Friday November 17, 2006
Conference Details
(Program and Speakers Subject to Change)

7:30 - 8:15 am	Registration, Networking and Continental Breakfast
8:15 - 9:00 am	Opening Remarks Conference MC, Ron Kaufman Employer and Alumni "Speed Recruitment" Roundtable Instructions On-Site, Last Minute Scheduling of Employer Roundtable Meetings (Subject to Availability)
9:00 am - 12:00 pm	Optional Career Coaching Sessions
9:00 am - 12:20 pm	"Speed Recruitment" Roundtable Employer Meetings Join others as you meet a different employer every 30 minutes. Register prior to the conference to ensure access to employers and interview times of your choice. Upon conference registration you will have the option of posting your resume and the opportunity to view participating employers' priority job openings.
12:30 - 2:00 pm	Hosted Lunch and Keynote Presentation CEO’s & Senior Executives Will Share Their Wisdom on How They Achieved Career Success Bruce Crager, CEO, INTEC Engineering Steve Winter, President/CEO, ERGOS Technology Chris Schoettelkotte, President & CEO, Manhattan Resources
Bruce Crager Bio: Bruce Crager is President and CEO of INTEC Engineering. Bruce brings over 30 years of experience in the oil and gas industry. He was previously president of ABB Offshore Systems Inc, and before that, senior vice president of Oceaneering International Inc., with responsibilities for mobile offshore production systems as well as several other senior positions related to worldwide marketing and the manufacture of subsea products. Bruce was a design engineer for Seaflo Systems and for The Offshore Company. He is co-author of four patents and has written a number of technical articles. Bruce graduated from Texas A&M University with a B.S. in ocean engineering and an MBA from the University of Houston. Steve Winter Bio: Founded ERGOS Technology in Houston, Texas in May of 1997. ERGOS serves companies ranging in size from the entrepreneur to the enterprise and currently is the outsourced IT Consulting firm and CIO to a multitude of companies across the Houston area. Steve has been a finalist in the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award in Houston in 2001 and 2005 and is very active in the IT community. He has been the Editor of The Technology Champion magazine and has co-hosted the radio show, The Digital Boardroom. Steve has his Masters in Business Administration from the University of Houston and his Bachelor’s degree from the University of Texas. Chris Schoettelkotte Bio: Chris Schoettelkotte, CEO of Manhattan Resources, brings significant executive experience to the company. In 1999 Chris founded Manhattan Resources and focuses on the strategic planning, marketing and growth of the firm as well as recruiting for his clients. He started his career in the transportation industry in Chicago in 1990 and was a top performer with Union Pacific Corporation and then joined Olsten Corporation as a Regional Director and turned one of the company's worst performing regions around in 18 months. In 1998, Chris moved to Corporate Express where he again led several turnaround teams and was promoted to Vice President of Sales. Chris has a BA-Marketing from Western Illinois University and an MBA (International Business & Finance) from the University of Houston’s Bauer College of Business. Barbara Shirley Bio: Barbara is a Managing Director of UHY Advisors TX, LP. She serves as a member of the Management Committee of UHY Advisors, Inc. and is the National Practice Leader of Enterprise Risk Advisory Services. She is also a Certified Internal Auditor, is a member of the Institute of Internal Auditors and Past Officer of the Houston Chapter Institute of Internal Auditors. She holds a B.A. (Bachelor of Accountancy), New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico. She joined UHY Advisors in 2003.
2:00 - 3:00 pm	Marketing Your Seasoned Experience (Panel) Mike Mouser, Principal Consultant, ClientFIRST, Inc. Moritza Day, CPA, Day West & Associates Kim Thompson, Director of Career Counseling, Spherion Peter O’Neill, Sr. Vice President, Lee Hecht Harrison
Synopsis: A panel of career management experts from leading outplacement and executive search firms will discuss how to effectively communicate your skills, talents and accomplishments to current and prospective employers. Mike Mouser Bio: Mike Mouser is the founding principal in the consulting firm of ClientFIRST, Inc. based in Houston, Texas. He provides comprehensive human resources consulting services to both large and emerging corporate clients including organizational design and restructuring, management development and coaching, performance measurement systems and compensation plans. Mike has over twenty-five years of corporate and consulting experience in all areas of human resources management. He has held several senior management positions in human resources including Senior Vice President and Corporate Director of Human Resources for First City, Texas, an 8,000-employee bank holding company. He is a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) and has a BBA in Human Resources Management from the University of Houston. In addition, he has completed both basic and advanced mediator