member of the National Speakers Association. An alumnus of Kansas State University, Carolyn is the author of TEN EASY STEPS TO A PERFECT RESUME, TEN STEPS TO FINDING THE PERFECT JOB, and TEN SECRETS TO GETTING PROMOTED available on Amazon.com. Carolyn's blog can be found at www.JobSearchJungle.com

Jason Seiden is co-founder of Ajax Social Media, a LinkedIn consulting and training firm that drives measurable business results in marketing, sales, and HR/recruiting. Ajax offers the only training program in North America to have been certified by LinkedIn.

Jason has been consulting to business executives on communication and leadership issues for over 11 years. He is the author of two career books, Super Staying Power and How to Self-Destruct™. His next book, Beyond Social, is due out this fall.

Jason has been blogging since 1997, and first began working with the commercial web in 1994. Visit "This blog is profersonal™" at jasonseiden.com for his regular insights into digital communication from the executive's perspective.

Craig Fisher helps people and businesses find things, and get found; new customers, top talent, better jobs, and larger audiences. He is VP of Ajax Social Media, the 1st Linkedin Certified training company in North America. He also is owner and co-founder of SocialMediaTalent.com. He does speaking and training for groups of all sizes, all over the world, including sales teams, recruiting teams, and professional organizations on Social Media and mobile strategy. He is founder and host of the TalentNet Live social recruiting forum and conferences.

Craig offers great recruiting, career, and business tips for "social animals" in his blog, www.fishdogs.com, and through his widely followed Twitter profile at http://twitter.com/fishdogs. He is a regular contributor to technology and career forums and radio shows. His articles have been published internationally and featured in HR magazines, industry newsletters, and well-known career web sites.

He is also the proud father of 3 amazing boys.

William is the CEO of HR consultancy Tincup & Co. He is a graduate of the University of Alabama of Birmingham with a BA in Art History. He also earned a MA from the University of Arizona and a MBA from Case Western Reserve University. William is an experienced entrepreneur and senior executive who helps HR teams do great work. He describes himself as a specialist in HR software adoption.

He’s also one of the country’s leading thinkers on social media application for human resources. HR Industry expert John Sumser has named William Tincup as one of the top influencers in the HR and Recruiting Industry. Here’s how John describes William, “It’s fair to say that there are not a lot of guys like this in the world of HR. William says that this is exactly what you want in a marketing consultant…out of the box and over the top. The thing is, when you dig just a little bit below the surface, you find the mind of a strategist.” William has been blogging about HR related issues since 2007. He’s a contributor author for Fistful of Talent (www.fistfuloftalent.com) and also co-hosts a daily HR podcast called DriveThruHR (www.drivethruhr.com).

An innovator in business development with more than ten years of experience in emerging media marketing and public relations, Summer has driven exposure for diverse businesses in both industry and size. Coupled with a passion for driving consumer affinity and creating interactive buzz in the marketplace, Summer drives her clients’ message to their target audiences.

Summer was instrumental in propelling the concept of street marketing as a mainstream marketing strategy used by many companies today. As a part of the leadership team at Hi Frequency Marketing, Summer developed tactics to drive online and offline brand activation. In her leadership role at Hi Frequency she was able to work with clientele including major and independent record labels, consumer product firms, video game manufacturers and major motion-picture studios. Her efforts contributed to media exposure featured on media outlets such as CNN News and in a variety of publications including Inc. Magazine, Brandweek, Billboard, Advertising Age, Adweek, and The Economist. Leveraging this experience, Summer worked with Careerbuilder.com as part of the start-up team that pioneered the Cincinnati and the surrounding tri-state area market development. Working with a high-performing sales team and Fortune500 clients, Summer brought electric ideas to organizations’ employment branding approach and execution.

Having worked closely with corporate executives, media and know personalities throughout her career, Summer consistently delivers creative and effective solutions that meet the demands of today’s fast-paced business environment. She has extensive experience in public relations strategy, key message development, day-to-day media relations, event management and media training.

Maren Hogan is a marketer and community builder in the HR and Recruiting space. In March, she accepted the position of Head of Marketing, US for BraveNewTalent, a social recruiting platform that builds talent communities for employers and allows candidates to navigate their career path more effectively. A seasoned advocate in the areas of social media, recruitment and HR marketing, she previously held the position of Chief Marketing Officer for RecruitingBlogs.com and was among the first contributors to Fistful of Talent. Hogan has built three successful communities and built brand strategies for over 70 companies in various sectors (both B2C and B2B). You can connect with Maren on LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter, as well as read her latest posts on BraveNewTalent's Blog and Marenated.

Former industry analyst, vendor strategy executive & practitioner, Sarah White, partners with select HR Vendors in a strategic advisory role. Her focus is on improving product and marketing strategy to enhance sales and innovation. Looking at existing functionality and product road maps, along with business goals (grow, sell, acquire) – she helps you identify gaps, set strategy & find resources to implement change to create a better overall solution and buyer experience.

