Speakers

Natalia leads product & design teams at SmartRecruiters. She holds an MBA from MIT Sloan school of management. Natalia began her professional career as a street artist in Moscow, Russia. She loves outdoor adventures, board games and picking chanterelles. She is now hiring product managers and designers in Berlin and San Francisco.

Bill never wears a suit and always wears a hat. He has a simple vision to make recruitment better for everyone. He works towards this by advising talent technology companies on their product road map, with V.C.’s over investments in the sector, with hiring companies on technology and approach, and by hosting #tru events. #tru has hosted over 100 events during the last 12 months, in 65 countries and 5 continents. This has led to conversations with over 2,500 people who work in and around recruiting across the globe. This gives Bill a great insight into the market, and the technology needed to support it.

Kasia is a freelance sourcer and sourcing trainer, eagerly sharing her knowledge through blogging at kmborowicz.com. With a degree in linguistics and a passion for culture studies, she has specialised in leading projects across EMEA in various industries, from investment banking to startups.

Kasia is a fan of social media and networking and believes in a social approach to sourcing. She trains recruiters to use various online platforms for sourcing, alongside more traditional recruitment tools. She also built the largest sourcing community in Poland, counting over 900 members and still growing.

Noor is the Chief People Officer at N26 and is responsible for scaling the organization while maintaining a high employee experience and guiding the organization through hyper-growth in a healthy way. Noor has over 15 years of experience in international Human Resources, specifically building, scaling and transforming organizations. Before joining N26, Noor was the VP People at SoundCloud and before SoundCloud, she led the Recruiting, Talent, and Organizational Development initiatives at TomTom worldwide. Noor is a Dutch native with a passion for travel. Work has given her the opportunity to live in New York, India and now Berlin.

Johnny is co-founder and CEO of SocialTalent, the largest provider of online recruitment training in the world. Having launched the word “Ninja” into the lexicon of recruiters around the world, Johnny admits he has zero martial arts skills but claims he can martial the arts of recruiting to help any recruiter become a ninja at their job (you see what he did there?).

When he’s not making bad puns, Johnny is busy raising 3 boys with his wife Jill, consuming endless books and podcasts and trying to finish 5k runs like he’s still 25 (which he is definitely not). Follow him @johnnycampbell

Matt Charney is currently the Chief Content Officer at Allegis Global Solutions and a partner in Recruiting Daily. Matt also works with a number of VC backed, early stage startups in the HR Technology space as an advisor, including Textio, TrustSphere, HumanPredictions, Uncommon, Drafted and ConveyIQ.

Sondra Dryer leads Alexander Mann Solutions’ Employer Brand and Experience team globally as a top executive at Talent Collective.

Sondra is passionate about helping organizations develop authentic candidate experiences. She is a graduate of The University of Texas at Austin with a focus in Communication and Media Studies and has honed these abilities to craft brands that access talent through a combination of social and digital media, as well as traditional marketing.

Sondra is a proud mother of 3 and a die-hard Texas Longhorn fan. She has worked in M&A consulting and talent acquisition for over 17 years at PwC. A frequent public speaker at major talent acquisition and business-to-business events, Sondra’s credible voice has an impact on today’s most pressing talent topics.

Dr. Steven Jones is the CEO of JONES, a firm based in San Diego with a national and global list of clients, that specializes of diversity and organizational effectiveness consulting. Nationally known as “One of America’s Top Experts on Diversity” (DiversityInc magazine), Dr. Jones is a National Diversity Advisor to Sempra Energy, Honda and Hyundai. Dr. Jones holds a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, a Master’s in Multicultural Counseling, and a Ph.D. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology. In 2003 Dr. Jones published his first book, Journey to Excellence.

Dr. Jones shares his talents as President of the Central San Diego Black Chamber of Commerce, and is on the Boards for LEAD San Diego, the San Diego Chapter for Teach for America. For two years he has been recognized by the San Diego Business Journal as one of the “500 Most Influential Leaders ins San Diego.”

Joanne is the First Openly Transgender Past National President of the 90-year-old “Men’s Club”, The Round Table.

Taking the decision in 2016 to embark on her personal re-brand, she sold her IT Services business and transitions at the beginning of 2017.

As part of her rebirth she founded SEE Change Happen in Portsmouth, a Diversity and Inclusion Practice specialising in supporting Transgender inclusion to businesses and other organisations. She is also a keynote speaker and talks about her journey in a very open, passionate but lighthearted way.