training at the A. A. White Dispute Resolution Institute of the South Texas College of Law. Moritza Day Bio: Moritza E. Day, CPA, is President of Day West & Associates, Inc., an accounting recruiting and career consulting firm. She has over 18 years of accounting experience, including over nine years of experience as an accounting and financial recruiter. She began her accounting career with Arthur Andersen & Co., and worked in internal audit for NationsBank and Bank United. Moritza is the author of Networking to Build Your Success and the co- author of 1000 Best Job Hunting Secrets. She has a BBA in Accounting cum laude from the University of Houston and is a CPA in the state of Texas. Recognized nationally as a top accounting and financial recruiter, she is a frequent speaker on job search techniques and hiring practices. Kim Thompson Bio: Kimberly Thompson, a National Board Certified Counselor and a Licensed Professional Counselor has been actively involved in providing career transition workshops and career counseling for over 20 years. She is currently Director of Career Counseling at Spherion, a national Human Resource Consulting firm. Kimberly's background in counseling combined with management experience in corporate settings brings creditability to the field of career consulting. She has developed and designed career transition programs and consulted with career firms in establishing spouse relocation programs and has written various articles on transition issues dealing with job loss and coping skills during a job search. Kimberly is recognized for providing career expertise and coaching to all levels of management in helping them to develop dynamic career paths in both corporate public and private sectors. She is a member of the Christian Counseling Association, American Counseling Association, National Career Development Association, and Career Planning and Adult Development Network. Peter O’Neill Bio: Peter O’Neill is the Senior Vice President, Southwest/Rockies Region Operations Director, and Executive Coach focusing on leadership consulting, career management, and career transition in the Lee Hecht Harrison office in Dallas, Texas. He has functioned as an Executive Coach and leadership development specialist his entire career with headquarters units, research and development, and various line organizations. Prior to joining Lee Hecht Harrison, Peter was a Human Resources Executive with Mobil Corporation. During his twenty plus years with Mobil, he had a number of HR assignments with both domestic US and global responsibilities. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Norwich University, Northfield, Vermont, and a Master of Science degree in Human Resources Management, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah. He is an active member of the Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM) and the Dallas Human Resources Management Association.
2:00 - 4:00 pm	Optional Personalized Career Coaching Sessions
2:00 - 4:30 pm	One-on-One Employer Interviews (At employers' request)
3:00 - 3:15 pm	Coffee Break
3:15 - 4:15 pm	Finding Your Calling In Life Presenter: Spencer Bynes, Executive Sourcing and Recruiting Manger, Clear Channel University
Synopsis: Wrap up the end of the first day of the conference with a thought-provoking and inspiring presentation on how to bring spirituality into your career management process. Listen in as Spencer Bynes, Executive Sourcing and Recruiting Manager, Clear Channel University, offers practical techniques for integrating faith-based decision making into career development, career transition and job search. "Find a job you love and you will never work another day in your life." Spencer Bynes Bio: Spencer Bynes' career in recruiting happened rather serendipitously. A 16 year recruiting veteran, Spencer joined Clear Channel University in 2004 as the Director of Talent Acquisition. In 2006 Spencer took on the specialized role of Executive Sourcing and Recruiting Manager. He is now responsible for the pro-active identification and screening of passive and active highly-qualified talent. He works with the recruitment division to build a world class recruitment organization designed to attract and facilitate the hiring of the best talent in the marketplace and position the Clear Channel brand as one of the country's best places to work. Prior to joining Clear Channel University, Spencer established groundbreaking recruitment initiatives for Minute Maid/The Coca-Cola Company and The University of Texas at Austin. When Spencer is asked what he considers his greatest accomplishment to be, he reflects back on building recruitment centers for The University of Texas. "Today, we are working to build similar momentum at Clear Channel and I have not doubt we will be as wildly successful." Spencer is an active board member of Houston Work Source, a Leadership Advisor for the Houston Chapter of the National Association of Black MBA Leaders of Tomorrow, and a member of the National Association of Minority Media Executives. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration and Marketing from Sam Houston State University.
4:15 - 4:30 pm	Closing Remarks & Door Prizes

