Keynote Speaker Profile Career Speaker Profiles - NWCT

Keynote Spe aker Pr ofileLyn Kremer has been the publisher of Philadelphia Business Journal sinceJanuary 1992. In this capacity she is responsible for the total operations of thepaper which include the advertising sales department, editorial, circulation,production and finance. Under her supervision new products developedinclude the "Corporate Philanthropy Summit", South Jersey 25 Program, andthe Women of Distinction editorial piece and program community. She hasdeveloped strategic partnerships with organizations that include PNC, Marshand Deloitte.Prior to this position, Lyn served as sales manager for Crain's Chicago Business, the country's largest regionalbusiness newsweekly. Originally from Jacksonville, Florida, Lyn has an undergraduate degree in anthropologyfrom University of Florida and a master's in Library Science from Florida State University. An avid runner,swimmer, bicyclist and traveler, Lyn is a big fan of living in Society Hill, Philadelphia.Career Spe aker ProfilesGerrie Dresser is an International Coach Federation (ICF) Credentialed Executive lCareer Coach and Personal Brand Strategist with real world experience in initiatingand leading innovative company-wide change initiatives, navigating the corporatelandscape, and career re-invention.After her second downsizing from corporate America in 2001, she launched SuccessAssociates, established the Unique Genius brand and coaching model, and earnedher professional coaching credential, PCC, ICF.As an Executive Coach, she has coached many high achieving leaders and leadershipteams to leverage their unique capabilities and deliver strategic, high impactcontributions through an engaged team effort.Gerrie brings over 20 years of corporate leadership experience inFortune 500 corporations in the health care, information technology,and financial industries.Beth D’Andrea is the managing owner of the personal finance advisory firm, BethD’Andrea, Financial Planner, LLC. She founded this firm in 2005, with 20 years’experience in the finance industry, primarily at The Vanguard Group, and a visionof providing individuals with something she felt was missing in the industry – theunbiased education and advice they needed to get more confident with theirfinancial decisions.Beth earned a B.S. from the University of Delaware, an M.B.A. from VillanovaUniversity and became a Certified Financial Planner professional in 2005.

Key Skills for 2011 - Panel Parti cipant ProfilesGrace Schuler founded Schuler Consultants, Inc. in 1986 after eighteen yearsin the computer systems field. Schuler Consultants, Inc. is a professionalsearch firm with high ethical standards and more than 30 years of experiencein Information Systems and Recruiting.Grace’s corporate expertise was the in area of applications development,systems planning, and implementing company-wide business systemschange. In addition, Grace has a strong interest in health and is certified as astrengthening health counselor.Jared Whelan is a Client Solutions Manager with the Matlen Silver Group, anInformation Technology & Business consulting firm headquartered inBridgewater, NJ. Mr. Whelan has been with the Matlen Silver Group since2005 and formerly held the positions of Account Executive and TechnicalRecruiter with the firm.As Client Solutions Manager, Mr. Whelan is responsible for business development in Philadelphia and thesurrounding markets – selling Information Technology & Business solutions and services to Fortune 500companies. These solutions include, but are not limited to: Technical Advisory, Application Life-Cycle, CloudComputing, Wealth Management, Asset Management, Quality Management Systems, Talent Acquisition, etc.Kelly Lyman has been a leader in the Information Technology industry forover 17 years. Her extensive experience has been primarily in the delivery oflarge, complex projects that involve technology solutions, processimprovement and people. Kelly was the lead for Operational Excellence atNRG Energy, Inc, responsible for leading multiple project teams. She joinedExelon in September 2008 as the Director IT Genco Projects and transitionedto the IT PECO Solutions team to lead the PECO Smart Grid Projects.Kelly’s project successes include: Implementation of EZPASS on the NJ Turnpike Authority, Smart Tag on theRichmond Metropolitan Authority, and the relocation of 37 critical software applications from Minneapolis toPrinceton. She is a Six Sigma black belt, has multiple project management certifications, and is an active memberof Project Manager Institute (PMI) and the International Society of Six Sigma Professionals (ISSSP).