This includes product evaluations/development planning, sales process improvements, marketing strategy (including social media & events), moving into new markets, influencer & partner introductions and thought leadership (whitepapers, panel facilitation, webinars).

On the corporate side, her team works with start-up to global 10 talent acquisition & corporate hr teams teams on candidate experience (corporate career site) audits as well as determining the right tools (Video Interviewing, Social Media, ATS, TMS, CRM, etc) for their process, budget & goals – typically, improving candidate experience, reducing overhead expenses or streamlining the recruiting process.

Sarah White has been an industry writer since 2006 and published close to 500 pages of research in 2011. She has been featured in national media such as NBC News, US World Report, Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, FOX, ABC and has spoken all over the world on branding (SMART by Mashable, London, UK), technology (SxSW, Austin, TX) and recruiting (OnRec, TNL, NIBA, SHRM) related topics. She was named a Monster.com Top 11 to watch in 2011, Fast Company Magazines Top 50 online influencers in 2010 and currently serves as a judge for the Candidate Experience Awards. Sarah is founder of HRTechBlog and a co founder of the Women of HR blog.

Jennifer R. Henley, PHR Executive Director, Business Development & Talent Strategist NAS Recruitment Communications

Jennifer Henley, PHR, brings in-depth knowledge of innovative and cost- effective recruitment strategies gained through her 10+ years as a Human Resources consultant. Serving as the Executive Director of Business Development & Talent Strategist for the Mid-Atlantic region of NAS Recruitment Communications, Jennifer’s background includes creating and evolving solutions that assist organizations with their recruiting, employment branding and on boarding efforts. Jennifer holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism and Advertising from West Virginia University, and is an active member of SHRM and several HR associations. She currently resides in Annapolis, MD with her husband, Jack and dog, Riley. When she is not driving competitive recruitment campaigns, she enjoys rooting for the West Virginia Mountaineers.

Carisa's start-up endeavors began in recruitment and marketing, quickly revealing her fervor for scaling organizations. Carisa dove into the online arena via intensive involvement in Careerbuilder.com. At Careerbuilder.com Carisa built several multi-million dollar business units resulting in new profit streams and organizational career paths for the company. As part of Careerbuilder.com’s leadership team, she enjoyed the opportunity to create and drive new market strategies. The Principal of Ingenium Consulting Group, an executive leadership, sales productivity, and business development consulting firm, and the Co-Founder of SoMedios, and current CEO of tMedia Strategies, an emerging media solutions organization, Carisa works with organizations diverse in industry and size. Her clients range from global Fortune 500 companies to Governmental organizations to local boutique firms. Carisa also continues to consult with Careerbuilder.com and Personified, a Careerbuilder.com company. In addition, she is an educating member of the GLG/Bloomberg Consulting Network, consulting with investment firms throughout North America. Leveraging the diverse, hands-on experience gathered through her involvement in executing organizational strategies, Carisa designs and delivers practical and entertaining keynote speeches at company kick-offs, summit meetings, corporate and public conferences, community events and various thought-leadership engagements throughout the United States, Canada and Europe (2011). With relentless energy and an unwavering focus on the business applications of emerging digital technologies, Carisa delivers a fresh perspective and pertinent solutions to her clients and audiences. Her passions are rooted in helping businesses and professionals discover new solutions resulting in bottom line return and individual excitement. Carisa also holds strong affection for transmedia storytelling and digital media entertainment promotions. Carisa says, "Telling a brand’s, person’s or any message through multiple mediums, sharing small amounts of new information in slightly different ways each time, provides an engaging storyline for your audience. Delivering these unique messages in concert with how your audience prefers to digest information, is both an art and a science....one to result in wild productivity”. Carisa holds an Executive MBA from Queens University in Kingston, Ontario. A Masters of Integrated Online Marketing from the University of San Francisco and has recently completed Thunderbird’s Global Management Master’s program.

Michele Porfilio is a Strategic Sourcing Leader at Crowe Horwath LLP, where she has worked since 2005. Michele develops and delivers programs and strategies designed to enhance the firms’ overall recruiting efforts. She creates and manages internal programs to drive greater awareness of hiring needs through strategic programs. Additionally, she is responsible for building and opening new sourcing channels for the company’s recruiting department and uses technology to drive increased candidate identification and hiring. Michele implements strategies for research, sourcing, employee referral programs, vendor management, employment branding initiatives and alumni recruiting and serves as a critical member of the firm’s recruiting leadership team. Michele leads the firm’s talent selection interview program, as she trains managers to executive partners across all of Crowe’s 20-plus office locations. Also, Michele sits on Crowe’s firmwide Social Networking Advisory Council and local charity committee in Oakbrook, Ill.

