Marc Effron 

President, The Talent Strategy Group

Marc Effron helps companies build better talent, faster.

Marc is President of the Talent Strategy Group (www.talentstrategygroup.com) -- a full service talent management consulting firm. Marc has worked for, and consulted to, some of the world's largest and most successful companies including American Express, Bank of America, Fidelity, Philips Electronics, Reliance Industries (India) and Alcoa. He applies a simplicity-based approach to building leaders which emphasizes transparency and managerial accountability.

Marc's prior experience includes starting and leading the Global Leadership Consulting Practice at Hewitt Associates, where he created the Top Companies for Leaders study. Marc was also Senior Vice President, Leadership Development for Bank of America, Director of Organization Effectiveness and Learning for Oxford Health Plans, and a compensation consultant for a global consulting firm. He previously served as a political consultant and a congressional staff assistant.

Marc is the co-author of One Page Talent Management: Reducing Complexity, Adding Value, with Miriam Ort of Pepsico. He co-authored Leading the Way, co-edited Human Resources in the 21st Century and has written chapters in eight management and leadership books. He's also published in journals like London Business School's Business Strategy Journal.

He is widely quoted in the business media, is a sought after speaker at industry events and was recently named one of the 100 Top Influencers in HR. He earned a M.B.A. from the Yale School of Management and a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Washington.

In 2007, Marc founded the New Talent Management Network (http://www.newtmn.com/), a non-profit networking and research organization that has grown to more 1,900 talent management professionals.

Contact Marc at marc@talentstrategygroup.com and learn more at www.talentstrategygroup.com 

Senior HR Manager, Pepsico

Miriam Ort has held leadership positions in talent management and human resources in the HR organizations of Fortune 500 companies. She is a frequent contributor to publications on leadership and talent management, and has spoken on the topic at industry events such as International Consortium for Executive Development Resources (ICEDR) and Society for Industrial Organizational Psychology (SIOP).

Miriam is currently a senior human resources manager at PepsiCo. She co-developed the One Page Talent Management approach while at Avon Products, where she most recently led the Talent Management area for Avon Products North America. In that role, her responsibilities included performance management, leadership development, and talent planning for over 6000 Associates. She also co-designed many of the talent management practices being used globally at Avon. Her previous experience includes workforce analytics, compensation and HR generalist roles.