Technol ogy Spe aker Pr ofilesBrian Kennedy is the Technical Director at Turnberry Solutions where he leadsTurnberry Solutions’ long-standing Oracle/BEA practice, as well as the emergingHealth Sciences practice. He is a key contributor to the firm’s management teamsetting strategy and direction of the company.Mr. Kennedy has genuine leadership experience in enterprise informationtechnologies, particularly with large-scale application analysis, design, developmentand support, and specialized interests in knowledge management, decision supportsystems and process improvement/automation.Mr. Kennedy has a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from La Salle University in Philadelphia, PA.While there, he held several leadership positions and accelerated in both academic and professional aspects,graduating with honors at the top of his department. He recently completed work an MS degree inManagement from the University of Delaware.Jared Rakes is a Managing Director at LiquidHub, where he runs the ProjectManagement and Governance Practice. Jared has extensive experiencecreating customized project management frameworks and re-engineeringSoftware Development Life Cycles (SDLC) and other processes for clients inpharmaceuticals, biotech, and health insurance. Jared has significant depth ofexperience in life sciences and healthcare IT strategy and policy, including deepregulatory compliance and data security experience from projects at majorpharmaceutical and biotech clients.Jared teaches classes on project management, including preparatory courses for the Project ManagementInstitute's PMP certification, as well as classes on Agile software development methods. Mr. Rakes also serves asthe chair of LiquidHelp, the charitable foundation created and run by LiquidHub management and associates,which focuses on philanthropic giving and charitable work in our local communities.Jared holds a B.A. from Ursinus College and an M.A from the Ohio State University. He is a Certified ProjectManagement Professional, as well as a certified ScrumMaster Practitioner.Jerilyn MacLaren-Hall is an Experience Design (XD) Strategist at MISI Company,who has been promoting XD for 8 years. During that time, she has personally ledover 200 XD projects including traditional usability research and design projects,as well as more strategic efforts focused on cross-channel marketing, service,and support experience design.Jerilyn speaks regularly at annual conferences such as National Women in Computing and Technology, PhilliChi,and PMI NYC. Most recently, Jerilyn spoke at the Patient Adherence Cocktail Convention in Philadelphia whereher work with patients, doctors, pharmacists, insurance companies, support networks, and other touch pointswithin the patient experience were leveraged to help members of the healthcare industry better understandbarriers to patient adherence and how a more collaborative approach to managing health and conditiontreatment programs can yield measurable results.

Manage ment Spe aker Pr ofilesTodd Cohen works with sales leaders who want to create a sales culture so thatmore sales materialize. Todd has developed a natural presence in the field ofbuilding sales culture, inspires, advises, and builds high-performance sales teamsthat produce outstanding results. He provides strategic oversight for teams andserves as executive sales coach and advisor to clients ranging from small, rapidlygrowing start-ups to well-established, large corporations.Todd is a passionate networker and connector of sales professionals, entrepreneurs, and executives intransition. He is a professional member of the National Speakers Association, and a board member of the NSAPhiladelphia chapter, and he serves as chair of the Sales and Marketing group of the Greater Philadelphia SeniorExecutives Group. He is co-founder of LinkedIn Live Philly, a networking group for members of Linked-In toadvance their professional networking skills, and also assists professionals in career transition.Deborah Moses is President of Veris Associates, Inc., an IT Consulting, Staffing,and Training Company, specializing in IT Service Management, the process ofIT, and technical architectures.Deb is a proficient speaker on multiple topics and Author of Change Your Life!The CORE Approach® to Creating the Life You Want. She also co-authoredConversations on Success, Volume Five, and is an IT Professional, IT ServiceManagement (ITIL) Subject Matter Expert, Speaker and Author with expertisein leadership, managerial learning, project management, business operationsoptimization, teambuilding, coaching, and personal development.David A. Zimmer, PMP managed projects for such companies as AT&T,Siemens, Avaya, Lucent, Cisco, Sprint and many more. He’s had theopportunity to handle conflict by sometimes resolving it while other times,introducing it. From experience and independent research, he’s developed the5 Laws of Conflict to help his audiences better understand the differencesbetween positive and negative conflict.As a speaker, author, consultant and professor, Mr. Zimmer’s entertainingpresentation style helps audiences learn how to manage conflict. He’savailable for speaking, training and consulting assignments. He is currentlydeveloping a highly anticipated online project management school.

Closing Session Speaker Pr ofilesGrace Killelea is the Senior Vice President of Talent, leading the integratedTalent Management, Talent Acquisition and Diversity functions for Comcast.Previously, Grace was Vice President of Talent Management for Comcast,partnering with Comcast talent management and diversity leads enterprisewideto identify top internal leaders and develop succession and leadershippathways. Prior to that she was Vice President of Human Resources for ComcastSpotlight. Grace has over 25 years of progressive Human Resource experience.Grace holds a Masters Degree from American University's Kogod School of Business and Public Affairs, whereshe graduated with honors. She rounded out her training at the prestigious Center for Creative Leadership inGreensboro, NC which is considered one of the best leadership programs in the United States. She is also analumnus of the Betsy Magness Leadership Institute, the premier leadership program for women in thetelecommunications industry. For the past 7 years she has served as the national facilitator of the BetsyMagness Leadership program.Grace's corporate tenure includes positions as Senior Vice President for Lifetime Television, Vice President forPrime Communications and Director of Human Resources for SBC Communications. She was the Founder andPresident of Sterling Resource Group. She is a sought after speaker on the topics of leadership, personalbranding and professional development in addition to being a, mentor, “connector” and coach internally atComcast and throughout the industry. Grace has just been named a 2011 Wonder Woman by MultichannelNews. She received the 2006 Lucille Larkin Lifetime Achievement Award winner for the WICT’s PhiladelphiaChapter and the 2007 Mentor of the Year award from WICT’s Northern California Chapter. In 2008 she wasnamed a "Woman of Power" by Diversity Plus Magazine.