Saturday November 18, 2006
Conference Details
(Program and Speakers Subject to Change)

Synopsis:
30-Year HR veteran Richard Katz will provide an overview of the day's events and present a look into the future of the labor market and its impact on the Experienced Professional.

Richard Katz Bio:
Following a successful corporate career as Director of Human Resources for Bullock's Department Stores, and management consultant with Ernst & Young, Mr. Katz founded Human Resource Marketing Services, Inc. Under his leadership, HRMS created many innovative, technology-driven employment services. In the late 80's, HRMS created the first half-hour, regularly scheduled employment TV program Meet Your Next Employer. For his pioneering work in the production and airing of Meet Your Next Employer, he won the national Employment Management Association's Pericles Award for outstanding contribution to the human resources field. In 1993, HRMS launched its government services division, designing and managing job training programs serving over 100 cities, county, state and federal agencies. In 2000, HRMS created Dot.com Job Search, an online and classroom course on Internet job searching. More recently, HRMS launched, www.seasonedpro.com, a new service dedicated to making a positive difference in the lives of educated, experienced alumni. Mr. Katz holds a B.S. in Business Administration from UCLA and an M.A. in Industrial Relations from the University of Minnesota.

Robert Harris Bio:
Robert D. Harris is a Business Consultant with The WorkSource at the Downtown and Midtown Houston offices and is a Certified Career Transition Specialist. His primary responsibilities include developing and maintaining strategic partnerships with Fortune 1000 companies as well as medium and small businesses, and he has developed relationships with non profits, faith based entities, colleges and universities to recruit talent. He worked many years at two of the largest outplacement companies, Spherion Career Consulting and Lee, Hecht and Harrison and understands the unique challenges and opportunities that confront the seasoned professional.

Eli Jones Bio:
Dr. Eli Jones is Associate Professor of Marketing and Executive Director of the Sales Excellence Institute and the Program for Excellence in Selling at the University of Houston, Bauer College of Business. He has published in the Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Personal Selling & Sales Management, Journal of Business Research, Marketing Education Review, Journal of Marketing Theory & Practice, Journal of Business-to-Business Marketing and in numerous regional, national, and international conference proceedings. He serves on the editorial review boards of the Journal of Personal Selling & Sales Management, Industrial Marketing Management, Journal of Selling & Major Account Management and is an ad hoc reviewer for the Journal of Business Research, Journal of Marketing Theory & Practice, American Marketing Association, Academy of Marketing Science, and the National Conference in Sales Management. He is also a co-author of the textbook, Selling ASAP: Art, Science, Agility, and Performance and a new professional book, Strategic Sales Leadership: BREAKthrough Thinking for BREAKthrough Results.

Before becoming a professor, he worked in sales and sales management for three Fortune 100 companies: Quaker Oats, Nabisco, and Frito-Lay. Positions held include Key Account Manager, Key Account Executive (responsible for two of the top 25 accounts in the U.S.), Zone Sales Planning Manager (responsible for sales in three states), Sales Manager, and Zone Sales Manager Designate. He has held significant leadership positions throughout his career including being directly responsible for a team of 144 salespeople and a $44 million annual budget.

Anthony Brown Bio:
Anthony Bowen is a seasoned HR professional experienced in all areas of HR as shown by his Senior HR Professional certification. Tony, as he is better known, has worked for Hewitt, Synergy HR Technology, Equiva and Texaco before arriving at KPMG as HR Manager. He brings a Bachelor’s in Psychology, and an MBA. A strong believer in HR supporting business goals and objectives, he also believes in having fun and injecting humor into everyday life, and has presented another topic, "How To Use Humor At Work" to local businesses and conferences.

Synopsis:
Most people think they know what confidence is. Most people wish they had it, or had more of it. Have you ever met anyone who wanted less? The strategy of Confidence Dominance enables you to override your fear and focus on achieving your desires. This workshop will help you understand the principles of Confidence Dominance. They will be the roadmap you need to arrive at the place called Confidence Dominance. We all have to travel somewhere. It might as well be to a place we want to go.

Marty Scirratt Bio:
Marty Scirratt is the Vice President, Sales at Administaff, the nation’s leading Professional Employer Organization. The company provides high-performance human resources services to small and medium-sized businesses, and Scirratt works with Fortune 100 companies in relationship with Administaff’s sales and marketing efforts. Prior to joining the company in 1999, Scirratt was vice president and production manager for Countrywide Credit Industries, and his experience also includes Fortune 100 banking in the Texas market. Scirratt holds a master’s degree and a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Baylor University.

