Friday 27th June
12:30 - 13:45Talent and Technology An Open Forum
Two speakers from the leading technology companies, PeopleClick and Taleo, will be challenged to brainstorm their ideas and their views on the use of technology to manage talent in the future.
Speakers
Chris Phillips is responsible for product marketing, product management and marketing communications throughout Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
A graduate of the University of Cambridge, Chris has more than 17 years of marketing leadership experience in the IT industry, having worked in several senior marketing director roles throughout European and worldwide markets.
Most recently, Chris was Chief Marketing Officer at Staffware plc, a market-leading provider of business process management solutions, where he led a global marketing organisation of more than 40 people. Prior to that, he held EMEA Marketing Director positions at Commerce One and Vitria Technology, where he helped establish both as leaders in the European marketplace.
Chris spent the first 10 years of his career at IBM, first establishing a very successful track record in sales, and then holding a number of senior marketing positions. Chris served as IBM's EMEA Marketing Director, eBusiness Solutions where he was responsible for marketing all of IBM's internet/e-commerce, CRM, workflow and collaboration products.
Larry has over 25 years of information technology and application software experience. He is responsible for Peopleclick's UK and European business development and client services based in London, England. Under Larry's direction the UK office supports over 40 European clients and partners with services including customer and application support, engineering, and implementation. Larry is also responsible for UK and European sales and marketing.
Before joining Peopleclick, Larry was involved in the UK launch of one of the first online computer bureau based payroll systems with Baric, a subsidiary of Barclays Bank and ICL. He then moved to Informatics Inc.'s Accounting Applications division as European Sales Manager, and after a management buyout of that division he joined Global Software Inc based in Raleigh, NC as VP International Operations. Over a period of 8 years he established both direct operations in the UK, Canada and Australia and also set up a group of partners focused on IBM mainframe and mid-range users worldwide. Following his return to the UK, he founded Global e-BIS Ltd which specialized in providing business planning tools and OLAP-based analysis solutions.
Larry studied Economics at Birkenhead College. He is a founding member of the Online Recruitment Marketing Council (ORMC) in the UK.