With more than 15 years of experience in recruiting, providing strategic and tactical recruiting services to organizations, Michele has great passion for recruiting and sourcing and is a master in networking. Prior to joining Crowe, Michele owned her own recruiting consulting firm, Staffmatch LLP. Michele’s background includes working with firms such as Amoco, Sunbeam, Sterling Staffing, Whitman Hart, Diversified Computer Consultants and Jefferson Wells.

Learn more about Michele’s background and expertise by visiting www.linkedin.com/in/mporfilio or follow her on Twitter: @mporfilio.

Mike has extensive experience with social media consulting targeted at evaluating current strategies, recommending solutions for enhancement, and implementing changes for improved recruitment and hiring systems and processes. Mike has created and executed fortune 500 client employee engagement strategies regarding Recruitment, Health and Wellness and Benefits initiatives using dynamic communications. He has also engaged online communities with internal thought leadership and external content. With over 10 years experience in the recruitment industry Mike has sourced and recruited in a wide variety of corporate environments. His areas of recruitment expertise span Healthcare, Marketing, HR, Hospitality, Administrative and Professional Services. Often crossing from integrated marketing to recruitment communication and engagement has allowed Mike a fairly unique perspective within his recruitment expertise. You can learn more about him and his thought leadership regarding the recruitment industry on his LinkedIn, My Twitter @cruiter, My VIsualCV and many other social channels.

Anthony Scarpino is a Senior Director of Talent Acquisition at Sodexo. In this role, Anthony leads recruitment teams that focus on sourcing, attracting and recruiting facilities management engineers and top talent from the United States armed forces. Anthony directs the implementation of Sodexo's employment branding including the use of Social Media properties and Web 2.0 tools. Prior to joining talent acquisition, Anthony managed unit food service operations in Sodexo's Health Care division. He is a registered dietitian and past president of the Massachusetts Dietetic Association.

Nicole is a Managing Director at STA Worldwide, a leading IT Staffing and Consulting firm focused on providing services to mid-size and larger Consulting and Professional Services organizations. Her experience in the field of Workforce Acquisition, Planning and Compliance, has spanned the past 10 years, focusing on recruitment, account and operations management, business development, administrative and legal services. She is a licensed Illinois attorney and a member of the American Bar Association. She has practiced in both state and federal courts, although her recent focus has shifted to matters of Workforce Planning and Legal Compliance, where she is rapidly becoming an industry leader.

As evidence of this commitment, Nicole recently combined her legal expertise with the experience she gained while in leadership roles at STA Worldwide to create and become Managing Principal of STA Advisory Services, LLC. This new and independent business is uniquely and solely dedicated to the practice of Workforce Planning, Employment and Legal Compliance, as well as some emerging industry issues such as “Best Practices in Recruitment” and “Social Media Policy”. She has received high reviews for her presentations at both SourceCon 2011 and The Recruiting Conference 2011 on the subjects of Recruitment and Social Media Law. As someone with a clear legal and practical understanding, combined with personal working knowledge of these topics, Nicole is uniquely positioned to advise on these critical issues facing recruiting industry professionals.

Jason is Co-Founder at San Francisco based Ongig.com. With 15 years of experience in offline recruiting, Jason moved into the social recruiting space in June 2011. The move to social recruiting was fueled by a desire to increase transparency and communication between employers and candidates online. Ongig.com was launched in October 2011 as a venue for candidates to "see, hear, and feel their next job". This was the first step in "socializing the traditional job description". Jason keeps a blog at SocialRecruitingReport.com, and is a husband and father of two living in the city of San Francisco.

Over the past decade, Jim Stroud has built an expertise in lead generation strategies, social media recruiting, video production, podcasting, online research, competitive intelligence, community management and training. He has consulted for such companies as Microsoft, Google, MCI, Siemens, and a host of start-up companies. Recently, Stroud joined Bernard Hodes Group as a Director of Sourcing and Social Strategy.

Prior to Hodes, Stroud created and sold three online properties, managed an award-winning blog, published a weekly newsletter for job-seekers and a recruiter training magazine, and co-hosted a popular technology podcast. He has also produced multiple web series devoted to such topics as: job search, recruiting, technology, and language learning. Stroud has been quoted by such publications as Globe and Mail, US News and World Report, Wall Street Journal, and The Atlanta Journal and Constitution. Monster.com, Entrepreneur, Black Enterprise, and The HR Examiner have all cited Stroud for his digital influence. He also served as the EmCee of SourceCon, the premier global conference on sourcing for three consecutive years.

Martha is a Lead Sourcing/Pipeline Generation Expert for Accenture HR BPO Services supporting recruitment at a large retail client. In this client-facing role she develops creative sourcing strategies for usage in the marketplace. She joined the company in 2007. She trains, leads and directs both on/off shore teams.

Martha is an industry leader and stands out in her field of using social media for innovative candidate sourcing methodologies.