10:45 – 11:45 am	Breakout Session #2, Topic 1
	Understanding Your Motivated and Burnout Skills Presenter: Richard Knowdell, MS, NCC, NCCC, CCMF, Career Research & Testing

Synopsis:
The first step in planning a successful career transition is gaining an understanding of the skills you possess which have contributed to your success and satisfaction as well as those that create burnout. Ideally, you want to select a future path that capitalizes on your “Motivated Skills” while minimizing your "Burnout Skills." Having competency in something isn’t enough. If your responsibilities encompass too many skills that you excel at but don’t enjoy, it is unlikely that you will experience satisfaction.

Richard Knowdell Bio:
During a thirty year career, Dick Knowdell established one of North America's first successful corporate career development programs, instituted an internal employee assistance program, directed a Silicon Valley corporate training and employee development department, established an executive outplacement consulting firm and served as an executive coach. Dick is the President of Career Research & Testing, Inc., author of Building a Career Development Program: Nine Steps for Effective Implementation (1996) and co-author of From Downsizing to Recovery: Strategic Transition Options for Organizations and Individuals (1994). Knowdell teaches courses in Career Assessment Techniques at the University of California, San Diego and Employee Career Development Techniques to human resource professionals at San Jose State University. He is a member of the Board of Examiners of the United States Foreign Service. He has developed four popular career assessment instruments that have been translated into Russian, Spanish, German, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, French, Vietnamese and Islandic. In 1979 he founded the Career Planning & Adult Development Network and has edited their Newsletter and Journal. Dick is a past president of both the California Career Development Association (CACD) and the Silicon Valley Chapter of the International Association of Career Management Professionals (IACMP).

Graham Painter Bio:
Graham Painter is executive vice president of Corporate Communications for Sterling Bank and for its parent company, Sterling Bancshares, Inc., a Houston-based bank holding company with assets of $3.8 billion operating 40 banking offices in the greater metropolitan areas of Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio. He is responsible for the bank’s public relations, community relations, advertising, and employee communications. He came to the bank from CenterPoint Energy, where he was vice president of public affairs. He has worked in corporate public relations for thirty years, with experience in crisis communications as well as international public relations.

Mr. Painter is an accredited member of the Public Relations Society of America and past president of the Houston Chapter of PRSA. He is also a member of the board of directors of the Texas Public Relations Association. He is a recipient of PRSA's Legacy Award and was named TPRA’s practitioner of the year for 2006.

Reginald Barefield Bio:
Over fifteen years of coaching experience and has helped hundreds of individuals accelerate their career growth potential by utilizing his critical skills and competency-based development model. Many of his client’s now hold executive management positions within Fortune 500 organizations across all functional areas.

Prior to his current assignment, Mr. Barefield worked for USAA one of Fortune Magazine’s Top 100 "Employer of Choice" employers, as the Vice President of Strategic Staffing and Recruitment, were his team streamlined recruiting costs by $3 million annually while increasing strategic recruiting productivity by 75%. Previously Reginald was Executive Director of Talent Resources for Humana, Inc., a $10.2 Billion, 18,000 Health Care Provider located in Louisville, KY. Prior experience includes executive and professional HR positions with employers such as Nike, FedEx, EDS, AT&T and Lucent Technologies.

Reginald is author of "The Strategic Recruitment Competency Development Handbook" and numerous articles on hiring and retention best practices.

Synopsis:
College taught us many things, but not necessarily how to choose where we want to go, next, or ultimately, with our lives. Fortunately, in little-known research, brain experts have found out how the brain works when making decisions, and what are the three practical principles each of us can do to facilitate our making better decisions. Mr. Bolles will explain these three principles, and illustrate them with practical examples. Call this a brief forty-five minute seminar in Life 201.

Synopsis:
This workshop is designed to show participants how to write more effective resumes and prepare for interviews using a new approach targeting the competencies most of the better employers are looking for in today’s job market. With the changes in how employers screen candidates and conduct interviews, candidates must change their own approach to resumes and interviews if they want to be more successful. In Houston, organizations including NASA, ExxonMobil, Shell Oil, BP, Dow, HP and The Methodist Hospital use competencies to help manage their human resources – including screening and interviewing employees. The employers have changed the game; now candidates need to change their own approach to be more successful.

Robin Kessler Bio:
Robin Kessler has over twenty years of experience in career and human resources consulting and teaching at the college level. She has developed and conducted training programs with an emphasis in interviewing, resumes, communication and presentation skills. As a consultant, Robin has helped hundreds of people improve their resumes, interviews and presentation skills. She is the author of the books, Competency-Based Interviews and Competency-Based Resumes: How to Bring Your Resume to the Top of the Pile.

