Breakfast Club

Paul A. Bejgrowicz, MBA
Principal Performance Consultant
RWD Technologies

Paul Bejgrowicz provides strategic consulting services to clients on learning strategies, learning platforms and the development of multiple delivery modalities. This includes the evaluation and implementation of learning management systems and Web 2.0 learning and collaboration technologies. Bejgrowicz provides thought leadership, bridging the organizational enterprise in the areas of performance solutions to improve human capital. Previously, Bejgrowicz was director of Johnson & Johnson’s eUniversity and served as the global process owner for learning. Bejgrowicz is also a lieutenant commander in the United States Navy Reserves with more than 22 years of active and reserve duty in both enlisted and commissioned ranks, and he recently served on active duty in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Bejgrowicz is a Certified e-Learning Specialist and a Certified Training Manager. He holds an MBA with honors from Our Lady of the Lake University and a B.S. from LeTourneau University.

Michael E. Echols, Ph.D.
Executive Vice President, Strategic Initiatives
Bellevue University and Bellevue University's Human Capital Lab

An internationally known thought leader on evaluating and improving ROI on human capital, Dr. Michael E. Echols' three books on the subject are must-reads in CEO, COO and CLO suites around the globe. Named one of the “Top 20 Most Influential Training Professionals” in the United States by Training Industry Inc., Echols earned his bachelor's degree in physics from Carnegie Mellon University, his MBA from the University of Pittsburgh and his Ph.D. from the College of Business at the University of California, Berkeley. His thesis was in operations research and information process.

Lorne Hamilton
Vice President, Sales
ACS Learning Services

Lorne Hamilton, vice president of sales for ACS Learning Services, is responsible for developing new client relationships. Hamilton has a 25-year proven track record of sales, sales management and senior executive management during his career. He has more than 15 years of experience in professional services, the majority in consulting, training and business services outsourcing. Previously, Hamilton was senior vice president of sales at MSX International, where he led the global sales organization and demonstrated success in designing and selling complex outsourcing solutions across multiple industries that effectively and efficiently met critical client challenges. Hamilton has also worked with Wilson Learning Corp. and Philip Crosby Associates, where he served as regional business unit leader and senior vice president of global business analysis. Hamilton is a graduate of Michigan State University Business School and INSEAD.

Norm Kamikow
President and Editor in Chief
MediaTec Publishing Inc.

Norm Kamikow is president and editor in chief of MediaTec Publishing Inc., which publishes Chief Learning Officer magazine,Talent Management magazine, Diversity Executive magazine and Certification magazine, along with targeted supplements, special reports and electronic newsletters for each publication. Chief Learning Officer was named "Best New Publication" by the American Society of Business Publication Editors (ASBPE). Norm also received the 2005 Innovation Award from Media Business Magazine, which honored him as Top Publisher of the Year.

Norm has more than 30 years of magazine and direct marketing publishing experience. Since beginning his career with Seventeen magazine, Norm has worked either directly or as a consultant to many consumer and business-to-business magazines. With a specialty in new magazine development, he has played a key role in the launch of OMNI magazine, SPIN magazine, Game Players magazine, CD-ROM Today, Internet World and Web Week. He contributed to the redesign of such magazines as Financial World and CD-ROM World. As president/CEO of Decks Inc., he worked with several major publishing companies to develop revenue resources from alternative media. This client base included BusinessWeek, Fortune, Money Magazine, Sports Illustrated, Esquire, The Journal of the American Dental Association and Dun & Bradstreet reports. Norm is a recipient of the Tempo Award from the Direct Marketing Association and is a biographee of Marquis Who's Who in the Midwest and Who's Who in Advertising and the Media.

Bridget Olesiewicz
Principal, Human Resources
Vanguard

Bridget Olesiewicz has held a variety of leadership positions at Vanguard. Currently, she is a member of Vanguard’s HR executive team and is responsible for overseeing Vanguard University, the learning and skill development function for the organization. After joining Vanguard in 1993, Olesiewicz spent several years managing investment and client services teams that assist investors with meeting their financial goals. She later joined Vanguard’s IT division to help direct the design of the retail Web site and subsequently joined the HR division to oversee leadership and talent development for the corporation. Olesiewicz has worked in the financial services industry her entire career. Prior to joining Vanguard, she held leadership assignments in client services and marketing for a global banking institution. Olesiewicz holds an MBA and a B.S. in economics and finance.

ESI International Director, eContent Strategy
01/14/2010
The Director, eContent Strategy is responsible for providing ESI’s executive team with strategic-level direction to implement alternative blended learning delivery formats to our worldwide client base.

Senior Manager, Global Learning & Talent Development
11/19/2009
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu (DTT) is an organization of member firms devoted to excellence in providing professional services and advice. We are focused on client service through a global strategy executed locally in nearly 150 countries.

Director, Leadership & Organizational Development Parkland Health & Hospital System
10/26/2009
Parkland Health & Hospital System (www.parklandhospital.com) located in Dallas, Texas has been voted one of "America's Best Hospitals" by U.S. News & World Report for 16 consecutive years and recently named one of the "Top 100 Hospitals to Work For" by Nursing Professionals Magazine.