Rich Diaz

CEO, Advanced Resources

Rich brings 25+ years of experience building and leading high-growth, results-oriented companies. As CEO of Advanced Resources, he is driven by the desire to help others, whether it’s supporting clients to solve their workforce challenges or helping candidates expand their expertise. To deliver that level of service his focus starts internally on building high-performing, results-oriented, highly engaged teams.

By creating a culture focused on learning and growth, Rich has paved the way for team members to reach their potential. As he is known to say, “We only earn the right to advise our clients when we set the standard as a best-in-class employer.” Rich believes in the importance of having fun at work while doing what you can to make a difference.

Rich is an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® Midwest Finalist and under his leadership, Advanced Resources is a perennial Top Workplace winner. Rich earned a bachelor’s in Psychology from Northwest Missouri State University.

Tom Erb

President, Tallann Resources

With a career spanning over 25 years, Tom Erb has established himself as one of the top subject matter experts in the staffing and recruiting profession. Since opening his consulting firm Tallann Resources in 2010, Tom has advised over 1000 firms in the US and around the globe.

Tom is one of the most highly sought-after speakers in staffing and recruiting, presenting to a variety of industry organizations including the American Staffing Association, National Association of Personnel Services, Techserve Alliance, and dozens of others.

Tom is the author of Winning the Staffing Sales Game and currently writes the monthly Recruiting Today column for ASA’s Staffing Success magazine. HR Examiner named Tom one of the Top 25 Online Influencers in Staffing.

Tom is the immediate past chairman of the board for the National Association of Personnel Services (NAPS) and is a past chairman of ASA’s Professional-Managerial Section Council, past president of the HR Association of Central Ohio, and past president of the Ohio Staffing and Search Association. Tom is a Certified Personnel Consultant (CPC) and Certified Staffing Professional (CSP).

Alexander Ferguson

Alexander Ferguson has been a Customer Success Manager with Align since July of 2021, and in that time has on-boarded hundreds of companies on the software and worked with them to align their communications and execute on their strategies. He has a wide array of experiences, ranging from mortgage compliance to carpentry, which provides him with excellent insight into how to hit goals in a wide variety of industries.

Molly Flaks

Enterprise Account Director, LinkedIn

Molly Flaks is an Enterprise Account Director, Search & Staffing at LinkedIn. She has spent the past four years with LinkedIn on both the new business acquisition team as well as account management. Prior to joining LinkedIn, she spent seven years working with a permanent placement firm based out of Denver, CO working as an executive recruiter in the finance and accounting division.

Maurice Fuller

President, StaffingTec

Maurice Fuller is the founder of StaffingTec. He serves as a fractional CTO to staffing firms and is widely recognized as a leading staffing technology expert. Maurice works with staffing firms to select, modernize and optimize their staffing tech stacks including ATS systems, middle- and back office systems, as well as marketplace solutions. He has more than 25 years’ experience in the staffing industry, and has been leading staffing technology initiatives for more than two decades. Maurice received MBA and MSEE degrees from NYIT and the University of Washington.

Lori Headley, CSP

Senior Vice President Client Services, TerraFirma Marketing

Lori has an extensive background in strategy development and campaign management and excels at overseeing large scale marketing initiatives – from concept through execution. Having sat on both sides of the agency/client table, Lori understands how important it is to form a true relationship with each client and genuinely understand their goals and objectives. Over 25 years of experience has taught Lori the value of results over activities, partnerships over contracts and consistency over impulse. Lori dedicates herself to helping clients achieve results that are both meaningful and measurable.

Steve Lickus

Head of Global Strategic Accounts, LinkedIn

Steve Lickus is the Head of Global Strategic Accounts – Search, Staffing, & RPO at LinkedIn. Throughout his 6+ years of time at LinkedIn, Steve has led sales teams in acquisition, SMB, Large Enterprise, and Global Accounts. Prior to joining LinkedIn, he spent 9 years in the staffing industry with Robert Half, holding several leadership roles overseeing permanent placement, consulting, and temporary teams.

Mary Ann McLaughlin

Managing Partner, Butler Street

Mary Ann serves as a Managing Partner and co-owner of Butler Street. Since 2013, Butler Street has delivered sales, recruiting, account management and leadership solutions that are proving to help staffing companies grow. Prior to Butler Street, Mary Ann served in senior executive roles for fifteen years including Chief Operating Officer, President, and Managing Director in the staffing, revenue cycle and print industries. As a Six Sigma Champion certified executive, Mary Ann leverages her robust process background with thirty-three years of sales and operational leadership experience to help companies achieve lasting results. Mary Ann is an advocate for women leaders through active participation in ASA Women in Leadership Council and serving on the board of George Washington University’s Women in Leadership program. She holds a B.S. Degree in Marketing from Bradley University and resides in Nashville.

Brad Smith

Chief Strategy Officer, Haley Marketing Group

Brad Smith, is the Chief Strategy Officer at Haley Marketing, the nation’s largest marketing firm dedicated to servicing the staffing and recruiting industry. Brad has over 20 years of experience in the staffing and recruiting industry helping organizations develop and implement strategic marketing plans.

As a Certified Inbound Marketing Specialist, Brad has helped over 300 staffing and recruiting companies with website development, search engine optimization, blogging and social media marketing.

For more information about Haley Marketing, please visit www.haleymarketing.com.

Leslie Vickrey

CEO & Founder, ClearEdge Marketing

Leslie Vickrey is a marketing expert, business advisor and investor who began her career with McDonald’s Corporation and found a niche in technology and talent as the head of marketing for Spherion’s technology division. She founded ClearEdge in 2006, which has evolved from a startup focused on outsourced marketing services for the staffing industry into a multidimensional company dedicated to transforming the business of talent. Today, ClearEdge’s three lines of business help organizations across the recruitment and HR tech sectors grow their brands and market share while building their teams with excellence and equity. Leslie’s impact in the HR, tech and marketing communities far exceeds her day-to-day work as CEO.

Passionate about the importance of diversity, Leslie is a frequent speaker on the topic and even co-founded ARA, an organization that seeks to attract, retain and advance women in technology - 6,000 people strong. Most recently, Leslie published a book called Together We Rise with 14 other female executives. She is part of the Women Business Collaborative Staffing Leadership Council; member of American Staffing Association’s Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity Advocacy Council; is on the Board of Directors for Chicago Innovation, New ERA ADR, and Central Michigan University’s College of Business Administration, where she recently received a Distinguished Alumni Award; was recognized as one of Chicago’s 100 most compelling innovators and entrepreneurs; named to Staffing Industry Analysts DEI & Influencer list two years running; is part of the UIC Entrepreneurship Hall of Fame; and was named one of the Enterprising Women of the Year. Leslie is a contributor to industry publications such as Recruiting Daily and Entrepreneur, a frequent industry speaker and host of the executive women in recruitment podcast, TheEdge.

Mark Winter

CEO, WinSource Group

Mark is an expert at driving sales performance, keeping focus on customers, and keeping things simple. For 20 years, Mark has held every sales role out there- from Branch Manager to Vice President of Sales and Enablement for a $2.5B publicly traded staffing company. During that time he has spent countless hours figuring out what works and of course, what doesn't. This enables Mark to sniff out things that are blocking performance, remove the barrier, and get people to act. He is a Six Sigma Black Belt and holds master certifications from some of the top sales training organizations in the world. Whether its strategic planning, sales process development, sales training, customer acquisition & engagement, sales team performance, or system and tool adoption — Mark can help get your team on track.