She has a Master of Management (MBA) degree in industrial relations, marketing and finance from the J. L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University and a B.A. in History and American Culture – also from Northwestern.

The process is unlike what you’ve been taught to do. It is about finding your way through a maze of new options and staying ahead of the revolutionary impacts of technology, the globalization of the workforce shifts in the economy or other dramatic realities of marketplace change. It is not about resumes and endless networking. It is not about knocking on doors that, once open, are now closed because of changes in the marketplace.

Whether you are employed, or unemployed, today… chances are that, like the average professional, you will be faced with the challenge of managing your work life in a future that includes a much longer life span and many more changes than your experience suggests.

Brad Taft Bio:
Brad has over 25 years experience in the recruiting and outplacement fields and is president of the Taft Resource Group, which provides career management services to executives and professionals. His early career was in executive recruiting with firms including Korn/Ferry International, and in the outplacement industry he held senior level consulting, management and marketing positions with three national firms and his own company, Career Transition Group, Inc. He has written numerous articles and has been quoted in publications including the Wall Street Journal, Money, Los Angeles Times and the Employment Law Letter. He has co-authored Boom or Bust!: Career Management Guide for Baby Boomers and Beyond, which was published in January 2006. Brad received a B.A. in Communications and an M.B.A. from the University of Southern California.

1:15 – 2:15 pm	Breakout Session #3, Topic 3
	Understanding Your Motivated and Burnout Skills Presenter: Richard Knowdell, MS, NCC, NCCC, CCMF, Career Research & Testing

Synopsis:
The first step in planning a successful career transition is gaining an understanding of the skills you possess which have contributed to your success and satisfaction as well as those that create burnout. Ideally, you want to select a future path that capitalizes on your “Motivated Skills” while minimizing your “Burnout Skills.” Having competency in something isn’t enough. If your responsibilities encompass too many skills that you excel at but don’t enjoy, it is unlikely that you will experience satisfaction.

Richard Knowdell Bio:
During a thirty year career, Dick Knowdell established one of North America's first successful corporate career development programs, instituted an internal employee assistance program, directed a Silicon Valley corporate training and employee development department, established an executive outplacement consulting firm and served as an executive coach. Dick is the President of Career Research & Testing, Inc., author of Building a Career Development Program: Nine Steps for Effective Implementation (1996) and co-author of From Downsizing to Recovery: Strategic Transition Options for Organizations and Individuals (1994). Knowdell teaches courses in Career Assessment Techniques at the University of California, San Diego and Employee Career Development Techniques to human resource professionals at San Jose State University. He is a member of the Board of Examiners of the United States Foreign Service. He has developed four popular career assessment instruments that have been translated into Russian, Spanish, German, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, French, Vietnamese and Islandic. In 1979 he founded the Career Planning & Adult Development Network and has edited their Newsletter and Journal. Dick is a past president of both the California Career Development Association (CACD) and the Silicon Valley Chapter of the International Association of Career Management Professionals (IACMP).

Synopsis:
Find out if seizing control of the future can give you want you really want... independence, freedom and equity. Learn how business ownership can actually be a tool of long term risk management and can provide a desirable alternative to traditional employment. There are many options from an entrepreneurial start-up to buying an existing business to starting a franchise business or even participating in a multi-level marketing program. This is your opportunity to find out IF business ownership… and what KIND of business ownership might be right for you.

Adrienne Leigh Bio:
Adrienne Leigh is president of FranNet of Houston. FranNet is a provider of consulting for clients wishing to find the right franchise for themselves. Adrienne has helped hundreds of clients navigate their choices in business ownership as well as career transition within the corporate world.. Her experience includes over 25 years of working with small businesses in start-ups, turn-arounds, and fast growing companies as well as two of her own businesses.

Adrienne has an M.B.A. from UCLA and a Masters in Spiritual Psychology from the University of Santa Monica. She is the founding president of the Houston Chapter of the Association of Career Professionals, International, and a member of the International Franchise Association. She is the president of Gray Hair Management-Houston and a member of numerous other local organizations. She is also the radio commentator and franchise advisor for CNN's Houston Business Show.

Synopsis:
Choose a table and join attendees from your field of expertise to learn and share your conference take-a-ways with others.